ASHTON HAYES PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWS

HAPPY NEW YEAR

A very warm welcome back to school and a very Happy New Year to all our parents and friends.

ISSUE 1 / SPRING TERM 2012 / THURSDAY 12TH JANUARY 2012

Thank you also to Marie Slater who took some wonderful pictures during the afternoon. I will display these in the school in due course. after 9.00am to enquire as to where your child(ren) is. Can I also remind you that, where possible, family holidays should be taken during the school holidays. This is to reduce the educational impact of children missing school. If this cannot be avoided, a holiday request form is available from the School Office or home page of the school web site. I will review each case to determine whether authorisation can be given.

OFFICIAL OPENING
Our New Year started with our Official Opening Ceremony to officially open our new classroom extension. The Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor of Chester,

SCHOOL PHOTOS
I am sure many of you have seen the lovely photos we have on display in our new gallery area in school. I would like to thank Yvette Owen who volunteered her services to take all the wonderful pictures which really capture what Ashton Hayes Primary School is all about.

PLACES FOR RECEPTION IN SEPTEMBER 2012

Cllr Eleanor Johnson, with the help of pupils Emily Cuthbert and Ellis Carroll (who were the winners of our competition to take up this role) cut the ribbon and unveiled a plaque to commemorate the day. All our visitors and the children enjoyed a specially made cake and a glass of fizz. (Thank

The deadline to apply for a place in Reception for September is fast approaching. All parents must apply for a place even if they have children in the CHRISTMAS school. Please logon to Cheshire West FAIR and Chesters website and search for It seems a long admissions to apply BEFORE 15th time ago, but it is January 2012. still important to WALK ON WEDNESDAY AND SMILE remember all the hard work that went As I have previously written, the school into the Christmas Fair which we held is to be involved in an initiative to in the Village Hall. Many thanks to all the parents who helped with the set up increase awareness of a healthy lifestyle and will support us making a choice to of the fair and who helped run stalls walk to school. Each month we will have during the event. Also thanks to a Walk on Wednesday, where I am everyone who went along to spend asking as many parents, children and their money! I am really pleased to staff to choose to walk to school, rather report that over 1000 was raised than use the car (lets hope for some during the evening. This money will be put with other money in the PTFA bank good weather!). There will be an account to invest in the school grounds organised walk from Mouldsworth Train during the Spring months. As a school, Station car park, leaving at 8.20am. If we hope to develop the grass area with you would like to park your car there and walk in, it would be great to see gardens and play equipment for the you! children...more about this soon!

you to all the parents who worked hard to make and decorate the cakes everyone said how lovely they were!) Thank you if you were able to spare the time to celebrate with us. I was really pleased with the number of visitors from the local community who came along to school.

ABSENCES FROM SCHOOL

Can I take this opportunity to remind you that it is very important that you contact the school as soon as possible if your children will not be in school because they are ill, etc. We have a duty of care to ensure that all the children in school; if we do not hear from you, we will phone you shortly

FRONT OF SCHOOL
As you can see, the front of school still has some work to do in terms of reseeding and landscaping. We are waiting for the Spring to arrive before this is tackled. In the meantime, please try to keep to the paths to prevent the mud from spreading.

DATES FOR THE TERM

I would be grateful if you could add these to your calendars... Thursday 12th JANUARY Parents Evening for Class 3 Monday 16th Governors Sub-Committee B meeting at 4.30pm Tuesday 17th Launch Assembly for Smiles (healthy lifestyle, walking to school, road safety campaign) Parents Evening for Class 3 Wednesday 18th Mr Dowler, Headteacher of Helsby High School, visiting our school Tuesday 24th Choir to attend Young Voice concert at MEN Arena Wednesday 25th Walk on Wednesday (organised walk from Mouldsworth Station car park leaving at 8.20am) Thursday 26th Bag2School Collection date (please bring in bags today) Friday 27th Class 5 Science Day Chemistry with Cabbages Monday 30th Governors Sub-Committee A meeting at 4.30pm st Tuesday 31 Smiles Assembly Wednesday 1st FEBRUARY Parents Information Evening for Multiplication and Division Monday 6th Year 5 and Year 6 - Bikeability all week Friday 10th Break up for half term holiday th Monday 20 Children and staff return to school Wednesday 22nd Walk on Wednesday Thursday 23rd Year 3 and Year 4 to Chester Zoo Tuesday 28th Smiles workshops st MARCH Thursday 1 Governors Meeting Tuesday 13th Parents Evening (5.00-7.00pm) Thursday 15th Parents Evening (4.00-6.00pm) Friday 23rd Sports Relief 2012 - we will be running an event in school to raise money for this charity Sunday 25th Easter Egg Trail Tuesday 27th Easter Service at 10.00am in St Johns Church Friday 30th Break up for Easter holiday Monday 16th APRIL Children and staff return to school

CLUBS
We have a number of clubs on offer for the children with more being added by staff as the term progresses. Monday - Football, run by Mr Richards from S4YC for all year groups (3.15-4.14pm) Wednesday - Little Thespians, run by Ravannes Theatre Group for Years R-4 (3.15-4.15pm) Wednesday - Multisports, run by Mr Richards from S4YC for all year groups (3.15-4.14pm) Thursday - Dodgeball, run by SportsXtra for all year groups (3.15-4.15pm) Friday - Choir, run by Mrs Cuthbert and Mrs Reid at lunchtime (until the end of January)

WATER BOTTLES
We have one water cooler in the new gallery area which the children are able to use during the school day. It is much better if they have a water bottle in school to drink from. Please send in a clean bottle (named) for the children to use. New bottles can be purchased from school (1.20) and replacement lids are also available (50p).

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CONTACT
Ashton Hayes Primary School, Church Road, Ashton Hayes, Chester. CH3 8AB Phone: 01244 981418 Text to: 07797 801419 Email: admin@ashtonhayes.cheshire.sch.uk or head@ashtonhayes.cheshire.sch.uk Web: www.ashtonhayes.cheshire.sch.uk

ASHTON HAYES PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER ISSUE no 1 12/1/12 SPRING TERM 2012