26.3.18
Dear Parents/Carers

Spring Fayre
The Spring Fayre is on Tuesday 27th March from 2.00 – 3.30pm and all money raised will go towards Year 6 camp. Children can be collected from classes at 2pm to attend with parents.

End of Term
Just a reminder that school finishes at 1pm on Wednesday 28th March. Children do not need to bring lunch but they can bring an additional snack.

We hope you have a good Easter holiday and we look forward to seeing the children again on Thursday 12th April.

Many thanks,
Mrs Ashworth, Mrs Page, Mrs Ash

19.3.18

Dear Parents/Carers,

Maths

Next week we shall be continuing to work on the concept of division. We shall then be learning how to find ½, ¼ and ¾ of numbers.

Reading information evening

On Monday 21st March  at 7 pm, Mrs Child and Miss Simpson are running an information evening designed to offer guidance and practical advice as to how you can best support your child’s reading development. If you would like to attend this really useful evening please can you let the school office know: office@stmartins.sch.gg  or tel: 756060

Whole School and class photographs

On Tuesday 20th we shall be having a whole school photograph followed by class photographs on Thursday 22nd.

Swimming

Swimming lessons will begin again after half term with classes swimming on the following days;

Thursday 11 – 12 – Mrs Ashworth

Friday 1.00 – 1.45 – Mrs Page

Friday 1.45 – 2.30 – Mrs Ash

Please note that for Mrs Ashworth’s class this will be the first day back after the Easter holidays.

If you are able to help with these lessons please can you let us know. We are always very grateful for extra pairs of hands during these sessions!

Many thanks,

Mrs Ashworth, Mrs Ash, Mrs Page

5.3.18

Dear Parents/Carers,

We hope you all enjoyed the ‘Snow Days’ and we’re very much looking forward to things getting back to normal this week!

Maths
Next week we will be continuing our work on sequencing and ordering numbers, finding missing numbers in a sequence e.g. 2, 4, 6, __ , __ , 12 or 50, 45, 40, __, __, 25.
We will also be recognising and working with odd and even numbers.

Parents Appointment Week
The week beginning the 12th March is Parents’ Appointment Week. If you have still not yet signed up for an appointment via the online booking system, please could you do so as soon as possible. Thank you. We look forward to meeting with you all and discussing your child’s progress. Mrs Ash and Mrs Page have appointments available before school that are not on the booking schedule. Please email us directly if you would like a morning appointment.

Spellings
Please note that there will be no spellings sent home today (Friday 2nd March) as due to the snow we have not covered enough content. Spellings will resume next week.

How to be Safe and Secure Online- Information Evening

Come along to a free presentation of Safe and Secure Online on Wednesday 7th March at 7pm in the school hall, presented by Matthew Parker, an Information Security professional. Safe and Secure Online is a global initiative to help educate parents and carers of some of the risks our children face whilst online.

Matthew will present for about an hour including the following topics:

·　　　　　　　　　The risks of Online Gaming

·　　　　　　　　　Social Networks

·　　　　　　　　　Sexting and mobile phones

·　　　　　　　　　Cyberbullying

·　　　　　　　　　General Cyber Security

Please note that due to some of the content the session is not suitable for children to attend; it is solely aimed at adults.

Many thanks,
Mrs Ashworth, Mrs Ash, Mrs Page