Issue 21

Norwood Crescent, Southport. PR9 7DU. Tel: 01704 211960. Fax 01704 232712. Head Teacher: Mr Lee Dumbell.

Email: [email protected] www.norwoodprimaryschool.com

Issue 21 10th February 2011

Norwood News

TERM DATES

Spring Term 2011

School Closed Friday 11th

February

Half Term:

Monday 14th-Friday 18th

February

Term Ends:

Friday 1st April. School closes

at 2pm

Summer Term 2011

Children return to school

Tuesday 19th April at 8.55am

School closed:

Good Friday 22nd April

Easter Monday 25th April


Tuesday 26th April at 8.55am

School closed:

Bank Holiday Friday 29th

April

School closed:

Bank Holiday Monday 2nd

May

Half Term:

Mon 30th May-Fri 3rd June

School closed:

Friday 1st July

(Staff training day)

Term Ends:

Friday 22nd July. School

closes at 2pm

Autumn Term 2011

School Closed

Thursday 1st September

Friday 2nd September

(Staff training days)


Monday 5th September

Half Term

Mon 24th-Fri 28th October

Arts Festival Countdown

22 weeks to go

Menu

Week2

The Owl Man

On Monday 7th February Yr2 had a visit from the Owl Man. We have been learning

about nocturnal animals.

Nocturnal means that they come out at night and hunt. He brought five owls and one

ferret. Some owls come out in the day. Some owls eat other owls. Owls come from all

over the world. Owls eat maggots, worms and moths. The owls were soft to touch and

they had lots of feathers. Owls have sharp teeth.

We had a good time!

by Olivia Logan 2M

Facts

Not all owls are nocturnal, the

ones with black eyes are

nocturnal.

Fraser Cooke 2W

Some nocturnal animals come out

at twilight.

Jamie Shaw 2W

Kitchen Re-opens

We are looking forward to the kitchen opening

after the refurbishment and school meals being

served again from Monday 21st February.

Don't forget to send in the correct money!

(Ready Reckoner on page 4)

Thank you to Mr Kevin Henderson and his team of

tradesmen who worked extremely

hard through the snow, frost, wind, rain and very

little sunshine!

They have all done a great job and we all

appreciate how they have developed our school

building.

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News team Molly Glinn, Hannah Tear, Jamie Russell, Katy Watkinson, Taylor McKenzie & Finn Cromack

Next week’s clubs (w/b 21.2.11)

Monday KS2 Cross Country practice (lunchtime)

Y4 Sports Aerobics in the hall till 4.20 pm

Tuesday School Council meeting (lunchtime)

Eco Committee meeting (lunchtime)

Band Club in 1D till 4.15 pm

B Football Team practice till 4.20 pm

Y4/5/6 Netball till 4.15 pm

YR Wally Cain Dance Club Hall till 4 pm

Y3 Art Invaders till 4.15 pm

Wednesday Library (lunchtime)

Y1 Filmclub in YR till 4.30 pm

Y2-4 Southport Football Club till 4.20 pm

B team football match away to Kew Woods B till 4.45 pm

A team football match home to Marshside till 4.45 pm

Thursday KS2 Singing Club (lunchtime)

Library (lunchtime)

Y5 & 6 Boys rugby MUGA 12.10

Y2 Art Club in Y2 till 4.15 pm

Y3 History detectives in Y5 till 4.15 pm

Y4 Planet Dance workshop hall till 4.20 pm

Friday Y5 & 6 Girls Rugby MUGA 12.10 pm

Netball Team practice till 4.15 pm

A team football match away Larkfield till 4.45 pm

KS2 Chess Club in 3K till 4 pm

Please collect the children from the playground and do not wait for

them by the office.

There will be notification if there are any changes to these clubs.

