| Wooler First School - Newsletter Wooler First SchoolApril Newsletter No. 2 We hope you had a pleasant “Easter” break. With the departure of ROK building contractors school should now return to normal! During the next few weeks we hope that the roof will be completed and the churned field returned to its normal state. Diary Dates Family Assemblies for this term: 2nd, 9th, 16th May 6th, 13th, 27th June 4th July Thursday 24 May: Bumble Bee Talk (National Park Ranger) Friday 23 May: Sponsored Walk (11.45 am start) Friday 20 June: Area Sports Day Thursday 3 July: The Big Sing (Years 3 and 4) Friday 11 July: Class 4 concert . Roald Dahl’s ’The Three Little Pigs’, 1.30 pm Friday 18 July: Our Sports Day, 1.30 pm Sports Relief Our walking / running laps around the Playground raised a total of £99.40 for Sports Relief. Thank you for your support Strike Action You will have heard in the press that the N. U. T. (one of the Teachers’ Unions) is holding a one day strike on Thursday 24 April. On this occasion our school will not be affected by this action — letter to follow from Mrs Green. Class Topics This term we are learning about: Class 1: Growth, Transport, The Local Environment Class 2: Growing Plants, Passport to the World (including local environment), Famous People Class 3: Helping Plants to Grow Well, Developing the School Environment Class 4: India, Moving and Growing, Habitats Please note that although the topics titles may vary, individual year groups will be covering the same National Curriculum objectives and skills regardless of the class they are in. FA Cup Miss Symons has arranged a football tournament for Years 3 and 4 on Thursday (24 April). Trident Soccer will be running this. The children should wear football kit / tracksuits to school. They will need to bring school uniform to change into as our field is muddy. Class 4 Class 4 recently took part in a local poster Competition for Supersports. As a thank you for their efforts they have all been awarded a voucher for a free swim at The Swan Leisure Centre. Toys There have recently been several minor disputes about ownership of toys. The children are not permitted to bring toys or mobile phones to school. Packed Lunches The Healthy Schools team have asked us to distribute healthy packed lunch leaflets. Children who have packed lunches will be bringing a copy home. Clubs Gym Club (Mrs Green) restarts Monday 21April. Photography Club (Mrs Beels / Mrs Allan) starts this week 21 April. Tri Golf - Miss Symons plans to run her summer term golfing club for Year 4 children. Letter to follow. Penny Whistle (Mrs Humphries / Mrs Currans) and lunchtime Football (Trident Soccer) will continue this term.
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