Church Road Primary

School October 2017

20/10/17 Half term. School finishes normal times

30/10/17 School reopens after half term.

01/11/17 Halloween Disco KS1 5pm-6.15pm

01/11/17 Halloween Disco KS2 6.30pm– 8pm

02/11/17 Y5 Trip to Chetham’s School of Music

14/11/17 PTA meeting—staffroom 3:45pm

15/11/17 Parent’s evening 4pm –7pm

16/11/17 Lantern parade—Y4

17/11/17 Non Uniform—KS1 chocolate, KS2 bottle

20/11/17 School Book Fair arrives for 1 week

23/11/17 Individual & Sibling photographs

24/11/17 Non uniform — non parent room

29/11/17 Christmas Market 4pm

04/12/17 KS2 Yellow Play 2pm & 6pm

05/12/17 KS2 Green Play 2pm & 6pm

06/12/17 KS1 Yellow Play 2.30pm & 6pm

07/12/17 KS1 Green Play 2.30pm & 6pm

08/12/17 EYFS & Nursery AM Play 10am

08/12/17 EYFS & Nursery PM Play 2pm

13/12/17 “Dick Whittington” panto in school

14/12/17 KS2 singing at Morrison’s (possibly)

15/12/17 Christmas Music Concert (KS2) 9:15am

19/12/17 Christmas Dinner!

20/12/17 School closes at normal finish times

03/01/18 Training day for school staff

04/01/18 School reopens for spring term

Happy Birthday to all our children celebrating in October

Staff News We are happy to welcome a new member of the

cleaning team, Miss Helen Holstead. She is already

beginning to take up the strain—it’s a big building to

clean!

The process to appoint Mrs Fenton’s successor has started.

A few candidates have been shown around school. We

should know in November and we will let you know in the

next newsletter if not before.

Megan Bowden

Erin McFadden

Elliott Dawson

Lissy Chadwick

Callum Enright

Darcie Killen

Wen Cong Lin

Mohaib Tariq

Blake Butler

Alice Saywood

Jayden Tully

Reagan Whalley

Declan Killen

Elliot Greenhalgh

Ethan Haslam

Angelica Henry

Caitlyn Montgomery

Logan Hodgkinson

Imaan Begum

Jack Neasham

Efemena Cummings

Max Murray

Charlie Taylor

James Taylor

Charlie Amatt

Muhammed Ali

Leonii Robinson

Danniella Campbell

Annabell Rainford

Jack Richardson

Karsen Brett

Kyara Annabelle Nishimwe

Christmas Art (sorry we know it’s October!)

If you haven’t bought your Christmas Cards yet, you might

want to hang on a few weeks. The children have been

creating designs which a company will print to order. If you

would like your child’s art work on your Christmas Cards,

you can order them and the school will get £1 for each

pack sold. There is no obligation to buy—just if you want to

(and if the art work is good!)

The proofs should be here soon after half term.

Allotment We have a spare mini plot on our allotment at Harpers

Lane. It measures about 1.5 x 3 metres so isn’t too big to

manage. If there are any families

that would like to take on the plot,

and have a go at growing fruit and

vegetables for your family, please

see Mrs Rigby. It will have to be on

a first come first served basis. Thank you for your generous harvest gifts. They have been collected by Urban Outreach and will

be put to very good use this winter.

Art at Church Road School As you know we are very keen to promote the arts in school. We really believe it helps in so many ways

with children’s learning and development. Miss Nicholson and her arts team are working hard this year

towards gaining the gold arts mark. This includes participation in concerts here at school and in other

venues, visits from artists and participating in art exhibitions.

The children in school are already thinking about the Christmas plays and the children in KS2 are

already practising for the Christmas concert in December.

Eco council news The Eco Council invited Mrs Fenton to their meeting in

October and shared their action plan for the next year. They have three key areas to work :-

to put more flowers into the playgrounds to brighten them up, to make bird

feeders and bug hotels to attract more wildlife and are

keen to reduce the amount of waste (including litter) by

planning to watch our consumption of paper and

electricity in particular. There are plans to make sure we

are a healthy school. They want to encourage the

children to eat some of the fruit and

vegetables that we grow in school and on the allotment.

We are very proud of them and we look forward to seeing

their good work.

