USWORTH COLLIERY WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

Issue 61

2nd April 2015

Manor Road, Sulgrave,Washington,Tyne and Wear, NE37 3BL www.usworthcolliery.co.uk Tel: (0191) 219 3820 [email protected] @UCPrimary

Hope you all have a wonderful Easter Break! School starts again on MONDAY 20th APRIL FAMILY EASTER EGG COMPETITION What a fantastic turnout we have had with our painted egg competition! What amazing ideas and hard work from everyone There are winners and one runner up for each year group. Here are the winners: Reception: WINNER – Layla McKenry RUNNER UP – Scarlet Small Year 1: WINNER – Grace Morson RUNNER UP – Lana Jackson Year 2: WINNER – Bethany Ferguson RUNNER UP – Jayden Lamb Year 3: WINNER – Ethan Lloyd RUNNER UP – Callum Williams Year 4: WINNER – Rebecca Lloyd RUNNER UP – Roan Hume Year 5: WINNER – Tori & Kayla Cook RUNNER UP: Tyler Ramshaw Year 6: WINNER – Tilly Wooley RUNNER UP – Emily Martins An egg-cellent effort from everyone! Crack on and start thinking about next year’s egg-tra special competition!

LUCINDA AND GODFREY We will be having a very special Parent’s Event on Thursday 23 rd April at 9am and 2.15pm to show you the new resources we will be using in school to teach about our Personal & Social Curriculum. They are based upon two characters called Lucinda and Godfrey and they children will get to know these characters as they go through school and they face the difficulties of growing up. For instance, in Reception the children find out about how they feel about starting school and in Year 6 they find out about how their bodies are changing. The lovely Liz Million who came to work with the children in school last year is the illustrator of the series of books. We will have people from the Local Authority who have been involved in introducing the scheme and also some Parents who have been involved in the Speak Easy course that has been running in School. We hope to see you then. We will be publishing information on our website about the program if you can’t make the sessions or we would be happy to speak to individual Parents if need be. There are links below to find out more information: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.337813982904715.84805.209439379075510&type=3 http://www.yourhealthsunderland.com/information-for-professionals/lucinda-and-godfrey/

SENIOR CITIZENS’ TEA It was wonderful to welcome a group of Senior Citizens into school this afternoon for an Easter treat. After a hot cross bun and a hot drink, they were able to look at the children’s decorated eggs and also were serenaded by the Performing Arts Group. A lovely way to end the term. Thank you to everyone who helped organise it.

FRANCE TRIP We will be having a meeting on Tuesday 21st April at 5pm for those children and their Parents/Carer who are going to France in June. We will be going through the itinerary and also kit list. I am sure that you will have lots of questions that we will hopefully be able to answer. We are looking forward to seeing you then.

Y4 FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT This week Year 4 were involved in a football tournament at Rickleton Primary School. They played three games, winning two out of the three games. We won the first game 3:0, the scorers were Roan Hume and Jack Watson (who scored two goals and he was also player of the match). In the second game, we were beaten 3:0 by a very good Rickleton team. Roan Hume was player of the match, as he and the team never gave up. In the final game, we ran out 2:0 winners and it could have been more! A very good team performance, the scorers were Roan Hume and Annabel Green, who was also player of the match. A great start to your time playing for the Colliery!

ATTENDANCE WINNERS Mrs Thomson would like to say a special thank you to all of those children who had their 100% attendance prizes this week. Everyone who was involved in the trips were an absolute credit to the school. Well done everyone. We are all so proud of you.

LONDON OVERNIGHT STAY We are having a meeting for all of those Parents/Carers of children who are going on the overnight London trip. As with the France trip we will be able to go through itinerary and explain what will be happening over the two days. You can ask lots of questions and we have some menus to choose from. We will be staying in Safe Stay Youth Hostel at Elephant & Castle http://www.safestay.co.uk/en/ if you want to have a look at the accommodation. It will be a jam-packed two days with 2 West End shows, a Theatre Workshop, Sightseeing, London Eye and much more.

HAIRSTYLES Just a reminder about hairstyles: as we come into the Easter holiday. There have been a few haircuts, which have been too short in school this week or what could be deemed as extreme (part shaved and some parts much longer). This is the section from the uniform policy regarding hairstyles. We will be contacting individual parents. All long hair should be tied back. Shaved heads (including shaved patterns or motifs) or hairstyles that are deemed by the Head Teacher to be extreme are not acceptable. Full head or ‘chunked’ dying is not acceptable. If in doubt, parents should consult the school in advance.

PERFORMING ARTS GROUP Well done to all of the children who were involved in the production this week. They were three performances on Tuesday and they were brilliant at each one. I am so proud of all of you. all of the families who came to watch and support the children. I was very impressed! We the DVDs to give to parents as a lasting memory. Here’s to the next production! The children 2016!

amazing! We did Thank you as well to are busy sorting out want to do ‘Shrek’ in

YEAR 6 EASTER SCHOOL We will be hosting an Easter School this year again for Year 6 pupils, to aid revision in the lead up to SATs in May. We have offered all of Year 6 the opportunity to come in for 2 hours (from 9am to 11am) on Monday 13th April until Friday 17th April during the school holidays. Everything is planned. The activities will be fun and engaging plus if the weather is good, we intend to take some of the learning outside. All of the children who attend will be rewarded!

