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NORWOOD NEWS ISSUE NO 53 18TH DECEMBER 2009
Norwood Crescent, Southport. PR9 7DU. Tel: 01704211960. Fax 01704 232712. Head Teacher: Mr Lee Dumbell.
Email: [email protected] www.norwoodprimaryschool.com
News Team: Jamie Russell, Megan Powderly, Gabriel Angay, Charlotte Fitzgerald, Heather Weights, Thomas Lawson, Lucy Cottier & Luke Dempster
TERM DATES
Spring TermChildren return to school: Tuesday 5th January 2010.
Half Term: Monday 15th – Friday 19th February (inc).
School closes for Easter holiday: at 2pm on Friday 26th March.
Summer Term
Children return to school:Tuesday 13th April.
Bank HolidayMonday 3rd May.
Half Term:Monday 31st May-Friday 4th June (inc)
School closed:Staff Training day-Monday 5th July
School closes for summer holiday:at 2pm on Wednesday 21st July.
Autumn Term 2010
Children return to school:Wednesday 1st September 8.55am
Half term:Monday 25th -Friday 29th October
INSET Day:Monday 1st November
Term Ends:Friday 17th December at 2pm
Christmas Dinner
Christmas dinner was cooked and prepared by our fabulous catering staff on Wednesday. They worked extremely hard to ensure the children and staff enjoyed a delicious meal.
Children were delighted to see Mr Dumbell and Mrs Bennet dressed as snowmen, serving the festive food! As you can imagine there was nearly a melt down as the two snowmen tried to keep up with the serving of 448 dinners!
The children thoroughly enjoyed the party atmosphere. So, thank you to all the staff who helped on the day to make it such a seasonal success for all the children to enjoy.
To think our youngest children in Reception have completed their first term in Norwood and they have settled in superbly well. We have been delighted that virtually every year
group have been able to enjoy regular sessions of Forest School, and those year groups that haven't will get a chance in the next term. We have had more outdoor visits particularly to the local community and we have been able to offer more clubs than ever
before.
Once again the term has flown by and after a frenetic week of Christmas celebrations with the Christmas Fair, the
infants plays, the Carol Concert, the Christmas dinner, the Pantomime, the Christmas Craft morning and the Christmas Fun Day, it is amazing to look back at the term gone by
and marvel at how quickly it has gone and how busy, exciting and enjoyable it has been.
For that I thank all the staff for their hard work in giving their time and going that extra bit further to ensure our children at Norwood receive a wonderful educational journey.
Once again I have to remark that I feel proud of the children of Norwood for their hard work and great enthusiasm for everything we do and it is always a great feeling, when we, as a school community, receive positive attention for the great things that go on.
I naturally hope everyone has some time to relax over the Christmas holiday and that they have a wonderful family time. Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2010!
T.A. Talk
RT: Sam Clayton
RP: David Tear
1D: Cerys Burrows
1B: Elliot Howard
1B: Abbie King
2W: Niamh Edmunds
2M: Brandon Chadwick Boardman
3B: Cerys Valentine
3B: Isaac Burns
3K: Callum Scutt Silver
3K: Holly McQuillan
4CP:Charlie Marshall
4CP: Tom Mtchell
4JP:Jack Redshaw
5P: Emily Marshall
5M: Elise Bond
6C: Lucy Dutton
6M: Ben Mills
6M: Ben Halsall
Star of the Week
After being tracked down by our intrepid reporters, Mrs. Blundell, the T.A. being featured this week, surrendered to their questions.She is seen here answering questions from Madeleine Jones, Joe Rimmer, Borys Kurzeja-Ryan and Hannah Tear.
Q. Which country would you most like to visit?A. China
Q. Do you have a favourite musical?A. Oliver
Q. If you were stranded in the jungle for 3 weeks what would be your luxury item?A. Food!
Q. What period in history would you like to have lived?A. The Victorian era.
Q. What football team do you support?A. England
Q. What frightens you?A. Fire
Behaviour Audit Update
Following the behaviour audit at the end of the summer term our
Behaviour Team have been meeting to analyse the results and build upon our behaviour policy.
