Dear Parents and Carers,

Year 6 SATs
Well done to all of Year 6 who have worked very hard this week. It was lovely to see all of Year 6 for breakfast and started the day on a positive note.

End of the day

Could parents please supervise their children at the end of the day.  There have been a few incidents of children running to the top of the field and trying to climb over the fences at the back.  This is damaging the fences and is a safety issue.

If you are collecting your child from pre-school, before the end of the day, please be aware there may be classes or small groups working in the playground.  We would be grateful if parents can keep their child with them and ensure children don’t ride scooters/bikes near where classes are working.

School Photographer

Tempest Photographers will be in school on Thursday 23 May 2013.  They will be taking class photographs.

Half term Sports Clubs see attached flyers

Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers

We are collecting Sainsbury’s vouchers. A collection box is located in the Reception area.

Parent view

If you would like to share your views about our school please use the Ofsted Parent view website.

Parent View gives you the chance to tell Ofsted what you think about your child’s school. Parent View asks for your opinion on 12 aspects of your child’s school.

 http://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/

School Nurse Drop-in

Gerry Matlock (School Nurse) and Samantha Stacey are holding a drop-in for parents at Cambourne Children’s Centre on Tuesday 21 May 2013 9.30am – 10.30am

Is your child entitled to a free school meal?

To make an enquiry or to apply contact:

www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/education/parents/help/lunches/ or call the Education Welfare Benefits Service on 01480 372307/8. The school office has forms if you need one.

Best wishes

Farah McPhee and Staff

Diary Dates

Term dates for 2012/13

Summer term. ………………………………………………………………….16 Apr-23 July

May Bank Holiday ……………………………………………………………….6 May

KS 2 SATs…………………………………………………………………………………. 13- 17 May

Half term ……………………………………………………………………………26 May – 4 June

Staff training day…………………………………………………………………..3 Jun

Last day of term ……………………………………………………………………….. 23 July

PTA NEWS

PTA SWIMMING CLUB –The next Resuscitation Course will take place in the school hall on  Monday 20May at 9.00 am.   This 40 minutes approx course is open to all parents/carers .  You must take this course to be on the rota for supervising after school swimming/holiday sessions in the school pool and also if you want to hire the pool during the summer holidays.    The fee for the course is £3.00.

Letters and details about the PTA swimming club sent home in book bags   Please return to school with payment asap.  

No children to be present at the courses.

Scholastic Book Fair – Friday 17^th May, Monday 20^th May & Tuesday 21^st May.

Come and catch the reading bug at our Book Fair.  The book fair will be arriving in school today with hundreds of new children’s books to  buy from as little £2.99.   Don’t forget that every book you buy can help get Free Books for the school.    The book fair will take place in the school hall from 3.30 pm to 4.30pm on the above days.   Look out for letters in book bags soon.    If you would like to help out at the book fair please speak to your PTA class rep.

Many thanks

PTA Committee                              

Early Intervention Family Workers                          

We would like to introduce ourselves as your Early Intervention Family       Workers linked to your child/children’s school. The role of the Early      Intervention Family Worker is to support you as parents/carers with any    concerns or issues you may have to do with being a parent. The aim is to       offer support with worries you may have in relation to your child’s education       or behaviour and provide you with support and strategies on how best to deal    with it. We aim to do that by

• Offering one-to-one support
• Signposting to other relevant agencies
• Raise awareness of support available to parents/carers in the local community

• Support you with encouraging your child’s positive behaviour

• Give opportunities to meet with other parents/carers through coffee mornings/afternoon teas

• Provide access to parenting programmes

• Support through periods of transition i.e. your child starting school or going up to secondary school.
• Provide workshops around relevant topics

For more information please contact:

Samantha Stacey (Family Support Workers)

On 01954 284604

www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Dear Parents and Carers,

Year 6 SATs 13 – 16 May
All Year 6 children will be taking part in national curriculum tests this week. It is particularly important that children come into school rested and in good time for staff to settle children down before tests commence. Y6 children may come into school from 8.30am on the days of the tests for breakfast if they wish.

Class 2 Notices

Next Friday (17th May) will be the final spelling test before half term.  The children have worked really hard this half term and are being given a week’s rest from spelling tests before half term.

 Please ensure your child arrives at school at 8.50am every day, but especially the week beginning 20.5.13 as the Year 2 children will be completing some assessments.

 We will be making ‘Moving Pictures’ in our DT lessons in the week beginning 20.5.13.  If you have anything at home that has a moving mechanism such as a lever or slider, eg a book with a pop-up/moving part on the page, or a greetings card with something moving on, please bring them into school.

We will be creating our own moving pictures based around our topic Night-time.  If you would like to bring in anything to use from home to add to your night-time picture you may do so.

School dress code

As the warm weather arrives and summer clothes come out can we remind you that some clothing such as flip flops, open toed sandals and crocs are not suitable as outdoor shoes for school.  Children find this difficult at playtime when running around and using the trim trail. We would also ask that shoulders should be covered to avoid sunburn and small cut off shorts be saved for weekend wear. Jewellery is also discouraged as necklaces can get caught and torn while children are running around. Your co-operation is appreciated.

Parents in classrooms (mornings)

Can we remind you it is really helpful to your child and greatly appreciated by staff when parents leave classes promptly in the mornings – allowing registration to commence by 9am. Recently some classes have been unable to start the register until 9.20 which has an impact on the length of the lesson and therefore on your child’s learning. As it is the summer term it would be helpful to encourage your child to come into the classroom independently. Your co-operation is appreciated.

End of the day

Could parents please supervise their children at the end of the day.  There have been a few incidents of children running to the top of the field and trying to climb over the fences at the back.  This is damaging the fences and is a safety issue.

If you are collecting your child from pre-school, before the end of the day, please be aware there may be classes or small groups working in the playground.  We would be grateful if parents can keep their child with them and ensure children don’t ride scooters/bikes near where classes are working.

KS2 Production

The dates of the dates KS2 performance will be 9 & 10 July at 7pm. We will send out a letter closer to the time for you to book tickets. As last year tickets will cost £1.

Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers

We are collecting Sainsbury’s vouchers. A collection box is located in the Reception area.

Parent view

If you would like to share your views about our school please use the Ofsted Parent view website.

Parent View gives you the chance to tell Ofsted what you think about your child’s school. Parent View asks for your opinion on 12 aspects of your child’s school.

 http://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/

Is your child entitled to a free school meal?

To make an enquiry or to apply contact:

www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/education/parents/help/lunches/ or call the Education Welfare Benefits Service on 01480 372307/8. The school office has forms if you need one.

Best wishes

Farah McPhee and Staff

Diary Dates

Term dates for 2012/13

Summer term. ………………………………………………………………….16 Apr-23 July

May Bank Holiday ……………………………………………………………….6 May

KS 2 SATs…………………………………………………………………………………. 13- 17 May

Half term ……………………………………………………………………………26 May – 4 June

Staff training day…………………………………………………………………..3 Jun

Last day of term ……………………………………………………………………….. 23 July

PTA NEWS

PTA SWIMMING CLUB – Resuscitation Courses will take place in the school hall on Tuesday 14 May at 7pm and Monday 20May at 9.00 am.   This 40 minutes approx course is open to all parents/carers .  You must take this course to be on the rota for supervising after school swimming/holiday sessions in the school pool and also if you want to hire the pool during the summer holidays.    The fee for the course is £3.00.

Your enrolment forms and payment must be in by next Monday 13^th May!

No children to be present at the courses.

Scholastic Book Fair – Friday 17^th May, Monday 20^th May & Tuesday 21^st May.

Come and catch the reading bug at our Book Fair.  The book fair will be arriving in school soon with hundreds of new children’s books to buy from as little £2.99.   Don’t forget that every book you buy can help get Free Books for the school.    The book fair will take place in the school hall from 3.30 pm to 4.30pm on the above days.   Look out for letters in book bags soon.    If you would like to help out at the book fair please speak to your PTA class rep.

Many thanks

PTA Committee                        

Home Club News
Tuesdays and Wednesdays are very popular days at Home Club, and are now at maximum capacity. If you wish to use either of these days and didn’t book them before the start of this term, please check with Marilyn the day before, to see if there has been a cancellation.

Late comers
An increasing number of children are being picked up late. Please note that the club’s closing time is 5.30 everyday, unless you have pre-booked and pre-paid an extension till 6.  Picking up late is very discourteous to the staff, please try to be on time. The club has a late pick-up fee of £5 per 15 minutes to cover additional staff cost, payable on pick-up, which we will now need to enforce to stop the drain on the club’s resources.  If you don’t pay this on pick-up it will be added to your next bill. However, the staff would much prefer parents to be on time than to collect extra fees. Thank you for your cooperation.

Dear Parents and Carers,

PTA Quiz Night

Thank you to everyone who came to the quiz night. It was a great evening.  A big thank you goes to everyone who set the hall up after school and tidied up at the end. I am planning the next one!!

School dress code

As the warm weather arrives and summer clothes come out can we remind you that some clothing such as flip flops, open toed sandals and crocs are not suitable as outdoor shoes for school.  Children find this difficult at playtime when running around and using the trim trail. We would also ask that shoulders should be covered to avoid sunburn and small cut off shorts be saved for weekend wear. Jewellery is also discouraged as necklaces can get caught and torn while children are running around. Your co-operation is appreciated.

Class 2 Notices:

Next week in Literacy we will be writing non-chronological reports about Unicorns.  It would be fantastic if the children could do some research about Unicorns and come into school on Tuesday and Wednesday next week ready to share their information.

On Friday 10th May the Year 2s in Class 2 will be attending a Tennis Festival at Comberton Village College 1-2.30pm.  Please ensure your child has a full PE kit in school (they must wear trainers, shorts and the Coton PE t-shirt).  Please also ensure your child comes to school with a full bottle of water (they can re-fill at school or at CVC) and a hat to wear if it is a sunny day (baseball cap or something practical for sport).  We will be getting to and from CVC on the mini-bus with Miss Clark and Mrs Osborne.

FA Cup Lunch

Please see attached booking form for FA Cup Lunch on Thursday 16^th May 2013.

Parents in classrooms (mornings)

Can we remind you it is really helpful to your child and greatly appreciated by staff when parents leave classes promptly in the mornings – allowing registration to commence by 9am. Recently some classes have been unable to start the register until 9.20 which has an impact on the length of the lesson and therefore on your child’s learning. As it is the summer term it would be helpful to encourage your child to come into the classroom independently. Your co-operation is appreciated.

KS2 Production

The dates of the dates KS2 performance will be 9 & 10 July at 7pm. We will send out a letter closer to the time for you to book tickets. As last year tickets will cost £1.

Class 1 Visit

To Wimpole will be on Wednesday 15 May. Please see attached letter for more details.

Class 3 Visit

To West Stow will be on Wednesday 15 May. Please see attached letter for more details.

Thanks

Class 4 would like to thank Mr Ross Chandler for his enthusiasm and excellent cricket coaching this half term.  The children all improved their cricket skills and had a great time too.  Thank you

Clubs

Yoga club is not running this term as there were not enough children.

Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers

We are collecting Sainsbury’s vouchers. A collection box is located in the Reception area.

Parent view

If you would like to share your views about our school please use the Ofsted Parent view website.

Parent View gives you the chance to tell Ofsted what you think about your child’s school. Parent View asks for your opinion on 12 aspects of your child’s school.

 http://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/

Is your child entitled to a free school meal?

To make an enquiry or to apply contact:

www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/education/parents/help/lunches/ or call the Education Welfare Benefits Service on 01480 372307/8. The school office has forms if you need one.