Sport at Church Road School We have had a busy half term with sport here at school. We have had rugby

coaching, dance and gymnastic taster sessions. Our cross country team

have got good and muddy on Moss Bank Park

and more recently the netball team have had a

run out.

Attendance The children have done quite well for attendance

in September, however, the overall attendance

wasn’t great. There were a few families on our

registers who were waiting for new schools due to

moving house. When we remove them from the

equation we had 95.9% attendance. This isn’t as

high as it needs to be. I’m hopeful that October

will be higher as some families were on holiday the

first week back in September and they have now

returned.

Parking There has been a huge improvement in the

parking situation. Thank you so much! There

have not been any cars parked in the back

street since we introduced the cones and the

banners, which means children are much

safer arriving at and leaving school.

I understand from the focus newsletter that we

may be getting further yellow lines in the area

too. It all

helps to

keep the

children

safe.

PTA news The PTA are in full fundraising mode now! The

cinema night wasn’t as busy as we had hoped

but we still managed to raise £65.30.

Thank you to everyone who sent in bags to

school donations which raised £76.80.

Our next event is the Spooky Disco. As you may

know we run two discos one after the other to try

to get as many children in as possible.

The discos are on 1st

November, one at 5pm and another

at 6:30pm. Unfortunately all the tickets

have now sold out. If anyone has

bought a ticket and is now unable to

use it, please return it for a refund. We

have a few children who don’t have a ticket.

After the spooky disco we have the Christmas

Market. We will have a few non uniform days in

the run up and we would really appreciate it if

you could donate items so that we don’t have to

buy things for the tombolas. It’s an expensive

time of year so we want you to know how much

we appreciate every donation.

Our first non uniform day is the 17th November.

Please could the children in EYFS and KS1 bring

some chocolate for the chocolate tombola. KS2

It would be lovely if you could bring a bottle of

something for the bottle tombola.

The week after is non uniform for the “No Parent

Room” I think this is a bit of a Church Road

speciality, because I’ve not come across it

anywhere else! We have a room with just enough

space for children to get through the door—no

grown ups allowed! Inside the

children can buy a gift for parents,

grandparents etc (we help the little

ones!) then they can have it gift

wrapped for Christmas Day.

If all the children could bring in an

item for the “No Parents Room” on

24th

November, that would be great.

Think along the lines of shower gel/bubble bath.

We only charge the children 50p or so for items,

so they don’t need to be too expensive.

The PTA have arranged (and paid) for the

NWTAC to come in and perform “Dick

Whittington” for the children on 13th December.

They will also be helping out to buy the presents

for the children’s Christmas Parties. So the money

we raise will be put to good use.

If you would like to join our PTA please do come

along to the next meeting on 14th November. It’s

at 3:45pm and a member of staff will be on hand

to look after the children. We are a friendly

bunch and are always on the look out for new

ideas and new members.

Congratulations to all these children who had 100% attendance in the month of September

Mohammed Akbar Alfie Alberts

Alisha Aldred Iraj Ali Bailey Allen Marcus Allen

Joshua Anderson Chloe Atherton Miley Atkinson Poppy Atkinson Asima Attiq

Ramzi Ayoub Romaisa Ayoub Isabelle Banner Lia Basar

Ruhma Begum Rowan Beswick Jason Billington Lucia Boaro Luca Boaro-Walch

Katelyn Bowden Megan Bowden Willow Bowen-Fereday Kaitlyn Bowles

Danny Bradshaw Alexia Brett Karsen Brett JJ Brooks Kurtis Brooks

Brooke Brown Zack Brown Alexander Bruce Blake Butler

Isabella Butler Keira Butler Maisie Butler Maddox Byrne

Ella Cann Catelyn Carney Luca Carpenito Lissy Chadwick Kiara Chapman

Matthew Chen George Claridge Harvey Claridge Gethin Clarke

Maximus Collins Abby Cooke Jake Cooke Ashton Lee Cooper Jack Critchley

Reuben Crossley Mena Cummings Yoma Cummings Olivia Cunliffe

Ryan Cunliffe Charlie Cunningham Olivia Cunningham Christopher Davies Isabelle Dawson

