LEIGH ST JOHN'S C.E. INFANT SCHOOL
01942 672825
'St John's is outstanding in all areas of its work. Pupils receive the very best of starts in their education.
Ofsted March 2009
NEWSLETTER
5th March 2010
World Book Day
All children and staff had fun dressing up! The book token which your child received yesterday can be used in the School Link book club brochure. Please send orders in by Friday 12th March.
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Mothers’ Day Services
§ Reception will be presenting a short assembly on Wednesday 10th March at 9.15am.
§ Years 1 and 2 will present an assembly on Thursday 11th March at 9.15am.
Church Mothering Sunday Service – 10am
There will be a special service in Leigh Parish Church on Sunday 14th March. This will involve our Year 2 pupils together with Year 2 pupils from Leigh C.E. Infant School. All other children and their families are most welcome.
Children do not need to wear their uniform.
Year 1 performance
Year 1 will be performing ‘The Tadpole Rag & The Caterpillar Boogie’ on Thursday 25th March at 9.30am.
Photography competition
We will run our competition entitled ‘Wildlife and Green Spaces’ from now until the closing date of Friday 28th May.
You have plenty of time to get ‘snapping’. Please bring photographs into school in a clearly marked envelope and give to your child’s class teacher.
Photographs will be on display in the hall in early June with judging taking place at the same time.
There will be 3 categories. With 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in each.
- Reception
- Year 1
- Year 2
Eco prizes to be won!
If your child does not have access to a camera and would like to take part, please see Mrs Williams in the school office.
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Parents, Carers, Grandparents. Please can you help?
Our Friends of St John’s group help out with many activities and events in school. Events such as our Christmas and Summer Fairs could not be done without their support! There are a number of events coming soon including Easter Bingo and the Summer Fair. If you can spare any amount of time to help out in anyway, please call in to school and speak to Mrs Hughes.
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We are collecting various vouchers in school at the moment…….
Next Friday is the deadline for sending tokens into school. We will be redeeming them for books for our new library. Thank you.
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Sainsbury’s Active Kids 2010
Please save vouchers when you shop at Sainsbury’s. A collection box is near the front entrance for your donations. We can exchange the vouchers for new P.E. equipment.
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Tesco for Schools
Please collect vouchers and place in collection box near the front entrance. We will exchange vouchers for ICT equipment.
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Flora
Our school is registered on line to collect the tokens from Flora products. Please help us to collect points to exchange for cooking equipment. You need to register a code online from the instructions on packs of Flora. Visit www.cookingwithschools.com
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Church Craft Day
Father Kevin is organising a craft session in Church on Saturday 20th March starting at 10am. The finished ‘artwork’ will be used to decorate the church during the Easter period. The places are limited so if you would like to attend with your child(ren) please complete the tear off slip at the end of this newsletter.
If you have already sent in a reply slip you will have a place at the craft session.
Diary Dates
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Reception Mothers Day Assembly
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9.15am – Wednesday 10th March
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Year 1 & 2 Mothers Day Assembly
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9.15am – Thursday 11th March
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Mothering Sunday Church Service – Leigh Parish Church – all welcome
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10am – Sunday 14th March
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Church Craft Session
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10am – Saturday 20th March
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Parents Evenings
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Monday 22nd & Tuesday 23rd March
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Year 1 performance
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9.30am – Thursday 25th March
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Lunch Bunch Easter Meal
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Thursday 25th March
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Easter Bingo – family night
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Thursday 25th March – 6.30pm
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Easter Bunny Visits School!
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Friday 26th March
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Easter Break
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School closes Friday 26th March – re-opens Tuesday 13th April
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Smithills Farm Trip – Reception
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Thursday 15th April
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Earth Day
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Thursday 22nd April
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Proposed Polling Day – school closed all day
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Thursday 6th May
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Events in the Borough
Saturday 6th March - Leigh Walk No.3 – 10am-4pm – Approx 8.5 mile walk from Pennington Flash towards Bedford Hall and back to the Flash. Contact 01942 605253.
Sunday 7th March - What’s that Bird? – 9.30am-11.30am – Drop in event at Pennington Flash with a local expert on hand to answer any questions. Contact 01942 605253.
Saturday 13th March - Haigh Mothers Day Spring Basket and Card – Create a spring basket and make a card for that someone special. To book contact 01942 832895.
We would like to attend the craft session in Church on Saturday 20th March.
No. of children_____________ No. of adults___________________
Name of child in school_____________________________________
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