Enjoy the Bank Holiday Weekend

Best wishes

Farah McPhee and Staff

Diary Dates

Term dates for 2012/13

Summer term. ………………………………………………………………….16 Apr-23 July

May Bank Holiday ……………………………………………………………….6 May

KS 2 SATs…………………………………………………………………………………. 13- 17 May

Half term ……………………………………………………………………………26 May – 4 June

Staff training day…………………………………………………………………..3 Jun

Last day of term ……………………………………………………………………….. 23 July

PTA NEWS

Last Friday was the parents’ turn for a big social event – the Quiz Night.  This was very well attended with 9 teams taking part.  Thank you all for coming along and making this a really fun evening – not to mention raising about £700.   In addition to the many members of the PTA committee/ volunteers who worked so hard to prepare and clear up on the night,  special thanks are also due  to Mrs McPhee who did a fabulous job as quiz-master and to Janet Cornwall for decorating the hall. 

PTA SWIMMING CLUB – Resuscitation Courses will take place in the school hall on Tuesday 14 May at 7pm and Monday 20May at 9.00 am.   This 40 minutes approx course is open to all parents/carers .  You must take this course to be on the rota for supervising after school swimming/holiday sessions in the school pool and also if you want to hire the pool during the summer holidays.    The fee for the course is £3.00.

Letters and details about the PTA swimming club sent home in book bags last week.  Please return to school with payment asap.  

No children to be present at the courses.

Scholastic Book Fair – Friday 17^th May, Monday 20^th May & Tuesday 21^st May.

Come and catch the reading bug at our Book Fair.  The book fair will be arriving in school soon with hundreds of new children’s books to  buy from as little £2.99.   Don’t forget that every book you buy can help get Free Books for the school.    The book fair will take place in the school hall from 3.30 pm to 4.30pm on the above days.   Look out for letters in book bags soon.    If you would like to help out at the book fair please speak to your PTA class rep.

Many thanks

PTA Committee                              

Activities at Home Club this half term
With the weather improving we’ll be doing lots more outdoor activities at Home Club, including den building, games and sport (we’re hoping to acquire a netball hoop soon). As always, there are also lots of arty activities to get stuck into. There will be block printing, clock and sun dial making, jewellery making and more glass painting, as this has proved very popular. This half term’s competition will be vehicle drawing, and we’ll also be making model vehicles. As usual, if there is an activity you really want to do, tell the staff in advance so they can try to have it set out for the day you attend.

Home Club News
Tuesdays and Wednesdays are very popular days at Home Club, and are now at maximum capacity. If you wish to use either of these days on a casual basis, please check with Marilyn the day before, to see if there has been a cancellation.

Dear Parents and Carers,

Curriculum letters

Please find attached letters from each class outlining what your child/children will be learning this term.

KS2 Production

The dates of the dates KS2 performance will be 9 & 10 July at 7pm. We will send out a letter closer to the time for you to book tickets. As last year tickets will cost £1.

Parents in classrooms (mornings)

Can we remind you it is really helpful to your child and greatly appreciated by staff when parents leave classes promptly in the mornings – allowing registration to commence by 9am. Recently some classes have been unable to start the register until 9.20 which has an impact on the length of the lesson and therefore on your child’s learning. As it is the summer term it would be helpful to encourage your child to come into the classroom independently. Your co-operation is appreciated.

Class 1 Visit

To Wimpole will be on Wednesday 15 May. Please see attached letter for more details.

Class 2 Notices

In Numeracy next week, we will be learning about capacity as well as revisiting weight and length.  Please could you bring into school any empty containers that held liquid, so we can use them in some of our Numeracy lessons.  Thank you.

Class 3 Visit

To West Stow will be on Wednesday 15 May. Please see attached letter for more details.

School Meals

If your child has a school meal, please pay at the start of each half term.

The meals are £2 per day. This half term is £56 and next half term is £72.

Free Taster Session – If parents would like to come and sample a selection of the food served at lunchtime, there is an opportunity for you to do so on Monday 29 April at 3pm.

Clubs

Please could children be collected promptly and from the hall back door.

Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers

We are collecting Sainsbury’s vouchers. A collection box is located in the Reception area.

Parent view

If you would like to share your views about our school please use the Ofsted Parent view website.

Parent View gives you the chance to tell Ofsted what you think about your child’s school. Parent View asks for your opinion on 12 aspects of your child’s school.

 http://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/

Is your child entitled to a free school meal?

To make an enquiry or to apply contact:

www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/education/parents/help/lunches/ or call the Education Welfare Benefits Service on 01480 372307/8. The school office has forms if you need one.

Best wishes

Farah McPhee and Staff

Diary Dates

Term dates for 2012/13

Summer term. ………………………………………………………………….16 Apr-23 July

May Bank Holiday ……………………………………………………………….6 May

KS 2 SATs…………………………………………………………………………………. 13- 17 May

Half term ……………………………………………………………………………26 May – 4 June

Staff training day…………………………………………………………………..3 Jun

Last day of term ……………………………………………………………………….. 23 July

PTA NEWS

Quiz Night – -TONIGHT  – Friday 26^th April – 7.30pm

Tickets £7.50

This promises to be a fun light hearted night so please come along and support the PTA in raising funds for the school.      You do not have to enter as a team of eight – lots of people come along in ones and twos and we can put you together with others.   We would love to see as many people there as possible.  There will be a bar.

This is an adult only event.

Volunteers to help set up after school and help out on the night would be greatly appreciated.

PTA SWIMMING CLUB – Resuscitation Courses will take place in the school hall on Tuesday 14 May at 7pm and Monday 20May at 9.00 am.   This 30 minutes approx course is open to all parents/carers .  You must take this course to be on the rota for supervising after school swimming/holiday sessions in the school pool and also if you want to hire the pool during the summer holidays.  (Letters and details about the PTA swimming club sent home in book bags today.)   The cost of the course is £3.00. 

No children to be present at the courses.

The Scholastic Book Fair will take place over 3 days towards the middle of May – further details to follow.

Many thanks

PTA Committee                              

Activities at Home Club this half term
With the weather improving we’ll be doing lots more outdoor activities at Home Club, including den building, games and sport (we’re hoping to acquire a netball hoop soon). As always, there are also lots of arty activities to get stuck into. There will be block printing, clock and sun dial making, jewellery making and more glass painting, as this has proved very popular. This half term’s competition will be vehicle drawing, and we’ll also be making model vehicles. As usual, if there is an activity you really want to do, tell the staff in advance so they can try to have it set out for the day you attend.

