NEWSLETTER
 19th January, 2012 


DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Holidays and INSET days

Mon 13 – Fri 17 Feb ~ half-term week
Mon 20 Feb ~ INSET DAY
Mon 2—Fri 13 April ~ Easter holidays
Mon 7 May ~ Bank Holiday
Thur 31 May ~ INSET DAY
Fri 1 June ~ Holiday
Mon 4—Fri 8 June ~ half-term week
Fri 20 July ~ break up for summer holidays.

Other Events

Thur 19 Jan ~ Y5/6 Parents’ Meeting for Chasewater visit at 6.00 P.M.
Wed 1 Feb ~ Parent Drop in 3.30—6.00 p.m.
Fri 3 Feb George’s Marvellous Medicine trip
Feb 6-10 Y5/6 away at Chasewater

Menu Change

Please note that due to a supply problem there will be roast gammon instead of pork on Wednesday 25th January.

School Meal Special Event

(N.B.change from set menu)

Friday 27th January 2012

All Day Farmhouse Breakfast:-
Bacon, omelette and sausage or
Omelette and Quorn sausage
with hash brown, baked beans and baked tomato.

Chocolate muffin or honey oat bar.

Also available: fruit platter, Müller yoghurt, bread basket and a choice of drink.


Learning Platform for Parents

Parent log-ins for the new Learning Platform will be given to you at the parent drop-in on
Wednesday 1st February 3.30—6.00 p.m.
There will be demonstrations throughout the course of the drop-in to show you how to use the Learning Platform.
For those people who cannot attend the drop-in, another date will be arranged for you to collect your log-in details. (Please don’t contact the office as we don’t have them!)
Please notify us of any absent parents who live at another address so that we may contact them regarding the log-in details. Thank you.


Love Reading: We are now registered with:-

www.lovereading4kids.co.uk

On this site is a recommended reading list for different age ranges. Parents can log ontosite find our school's reading list. You can buy books from the site and school gets £5 for every £100 spent. Parents set up their own account on the site but will need a password of “Whittington” to access the information school has set up.

Olympics 2012

We are planning lots of events to celebrate this year’s Olympic Games. If you have contacts or ideas for any sporting activities, please contact us.We also need some ceramic tiles for an Olympic Mosaic so if you have any contacts, please let us know. School Office: Mrs Williams ~ 01543 432487

Thank you!

P.T.A. Laptops

We are really pleased to announce that we have 10 new laptops in school which have been purchased by the P.T.A. This means that on top of the computers in our ICT suite each classroom now has 3 laptops which are available for constant use to support learning.

The P.T.A. have also contributed towards the cost of a new curriculum server and our wireless network in school.

We plan to continue to expand our I.C.T. provision in school and without the P.T.A’s invaluable support we would not be able to do this. Thank you to all of you who have made this possible. We do of course ensure this equipment is securely stored away when it is not in use.


This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and
expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.