AUTISM AWARENESS COLLECTION

We were able to give just over £100 the National Autistic Society from your kind donations. Thank you.

RECOMMENDED READS If you love ‘THE DINOSAUR WHO POOPED A LOT!’ by Tom Fletcher, why not try… WELCOME TO ALIEN SCHOOL Caryl Hart & Ed Eaves DINOSAURS LOVE UNDERPANTS by Claire Fredman & Ben Cort MONSTERSAURUS by Claire Fredman & Ben Cort HOW TO GROW A DINOSAUR by Caryl Hart & Ed Eaves THERE’S A SHARK IN THE BATH! Sarah McIntyre WHIFFY WILSON by Caryl Hart & Leonie Lord DYLAN’S AMAZING DINOSAURS by ET Harper & Dan Taylor DINOSAURS IN THE SUPERMARKET Timothy Knapman & Sarah Warburton STOMP, CHOMP BIG ROARS! HERE COME THE DINOSAURS! Kaye Umansky & Nick Sharratt BARRY THE FISH WITH FINGERS Sue Hendra CAVE BABY Julia Donaldson & Emily Gravett WINNIE’S DINOSAUR DAY Valerie Thomas & Korky Paul

THIS TERM’S IMPORTANT EVENTS Monday 13th April – Friday 17th April Year 6 Easter School Monday 20th April School opens for summer term Tuesday 21st April 5pm France Trip Parent/Carer Meeting Thursday 23rd April 9am & 2.30pm Parent meeting about new SRE (Sex and Relationships Education) curriculum and policy. Monday 4th May May Day Holiday – School closed Wednesday 6th May London Overnight Stay Parents’ Meeting Monday 11th May to Thursday 14th May Year 6 SATs tests Wednesday 20th May 1.30pm Guitar pupils concert for parents Thursday 21st May 1.30pm Music tuition pupils concert for parents Friday 22nd May 3.15pm School closes for half-term holiday Monday 1st June School closed for Teacher Training Day Tuesday 2nd June School re-opens for all children Wednesday 3rd June 1.30pm Sports Day for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. Thursday 4th June 9am & 5pm Parent Meetings for new Reception starter in September 2014. Thursday 4th June 1.30pm Sports Day for Years 3, 4, 5 & 6. Tuesday 9th June to Wednesday 10th June Overnight London Theatre Trip – Years 5 & 6 Sunday 15th June to Friday 19th June France Trip Monday 15th June to Wednesday 17th June Year 1 & Year 2 Phonic Screener Testing Wednesday 1st July London Theatre Day Trip – for Years 3, 4, 5 & 6. More details to follow. Monday 6th July to Friday 10th July Enterprise Week for the whole school Saturday 11th July Usworth Colliery Festival 11-3pm Friday 10th July End of year reports to parents Monday 13th July Moving up Day – children visit their new classes for the morning. Tuesday 14th July Year 6 End of Year Performance Wednesday 15th July Parents’ meetings Drop-ins Friday 17th July 10am Year 6 Leaver’s Assembly (parents/carers invited)

EXTRA-CURICULAR ACTIVITIES Day Monday 20th April

Tuesday 21st April

Wednesday 22nd April

Thursday 23rd April

Friday 24th April

Time 3.15-4.15pm 3.15-4.15pm 3.15-4.15pm pm 3.15-4.00pm 3.15-4.15pm 3.15-4.00pm 3.15-4.15pm Breakfast pm pm pm 3.15-4.15pm 3.15 – 4.15pm Pm 3.15-4.15 pm 3.15-4.00pm 3.15-4.15pm 3.15-4.15pm am

Club Tennis (indoor) Athletics (outdoors) Irish Dancing Violin Tuition Homework club Boxing Homework club Fast Feet Footbal (outdoors) Maths Club – invitation only Guitar Tuition Ukulele Tuition Drums Tuition Gymnastics Fast feet football Brass Tuition Basic Moves Harp Tuition Homework club Kwik Cricket Basic Moves Clarinet Tuition

Led by

Miss Bottoms Mr. Trevor

Miss Perrett Mr. Rouse Mr. Kyle Mr. Rickard

Mr. Langthorne Ms. Dean

Mr. Tomms

For Y2 to Y6 Y3 to Y6 Y1 to Y6 Y3 to Y6 Y4, 5 & 6 Y3 to Y6 Y3 to Y6 Y6 Y1 to Y6 Y1 to Y6 Y3 to Y6 Y2 to Y6 Y1 & Y2 Y2 to Y5 Y1 & Y2 Y2 to Y5 Y3 to Y6 Y2 to Y6 Y1 & Y2 Y4 & Y5

GOLD BOOK AWARDS There have been no Gold Book Awards this week due to the amount of activities that have been going on. Normal service to resume after the Easter break.

