WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

SANDIWAY PRIMARY
SCHOOL
Number 4

Autumn Term 2015

www.sandiway.cheshire.sch.uk

Wednesday 30th September 2015

admin@sandiway.cheshire.sch.uk

01606 883298

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Thursday 1st October

Special lunch
We would like as many children as
possible to enjoy our special lunch.

Friday 2nd October

World Smile Day :)

Year 1 and Year 2 had a fantastic day last week at Manchester

Airport. They had lovely opportunities to explore an aircraft
and learn how the airport works. This visit really inspired the
children...their work is really taking o!

Thanks...
Thank you once again for your
support last week at our Macmillan
coee morning. I continue to be
humbled by the support that our
school community gives to our
charity events. It is an unfortunate
fact that most of us are now touched
with the heartache that cancer
brings. It
brings a
small
sense of
pride to us
that we
can support Macmillans who do so
much to support the families of those
suering from this disease.
The standard of cakes that were
made was fantastic - thank you. All
that time spent watching the British
Bake O has been put to use!
Smallworld also held their own coee
morning - we will be pooling our

donations
and
befitting
from the
very kind
matchfunding
from
Barclays
Bank
giving us
a grand
total of
about
1,500.
Thank you to the parents who have
completed the online questionnaire
that I write about last week. Please
visit www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/
146869CYEXM/ if you would like to
add your views.

I am pleased to say that our

children are normally smiley - on
this day we need to be even more
so! Do an act of kindness. Help
one person SMILE!

Friday 16th October

Governor Day
This is a day where the school
governors will be spending the day
in school as a means to support
their strategic role in the running of
the school. The focus for the day
will be around English and
mathematics. They will also focus
on how the school will move
forward in the assessing of children
since the Government has removed
the use of levels and a new national
curriculum is now more embedded
in the school.

Friday 16th October

Year 6 Charity Day
The Year 6 have been busy
preparing for an afternoon and
evening for themselves and their
parents, where they will be raising
money to support St Lukes
Hospice.

Sporting updates...
Have you been watching the Rugby World Cup? Are your kids
interested in TRYing out rugby?
Northwich RUFC aim to provide rugby for all and to coach players so that
they can reach their own potential and play to the best of their ability,
teaching them in a friendly and welcoming environment. New players are
always welcome and can be slotted into sessions straight away.

Matches and trainingtake place on Sunday mornings at Northwich

Rugby club (Moss Farm)

Open to boys and girls from age 5

Children split into their appropriate

age group

All coaches CRB checked

Adult training and teams too if you

fancy a go yourself!

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Smoking in cars
From tomorrow (1st October) it is
illegal to smoke in a car when you
have children traveling with you.

Why not come down and give it a go!

Interested: If you have any questions or want to find out more either go
tohttp://www.northwichrufc.org.uk/or speak to Jonny Stubbs at
morningdrop-oor call/text him on07748 610792 (dad of Izzy in Year 3 and
Sam in Year 1).
Our Rugby news...
On Friday, Year 5 and 4 went to a tag rugby world cup festival at Northwich
Rugby Club. We represented Namibia. The other teams looked very good
but we tried our hardest. We won, drew and lost some. Altogether we
scored a lot of tries. We had great fun there. Why dont you try the sport?
Freya, Year 4
Football...
We have recently taken part in two
other other events: Years 3 and 4
playing away at Lostock last night
winning 2-0.
On Monday, nine children took part
in a tournament at Weaverham
High School with seven other
schools from our cluster. We
scored 10 goals in total, coming
just second to Little Leigh.
School Communications and Payments
I am in the process of reviewing the systems that the
school uses for registering the children, recording
lunches, sending emails and texts. I am aware that
the current system of sending emails to parents
(such as the way you receive the weekly newsletter)
is a little clumsy - it is dicult for some devices to
use. Unfortunately, the school has been tied into a
long contract, which is now nearing its end.
I am particularly interested in a system that allows
you to pay for lunches, snacks, uniform, school visits
etc via on online payment website using bank
transfer, debit/credit cards. This could be possible
through a computer/tablet or smart phone.
Before I go any further forward, I would be very
interested to hear if this would be useful for you. I

Woodwind Lessons
The school continues to have a
large number of children who take
music lessons in the school with
the music teachers who visit us.
Lesley Moss teaches the children
a variety of woodwind
instruments. She has spaces
available after the half term
holiday for children in Years 4, 5
or 6 who are interested in learning
to play the flute or clarinet.
Children (and parents) would be
welcome to meet Mrs Moss to
have a go on an instrument and
find out more about the lessons
and instruments.
Please contact Mrs Moss directly
by email at:
lesleynonmoss@aol.com

would be happy for any feedback and ideas. You

can leave messages in school for me, to my email
account (head@sandiway.cheshire.sch.uk) or you
can leave comments on the online questionnaire in
the spaces after the questions.
If you would like to help with a trial version of a
system that we may use, can you let me know? You
will have a sneak preview of some of the features
and be able to give us some direct feedback.
As with these things, there is always a cost
implication; I am keen to ensure that any new system
we use is the best value for money possible as well
as making all our busy lives a little simpler!