Dear Parents/Carers,

Netball

Our netball team competed in Cluster High5 netball tournament on the 16th May. Many thanks go to Shelly Whitmore who coached the team and took them on the day. We came 3rd and got through to the next round which is being held on Tuesday 6th June in the morning.

Crucial Crew

Our Year 6 children spent an afternoon at King’s Lynn Fire Station visiting various scenarios linked with safety.

Friends of Greyfriars Running Club

Our friends of Greyfriars running club meets every Monday at 5.45pm in Mrs Emery's classroom. It's just £1 per week and all abilities are welcome. If you would like further

information then please email Mrs Emery at

Year 3/4 Madagascan Topic Launch

On Wednesday 19th April the year 3/4’s travelled all the way to Madagascar to launch this term’s new topic. During the day, the children explored Madagascan dance, music, food and they even made their own musical instruments.

FrOGS

The Pamper Evening which was organised by Kerry Robinson was a great success and raised £186.

The bonus ball lottery is still being run by Sarah Frost. £2 per week, if you would like a bonus ball please find Sarah in the playground or ask at the office. The funds raised by this all go towards the Year 6 leavers’ events.

A jumble sale will be held on June 10th at school 10am – 12pm. Please come along if you can. If you have any items to donate please take them to the school office beforehand.

FrOGs has their own facebook page, Friends of Greyfriars School. Please like this as we will always advertise events here. This is a very useful link between parents and school.

Sponsored Bounce

FrOGS are organising this event again as it was very popular last year and the children really enjoyed it. The Bouncy Castle will be delivered in the morning. Any volunteers to help on the day will be welcomed. Please ask at the office.

Sun Cream

As the weather is getting warmer could we please remind you to apply sun cream to your child in the morning before school.

GEAR RUN

Thank you to everyone who took part in the Mini Gear. You were a credit to our school! If you have any outstanding sponsor money please send it into school as soon as possible. We will then let you know how much we have raised in total.

PE

Please make sure that your child’s PE kit has a pair of socks in it, we are finding that some of the girls are forgetting to bring them in. Also please make sure that your child does not wear jewellery to school as it has to be removed for PE and can get lost.

Reminder to parents in Year 3 and 4

Please return your form regarding the OAE event even if your child is not going to the evening performance as it has photography permission on it. Thank you.

Reminder regarding school trips

This is a busy time of year for organising school trips. We try to keep the costs down as much as possible and spend quite a lot of time negotiating the best deals for both entrance fees and travel costs. We really appreciate the contributions parents make towards the trips so even if you cannot afford to pay the full amount please try to send in a contribution. Trips may have to be cancelled if not enough contributions are received.

Lost Property

We have lots of lost property in the cupboard in main reception. Please have a look through it, it must belong to someone!

Dates for your diary:

Monday 5th June / Back to School
Tuesday 6th June 6.30 / Evening for new intake Year 3
Wednesday 7th June / Sponsored Bounce all day
Wednesday 7th June 7pm / Evening for new intake Reception Year
Thursday 8th June 2.45pm / Cromer Story Café
Saturday June 10th 10am – 12pm / Frogs Jumble Sale
Tuesday 13th June / Year 3 & 4 trip to Banham Zoo
Tuesday 13th June / Reception children height and weight checking
Wednesday 14th June 9am / Holkham Story Café
Thursday 15th June 7pm / Public Speaking Competition
Monday 19th June 1pm / Year 6 to visit Kings Lynn Bowls Club
Tuesday 20th June / Orchestra of Age of Enlightenment day and evening for Year 3 & 4
Tuesday 20th June 1pm / Year 6 to visit Kings Lynn Bowls Club
Tuesday 20th June 1.45pm / Blakeney Story Café
Thursday 22nd June 1pm / Year 3 Swimming Gala
Friday 23rd June / Orchestra of Age of Enlightenment performance to Reception and Year 1
Friday 23rd June 9am / Story Café for Heacham Class Only
Monday 26th June / Class Changeover Day
Tuesday 27th June / Year 1 and 2 to Holt Hall
Monday 26th June – Wednesday 28th June / KES Academy Taster Days
Tuesday 27th June – Wednesday 28th June / Springwood Taster Days
Thursday 29th June 1pm / Year 4 Swimming Gala
Friday 30th June 1.45pm / Story Café for Snettisham Class Only
Friday 30th June 1pm / KS2 Sports Afternoon in The Walks (year 3,4,5, & 6)
Friday 30th June / School Disco
Thursday 6th July 1pm / KS1 Sports Afternoon in The Walks Year R, 1 & 2)
Friday 7th July 6pm / FrOGS Carnival
Tuesday 11th July / Reception visit to Church Farm
Friday 14th July / Reports to parents
Monday 17th July 1.30pm / Year 5/6 play dress rehearsal
Tuesday 18th July 1.30pm / Year 5/6 play to be performed for parents
Wednesday 19th July 6pm / Year 5/6 play to be performed for parents
Friday 21st July 12pm / Year 6 parents invited to lunch
Friday 21st July 2pm / Leavers Assembly for parents
Friday 21st July / Last day of term

Have a happy half term and we will see you on the 5th June.