1. Thornhill School News Issue 29 News from Miss Clark News from Mrs Colley SCHOOLSCHOOL www.thornhill.cumbria.sch.uk/ This Week - 13 th May Next week – 20thMay News from Mrs Figes Attendance- week beginning: 98.25% ( Class 1- 98.8%, Class 2- 97.7% ) No lates in KS2!!! 3 lates in KS1 Friday 17th May Let’s talk…. I KS2 SATs start Mon- Governing Body Meeting @ 6pm All school clubs are running as normal: Talent Show rehearsals on Friday at Youth Club. I use the internet to……. I keep safe online by………. Please note: It is half term from 27th May-31st May. Sports Day ( weather permitting) June 14 th @ 1:30pm Summer fundraising event June 14 th @ 2:30pm Wed- Netball Tournament Sophie McCabe from WLA visits to speak to Year 6. Thurs- School Photographs Fri – Non Uniform Day All school clubs are running as normal: Talent Show from 4.15 at Youth Club Our hard working Year Sixes have been completing their Key Stage Two SATs examinations this week. A special thanks to parents who have been supporting their children with these.( Years 3-5 will be doing their annual tests in June) Alongside this, Key stage Two have been developing their geography skills. Locating places and differences in climate. The children have had to write about where they would like to live in the world and why. Where in the world do you think your child chose? This week we have all worked very hard. The Year 2s have nearly finished all their SATs and are looking forward to getting back to normal! In science we have planted some seeds and are hoping that they will soon grow. In numeracy we have been measuring length, weight and capacity using standard and non standard units. Ask your child to tell you what they have been doing. This week whilst the year sixes have been doing their National Curriculum Tests the other years have continued their studies. We have been doing observational drawings of musical instruments in Art and have been talking about how to stay healthy in Science. In Maths the children have been drawing pictures using co-ordinates and practising adding and subtracting mentally. If you have any swimming arm bands you don’t want can you please donate these to school?

2. Class Photographs On Thursday 23 rd May a photographer is coming into school to take class photographs of the children. As usual there will be no obligation to buy them. Please ensure your child comes to school in the correct uniform for the photograph. School Uniform May I remind you that Thornhill Primary School has a ‘School Uniform Policy’ in place. This policy is to try and provide a smart and consistent image of the school and its pupils. The uniform consists of grey trousers, skirt, white polo shirt, navy sweatshirt and plain black shoes. Can you please ensure your child comes to School in the correct uniform. Parent View http://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/ http://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/ In order to help OFSTED measure how successful schools are, they are looking for more parents to contribute to parent view. This anonymous survey is completed online and allows Ofsted to have an indication of parental feeling. Mrs Figes and the staff would be grateful if you could spare the time to complete this survey so that we can serve you better. If you would like more information, it is available in the office. School club information: Please note: Lego club will no longer be available for pupils Years 5 and 6, unless accompanied by an adult. Pupils in Reception and Years 1-4 are still encouraged to come to this popular club on Thursdays at 3pm. A Cinema club will be running on Wednesdays after half term. The club, organised by Miss Gregg, will show movies until 4pm. There will be drinks and snacks available to buy. A letter will be going home for you to sign to agree to us showing PG rated films during this time. Dates for your diary: Non Uniform Day Next Friday, 24 th May, we are doing a fundraiser in support of ‘Give us a Break appeal’ to help build a children’s respite care home in West Cumbria. We would like the children to come to school in non uniform and to donate a £1 (or whatever you would like to donate) towards this worthy cause. Our annual Sports Day will take place on the school field on Friday 14 th June at 1:30pm. If the weather is wet or the grass is slippery we may need to reschedule at short notice. Our Summer fete will take place after Sports Day on Friday 14 th June. If Sports Day is cancelled, this will still go ahead. All the usual stalls will be present and plenty of food and drink. Please support this afternoon as all funds go to Friends of school, this money subsidises school visits and purchases equipment. School Curriculum Open day on Wednesday June26th. The school will be open all day for parents, grandparents, neighbours and friends to come, see and take part in lessons alongside our pupils. BBQ and Bingo Wednesday 26 th June. Please come to our BBQ or Bingo or both events which we are holding to raise money for the Friends of school. No need to pre-order tickets for this event, just turn up. At the same time there will be a sweetie stall, colouring competition and raffle. The BBQ starts at 4.30pm and the Bingo at 5.30pm. Wednesday 3 rd July is taster day. Our Year 6 pupils will have the day at their new Secondary schools and those left behind will spend a school day in the classes that they will be in from September. Monday 8 th July is Parent Consultation day. This will follow the sending home of school reports on July 5 th. You will receive details about his nearer the time. The annual school trip is on Friday July 12 th. The children should all be back to school by 3pm but will need a packed lunch.