Thank you for all your support with this week’s Launch Days.  I hope you agree that they were fantastically organised.  The newly planted gardens look great, thank goodness for the rain to keep the plants well watered.  These certainly help to improve the playground.  Thank you to Homebase who provided some of the soil free of charge.

Whole School Trip

Please find below the arrangements for the Whole School Trip to Windsor Castle on Tuesday 1 May.

Arrive at school          8:15am

Coaches Depart          8:30am

School Bag                  Packed lunch

                                    Years 4/5 and 6- Pencil/ Pen

Spending Money         Maximum of £5.  Please provide this in an envelope with your child’s name and ‘Leverton Junior School’ on the front.  The gift shop is quite expensive with pencils costing £2.

Medication                  Please provide the school with any medication, including travel sickness tablets, on Monday 30 April

Arrive back at School 5pm

This year the Castle doesn’t allow photographs to be taken in the State Apartments so there is no need for the children to bring cameras or mobile phones.

Achievements

Well done to the following children who have completed outstanding homework on the Jubilee over the Easter Holidays- Kerim Taylor-Salih, Hermione Scott, Ella Freeman, Kaylee Kilcullen, Jamie Schooling, Jamie Ryan, Alesha Wade and Taya Hunter (Miss Smith’s Class); Holly Whiten, Leah Hunn, Evie Moss, Louie Chillingworth and Gabriela Musollari (Ms Stafford’s Class); Kacey Ashley, Sam Cosford, Millie Eastwood and Theodora Shiakallis (Mrs Pughsley’s Class); Tylah Cox, Zeeshan Hussain, Milan Sharman, Tim Akpuda, Megan Hamilton, Toni Brancher, Rhys Dolan and Alfie Plowman (Mrs Chapman’s Class); Joshua Gilbert, Ennice Dixon, Amy Vallance, Michael Wan and Christopher Essl (Miss Gibbs’s Class); Molly-Rose Fells, Rhiannon Scott, Keely Harmer, Jay Foster and Kerys Page (Miss Biggs’s Class).  Well done everyone!

Well done to Charlie Best who showed a caring attitude towards another child in his class.  Well done to Daniel Ryan who received a Green Card for his excellent work in Maths Booster.

Good Luck Mr Andrews

Good luck to Mr Andrews who is running the London Marathon this Sunday.  You can sponsor Mr Andrews by visiting http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/keithandrews1

Shrek

For those parents and children who are attending Shrek on Monday night, they need to be back at school by 5.00pm.

Attendance

Well done to Mrs Campbell’s class who has the best attendance during the last week of term.

Year 4 St George’s day Assembly

The year 4 St George’s Day Assembly will start at 2:15pm on Monday (23 April).

PTA Meeting

This is a reminder that our next PTA meeting is on Tuesday 8 May starting at 9:00am.  All parents are welcome.

Year 6 SATs

This year’s Year 6 SATs will take place on Monday 14 May, Tuesday 15 May, Wednesday 16 May and Thursday 17 May.

Year 6 Residential

This year’s Year 6 Residential will be on Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 June.  £20 deposit needs to be in the school office by next Friday (27 April).  There are only 40 places available.

Dinner Money Debt

Before Easter the school underwent a financial audit.  The auditors did not feel the school was doing enough to recover Dinner Money that was owed by some parents.  The school is currently owed £1500.  Essex County Council and the Government do not protect us from this and the money is taken away from vital resources your child needs.  When setting the budget, I have had to reduce the amount of money we spend on the school library by half and also the amount of money we spend on resources by half.  All because the school is owed £1500.  Therefore, the Governing Body have agreed the following procedures for collecting money owed for school dinners.

• Step one- letter from Mrs Drew informing you that money is owed

If not repaid

• Step two- letter from Mrs Drew informing you that money is owed and stopping your child from having school dinners

If not repaid

• Step three- a meeting with me to discuss a payment plan

If not repaid

• Step four- an application will be made to the Small Claims Court to recover the debt

Dates for your diary

Mon 23 April                 Food club for Year 4 children (3:13-4:30pm)

