A TTENDANCE

Whole school target is 97%

Issue 28 Friday 12th April 2019

HAPPY EASTER Diary Dates

Term Dates 2018/19:

Summer Term 2019

Monday 29th Apr - Friday 24th May

Half Term: Mon 27th - Fri 31st May

Monday 3rd June - Friday 19th July

Teacher Training Days

Monday 22nd July 2019

Achieving Excellence Inspiring Dreams

April

Tue 30 Y4 Vikings Day

7-a-side tournament at

Billesley Tennis Centre

4pm-6pm

May

Thu 2 Class Photo

Thu 9 2CS Class Assembly

Mon 13 Y6 SATs Week

3E Swimming begins

Wed 15 Y5 Malvern Residential (3

days)

Wed 22 RB Class Assembly

Thu 23 School Closed for Voting

Fri 24 Y6 Drayton Manor

PTA Non Uniform Day

(50p donation)

EYFS YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5 YEAR 6

Attendance % 97% 93% 94% 94% 96% 92% 95%

Whole School Attendance w/c

8th April 95% Attendance superstars

for this week 2S 96% / 6PE 98%

Cotteridge Primary School

Newsletter

Nursery News

Since March 11th the Nursery chil-

dren have nurtured five caterpillars

and on Wednesday, we released

them as butterflies in the orchard

area of Cotteridge Park. This has supported our theme of ‘New life’ and has introduced metamor-

phosis to our youngest learners.

Easter Eggs Competition

Achieving Excellence Inspiring Dreams

3E Class Assembly

3E shared the hor-

rible side of histo-

ry with their as-

sembly on the An-

cient Egyptians.

With jokes, angry

pharaohs and even

a demonstration of

mummification.

They did them-

selves proud!

Year 6 Bake Off

In Y6 this week we have had our WW2 biscuit

baking competition! Over the last few weeks,

our teams of bakers have designed their wartime

recipes and packaging for their products. Our

judges were very impressed with all the biscuits

they tasted, the

presentation and the

packaging produced.

Well done to all of

our pupils!

Sports Update Netball Netball player of the week: Jessica 5A Result: Cotteridge Team won the High 5 netball tournament. The team won all of their matches and brought the cup back to Cotter-idge. Well done to all the team for excellent teamwork and commitment. Football On Thursday, our football team played in 2 cup fixtures against Bournville and St Edwards. In the last 16 tie against Bournville, a first half blitz of goals resulted in a 5-1 victory. In the Quarter-Finals, after a tough opening period, the goals finally came and we won 8-0. We have now progressed to the Semi-Finals, which will be played after Easter.

European Elections

Unfortunately we have received the following information from the councils election department. The late notice of school being used for voting is a source of concern to us but unfortunately it is out of our control. Therefore, school may be closed for voting on Thursday 23rd May. Please see the information we have received from the council be-low. The Government has now laid an Order in Parliament enabling the UK to participate in the European Elec-tions on Thursday 23rd May 2019 if the country has not left the EU by 22nd May 2019. School will need to close if the elections go ahead.

The Great Pasta Challenge

Yet again, we have

been overwhelmed by

the generosity of the

parents and children of

Cotteridge School and

on Thursday afternoon

we were able to donate

a massive 410 kg of

pasta to the B30 Food-

bank. A huge thank

you to all those who

donated pasta, sauces and other essential food items and

congratulations to the winning classes 4T and 2S, who

enjoyed an afternoon of a movie and popcorn!