Home Club News
Tuesdays and Wednesdays are very popular days at Home Club, and are now at maximum capacity. If you wish to use either of these days on a casual basis, please check with Marilyn the day before, to see if there has been a cancellation.

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back! I hope you had a restful Easter.

Punctuality  

Thank you to the significant number of families who ensure that their children are in school on time for

learning to start promptly at 9am. There are however a very small number of families who are persistently late to school which disrupts lessons and learning. Please could these families try and ensure their child/children are here before 9am.

At the end of the day please can parents be on time to collect their child/children as teachers often have commitments with after school meetings.  Your co-operation in this matter is appreciated.

PTA Quiz Night 26 April

Please see PTA news!

Class 2 Notices

We are going to change our role play area into a Hospital at night-time for this half term.  If anyone has any items they would be happy to lend to Class 2 to go in our role play area it would be much appreciated.  Please ensure whatever you lend us is clearly named so we can return it to you at the end of this half term.

Thank you

Big Write next week will be focusing on using speech marks in our writing.  If you notice any speech marks in books you read have a chat together about why they are there.

Please could each child bring in 3x yoghurt pots (or similar) suitable for planting a seed in and an old pair of tights (only 1 leg needed though) ready for Tuesday.

Thank you – Mrs Cooke

KS2 Production

The dates of the dates KS2 performance will be 9 & 10 July at 7pm. We will send out a letter closer to the time for you to book tickets. As last year tickets will cost £1.

Hilltop

The second non-refundable £40 payment for Hilltop is due. Please pay to the school office by Friday 26 April.

Class 3 Visit

To West Stow will be on Wednesday 15 May. Please see attached letter for more details.

Netball

Please see attached letter.

School Meals

If your child has a school meal please pay at the start of each half term.

The meals are £2 per day. This half term is £56 and next half term is £72.

If parents would like to come and sample a selection of the food served at lunchtime, there is an opportunity for you to do so on Monday 29 April at 3pm. Please let the office know if you would like to come along by Wednesday 24 April.

Clubs

Most clubs will start next week apart from Mad Science and Yoga.

Monday – Total Sports Plus Athletics for KS2 from Monday 22 April 2013 3.30pm – 4.30pm  

                   Mad Science (to start Monday 13 May 2013)

Tuesday –  Yoga (we need at least 8 children for the club to run) to start 30 April 2013

Wednesday – Alex Minei Football for yr 1-6 children from Wednesday 24 April 2013 3.30pm – 4.30pm

Thursday – Total Sports Plus Multi Skills KS1 from Thursday 25 April 3.30pm – 4.30pm

Friday –  Alex Minei Multisports for KS2 from Friday 26 April 2013 8.00am – 8.45am

Please see attached forms.

Please could children be collected promptly and from the hall back door.

Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers

We are collecting Sainsbury’s vouchers. A collection box is located in the Reception area.

Parent view

If you would like to share your views about our school please use the Ofsted Parent view website.

Parent View gives you the chance to tell Ofsted what you think about your child’s school. Parent View asks for your opinion on 12 aspects of your child’s school.

 http://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/

Is your child entitled to a free school meal?

To make an enquiry or to apply contact:

www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/education/parents/help/lunches/ or call the Education Welfare Benefits Service on 01480 372307/8. The school office has forms if you need one.

Best wishes

Farah McPhee and Staff

Diary Dates

Term dates for 2012/13

Summer term. ………………………………………………………………….16 Apr-23 July

May Bank Holiday ……………………………………………………………….6 May

KS 2 SATs…………………………………………………………………………………. 13- 17 May

Half term ……………………………………………………………………………26 May – 4 June

Staff training day…………………………………………………………………..3 Jun

Last day of term ……………………………………………………………………….. 23 July

PTA NEWS – DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Quiz Night -  Friday 26^th April – 7.30pm – Tickets £7.50

This promises to be a fun light hearted night so please come along and support the PTA in raising funds for the school.  Information about tickets has been sent home in book bags and tickets are available to purchase now.   Simply fill out the form and return with payment to the PTA Red Box in the school foyer as soon as possible.  Alternatively simply register your team by completing the form and return to the PTA Red Box and pay on the night.   The PTA committee can then plan as to how much wine will need to be purchased (and soft drinks) as we don’t want to run out on the night!       You do not have to enter as a team of eight – lots of people come along in ones and twos and we can put you together with others on the night.   We would love to see as many people there as possible.  This is an adult only event.

Volunteers to help set up after school and help out on the night would be greatly appreciated. There will also be a raffle and raffle prizes are needed. If anyone could donate, chocolates, wine, sweets, spirits, toiletries and The Cuddly Toy!

PTA SWIMMING CLUB – Resuscitation Courses will take place in the school hall on Tuesday 14 May at 7pm and Monday 20May at 9.00 am.   This 30 minutes approx course is open to all parents/carers .  You must take this course to be on the rota for supervising after school swimming/holiday sessions in the school pool and also if you want to hire the pool during the summer holidays.  (further details to follow)   The cost of the course is £3.00.   No children to be present at courses.

The Scholastic Book Fair will take place over 3 days towards the middle of May – further details to follow.

Many thanks

PTA Committee

Dear Parents and Carers

Professor Chris Bishop

As part of our activities for Science Week we were delighted to have local scientist, Professor Chris Bishop, visiting the school on Tuesday. Children and staff enjoyed some incredible science demonstrations. These included watching powder being blown at high speed through a tube and then ignited, giving the impression of fire breathed from a dragon, and acid and alkali slowly being mixed causing a beaker of liquid to gradually change from one colour of the rainbow to the next!  The demonstrations were both exciting and intriguing and left us all inspired.

Videos of Chris performing science demonstrations including some of the ones we watched can be found by logging on to www.richannel.org and typing in ‘explosive science’ .

Easter Service

Our Easter Service is on Tuesday 26 March at 10am at the church. Parents are welcome to come but it may be standing room only.

