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Macaulay School Newsletter 11

11th March 2010

   

 

LENT APPEAL Our Lent Appeal is already off to a great start. The events so far - Y3 coin sale, KS1 hot cross buns and the KS2 cinema have raised £316.27. Tomorrow all main school children will take part in one of their favourite events, the Sponsored Read. (The sponsor form was on the reverse of the World Book day letter). Please remember that you can join in too – just ask for an adult’s Lent Appeal form in the office – there are only 3 challenges for you and they are not strenuous!   CLASS NEWS Our Theatre Club members enjoyed an evening trip to the West End to see the Lion King and Year 3 loved their day at the Tate Britain Henry Moore exhibition. We have champions in the school with Year 4 tag rugby team and both of our Quiz Club teams who came first and second in their first heat. Congratulations to all of them! Year 1, 2 and 4 took part in drama and music workshops followed by a trip to the Festival Hall for Year 4. Our girls’ football team are in competition for the first time today and tomorrow we have a Capoeira team competing in the Lambeth championships.   PTA NEWS The PTA chairs took their proposal to replace the grass to the governors last week and got approval for the project to go ahead. Work starts on Monday and should take just over a week – and it will be well worth the wait! Thank you from the children, who were very much in favour of the idea, to everyone who made this possible   DAFFODILS Judging of children’s daffodils took place last week and certificates were given out. Only a very small number were returned – if yours grew at all you will earn at least a bronze certificate so please bring them in!

VOUCHERS We are collecting Sainsbury’s vouchers for sports equipment and Tesco vouchers for computers. There is now a collection point outside my office for these. Every single one helps and we are very grateful for your continued support.   QUIZ NIGHT Our legendary annual Quiz Night, hosted by Mark Thomas is taking place on Friday 26th March. Tickets will be on sale in the playground tomorrow at £7.50 each, which includes a tasty buffet. Book your babysitters, get your team together and start revising now!!   REMINDERS: DINNER MONEY is £8.00 per week, £46.40 for this half term, (up until Easter), payable in advance. Copies of the new menu will be sent home early next week   AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS Details of clubs for the summer term are being sent home today along with application forms. These will also be emailed. Please make sure they are completed and returned by next Tuesday 16th March to avoid disappointment.   AND FINALLY.... A great big welcome into the Macaulay family to India, a sister for Ethan in Reception and to Jesse Parker, a son for Matt Parker (Year 6) and his wife Katy.     Best wishes Liz Divall

 

 

Macaulay School Easter Newsletter 2010

29th March 2010

 

 

Even though the clocks have only just gone forward and the daffodils are still blooming, here we are at the end of the spring term. Thank you all for supporting the many events, activities and outings that have taken place.   LENT APPEAL Our Lent Appeal came to an end with a very successful Macaulay’s Got Talent afternoon last Thursday. A DVD of the event is available from Mrs Newman at £3 per copy for the Appeal. All classes successfully completed their sponsored read on Friday 12th March - sponsor money can still be sent in. So far we have raised £478 to be shared between the Bishop’s Lent Appeal, Trinity Hospice, and the Earthquake Appeal   SUMMER AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS You should by now have received agreement forms for all of next term’s after school clubs. In order to secure these places, payment must be made on Tuesday 30th and Wednesday 31st March between 8.45-9.15am or 3.00-3.30pm. Cheques should be made payable to Macaulay School.   BUILDING WORKS Attached to this newsletter is an important letter from the Chair of Governors about our exciting KS1 refurbishment and the new procedures for school security. Please read it carefully.   PETITION Round about this time last year, one of our parents, Mina Mullins-Haeri, led a petition for a pedestrian crossing half way down Cedars Road. I am delighted to be able to report that the plans have been drawn up for the crossing to go ahead! Thank you Mina!!