Mon 23 April                 Year 4 St George’s Day Assembly

Mon 23 April                 Shrek Theatre Trip

Tues 24 April                Special Lunch- Cuba

Tues 1 May                  Whole School Trip to Windsor Castle

Mon 7 May                   Bank Holiday

Tues 8 May                  PTA Meeting 9:00am

Tues 8 May                  Numeracy Parent Class starts

Mon 14 May                Year 6 SATs

Tues 15 May                 Special Lunch- USA

Thurs 31 May               Break up from school

Thurs 31 May               Special lunch- Street Party

Thurs 31 May               Inflatable Fun Day/ Evening

Mon 11 June                 Return to school

Tues 12 June                 Special Lunch- Norway

Mon 18 June               Year 6 Residential

Tues 19 June               Year 6 Residential

Thurs 28 June               Open Evening 5-7pm

Fri 29 June                    West Essex Olympics

Tues 3 July                   Sports Day 9:30am

Tues 3 July                   Special Lunch- Great Britain

Wed 4 July                    District Sports (Field Events)

Thurs 5 July                  Transition Day

Fri 6 July                       Sports Day 9:30am (Reserve)

Sat 7 July                      Olympic Torch Relay

Mon 9 July                    Bag2School sacks to be handed in

Wed 11 July                  District Sports (Track Events)

Tues 17 July                  Year 6 Play 2.00pm

Wed 18 July                  Year 6 Play 5.00pm

Fri 20 July                     Break up from school

Weds 5 September        Return to school

Sat 15 September          Autumn Fair

Fri 26 October               Break up from school

Mon 5 November          Return to school

Fri 9 November             Fireworks Display

Tues 18 December        Christmas Carol Concert (1:30pm)

Thurs 20 December       Break up from school

Mon 7 January2013       Return to school

Thurs 14 February         Break up from school

Mon 25 February           Return to school

I can’t believe I have now been headteacher for a year.  I would like to thank all the staff, governors, children and especially you the parents for your support over the past year.  I know I cannot please everyone all the time, but I would like to reassure you that I do have the children’s best interests at heart.  Have a great Easter holiday!

Achievements

I do try to put as many children in the newsletter as possible, but this may not always be the case.  Well done to Tia Pinnington, Cody Cassar and Michael Skinner for consistently getting all their spellings correct.  Well done to Millie Eastwood and Tommy Argent who received a Green Card this week.  Well done to Jessica Smith for her outstanding homework on Saint George.  On Friday I saw a lot of children from Ms Stafford’s class for receiving Green Cards during the week (they know who they are!).  Well done! Natalia Zolowicz received a Green Card for the high standard of her reading journal.  Well done everyone!

Launch Day

This is a reminder that the first two days back we are launching our whole school topic ‘A Diamond Olympics’.  On the Monday children need to come in dressed in Elegant Wear and on Tuesday they can pay £1 to wear sports clothing (all money to go towards Owen Andrew’s dad’s charity).  We have our launch days on the first days back so we can get started on the topic straight away.

Attendance

Well done to Mrs Campbell’s class for the best attendance for a tenth week. 23 children have 100% attendance.  Well done to Mert Ahmet, Tim Akpuda, Malcolm Alfred-Kamara, Elspeth Allen, Freya Blain, Ben Brooks, Raymond Bull, Rhys Dolan, William Dudley, Theo Harris, Shanice Lolomari, Kyri Neophytou, Kerys Page, Reggie Pegrum, Lucy Phillips, Michael Phipps, Melody Ramanah, Evie Rumens, Jake Ryan, Caelie Southam, Connor Southam, Reece Vallance and Thomas Wilkinson.

Times tables Club

Food Club

Food Club starts for year 4 children on Monday 23 April from 3:15-4:30pm.  Letters have already gone out so please return the slip as soon as possible.

Return to school

We return to school on Monday 16 April at 8:45am.

Uniform

School uniform has become sloppy this past week.  May I remind parents that children should wear plain black shoes or trainers.  With the weather warming up, if your child wants to wear shorts, this is to remind you they should be tailored shorts.

Mobile Phones

This is to remind parents that children should not bring mobile phones into school.

New Parent Classes

• Do you want to help your child with maths but find you have forgotten how to do some of the basics?
• Do you find you can get the answers, but can’t explain how or why?
• Does some of the maths your child learns seem different to the way you did it at school?

If so, come to our 7 week Family Numeracy course starting on 8th May from 1.15pm -3pm where we will go over all these things in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere.  The children will join us for the last half hour of each class to do some fun maths activities and games.  Please speak to Ms Cromwell to find out more details.