Class 1

Hopefully you will have received a letter from your child as a special surprise this week.  We would be very grateful if you could also send them a short letter to open at school.  The school address is:

Coton C of E Primary School

Whitwell Way

Coton

CB23 7PW

Yr 5 Careers Convention

This event will be on Tuesday 26 March at St John’s College. This has been organised by Network 11, the group of schools which feed to CVC, along with CVC itself.  Please see attached letter for more details.  Permission slips need to signed and returned to school on Monday 25.

Big Pedal

Well done to all the children who came to school on their scooters and bikes for the Big pedal Challenge. A big thank you also goes to all supporters. Coton School came 18^th nationally!! Regionally Coton was 3^rd. Class 3 were the champions within the school. Well done Class 3!

There was a combined 933 journeys by bike and scooter, with supports. 39% was the average number of children cycling to school daily.

Yr 6 SATs information evening

Thank you to all the parents who came to the evening. We hope you found it informative and it was a good opportunity to ask any questions you had and to look at the new Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) test.

Parking and Turning

May I remind all parents and carers not to use the staff car park. This has happened during drop off and pick up and when some parents are picking up toddlers from pre-school.

Traffic to and from school always causes problems for schools. We try our best to ensure safety for children and minimise disruption to other road users and pedestrians. I ask parents not to turn in the school drive way as this is dangerous for children walking to school and suggest that you drive past the school and find a suitable safe place to turn. Some parents who walk to school and Pre School with small children are concerned that many cars are turning in St Peters Road and making it difficult for them to cross safely.  Please be aware of this. You may find it safer to go to the top of Silverdale Avenue where there is a “turning circle” or parking at the church and walking.

Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers

We are collecting Sainsbury’s vouchers. A collection box is located in the Reception area.

Parent view

If you would like to share your views about our school please use the Ofsted Parent view website.

Parent View gives you the chance to tell Ofsted what you think about your child’s school. Parent View asks for your opinion on 12 aspects of your child’s school.

 http://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/

Is your child entitled to a free school meal?

To make an enquiry or to apply contact:

www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/education/parents/help/lunches/ or call the Education Welfare Benefits Service on 01480 372307/8. The school office has forms if you need one.

Best wishes

Farah McPhee and Staff

Diary Dates

Term dates for 2012/13

Spring Term

Last day of term …………………………………………………………………… 28 March

Summer term. ………………………………………………………………….16 Apr-23 Jul

Training Day…………………………………………………………………………….15 April

First day of term……………………………………………………………………….16 April

May Bank Holiday ……………………………………………………………….6 May

Half term ……………………………………………………………………………7-31 May

Staff training day…………………………………………………………………..3 Jun

Mosaic Dance, Coton will be putting on a dance display on Saturday 23rd March at Coton Primary School

at 6.30pm (doors open at 6pm) Tickets will be available on the door or contact paula@mosaicdance.com. Many pupils and ex-pupils from Coton School will be taking part.

PTA NEWS – DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Easter Bingo -  TODAY – Friday 22^nd March  6.30pm

This popular event will be held in the school hall.  Hotdogs and other refreshments will be on sale from 6.00pm – so come hungry.   It’s guaranteed to be a fun evening.     (All children to be accompanied by an adult).  Any offers to help set-up after school and help out on the night would be greatly appreciated.

Clothing Collection – bags will be sent home in book bags next week and will need to be returned to school for collection on 20 April.

Quiz Night -  Friday 26^th April – 7.30pm – Tickets £7.50

Give your brain cells a workout at the school quiz night on Friday 26^th April.    Information about tickets has been sent home in book bags today.    Hopefully there will be a bar selling beers, wines and soft drinks – nibbles will be provided.   Ticket information and order forms sent home in book bags last week.  

Many thanks

PTA Committee                              

Easter at Home Club until the end of term

• Egg and spoon races
• Easter egg hunts (last week of term)
• Easter tree
• Egg Colouring
• Egg decoration
• Easter drawing and sculpture competition
• Easter nests
• Easter biscuits
• Easter Cup cakes
• Chick and rabbit making
• Hats

22^nd March 2013

Dear Parents

The year 5 children have been invited to a Careers Convention next Tuesday afternoon, 26th March.  This has been organised by Network 11, the group of schools which feed to CVC, along with CVC itself.  The children will have the opportunity to meet a wide variety of exhibitors who, I am sure, will make this a valuable, inspirational, and fun experience for the children.

The convention is being held at St. John’s College, and a coach is provided.  This will be leaving Coton at 1:55pm.  They will be back at school just after the end of the school day, at 3:45pm.

Please complete the slip below to give permission for your child to attend, and return on Monday.

Thank you

Anna Hayesmore

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

I give permission for  ………………………………………………… to attend the Careers Convention at St. John’s College on Tuesday 22^nd March 2011.  I will make arrangements for my child to be collected from school at 3:45pm.

Signed ………………………………………………..

Dear Parents and Carers,

Class 2 Trip to Sea Life Centre

Class 2 had a super day out on Monday when they visited Hunstanton Sea Life Centre.  The children had a touch-pool talk, where they were able to touch starfish and crabs.  After this, the children were able to explore the sea life centre and look around at all of the sea creatures.  The staff at the centre commented on how well behaved and polite the children from Coton School were. 

Many thanks to the parents that came along to support and who offered to help out on the day.

Class 2 have been writing their explanation texts all about a sea creature of their choice this week, along making a silk painting of their creature too.  Fantastic learning Class 2!

Welcome

We are very lucky to welcome Mr Ellis to the school.  He will be teaching alongside Ms Hayesmore in class 4 next term, and will be visiting on Thursday and Friday next week.

Parking and Turning

May I remind all parents and carers not to use the staff car park. This has happened during drop off and pick up and when some parents are picking up toddlers from pre-school.

Traffic to and from school always causes problems for schools. We try our best to ensure safety for children and minimise disruption to other road users and pedestrians. I ask parents not to turn in the school drive way as this is dangerous for children walking to school and suggest that you drive past the school and find a suitable safe place to turn. Some parents who walk to school and Pre School with small children are concerned that many cars are turning in St Peters Road and making it difficult for them to cross safely.  Please be aware of this. You may find it safer to go to the top of Silverdale Avenue where there is a “turning circle” or parking at the church and walking.

