Friday January 30th 2015 Skelton Primary School Tel 01287 650689 Web www.skeltonprimaryschool.co.uk Twitter @SkeltonPrimary BLOG skeltonprimaryschool.co.uk/blog Email [email protected] Char of Governors Mrs L.Halbert Head teacher Ms S.E.Walker HEAD TEACHER AWARD Dear Parents, Welcome to this week’s news: Toy Sale Our toy sale raised a fabulous £88.10. This will be added to our Friends fundraising total, which will help support the development of the FS2 outdoor area. Thank you! :) for FS1 Mrs Bateman Harry Ditchburn & Darcy Jones FS2 Mrs Chapman Y1 Chris Evans' short-story writing competition. Why not get composing this weekend? BBC Radio 2 have launched their annual competition and this year the final will be held at ST JAMES'S PALACE, at the invite of Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cornwall! There are two age categories – 5-9 and 10 to 13 – and two big rules – your story must be completely made-up, and it must be no more than 500 words long. You can be as imaginative as you like –you can take us anywhere you choose with your terrific tale! It could be based in the jungle, set in space, under the sea, or in the future – wherever you fancy. Because you're in charge! Entries must be submitted ONLINE – bbc.co.uk/500wordsbefore 7pm on Thursday 26th Feb MENTAL MATHS improvement Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Mrs Whitwell Katie Wright Mrs Fryett Mrs Douglas Alex Johns Livia Hardy James Ditchburn Mrs Sayer Mrs Bonas Mrs Duck Nicole Allen Diesel Mackenzie Archie Swinburne Mr Woolf Miss Punch Mrs Cox Joseph Callaghan Sam Wealleans Chloe Kennedy Mr Hedgley Miss Evans Miss Bentley Bethany Burrows Emily Outhwaite Grace Turner Mrs Rowe Miss Smith Mr Campbell Tyler-Jay Ward-Nicholson Taylor Thornton Morgan Rhodes Miss Wilson Mrs Pollitt Miss Shields Sian Adamson Will Cowey Stephen Hawksby Miss Theakston Mr Asquith Mrs Allington Aaron Oakes Erin Smith Eleanor Armstrong Attendance champs this week are Red 1, Miss Theakston with 97.7%. Well done! Whole school attendance was 94.7% Boulby School Swimming Festival A big well done to the year 4, 5 and 6’s who performed amazingly at The Primary Swimming Festival on Thursday. They were up against some tough competition but each and every one of them, swam to the best of their ability and produced some fantastic results with Skelton winning many races. Let’s hope we make it to the next stages! House cup winners Plimsoll Plea! During the autumn term, we ordered a large number of plimsolls to reduce the amount of brightly coloured shoes and trainers making an appearance within school. We are thrilled to report that the number of children arriving at school with such footwear has reduced. However, so has our box of plimsolls! We please ask that you check your child’s bag and PE kit just in case they are residing in there! You can’t miss them as they have SPS clearly labelled. !!! STRANGER DANGER !!! Please remind your children of this important message. We received a report of the attempted abduction of an 11 year old girl in Guisborough on Wednesday after school. VACANCIES We have a vacancy for relief cleaner. We have a vacancy for lunchtime supervisor. If you are interested please pop into the office or give us a call, NEXT WEEK AT A GLANCEA Glance Monday Breakfast club 8am £1 SCSS 3-4.15 Tuesday Breakfast club 8am £1 Y5/6 football 3-4.15 Wednesday Breakfast club 8am £1 FILM CLUB : Jungle Book 2 finish 4.20pm 442 FS2-Y2 3-415 Thursday Breakfast club 8am £1 Y3/4 football 3-4.15 442 Y2-Y6 3-4.15 Y6 Reading Booster 3pm-4pm. Friday Breakfast club 8am £1 Running club 3-4.10 Findings of Millennium study The study was begun at the turn of the century and explores many factors of health and education and the challenges that face the young people of today across the UK. Here is some information about today’s 11 year olds according to the findings: NITS  A big thank you to Ros, our school nurse who called in this week to tell us all about nits. She left some very useful information sheets but I thought I’d make you all itch and remind you of some key information. Please check your child’s hair every week as part of the hair care routine. 1. Towel dry shampooed hair. 2. Comb the hair through fully with a normal comb.   What would your children say if asked? BUT    3. Use a detection comb in good light, so that you can detect movement. You will find live lice on the comb if your child is infected.  If you do find a live louse, your child’s hair will need treating 1. Treatment with insecticide is recommended for the infected person only NOT the 80% of 11 year olds are happy with life and school 95% of 11 year olds have internet access (81% age 7) 72% own their own phone  Poverty affects more than half of today's 11 year olds. 1 in 6 of these children have been brought up in persistently poor families. Fifth of children are obese at 11 (the news today reports that up to 1 in 3 11-15 year olds are obese!) Family breakdown affects one third of 11 year olds and a further 12% blended families. Of these more than quarter have behavioural problems. 50% 11yr olds live with both natural parents who are married whole family. 2. Lotion is available from the chemist and on prescription. 3. Use the lotion in a well ventilated room, let it dry. 4. Comb out the lotion and re-shampoo the hair. 5. There is no need to keep your child away from school after treatment. 6. Repeat the treatment 7 DAYS LATER. Find out more info about the Millennium cohort study age 11 Www.cls.ioe.ac.uk