Star of the WeekRJT: Kaitlin Laverty

RJT: Jessica Pagan Silver

RT: Louis Sumner Silver

RT: Lucy Porter Silver

1B: Lia Funnell Silver

1B: Ellie Hanks Silver

1D: Harvey Dawson Ashworth Silver

1D: Ellie Neild

1D: Shay Johnson

2W: Aaron McLaughlin

2M: Eina Alom

3H: Louise Lane

3H: Malika Guenini

3H: Ben Potter

3K: Morgan Dodsworth

3K: Oliver Starr Silver

3K: Cameron Heyes

4M: Ellie Blundell Silver

4P: Poppy Rimmer

4P: Jamie Russell Silver

5B: Borys Kurzeja-Ryan

5M: Tom Mitchell

5M: Anya Day Silver

5M: Megan Powderly Silver

6P: Kimberley Hickey

6C: Sally Murray

6C: Faye Savasci

Reception’s Bird Feeders

Louis Sumner and Taylor McNulty noticed that the bird

feeders were empty. They were very concerned for the

welfare of the birds in the wooded area and asked their

teachers if they could make some bird feeders so that

the birds wouldn’t be hungry. Pictured here are the

children with the bird feeders that they had so much fun

making.

Bag Packing

Our next bag packing event, to raise money for our Arts Festival, is

due to take place at Morrisons Saturday 5th March. If anyone has

any spare plastic Celebration containers we could use as collection

containers please bring them into school. Thank you.

Mrs Goulden


Getting to Know Our Governors

Advertising Our Local Businesses

If you would like to make a donation towards the cost of the newsletter, an advert for your local business could be placed in

our newsletter. Please contact Mrs Gregson in the school office for further details.

Adverts are placed independently and we are grateful for the donations towards the cost. However we are not otherwise

linked directly with the businesses.

This week our team of reporters put their questions to Lord Fearn one of our governors.

Q. Which aspect of your role do you enjoy the most?

A. Meeting the teachers and children.

(Finn Cromack)

Q. What do you do as a governor?

A. Keep an eye on everything and anything affecting the school.

(Katy Watkinson)

Q. How long have you been a governor?

A. 38 years from when Norwood was at its old site.

(Taylor McKenzie)

Shinewaves Competition Time

Year 2 children have continued to impress us with their fantastic poems based on their topic work.

The sky at night is extremely dark. The white moon shines in the blackness like a giant torch and gives us light every

night. The stars are big and twinkly but when it's cloudy they are hard to see.

Sometimes you can see a shooting star flying across the sky. It's a long way away and doesn't make any noise.

Looking at the sky at night is amazing and beautiful and makes us feel happy and peaceful.

By Lucy, Jess M, Tyler, Elliot H, Jamie M, Josh H, Jordan M, Fraser, Abbie, Connor, Jack A, Daniel, Oliver, Jack Br & Paris.

Yr 2 Topic Poems

Last week’s competition was to design an unusual rabbit for Chinese New Year. There were lots of creative

entries. The winning design was very unusual. It was a joint effort, which included all the Chinese New

Year animals, as well as a half human, half rabbit! Congratulations to Eleanor Kilduff and Alice Crook from

6P.

Now to this week’s competition. The Chris Evan’s Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2 is launching their new

writing competition, called 500 Words, for children aged 13 or under. All you have to do is write a

fictional story about anything you like in 500 words or fewer.

There will be a Shinewaves prize for the best story entered in school. However, if you enter online the top 50 entries will

be invited to see the show broadcast live from the Hay Literary Festival on Friday 3rd of June where the eventual winner

will have their story read by someone famous.

Good luck and get scribbling! Pop your entries in the competition post box, outside the hall, by Tues 22nd February with

your name and class on the back. The closing date for online entries is Friday 3rd of March. Please make sure you visit

the Radio 2 website and read all the terms and conditions at HYPERLINK "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/chris-evans/

500-words/" http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/chris-evans/500-words/


Children in the Spotlight

Forthcoming Events

Ruby has passed her

Stage 5 National

Swimming Plan award.

Wonderful!

Michael has passed

his 600m Rainbow

Swimming award.

Fantastic!

Joshua has

passed his 20m

Rainbow

Swimming award.

Brilliant!

Sam has passed

his Stage 3

National Swimming

plan award.

Terrific!

Ready Reckoner

School Meals

I Day =£1.60

2 Days =£3.20

3 Days =£4.80

4 Days =£6.40

5 Days =£8.00

National Children's University Certificates

These children from Year 6 were recently presented with

their certificates, on behalf of the National

Children's University, in recognition of their commitment to

extra curricular activities.

Emily Telford, Darcy Iveson-Berkeley, Alice Crook &

Fern Hughes received their Bronze certificates.

Samantha Curry, Laura Pendlebury & Thea Moore received

their Silver certificates.

whilst Sophie Wright, Caitlin Healy & Emily Marshall received

their Gold certificates.