The audit indicated some trends:Golden time is valued as a reward: we are looking at ways to make it
even more golden.Responses to whether sanctions worked were varied. We are looking at simplifying the
sanctions ladder, so we respond more quickly to poor behaviour. Parental views of ‘Star of the
Week’ were mixed: the group have been focusing on extending the range of rewards we have to
celebrate good behaviour.Parents are keen on hearing good news from class teachers: we have been looking at ways of
doing this.We will be introducing some of these developments in the New
Year. Look out for details.
Filmclub – a reflection
After the very successful
launch of Filmclub this term the Filmclub Crew have reflected on their
experience. Every week, the Filmclub helpers in Y6, make sure that Y3 + Y4 are comfortable on the mats,
take the register and award the children for their reviews or excellent
behaviour. The Filmclub Crew have risen to the challenge of organising film
screenings for over 90 children, they have also decided that Bugsy Malone was the best film for all
round entertainment. Special thanks go to: Mrs Bennet, Lucie Cresswell,
Nefertiti Mitchell, Kieran Davis, Liam Beirne, Jack Morrison Williams, Rachael
Maiden, Red Roses Darbyshire, and James Ashton for their hard work.
By The Filmclub Crew
The ScarecrowYear 1 gave a brilliant performance of The
Scarecrow.
KS2 Carol ConcertParents, friends and children flocked to Leyland Road Methodist
Church last week for our annual Carol Concert.With the church packed to the rafters and the aisles overflowing, the audience were treated to a wonderful celebration of Christmas from the KS2
children at their best. After Rev. Knight began the evening, the school Singing Club started the programme with two superb renditions of 'Christmas Calypso' and 'Winter Wonderland'. Following
on from Mr. Dumbell's welcome, each year group delivered some reciting of famous Christmas poems or singing of some modern Christmas songs. Interspersed with excellent narration from the specially chosen Year 6 pupils and the congregation singing some
traditional carols, the whole evening was a delight and one that everyone associated with Norwood should be proud of. We might have to find a bigger venue next year or even start charging!
Children in the Spotlight
Lewis has passed his Stage 5 National Swimming Award.
Congratulations!
Fraser has passed his Stage 4 National Swimming Award. Great!Bethany sang in the recent
auditions for Britain's Got Talent in Manchester. Fingers crossed!
Ruby has passed her Stage 1 National Swimming Award. Well Done!
Twelve Days of Christmas
Year 2 gave a fantastic performance of the Twelve Days of Christmas.
Norwood Crescent, Southport. PR9 7DU. Tel: 01704211960. Fax 01704 232712. Head Teacher: Mr Lee Dumbell.
Email: [email protected] www.norwoodprimaryschool.com
Maths Challenge
Recently children from Year 5 and Year 6 took part in a Mathematics challenge. Although some
questions were very difficult, all the children who took part did brilliantly. Congratulations to our winners.
Gold:Molly (Y5) and Luke D (Y6) Silver: Alice (Y5) Gabriel (Y5) and Lucy M (Y6)Bronze:Megan (Y5) Thomas (Y6) Lewis (Y6) and
Charlotte (Y6)
High School Musical
What a fantastic night! A group of children and parents went to the Opera House in Manchester to see High School Musical 2, live on stage.We all had a fabulous time , lots of singing and clapping along.Watch this space for the next theatre trip.
More ‘photo’s on Norwood website.
Reception Performance of‘Jesus' Christmas Party’
Wow what a play! First Christmas performance and it was fantastic!
Fantastic Music PerformanceThe Year 4 pupils along with the windband from Year 5 +
Year 6 put on a musical performance for the rest of the school.
Dinner MoneyDinner money for the first week back is £6.20 payable on Tuesday 5th January.
Shinewaves Competition
The winner is:
What two letters of the alphabet do snowmen prefer?I C (Laurence Fredericks 4CP)
Congratulations Laurence!
Competition time will be back again in the NewYear.
