Norwood Crescent, Southport. PR9 7DU. Tel: 01704 211960. Fax 01704 232712. Head Teacher: Mr Lee Dumbell.

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Issue 8 22nd October 2010

Menu Week

Norwood News

TERM DATESAutumn Term 2010

Half term:Monday 25th -Friday 29th October

School closed:Monday 1st November (Staff training day)

Term Ends:Friday 17th December. School closes at 2pm

Spring Term 2011

Children return to schoolWednesday 5th January at 8.55am

Half Term:Monday 14th-Friday 18th February

Term Ends:Friday 1st April. School closes at 2pm

Summer Term 2011

Children return to schoolTuesday 19th April at 8.55am

School closed:Good Friday 22nd AprilEaster Monday 25th April

Children return to schoolTuesday 26th April at 8.55am

School closed:Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May

Half Term:Mon 30th May-Fri 3rd June

School closed:Friday 1st July(Staff training day)

Term Ends:Friday 22nd July. School closes at 2pm

1Arts Festival Countdown

36 weeks to go

Let’s Get Cooking!On Saturday, 16th October 2010, the ‘Let’s Get Cooking’ team held the second of its Family Cookery Days. The response to the invitation was overwhelming and many

families were disappointed but for twelve families it turned out to be another fantastic day. Our theme was ‘Back to Basics’ so after a Health and Safety briefing it was time to get cracking on a Hearty Beef Stew to keep the cold out on those wintry days. Everyone

watched a demonstration by Mrs. McCarthy and four families then set to prepare a very nourishing dish.Meanwhile, Mrs Taylor showed the remaining families how to make Leek and Potato

Soup. Everyone set to work immediately and the hall was as busy as a restaurant kitchen!Next came the scones! There was great enthusiasm to bake these especially as they were to be eaten at our morning break, with a well deserved cuppa. Some families made

sultana scones, some cherry scones, some plain scones and others cheese scones. We have to say that they were delicious!

Two further main courses were then prepared along with some Spicy Tomato Brochette to accompany our soup. Mrs. Chadwick helped four families to prepare a vegetarian Pasta Cheese Bake whilst Mrs. McCarthy showed how rice, chicken thighs and drumsticks

could be combined , together with some tasty Mediterranean ingredients to create Chicken Basque, a type of Spanish Stew.

After all of this, there was still a dessert to prepare. The children set to work on Fruit Kebabs while the adults made an All in One Sponge Cake.

By 1.00 pm, everyone was ready to sit down and enjoy their lunch. There was lots to choose from and more than enough food to go round. Our families did us proud and

certainly enjoyed their day.

Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. McCarthy would like to thank all of our families for attending, all the

staff and parents who helped on Friday evening and throughout the day. Without you, it couldn’t have happened. Check out our website for more fantastic photographs!

That’s it, get your hands in and rub!

The hat is very important to the overall finish!

News team Molly Glinn, Hannah Tear, Megan Powderly, Jamie Russell, Katy Watkinson, Taylor McKenzie & Finn Cromack

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Check this out!

UP COMING DATES FOR YOUR DIARYWednesday 10th November-Come Dine with Us-Year 1 Parents

Friday 12th November 7pm (Hall) PTA Quiz Night

Monday 15th-19th November Anti-Bullying week

Thursday 18th November SEAL Celebration Assembly KS2 1.30 pm EY/KS1 2.30 pm

Friday 3rd December Christmas Fair 6 pm (Hall)

Tuesday 7th December KS2 Carol Concert at Leyland Road Methodist Church 7pm

Tuesday 7th December 2.30 pm Reception Christmas Performance

Tuesday 7th December 7 pm KS 2 Leyland Road Church

Wednesday 8th December 2.30 pm Year 1 Christmas Performance

Wednesday 8th December School Christmas Dinner

Thursday 9th December 2.30 pm Year 2 Christmas Performance

Monday 13th December M & M Pantomime for the whole school 9.15 am and 10.30 am

Wednesday 15th December Christmas Craft morning 9-11 am

Thursday 16th December Christmas Fun Day

Could you please ensure that children

come to school in a warm coat, even if they

travel by car, as the

break times can now be quite cold.

We have a Kirkman upright piano which has given good service over the years. Our two sons each passed their grade 8 exam after hours of practise on this instrument. However it is now seldom in use. We would like to see it welcomed by a family with children who want to learn to play the piano. We are not asking for payment, just a good home! All we would hope is that you assure us your children will take lessons and also that you will arrange

transport for it to it’s new home.

Please contact Ken 01704 534847 for details.

Don’t forget P.T.A.

Quiz Night Friday 12th November! Get your teams sorted

and brush up on your general knowledge!

Breakfast ClubDue to the huge success of

the Breakfast Club there are no places available at

present. There is a waiting

list if you would like to leave your name and contact

details.

CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE EXCITING PHOTOGRAPHS @ www.norwoodprimaryschool.com

Star of the Week

5M:Matthew Vansprang Rimmer5M:Aimee Crawford5B:Lucy Berry

5B:Nathan Onyett4M:Ben Gaskell4M:Cerys Valentine

4P:Callum Scutt4P:Honour Coffey3K:Star Wilkinson3H:Jacob Kamel

3H:Katie Badley2W:Elliot Potts2M:Nancy Whiteside

1B:Charlie Green1B:Bethany Russell1D:David Tear

RJT:Ruby Zeqo SearleRJT:Adam DouglasRT:Cameron KnowlesRT:Keira James

Children in the Spotlight

Shinewaves Competition Time

Jack has passed his Level 3 Solo

Swimming Award. Terrific!

