Burnwood Primary School

Dear Parents,

Books and Beyond

This initiative is developing really well. It is amazing the amount of progress the pupils taking part are making. Research shows parental involvement has a significant effect on pupil achievement. We will be presenting the Gold Awards on Thursday 3 May.

Open Afternoon

We had about 60 parents who came into school to have a look at the displays and work in classrooms. Please let the parent governors know if you would like this again.

Breakfast in school

The Big Breakfast we hope to see you at the next event on Friday 20 April.

Uniform

Mrs Bryan has started a weekly savings scheme on Wednesday mornings, to help you start saving to purchase a uniform top embroidered with the school logo ready for September. If your child doesn’t want to wear the official top then a plain royal blue top will be acceptable.

Congratulations

I am delighted to inform you that Cara Johnson and Macaulay Hall have been selected to take part in the Sport Leaders training at Stanley Head.

Football

Our boy’s football team were runners up in the Tunstall Town Tournament and our girl’s team were the outright winners. Many thanks to everyone involved with training, transport or taking part.

Cycling to School

You will have noticed that work has started on the multi sports/ cycling track. Phase 1 of this project should be finished in May. Phase 2 is the development of a Mountain Bike Trail with Art and Woodland features. We will be holding special development days when you can be involved working with the Npower team and local artists. We would value your support with this. The full project should be finished in spring 2008.

Kitchen Vacancy

There is a vacancy in the school kitchen for 1 hour a day. Please leave you name and telephone number at the main office if you are interested.

Stanley Head

Unfortunately the City Council have made changes to the funding for placements. From April any child who takes free school meals is being charged 25% of the cost e.g. the children in Y5 will be expected to pay £21 and children who are not on free meals will have to pay £85. The price also varies depending on the time of year this price is classed as mid season. We have made two bookings for next school year. I will be asking parents if they are able to fund this additional cost. It would be ideal to open an account with the Britannia Building Society and gain interest on your savings. If you want to open an account you only have to send in £1 and sign the form as the school holds all relevant information. Please see Wendy about the savings and pass on any comments about Stanley Head to our parent governors.