Congratulations to all children for their wonderful

achievements!

Friday 25th February PTA Family Bingo

Tuesday 1st March Yr 6 Trip to watch Private Peaceful at Crosby Civic Hall

Wednesday 2nd March Y4 Robinwood Parents meeting

Wednesday 9th March Y5/6 Tag Rugby Tournament at Kew Woods

Monday 14th March Y5 Wider Opportunities Concert at Southport Theatre

Friday 18th March PTA Comic Relief Discos

Tuesday 22nd March Parents Interviews

Thursday 24th March Parents Interviews

Friday 25th March Y5 Wider Opportunities Concert with Halle at Southport Theatre

Friday 6th-8th May Y4 Residential to Robinwood

Monday 9th-13th May Y6 SATS

Tuesday 14th-17th June Y6 Residential to Llangollen

Saturday 25th June Summer Fair

Wednesday 29th June Sports Day

Monday 4th-16th July Arts Festival


SEAL Celebration Assembly

The latest SEAL theme of 'Going for Goals' was concluded last

week with our Celebration Assemblies where groups of children

presented some of their work to specially invited parents.

Once again it was a tremendous occasion and the display of

work really did the children proud.

This half term's Citizenship award winners.

Y2 - Nicole Helsby and Daniel Mitchell

Y1 - Jordan Potts and Kiera Bleackley

YR - Sophie Naughton and Taylor McNulty

Y6 - Eleanor Kilduff and Sam Peet

Y5 - Charlotte Halcrow and Abbi Boardman

Y4- Olivia Shaw and Fahim Alom

Y3 - Emily James and Ryan Graham

Mr. Dumbell's citizens were Sophie Wright and Jay Curran.

On Monday, children in Year 3 received a visit

from Quintus Decimus Pertinax, a Roman

Governor.

The children were able to ask questions & learn

about life as a Roman citizen living in the north of

England.

He showed the children how he wears his purple

trimmed toga over his tunic. The colours purple &

red showed he was an important person!

Year 3's Visit from a Time Traveller

Helmets and shields the children made.

Wow what an impressive toga!

My word, he does look very important.


Cameron, George & Morgan

Norwood B 2 Farnborough C 5

Despite 2 goals from Man of the Match, Joe Rimmer, Farnborough C

powered to victory with 4 goals in the final period of the match. It was a

mixed performance played in a strong wind with Luke Ashton making some

important saves. Joe Rimmer had given us a two goal lead when we played

with the wind after the defence in the first period had kept Farnborough

out. However a mistake let in Farnborough just before the end of the

second period. Against the wind, we struggled and in the end Farnborough

were worthy winners.

Man of the Match: Joe Rimmer

Team: Luke Ashton, Jake Hawkings, Darcy Iveson-Berkeley, Sam Morgan,

Joe Telford, Joe Davenport, Brandon Robson (capt), Conner Peters, Joe

Rimmer, Gabriel Angay and Tyler Birch

Year5/6 Sports Hall Athletics Competition at Stanley High

Congratulations to Norwood's Sports Hall Athletics team who beat Churchtown, Birkdale and OLOL to win the Competition

Heats at Stanley. The next round is the afternoon of Friday 4th March.

The children looked brilliant in their new white and navy kits, supplied by Norwood's PTA. Thank you!

Mrs Rigby was very proud of all the children who competed for Norwood as they all gave 100% and performed brilliantly,

winning by just two points! Well done again!

Team: BOYS: Tom Stewart, Tom Mitchell, Aaron Rimmer, Tom Langford, Jaydon Lavelle, Thomas Lawson, Lucas Thaw,

Jamie Hough, Joshua Watkins, Harry O'Driscoll & Daniel Lawrence GIRLS: Errin Telford, Emily Telford, Lucy Cottier,

Ashleigh Thomas, Amie Blundell, Sophie Wright, Ruby Fellowes, Elise Bond, Kimberley Hickey, Abbie Wilson & Caitlin Healy

If you know of any child who will need a

place in Reception for September 2011 and

an application has not already been made,

then one must be made as soon as

possible.

Sefton Admissions Section set the places in

April and will be unable to make any

changes after this date.

Please see Mrs Milligan in the school office

for more information as soon as possible.

Admissions

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