Red Nose Day

Thank you to everyone who took in Red Nose day. We raised £107.10.

NetBall

A squad of nine children (Kitty, Bertie, Elliot, Eve, Miranda, Annabel, Raphael, Madeleine and Ella), all from class four, gave up lots of their lunch playtimes to practice for a netball tournament at Comberton Village College that took place yesterday evening.  

They were all very excited, and their hard work paid off! They were the only team at the tournament to win all of the matches they played. They all contributed lots, especially Bertie who scored 5 goals in a row in one half of a match and won the “Golden Hand” for best scorer in the tournament, closely followed by Raphael who scored 4 goals throughout the matches! And special thanks to Annabel the nutritionist for providing the team with food, (cheesy twists.) 

Now we are through to the upper A final!   Well done Coton Netball Team!!!!

By Annabel Osborne and Eve McGuinness

Junction

Please see attachments for family events.

Easter Sports Activities

We have flyers for Alex Minei Easter Sports Camp, Tennis, Total Sports Plus with Tyler Gilkes, Multisports with Luke Harradine, and Easter Kids Club available in the school office.

Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers

We are collecting Sainsbury’s vouchers. A collection box is located in the Reception area.

Parent view

If you would like to share your views about our school please use the Ofsted Parent view website.

Parent View gives you the chance to tell Ofsted what you think about your child’s school. Parent View asks for your opinion on 12 aspects of your child’s school.

 http://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/

Is your child entitled to a free school meal?

To make an enquiry or to apply contact:

www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/education/parents/help/lunches/ or call the Education Welfare Benefits Service on 01480 372307/8. The school office has forms if you need one.

Best wishes

Farah McPhee and Staff

Diary Dates

Term dates for 2012/13

Spring Term

Science week ……………………………………………………………………….. 18-22 March

Life Bus ………………………………………………………………………………… 20-22 March

Summer term. ………………………………………………………………….16 Apr-23 Jul

Training Day…………………………………………………………………………….15 April

First day of term………………………………………………………………………..16 April

May Bank Holiday ………………………………………………………………….6 May

Half term …………………………………………………………………………………. 27-31 May

Staff training day……………………………………………………………………………….. 3 Jun

PTA NEWS – DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Easter Bingo – Friday 22^nd March  6.30pm

This popular event will be held in the school hall.  Hotdogs and other refreshments will be on sale from 6.00pm – so come hungry.   It’s guaranteed to be a fun evening.  Don’t forget your easter bingo prizes when shopping this weekend – the box is looking rather empty!   (All children to be accompanied by an adult).  Any offers to help set-up after school would be greatly appreciated.

Clothing Collection – bags will be sent home in book bags on 20 March.

Quiz Night -  Friday 26^th April – 7.30pm – Tickets £7.50

Give your brain cells a workout at the school quiz night on Friday 26^th April.    Information about tickets has been sent home in book bags today.    Hopefully there will be a bar selling beers, wines and soft drinks – nibbles will be provided.

Many thanks

PTA Committee                              

Easter at Home Club until the end of term

• Egg and spoon races
• Easter egg hunts (last week of term)
• Easter tree
• Egg Colouring
• Egg decoration
• Easter drawing and sculpture competition
• Easter nests
• Easter biscuits
• Easter Cup cakes
• Chick and rabbit making
• Hats

Cake and Bake Sale, Saturday March 16 March 2013

10:30 – 11:30 Coton Village Hall

Former Coton School pupil Olivia Hague is holding a Cake and Bake sale fundraiser for Comic Relief this year. Please spread the word and come along to show your support! Thank you, hope to see you there!

1^st Coton Brownies – Class 2 girls only

Please see attachment

Dear Parents and Carers,

Notices for Class 2:

A reminder that we will be going on our trip to the Sea Life Centre on Monday! Please ensure your child is at school at 8.50am, ready for a prompt registration and setting off for our journey.

If your child suffers from travel sickness please give them their travel sickness tablets before school.  Please let me know as well. All children need a packed lunch on Monday as we are out of school all day.

We will be returning to school by 3.30pm ready for pick-up at the end of the day.

We won’t be having a Big Write session next week, due to our day trip out, but the children will be writing their explanation text all about the sea creature of their choice.  It would be fantastic if the children could do some extra research on their sea creature to help support their writing further next week.

Class 1

Next week we are planning to make musical instruments. Please could each child bring in a container with a lid (no glass please). Any donations of noisy items would be very much appreciated e.g. rice, pasta, seeds (no nuts please), pebbles etc. Thank you 

Bikes and Scooters

A polite reminder to parents and children not to ride their bikes/scooters inside the school grounds. There have been some near misses recently. Thank you

PSHE Life Bus

As part of our Personal, Social, Health Education (PSHE) and citizenship scheme of work, we are fortunate to be having a visit from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Life Education Centre for 2 days on the 20^th and 22^nd of March. Each class will have a lesson in the bus. If any parents, carers or governors would like to visit the bus they can do so on Wednesday 20^th Marchfrom 9am – 9.20 or  3pm – 3.20

Please see attached letter for more details.

Big Pedal 28.2.13 – 20.3.13

We are 2nd in Cambridge and 3rd in the Eastern Region as far as the Big Pedal goes from Tuesday.

Book Club

As a reminder if you are going to buy books from the scholastic catalogue the school will get FREE BOOKS!  If you would like to buy a book please go directly to the Scholastic website www.clubs.scholastic.co.uk  You will need to select the school so when you check out Scholastic know who to give the free books to.

Red Nose Day

Friday 15 March is Red Nose Day. The school council have chosen the following ideas to raise funds for Red Nose day: 1. Coming to school with wacky hair 2. Dressing a toy in red 3. Wearing something red which includes red noses. School council have suggested a donation of a £1.

Easter Lunch

Please complete the attached booking form if you would like your child/ren to have Easter Lunch.

Book Day

It was great to see so many book characters in school.  My favourite costume was Captain Underpants!

Happy birthday to captain underpants!!  