Dates for your diary

Mon 16 April               Return to school

Thurs 19 April              Lucky Plate Competition

Mon 23 April               Food club for Year 4 children (3:13-4:30pm)

Mon 23 April               Year 4 St George’s Day Assembly

Mon 23 April               Shrek Theatre Trip

Tues 24 April               Special Lunch- Cuba

Tues 1 May                  Whole School Trip to Windsor Castle

Mon 7 May                  Bank Holiday

Tues  8 May                 Numeracy Parent Class starts

Tues 15 May                Special Lunch- USA

Thurs 31 May               Break up from school

Thurs 31 May               Special lunch- Street Party

Thurs 31 May               Inflatable Fun Day/ Evening

Mon 11 June                Return to school

Tues 12 June                Special Lunch- Norway

Thurs 28 June               Open Evening 5-7pm

Fri 29 June                   West Essex Olympics

Tues 3 July                   Sports Day 9:30am

Tues 3 July                   Special Lunch- Great Britain

Wed 4 July                   District Sports (Field Events)

Thurs 5 July                  Transition Day

Fri 6 July                      Sports Day 9:30am (Reserve)

Sat 7 July                     Olympic Torch Relay

Mon 9 July                   Bag2Bag sacks to be handed in

Wed 11 July                 District Sports (Track Events)

Tues 17 July                 Year 6 Play 2.00pm

Wed 18 July                 Year 6 Play 5.00pm

Fri 20 July                    Break up from school

Weds 5 September       Return to school

Sat 15 September         Autumn Fair

Fri 26 October             Break up from school

Mon 5 November         Return to school

Fri 9 November            Fireworks Display

Tues 18 December       Christmas Carol Concert (1:30pm)

Thurs 20 December      Break up from school

Mon 7 January2013     Return to school

Thurs 14 February        Break up from school

Mon 25 February         Return to school

We are going all patriotic!  Next term we are celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (only the second in history) and London 2012.  Alongside this newsletter you will receive information about our topic for next term.  The first two days back are launch days.  We have to hold these as quickly as possible so we can get the topic underway.

Achievements

Well done to Jamie Pickard, Jimmy Bangs (Mrs Campbell’s Class) and Reece Clark, Lola Fetta, Sam Nespereira, Ella Forster (Ms Stafford’s Class) for their excellent writing. Well done to Cody and Louie in year 6 for working really hard in writing booster and getting a green card. Green cards were also awarded to Ellie Verard, Cody Cassar, Louie Dunwell, Steven Skinner, George Plowman and Theo Harris for working really hard in Art.

Football Team

Well done to our Football Team who progressed to the semi-finals of the Football Rally yesterday.

Attendance

Well done to Mrs Campbell’s Class who won Percy for the ninth time!

Grand Easter Raffle

Please return all ticket and money by next Friday (30 March).

Family Bingo Evening

There are only a few spaces left. Please return the slip at the bottom of the page by next Tuesday (27 March).

Dates for your diary

Wed 28 March             Lucky Plate – 5 winners win an Easter Egg!

Fri 30 March                Break up from school

Fri 30 March                Bingo evening including Grand Draw of the Easter Raffle

Mon 16 April               Return to school

Thurs 19 April             Lucky Plate Competition

Mon 23 April               Shrek Theatre Trip

Tues 24 April               Special Lunch- Cuba

Tues 1 May                  Whole School Trip to Windsor castle

Mon 7 May                  Bank Holiday

Tues 15 May                Special Lunch- USA

Thurs 31 May               Break up from school

Thurs 31 May               Special lunch- Street Party

Thurs 31 May               Inflatable Fun Day/ Evening

Mon 11 June                Return to school

Tues 12 June                Special Lunch- Norway

Thurs 28 June               Open Evening 5-7pm

Fri 29 June                   West Essex Olympics

Tues 3 July                   Sports Day 9:30am

Tues 3 July                   Special Lunch- Great Britain

Wed 4 July                   District Sports (Field Events)

Thurs 5 July                  Transition Day

Fri 6 July                      Sports Day 9:30am (Reserve)

Sat 7 July                     Olympic Torch Relay

Mon 9 July                   Bag2Bag sacks to be handed in

Wed 11 July                 District Sports (Track Events)

Tues 17 July                 Year 6 Play 2.00pm

Wed 18 July                 Year 6 Play 5.00pm

Fri 20 July                    Break up from school

Weds 5 September       Return to school

Sat 15 September         Autumn Fair

Fri 26 October             Break up from school

Mon 5 November         Return to school

Fri 9 November            Fireworks Display

Tues 18 December       Christmas Carol Concert (1:30pm)

