Longmeadow 3 March 2017 Newsletter Message from the Headteacher Well! We have had a fabulous Book Week. Our dress-up day was very successful, thanks to all you parents for supporting. Even school lunch was themed! Many staff have worked very hard for quite a while to prepare for the week. There has been a tremendous amount of really enjoyable and high quality work from using one book as a prompt. This photo is some of the Year 1 children who wrote letters similar to those in The Day the Crayons Quit; their letters are on the last pages of the newsletter for you to enjoy. Clearly, Writing Pencil is not happy to be chewed! The story has sparked lots of great conversations about conflict resolution. Classes have visited each other to share and enjoy reading, our Librarian has read the sequel to all children, and every classroom door has been illustrated to represent a different story. Do pop in to see if you have a moment. LONGMEADOW KINDNESS AWARD Longmeadow Primary School Oaks Cross, Stevenage, HERTS SG2 8LT Tel: 01438 351087 Fax: 01438 210544 admin@longmeadow.herts.sch.uk Information Swimming - 3.45 per week Dinners Years 3-6 2.30 per day Find us on Facebook - Official Longmeadow Primary School Recommended Phone apps - School Gateway & School News Dates for your diary Travelling Book Fair Parent / Headteacher Conversations 13-17 March 26 April @ 9.00am and 6.00pm This week s Kindness Award was awarded to Maya from Year 5 Amber Class. Congratulations, Maya! Attendance Top classes for attendance for the week ending 24th February is shared by Sapphire, Gold & Amber Classes. Well done!! Day Trips Yr 6 Easter Journey 15 March Reception-Willows Farm 30 March 13.30 Yr4 - Egyptian Museum 27 April 7.00 Yr2 - Knebworth Park 22 June 12.00 Yr3 - Celtic Harmony 27 June 17.30 Yr1 - Epping Forest 4 July 15.50
NETBALL Girls 5/6 B Team The Leys v Longmeadow 2 March Round Diamond v Longmeadow 9 March Sports News HIGH FIVE NETBALL Year 5/6-13 March Year 3/4-16 March SPEED STACKING FESTIVAL Thursday 9 March Year 4 NETBALL Girls 5/6 A Team St Margaret's v Longmeadow 15 March Help with transport is needed please contact the School Office Sporting Futures On Tour Results Sporting Futures recently arranged for the children to take part in a range of sporting activities competing against other schools across the town. The children s scores were added together to give an overall score. A representative from Sporting Futures visited school to announce the winners and present trophies to the winning year groups. I am delighted to report that Year 4 came 1st, Year 6 came 1st and Year 5 came 2nd. This is out of all the schools in Stevenage and is a fantastic result. Well done to everyone who took part! RED NOSE DAY FRIDAY 24 MARCH WEAR SOMETHING RED FOR NON UNIFORM DAY. PLEASE DONATE ANY SMALL CHANGE TOWARDS TO CHARITY Class Photos 22 March A polite reminder: if you have questions about school or special events, do come and talk your child s teacher in the first instance. If coming to school is difficult, do send in a message. Staff always work extremely hard to do their best for your children. Queries or concerns are best addressed at an early stage, and if we know you have concerns, we can help sort things out. SPRING DATES Year 5 Trips to Lakes Break for Easter Holidays Return to school Headteacher / Parent Conversations 23rd March (Amber) & 24 March (Ruby) 31st March @ 2.15pm Tuesday 1 8th April 26 April @ 9.00am & 6.00pm Page 2 Miss A. Heywood Interim Headteacher Mrs S. McDermott Deputy Head
Book Week The children have enjoyed sharing books and reading together. It was great to see everyone dressed up as crayons or their favourite crayon colour. The children have thoroughly enjoyed reading The Day the Crayons Quit. Thank you for all the Extreme Reading photos; please continue to send them in. If your child has chosen to take part in the Readathon please return your sponsorship money to us by Friday 28 April. Happy Reading!!!!