Daniel was awarded Man

of the Match by Southport Juniors U7

Football team. Brilliant!

Jessica received a Certificate of Excellence

for participation in a Summer Soccer Eventand was also awarded

the Much Improved Girl Trophy. Fantastic!

Matthew has passed his 25m

Rainbow Swimming Award.

Wow!

James has passed his

25m Rainbow Swimming

Award. Super!

Elise was Runner Up in the U 10's Mixed

Doubles Tournament and was Runner Up in the U 10's Girls

Singles Tournament held recently at the Argyle Tennis Club.

Congratulations!

Last week’s competition was to design a scary flu-bug monster. The winner was ‘Fred the Flu Bug’ designed by Jessica Lakin-Ward. Congratulations Jessica!

As Everybody Writes Day is 22nd October, this week’s competition is a writing competition. Find a picture you like from a magazine, newspaper etc and glue it

into the middle of your page. Then write anything you want about the picture. It could be labels, a word web, a description, a story, a poem. Whatever you want.Pop your entries in the competition post box, outside the hall, by the morning of

Wednesday 3rd November.

Congratulations to the Year 5 Benchball Team who played in a tournament at Meols Cop High

against Linaker, BDS and St Phillips. A great time was had by

all! Norwood came 3rd.

Team: Debra Wilson, Hannah Diss, Jack Redshaw, Jordan Brown, Lucy

Pettifer, Madeleine Jones, Dannon Lavelle, Laurence Fredricks and

Lauren Rodwell.

Norwood's Player of the Tournament: Dannon Lavelle

Y5 Benchball Tournament at Meols Cop High

News team Molly Glinn, Hannah Tear, Megan Powderly, Jamie Russell, Katy Watkinson, Taylor McKenzie & Finn Cromack

It was a great win by Norwood’s B team with two goals by Ryan Taylor Reid. The first goal of the match

happened when Josh Watkins served a great chip over Linaker. Once again the great Ryan was on the ball and

charged forward, took a shot and its there! As Ryan

sprinted up field from defence he made a brilliant tackle took a shot but the goalkeeper gave us a corner. He

wiped the sweat off his brow, looked up and made an

amazing cross to Gabriel Angay but Linaker’s defender jumped for it and scored.

Team: Josh Watkins, Sol Wilkinson, Joe Telford, Nathan Onyett, Jamie Kelly, Tom Lawson, Sam Morgan, Joe Davenport, Leon Booth, Rueben Sheridan, Connor

Peters, Gabriel Angay, Ryan Taylor-Reid & Kane Baggaley.

Man of the Match: Sol WilkinsonBy Gabriel Angay & Josh Watkins

Norwood B 2 Linaker B 1

Citizenship Awards

YR Isabelle Starr

Alex Whitehead

Y1

Rhian ValentineJasmine Kamel

Y2Billie RodwellJoshua Leddy

Y3Sian Drummond

Brandon Chadwick-Boardman

Y4Daniel Mercer-JonesNatasha Polansky

Yr 5Nia Paganga

Y6Harry O’DriscollAmie Blundell

Mr Dumbell’s CitizensOlivia Logan

Joe Davenport

News team Molly Glinn, Hannah Tear, Megan Powderly, Jamie Russell, Katy Watkinson, Taylor McKenzie & Finn Cromack

Sponsored Line Dance on the Playground

Thursday 14th October 2010As promised, some photographs from the very successful line dance!

Wow aerial shot looks great! All

ages having loads of fun.

Mrs Goulden making sure it’s

her right foot she’s putting

forward! (sorry Mrs Goulden)

Are we ready...

KS2 Healthy Eating Competition

Design a SUPER FRUIT poster to launch our KS2 fruit trolley.Prize-One winner from each year group will get free fruit for one week. Closing date Friday 6th November.

Fruity detailsOne piece of fruit per child.

Each piece of fruit will cost 20p.

(Exact money as no change will be given)All purchases to be made on the day and not paid in advance.

The fruit will be available to buy outside First Aid between 8:30 and 8:45 amPlease note that this is a trial and until it is up and running we might misjudge the amounts we buy, so please bear with

us. If it proves to be a success more fruits will be added.

News team Molly Glinn, Hannah Tear, Megan Powderly, Jamie Russell, Katy Watkinson, Taylor McKenzie & Finn Cromack

New Menu starts November 2010

YR 6 Visit Vue Cinema Last Friday Year 6 were given free tickets to go to Vue Cinemas as part of National Film Week. With Mr Postlethwaite

setting the pace, we walked all the way to Ocean Plaza in less than hour. Even Mrs Coleman managed it with her short legs! As we have been writing a Quest story recently, we decided to watch Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. It was a

brilliant film. Look out after half term for our film review. As the weather was lovely, we decided to have our lunch at the end of the Pier and then walked home via Hesketh Park. We all enjoyed our day and can’t wait for our next trip out.

Lunch at the end of the Pier.