Easter Sports Activities

We have flyers for Alex Minei Easter Sports Camp, Tennis, Total Sports Plus with Tyler Gilkes, Multisports with Luke Harradine, and Easter Kids Club available in the school office.

Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers

We are collecting Sainsbury’s vouchers. A collection box is located in the Reception area.

Parent view

If you would like to share your views about our school please use the Ofsted Parent view website.

Parent View gives you the chance to tell Ofsted what you think about your child’s school. Parent View asks for your opinion on 12 aspects of your child’s school.

 http://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/

Is your child entitled to a free school meal?

To make an enquiry or to apply contact:

www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/education/parents/help/lunches/ or call the Education Welfare Benefits Service on 01480 372307/8. The school office has forms if you need one.

Best wishes

Farah McPhee and Staff

Diary Dates

Term dates for 2012/13

Spring Term

Science week ……………………………………………………………………….. 18-22 March

Life Bus ………………………………………………………………………………… 20-22 March

Summer term. ……………………………………………………………………. 16 Apr-23 Jul

Training Day………………………………………………………………………………   15 April

First day of term………………………………………………………………………..  16 April

May Bank Holiday …………………………………………………………………………. 6 May

Half term …………………………………………………………………………………. 27-31 May

Staff training day……………………………………………………………………………….. 3 Jun

Message from Rev Meyers

It’s Mothering Sunday on 10 March.  Bring Mum and the family to a special service at Coton church – 11am to 12 noon – a service for all ages, with songs, prayers, activities, Bible reading and a baptism.  Refreshments afterwards & fair trade stall. 

PTA NEWS – DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Easter Bingo – Friday 22^nd March  6.30pm

This popular event will be held in the school hall.  Hotdogs and other refreshments will be on sale.  Guaranteed to be a lively evening.  (We will be putting a collection box in the main entrance for donations of easter prizes).   Thank you for any that you donate.

Clothing Collection – bags will be sent home in book bags on 20 March.

Quiz Night -  Friday 26^th April – 7.30pm – Tickets £7.50

If you have been to a school quiz night before you will know that they are great fun and really just as much about socialising and having fun as testing  your brain power (and raising funds for the school!).  If you are new to the school, please come along – it is a great chance to get to know some new friends.  You do not have to enter as a team of eight, we can put you together with others to form a team.  The quiz is not just open to Coton parents, we would love to see as many people as possible, so please invite friends and neighbours to join your team.    Hopefully there will be a bar selling beers, wines and soft drinks.    Look out for further details in book bags.

Many thanks

PTA Committee                              

Home Club News

Tuesdays and Wednesdays are very popular days at Home Club, and are now at maximum capacity. If you wish to use either of these days on a casual basis, please check with Marilyn the day before, to see if there has been a cancellation.

Dear Parents and Carers,

Lion Learners

On Monday 25 February David from Lion Learners came into assembly. He brought Sebastian the corn snake, Polly the Rose Tarantula and Max and Ben the chinchillas. The children enjoyed listening and learning about the animals and their habitats. Some children had the opportunity to handle the animals and see the corn snake shedding his skin.

PSHE Life Bus

As part of our Personal, Social, Health Education (PSHE) and citizenship scheme of work, we are fortunate to be having a visit from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Life Education Centre for 2 days on the 20^th and 22^nd of March. Each class will have a lesson in the bus. If any parents, carers or governors would like to visit the bus they can do so on Wednesday 20^th Marchfrom 9am – 9.20 or  3pm – 3.20

Please see attached letter for more details.

Big Pedal 28.2.13 – 20.3.13

Get ready to race in the UK’s biggest school cycling event of the year. Ride or scoot to school in an epic race across the UK. We are encouraging parents, pupils and siblings to cycle or scoot to school to complete each one of the Big Pedal stages. The more people that cycle or scoot to school the faster we will complete each stage.  Coton School have been awarded the Sustrans bronze school mark award.

Class 4 Greek Day

Is on Monday 4 March. We look forward to seeing the children and adults dressed as Athenians on the day.

Tag Rugby

Report prepared by Ella, Olivia and Kitty

‘On Tuesday 26 February a group of Class 4 children, Ella, Kitty, Olivia, Bertie, Harry, Joseph, Raphael, Thomas B-G and Samuel all went to a tag rugby tournament in Swavesey.

We had done five PE lessons on tag rugby and only covered some of the rules. It was the first time we had worked together as a team. We learnt more tactics by watching the teams while we were not playing. We won 2 matched 7-2 and 5-2. The matches that we lost were only by 1 point each time!! We came fourth in the small schools competitions and received certificates. We think we did very well even though it was very cold!’

Ms Hayesmore and Mrs Osborne were very proud of the children. They worked well as a team and showed good sportsmanship.

Play leaders

Meet our Yr6 play leaders. They are in the playground every lunchtime setting up games for the younger children to play.

Book Day

On 7 March it is Book Day. If your child would like to dress up as their favourite character from a book they can do on that day and bring an £1. The money will go towards buying books for the school. If your child’s character has a toy sword, gun etc please leave these at home. We would like to invite parents to come in and read a story with a small group of children at 3pm. If you are able to do this please let class teachers know.

Book Club

Your child will bring home a Scholastic catalogue. When you buy books from them the school will get FREE BOOKS!  If you would like to buy a book please go directly to the Scholastic website www.clubs.scholastic.co.uk  You will need to select the school so when you check out Scholastic know who to give the free books to.

Class 2

 We will be writing a short explanation about Sharks during next week’s Big Write lesson on Wednesday 6th March.  Please talk about sharks together and if you have the chance, do some research please - possibly reading a library book or looking at the following websites:

http://www.kidzone.ws/sharks/facts.htm

http://kids.nationalgeographic.co.uk/kids/animals/creaturefeature/great-white-shark/

Don’t bring anything into school written down, just talk together about it before Wednesday. 

Red Nose Day

Friday 15 March is Red Nose Day. The school council have been discussing various fund raising options. Once these have been finalised they will be sent in next week’s newsletter. 
Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers

We are collecting Sainsbury’s vouchers. A collection box is located in the Reception area.

