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DATES February 2010 15th to 19th - Half-Term Break. 26th - FOLS Meeting, in School March 2010 01st to 05th - Heatree Residential Break 03rd - Treetops Play Group visiting 10:00 to 11:15 08th - Arts Week begins with Ugandan drumming 10th - Indian dancing 11th - Chinese workshops 11th - Full Governing Body Mtg at 4:30pm . . . . . . (instead of on the 18th) 12th - Y2: Multi-Skills, Okehampton College, a.m. 15th - Y3 / Y4 visit Okehampton College, pm: work with Plymouth Albion 16th - Lydford School hosts OLC Orienteering Event 18th - All pupils to Exeter to visit . . . . . .cathedral, mosque and synagogue 23rd - Cross-Country, Boasley Primary, p.m. April 2010 01st - Last day in School for Spring Term 19th - Staff training at Lydford First Aid, all day 20th - Pupils return for Summer Term 26th - "Growing Our Future" day (gardening) for KS2 . . . . . . - old-gardening-clothes need to be worn. 30th - Links Tor Class: Lydford Gorge, all day May 2010 04th at 09:30: Height and Weight Check . . . . . . . . . . . . for Reception and Year 6 pupils, REPORTING ABSENCES The School's Office opens at 8.00 am. If you wish to report a pupil's absence, please ring 820-264. We need a signed letter explaining the absence when the child returns to School. SICKNESS If your child has an illness that could be infectious or contagious, please telephone to the School Office as soon as possible. If a child has been sick even once or suffered from diarrhoea, he or she should not attend School for 24 hours after his or her last attack. PE KIT A reminder that children in Class 2 (Links Tor) need a red school tee shirt, black shorts and trainers or plymsoles in School for their PE lessons on Mondays and Thursdays. Class 1 (Sharp Tor) children need only trainers or plymsoles, but in School every day. SCHOOL SWEAT SHIRTS / TEE SHIRTS / FLEECES Sweat shirts, tee shirts and fleeces are available for purchase from the office. |
So please ensure that your child has a named coat in School each day. WATER BOTTLES AND BOOK BAGS Water bottles and book bags are available from the School office at £2.00 and £1.54 respectively. THE VISIT OF Y5 / Y6 PUPILS TO OKEHAMPTON COLLEGE'S SCHOOL-PRODUCTION "HEARTBEAT" Our pupils really enjoyed this year's Musical. Apparently the humour was exactly at their level !. Thank you to parents who helped with transport. ROTARY QUIZ, OKEHAMPTON PRIMARY SCHOOL, 8th FEBRUARY Well done to our eight pupils who took part. The staff who accompanied them have commented on their good behaviour, being, as usual, a credit to the School. SPONSORED AEROBATICS: NICHOLLS HALL,10th FEBRUARY The children had great fun and plenty of exercise on Wednesday afternoon, fulfilling their sponsorship tasks. Please could all sponsorship money be brought into School before we leave for the Heatree Visit on the 1st of March. The sponsored money will be used to pay for the coach for the Devon Music Mix Festival on the 23rd June and, we hope, for the cost of the Music Workshops. REMINDER: FOLS MEETING, 26th FEBRUARY, IN SCHOOL FAIR FUNDING FOR DEVON SCHOOLS Please see Tania Skeaping in the playground and ensure that you sign the Petition. This is becoming increasingly urgent for the whole of Devon, but especially for small schools such as ours. Tania will be returning the form to us on Friday, 12th February. VIOLIN LESSONS Three pupils are learning this instrument, and we are pleased that there was sufficient uptake to allow the lessons to go ahead. KEYBOARD LESSONS Just one pupil is learning keyboard playing this term. If any additional pupil is interested in starting after half-term, please let us know: We mention that the pupil would certainly need a packed lunch on the day of the lesson SATS 2010 Please note that the KS2 SATS will take place in the week commencing on the 10th May and the KS1 Assessments in the week beginning 17th May. No absences will be authorized during those weeks. VILLAGE MARKET The FOLS stall is run at the Lydford Village Market by some of our parents. The sum of £25.45 was raised by the FOLS stall on the 06th February. Please look out for the next such Market and support it if you can. Many thanks to the parents that help run the stall. |
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We always welcome new pupils to our School. There are no employment vacancies at present. |