Thurs 20 December      Break up from school

Mon 7 January2013     Return to school

Thurs 14 February        Break up from school

Mon 25 February         Return to school

Thank you to all the parents who made an appointment and turned up to this week’s Pupil Progress Meetings.  In our last OFSTED inspection the inspectors asked us to ‘Better engage all parents and carers by ensuring more frequent information to parents about pupils’ progress, targets and ways in which they can support their child’s learnin.’  I hope you found the Interim Progress Report useful. On it you will find your child’s current level and what level they are expected to achieve by the end of this year.  This is based upon the level your child achieved at the end of year 2.

Achievements

Well done to Jessica Phillips and Holly Philpot who received a Green Card for always working hard in class.  Ami Byatt, Alesha Wade, Leah Marshall, Scarlett Warren, Owen Brennan and Reece Vallance received Green cards for working hard in a team, making up teaching songs with words, pulse and melody. Well done to Charlie Best for working hard in Maths Booster. Well done to Elspeth Allen and Shanice Lolomari for receiving Green Cards for working really hard in Writing Booster.  Well done to Danny Gill who received a Green Card for his excellent Art Work.

Another Positive Governor Visit

Mrs Square (Parent Governor) carried out a health and safety visit on Monday.  She then sent an email to me saying ‘While walking round the school I noticed all the children seemed to be engaged in their learning and everyone looked happy. The children were all well behaved and the staff were so friendly. I am so pleased my children go to the school.’

Year 5 Swimming

Next week (22 March) will be the last week for the current year five to swim.  On Thursday 29 March the year 5 children who participated in the Aqua Splash will be going swimming to try out for the Swimming Gala.  Please make sure your child has the correct swimming costume and £1.

Attendance

Well done to Mrs Stafford’s Class who won Percy after having Best Attendance last week.

Grand Easter Raffle

You should receive a book of raffle tickets.  This is for our Grand Easter Raffle.  The first prize is a BMX bike.  All the prizes are donated so every £1 ticket sold will be £1 profit for the school PTA.  They are raising money to improve the facilities in the playground.  Please encourage your friends and family to buy a ticket to help.  The draw will take place during the Family Bingo Evening.

Family Bingo Evening

The PTA is organising a Family Easter Bingo evening on Friday 30 March starting at 7:30pm.  Please return the slip with money as soon as possible.  Cost is £5 per adult and £3 per children to include 1 Bingo ticket per game and a sausage and chip supper.  We will also be drawing the Grand Easter Raffle during the evening.

Dates for your diary

Fri 30 March                Break up from school

Fri 30 March                Bingo evening including Grand Draw of the Easter Raffle

Mon 16 April               Return to school

Mon 23 April               Shrek Theatre Trip

Tues 24 April               Special Lunch- Cuba

Tues 1 May                  Whole School Trip to Windsor castle

Mon 7 May                  Bank Holiday

Tues 15 May                Special Lunch- USA

Thurs 31 May               Break up from school

Thurs 31 May               Special lunch- Street Party

Thurs 31 May               Inflatable Fun Day/ Evening

Mon 11 June                Return to school

Tues 12 June                Special Lunch- Norway

Thurs 28 June               Open Evening 5-7pm

Fri 29 June                   West Essex Olympics

Tues 3 July                   Sports Day 9:30am

Tues 3 July                   Special Lunch- Great Britain

Wed 4 July                   District Sports (Field Events)

Thurs 5 July                  Transition Day

Fri 6 July                      Sports Day 9:30am (Reserve)

Sat 7 July                     Olympic Torch Relay

Mon 9 July                   Bag2Bag sacks to be handed in

Wed 11 July                 District Sports (Track Events)

Tues 17 July                 Year 6 Play 2.00pm

Wed 18 July                 Year 6 Play 5.00pm

Fri 20 July                    Break up from school

Weds 5 September       Return to school

Sat 15 September         Autumn Fair

Fri 26 October             Break up from school

Mon 5 November         Return to school

Fri 9 November            Fireworks Display

Tues 18 December       Christmas Carol Concert (1:30pm)

Thurs 20 December      Break up from school

Mon 7 January2013     Return to school

Thurs 14 February        Break up from school

Mon 25 February         Return to school