Kourtney De Cort Ariella De Vantier Charlie Derbyshire Harry Derbyshire

Lacey Derbyshire Jessica Dobson Lauren Dobson Leland Dobson Katie Dodd

Isaac Doherty Benjamin Doran-Fisk Lanie Dunn Callum Enright

Shane Entwistle Izzi Ettenfield-Rutley

Leyton Fadden Jamie Fagan Jasmin Farooq Flynn Carmella Fogg

Kate Gallamore Lucy Gallamore Stephanie Garner Lorenzo Gatete Gatera Lorena Gatete Gatera

Julia Gaweda Amira Gettins Lilly Glen Mukamba Gloriose

Mitika Gloriose James Goodwin Lacey Gorman Madison Gorman Aaron Gray

Elliot Greenhalgh Jason Guo Tommy Guo Eliza Hackin

Logan Hacking Ruby Handley Veronica Hargraves Jessica Harrison Ethan Haslam

Jack Hennessey Lucas Hilton Logan Hodgkinson Mckenzie Hodgkinson

Macey-Lou Holden Annabelle Holgate Jacob –James Holgate Summer-Louise Holmes

Istvan Horvath Sandor Horvath Tia Howarth Max Hudson Emily Illingworth

Kayden Jackson-Bond Pirran Johnson Ryan Jubb Indiana Julien

Zainab Junaid Bethany Karimi Jessica Karimi Rahib Karimi Layla Kay

Jayden Kelly Marley Kelly Matthew Kenyon Jacob Kerr

Areej Khan Isha Khan Darcie Killen Declan Killen Soe Hee Kim

Holly Kinsella Tyron Laniyan Lara Latham Chloe Leach

Lukas Leach Max Lee Jacob Leyland Hazel Lindley Damian Lipinski

Tomasz Lipinski Ollie Lomax Ruby Lomax Calum Lonnie

Hannah Lovick Scarlett MacDougall

Thomas Malkin Annabel Malloy Ella Malloy Kobey Mann

Ryley Marsden Jessica Martin Erika Mason Harley Mason Evie Masters

Oliver Mataciunas Erin McFadden Isabella McGuire Meerwis Meerwis

Evie Mohammed Luis Monteiro Caitlyn Montgomery Tianna Moore Daisy Moores

Evie Mort Jacob Mulraney Niamh Mulraney Max Murray

Robyn Murray Madiha Nasir Jayden Naylor Shay Naylor Kyara Nishimwe

Cameron Ogden Rowan Ogden Henry Ogg-Whittaker Lexie Oldham

Justin Orton Evie Parsons Anna-May Peyton Theo Peyton

Amelia Picketts Lily Pickles Lily Pitfield Jocelyn Pollitt Lexi Pollitt

Bianca Pomfret Rihanna Pomfret Grace Porter Emily Quinton

Annabell Rainford Molly Reay-Court Sienna Reay-Court Linden Rice Jack Richardson

Arthur Rigg Ashton Roberts Daisy Roberts Emilia Robinson

Grace Robinson Harvey Rushton-Smith Ella Ryder Ella Sadikeen Alice Saywood

Ernie Schofield Gene Schofield Leon Sesay Jayden Shah

Aaron Shan Amelia Shan Lucas Smith Madison Smith Lucas Snowden

Alexis-Jayde South Jack Spendlove Harry Stewart Amber Sudding

Joshua Sudding Liam Sullavan

Joe Sykes Aela Tariq Mohaib Tariq Angel Taylor

Aston Taylor Charlie Taylor Faye Taylor Jack Taylor James Taylor

Jessica Taylor Max Taylor Oliver Taylor Samuel Taylor

Elsie Travers Molly Travers Robert Turnbull Elliott Twist Harry Twist

Tawhid Uddin Rosie Vaughan Gracie Walsh Alfie Ward

Maya Ward-Rosbottom Morgan Weber Jude Wheatley Adam Whitehouse Leo Whitley

Alexander Whittle Ruby-Louise Whitty Alex Wigley Matthew Wildman

Katie Willcox Lauren Willcox Isla Williams Ben Wilson

Holly Wilson Erika Wolstencroft Samuel Woodall Daniel Woodcock Sky Worsley

Ethan Worthington Olivia Wright Oscar Wright Gabrielle Yates

William Yates

266 pupils