Reminder Class 3

A reminder please for children to have suitable footwear when walking round Coton as part of their geography topic especially if it has been raining the day or morning before.

Netball

Sunday 3 March, Netball at Coton Primary School, 10.00am – 11.30am.  All levels welcome.

Best wishes

Farah McPhee and Staff

Diary Dates

Term dates for 2012/13

Spring Term

Science week ……………………………………………………………………….. 18-22 March

Life Bus ………………………………………………………………………………… 20-22 March

Summer term. ……………………………………………………………………. 16 Apr-23 Jul

Training Day………………………………………………………………………………   15 April

First day of term………………………………………………………………………..  16 April

May Bank Holiday …………………………………………………………………………. 6 May

Half term …………………………………………………………………………………. 27-31 May

Staff training day……………………………………………………………………………….. 3 Jun

Message from Rev Meyers

It’s Mothering Sunday on 10 March.  Bring Mum and the family to a special service at Coton church – 11am to 12 noon – a service for all ages, with songs, prayers, activities, Bible reading and a baptism.  Refreshments afterwards & fair trade stall. 

PTA NEWS – DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Easter Bingo – Friday 22^nd March  6.30pm

This popular event will be held in the school hall.  Hotdogs and other refreshments will be on sale.  Guaranteed to be a lively evening.  (We will be putting a collection box in the main entrance for donations of easter prizes).   Thank you for any that you donate.

Clothing Collection – bags will be sent home in book bags on 20 March.

Quiz Night -  Friday 26^th April – 7.30pm – Tickets £7.50

If you have been to a school quiz night before you will know that they are great fun and really just as much about socialising and having fun as testing  your brain power (and raising funds for the school!).  If you are new to the school, please come along – it is a great chance to get to know some new friends.  You do not have to enter as a team of eight,  we can put you together with others to form a team.  The quiz is not just open to Coton parents, we would love to see as many people as possible, so please invite friends and neighbours to join your team.    Hopefully there will be a bar selling beers, wines and soft drinks.    Look out for further details in book bags.

Many thanks

PTA Committee                              

Home Club News

Tuesdays and Wednesdays are very popular days at Home Club, and are now at maximum capacity. If you wish to use either of these days on a casual basis, please check with Marilyn the day before, to see if there has been a cancellation.

Dear Parents and Carers,

I hope you had a good half term. It was good to see so many of you at parent consultations this week.

Storyteller

Paul Jackson visited Coton on the 20 February. It was a wonderful experience for both the children and adults. He told stories from different cultures using a variety of instruments and captivated the children’s imagination. If you haven’t yet brought in your voluntary contribution of £1 please do so by the 27 February. Thank you to Miss Clark for organising the storyteller and to the PTA for funding half of the storyteller’s cost.

Book Day

On 7 March it is Book Day. If your child would like to dress up as their favourite character from a book they can do on that day and bring an £1. If your child’s character has a toy sword, gun etc please leave these at home. We would like to invite parents to come in and read a story with a small group of children at 3pm. If you are able to do this please let class teachers know.

Class 2 Notices

Spellings:
The children in class 2 will be receiving spellings to learn with a mixture of our phonic sounds eg ‘tious’ and high frequency words eg after, another.  Please see this week’s spellings the children have been given to clarify.
Our Big Write lesson will be next Wednesday, focusing on using descriptive vocabulary in our writing.  Talk together about a trip you might have had to the seaside and what you saw there, use adjectives to describe it. Remember, don’t do any writing at home – just talk together.
Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers

We are collecting Sainsbury’s vouchers. A collection box is located in the Reception area.

Half Term Challenge

We have had some amazing things being made out of the lolly sticks. If you are still working on your project, please bring them back into school the week starting the 25^th of February.

Class 1

Say a big thank you for the donation of play equipment. If anyone else has any more donate it will be gratefully received.

Impetigo

There have been confirmed cases of impetigo. Please monitor any spots/lesions that don’t heal normally and consult your doctor for medication.  It is highly contagious so please keep your child/ren at home for 48 hours after treatment.

Class 4 – Greek Day

Please could we remind parents who haven’t yet paid for History Off the Page, Greek Day, to do so by Thursday 28 February.

Chicken Pox

Please be aware there have been more confirmed cases of chicken pox in school. Please keep your child/ren at home for five days from the onset of the rash.

Morning and After School Clubs

Please could children who go to sports/yoga clubs change into their P.E. clothes before and should be bare foot if in the hall.  Please could you use the rear school door when dropping off and collecting your child/ren.

Table Top Sale

Sunday 24 February. Please see attached poster,

Best wishes

Farah McPhee and Staff

Diary Dates

Term dates for 2012/13

Spring Term

Science week ……………………………………………………………………….. 18-22 March

Life Bus ………………………………………………………………………………… 20-22 March

Summer term. ……………………………………………………………………. 16 Apr-23 Jul

Training Day………………………………………………………………………………   15 April

First day of term………………………………………………………………………..  16 April

May Bank Holiday …………………………………………………………………………. 6 May

Half term …………………………………………………………………………………. 27-31 May

Staff training day……………………………………………………………………………….. 3 Jun

PTA NEWS

PTA DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Easter Bingo – Friday 22^nd March – further details to follow but look out for the box in the school foyer for donations of Easter themed prizes.

Quiz Night Friday 26 April

Save the date and come along to the quiz night. The quiz is open to all adults so start organising your team!  The quiz will start at 7.45pm and end at about 10.30pm. There will be a bar and the bar may stay open after the quiz. More details will follow.

Textile collection

Your child will come home with a collection bag for another collection with Bag2School on 19 March 2013. Please start sorting through your cupboards and wardrobes and donate unwanted good condition clean textiles (Adults’ and Children’s Clothes, Shoes (tied together please), Hats, Belts, Handbags, Soft toys, Curtains and Bedding (not duvets or pillows!). If you fill the donation bag and still have more then you can use any other bag to donate your items. Don’t forget to ask grandparents, work colleagues, friends and neighbours to have a sort out as well! Please return your collection bag to the school on 19th April or before 9am drop-off on 20 April for the Bag2School pick-up.