welcome as she starts in her new position. Mrs Wright’s mother used to be our lollipop lady too – she did the job for 20 years!
REMEMBER to wait until the Crossing Patrol tells you it is safe to cross.
HOUSE HANDWRITING
It’s congratulations to Mills who narrowly pipped Bulstrode to become our handwriting champions for 2013. Each child was asked to produce a copied script of a poem. Overall, the standard was extremely high, with all pupils from Year 3 – Year 6 producing a beautifully neat, joined handwriting style.
SATS & INTERNAL TESTING
We would like to remind you that children from Year 1 – 6 will undergo SATs tests and internal tests during this week and into next week. Please can we ask that parents exit the school buildings and grounds as soon as possible after the bell goes at 8.45am. Thank you.
WALK TO SCHOOL WEEK
Remember to walk to school all this week if at all possible – not only does it help the environment and save money, but it helps keep you fit too!
We have heard that some children have walked from Cransford – well done!
FRIENDS DISCO
Applications for tickets for Friday should have been handed in by today’s deadline. If you have any queries regarding your ticket application please contact the friends directly – Christina Hitchcock on 07906 289 771 or tiajason@hotmail.co.uk
FOOD TECHNOLOGY LESSONS – Class NS & EM
On Thursday 23 May in the afternoon and all day on Friday 24 May classes EM & NS will be doing food technology. If there are any parents who would like to assist at any time over these 2 days, please speak to the teachers directly. The children will be given a separate letter regarding ingredients for their session.
BREAK IN TO SCHOOL GROUNDS – please be vigilant
There was a break-in to school grounds at the weekend and again on Monday night, causing some damage in the Reception outside space and leaving rubbish in the play-house.
Please can we ask that if you are going past the school outside of school hours and see anyone on school grounds/property that you report it to the police by calling 101 to go through to the local police for non-emergencies.
Please can you ask your friends and family to look out for us too. Thank you for your help with this.
MEASLES OUTBREAK
You may have heard in the media that the Government has announced a national catch up programme to increase MMR vaccination uptake amongst 10-16 year olds. This follows outbreaks of measles elsewhere in the country.
In Suffolk, we are also at risk of experiencing a measles outbreak if we do not increase the number of MMR vaccinations, particularly amongst the 10-16 age group, who may have missed their immunisations in younger years.
We are being advised to ask parents to check that the vaccination message is getting through. The most important thing is to ensure that children are protected. If you are a parent or guardian and are unsure whether your child is fully vaccinated or received both doses of the MMR vaccine, then please check with your GP. You are strongly encouraged to arrange vaccination through GP surgeries in the next few weeks if you know that one or both vaccinations weren't completed.
We are being advised to ask parents to check that the vaccination message is getting through. The most important thing is to ensure that children are protected. If you are a parent or guardian and are unsure whether your child is fully vaccinated or received both doses of the MMR vaccine, then please check with your GP. You are strongly encouraged to arrange vaccination through GP surgeries in the next few weeks if you know that one or both vaccinations weren't completed.
Measles is a highly contagious disease, and potentially serious.
Further information: NHS choices website (signposting parents for more information on the MMR catch -up campaign) http://www.nhs.uk/news/2013/04April
SCOOTER MISSING
A pale green and silver JD Bug scooter has gone missing from the bike rack after school at the start of last week. The child is very upset as the scooter was a birthday present. If you have mistakenly taken it please can you return it to the bike rack? Thank you.
You.N.G
Suffolk Young Enterprise finalist winners from Debenham High School who gave an assembly recently on Road Safety are inviting all pupils to come and see them at the Suffolk Show on wed 29th and Thursday 30th May (on stand 597), and Crows Hall Fayre, Debenham 19th May. They have a new range of exclusive products.
Young Art East Anglia
The 'Magical Moment' Exhibition raised the wonderful sum of £10,000 for Cancer Research UK. This is more than they have ever raised before and they hope that as well as helping Cancer Research the children who had their work displayed at the exhibition, or went along and saw friends' work at the Peter Pears Gallery found it an interesting and inspiring experience.