PTA NEWS We are all thrilled with our new grass - it looks fantastic and I am assured it feels great to play on! All of the children and staff would like to thank the PTA for funding it and all their efforts to get it installed so quickly! The PTA Quiz Night last Friday was a great success. This annual event has become a real Macaulay favourite. Huge thanks to our very own quizmaster, Mark Thomas, and to all the helpers. The evening raised just over £800!   PUPIL NEWS Our Y6 team took part in the IBM robot challenge on Saturday, winning a new £350 robot for the school by coming first in one of the sections. Congratulations! Year 2 and the choir enjoyed singing in the Lambeth music Festival at the Royal Festival Hall (picture in the South London Press)   END OF TERM Our end of term service at Holy Trinity will take place at 10.00am this Thursday 1st April.                         Year 5 will lead the service. School will end at 3.15pm as normal. Summer term will begin on Monday 19th April for the main school and Wednesday 21st April for the Nursery.   REMINDERS: Swimming starts for Years 3 and 5 after Easter. Dinner Money is £8.00 per week, £46.40 for term 5, (£46.40 for term 6), all payable in advance.   For those of you who wish to book up your holidays, the term and holiday dates for next year (2010-2011) are printed on the back of this letter.   And finally, on behalf of the staff team may I wish you all a blessed and peaceful Easter   Best wishes Liz Divall

 

 BUILDING WORKS 2010

18^th March 2010

 

Dear Parents & Carers,

 

The Governors promised to let you know how we would minimise disruption in the school once the exciting project to refurbish the classrooms for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 begins.

 

The planned 12 week schedule will commence during the Easter holiday and will be completed before the start of the new school year in September. The plans will be on display on the notice board at the Victoria Rise school entrance.

 

The work will be supervised by the school’s architect, Julian Davies, who designed the refurbishment. He will work closely with Liz Divall and the Governors. All personnel working on the site will have been security checked to best protect the safety of our pupils and staff.

 

The first visible signs of the refurbishment will be that the gate beside the nursery building will be widened to allow access for trucks to deliver materials and remove rubble and will become the contractors’ site entrance. Therefore all access to the school and nursery will be from the Victoria Rise entrance only.

 

While the work is in progress, a strip of the top playground will be safely cordoned off to store building materials and pupils will be kept clear of it.

 

During the holiday two Portakabin classrooms and a toilet block will be installed in the lower playground for Reception and Year 1 to occupy during the Summer term.

 

A wall will then be built between the existing ‘Yellow Area’ and the Year 2 classroom so that dust and noise to Year 2 are kept to a minimum. All health and safety regulations will be complied with; noisy demolition work will happen outside of school hours wherever possible.

 

The new Reception and Year 1 classrooms should have been completed by the end of the Summer term; the Year 2 classroom will be refurbished over the Summer holiday; and the top and lower playgrounds restored for use by 1^st September.

 

From the beginning of next term we will be upgrading school security in line with new legislation for the safeguarding children.

Measures we will be introducing from the start of the Summer term onwards include:

 

• All Macaulay staff will wear school identification badges

• Visitors to the school will be required to sign in and out and wear identification (this includes parent volunteers, PTA and Governors)

• All staff will be instructed to challenge any persons without identification

 

To comply with the legislation:

• Parents will not be allowed access to the school building without prior permission

• Parents must only enter the building by the door opposite the school office

• Only parents delivering children to Breakfast Club or with prearranged appointments will be allowed into the building before 9.00am

• Only once the children have been taken into class, may parents then come into the office reception area to pay dinner money etc.

 

Please do not ask children to release external gates, nor to open doors to let you in.

 

The safety of pupils and staff is our priority and I would like to thank you in advance for assisting us in our endeavours to keep them safe.

 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Governors via email at talk-to-governors@macaulay.lambeth.sch.uk or Mrs. Divall.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Andrew Caesar-Gordon

Chair of Governors

 

 

 

DATES FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2010 – 2011

These dates are correct at the time of publication. 

Please check future newsletters for any additions/amendments

TERM DATES FOR CHILDREN

 

Term 1:

2nd September – 22nd October

(holiday  25 – 29 October)

Term 2:

1st November - 16th December

(holiday  17 December – 3 January)

Term 3:

4th January – 18th February

(holiday 21 – 25 February)

Term 4:

28th February – 7th April

(holiday  8 – 25 April

Term 5:

26th April  - 27th  May

(holiday  30 May - 6 June)

Term 6:

7th June – 21st July

(Bank Holiday = 2 May)