HOUSE POINT WINNERS House point score for this term are as follows: Phoenix – 2095 Orion - 2183 Pegasus – 2230 Hercules – 2496 Those children in Hercules House will have a special prize in the first week back of a Movie Afternoon with popcorn and drinks. Well done everyone. I would who will be the overall winner at the end of the summer term.

ATTENDANCE WINNERS Congratulations to the following children have had 100% this term: Farrah Abbas, Josh Adams, Olivia Allen, Rhys Allison, Shay Allison, Brandon Anderson, Rachel Anderson, Olivia Atkinson, Shaun Atkinson-Balfe, Dylan Bamborough, Anthony Barker, Emily Barker, Daniel Beetham, Daniel Bell, Faith Bergrun, Nathan Binks, Harvey Blackmore, Keira Blakie, Lennox Bohill, Abbie Boland-Berry, Jacob Boland-Berry, Jordan Brennan, Chloe Brewster, Jessica Brewster, Leo Brewster, Louisa Brewster, Annabell Briggs, Daisy Briggs, Jake Briggs, Aaron Brown, David Buckley, Thomas Buckley, Dylan Bulmer, Eleanor Burns, Harry Burns, Jake Chambers, Ellie Clarke, Lewis Clarke, Tamzin Coates, Cameron Cockburn, Isabelle Cockburn, Joshua Convery, Tori Cook, Alfie Corrigan, Kieran Cruddas, Wiktor Deneka, Lacey Dick, Callum Dixon, Coby Diffy, Finlay Eglintine, Faith Elliott, Jack Elliott, Thomas Elliott, Ashton Elwin, Jamie Ferguson, Annabel Firm, Charlotte Firm, Michael Fisher, Angel-Louise Freeman, Kiesha Freeman, Mark Freeman, Morgan Freeman, Lilli Froud, Sarah Fuggle, Tieran Gawthorpe, Jasmin Geeson, Lucy Gilmore, Harry Graham, Katy Graham, Maiah Graham, Mark Graham, Aimee Grainger, Lauren Grainger, Annabelle Green, James Griffiths, Nicholas Griffiths, Jacob Groom, Harlow Hails, Darcy Hall, Niamh Hall, Oliver Hall, Amy Halliday, Samantha He, Susan He, Benjamin Bradley, Megan Hedley, Ruby Hedley, Abbie Hermiston, Kyla Hope, Landon Hopps, Teagan Horn, Kyle Hubbard, Roan Hume, Callum Humphreys, Chloe Johnston, Krish Kalsi, Alfie Kean, Daniel Kelly, Ava Kirtley, Gabija Kulikauskaite, David Lamb, Demi Lamb, Natasha Lamb, Aidan Lambert, Jacob Leech, Alana Leonard, Sophie Lewins, Anna Ley, Jake Ley, Alisha Line, Layla Little, Abigail Lloyd, Ethan Lloyd, Rebecca Lloyd, Annabel Logan, Gemma Logenstein, Jada Logenstein,

Lennon Lowden, Lola Lowden, Amber Lumsden, Emma Lumsden, Katie Lumsden, Mia Maddison-Neal, Samuel Marjoram, William Marjoram, Ben Martin, Ethan Martins, Joshua Maughan, Jessica McCabe, Charlie McCarthy, Ryan McHale, Lalya McKenry, Oscar McKenry, Ellen McManus, Marcie McManus, Abigail McNeill, Lily-Anne McNeill, Mitchell Millward, Demi Moffat, Emily Moore, Thalia Morales, Lennox Mullen, Shay Munro, Dylan Mustard, James Mustard, Emily Muter, Alfie Myers, Callum Naughton, Donna Naughton, Jack Naughton, Jonathan Naughton, Thomas Naughton, Jayden Neal, Aaron Page, Natalie Palin, Hayden Pattison, McKenzie Pattison, Charlotte Paul, Coby Paul, Sophie Pears, Demi-Leigh Proctor, Amber Purcell, Jack Purvis, Tyler Ramshaw, Harvey Reeve, Kaitlyn Reeve, Katie Revell, Owen Revell, Peyton Ridley, Daniel Roberts, Lewis Robinson, Kacie Rose, Kyle Sanderson, Jack-Ellis Scott, Nina Seccombe, Emily Sewell, Ella Sherrington, Caitlyn Sim, Isabella Simpson, Scarlet Small, Landen Smith, Peyton Smith, Robbie Smith, Katie Stephenson, Dillion Stubbings, Nathan Stubbings, Kai Thomlinson, Leah-Grace Thompson, Oliver Tindle, Sophie Tinnion, Flynn Todd, Freddie Tonge, Marley Turnbull, Ruby Turnbull, Christopher Turner, Emily Turner, Alfie Tyrie, Bradley Tyrie, Bailey Vipond, Chloe Walker, Leah Walmsley, JJ Walters, Kelsey Ward, Lucas Waters, Conran Watson, Jack Watson, Olivia Watson, Callum Williams, Zoe Williams, George Wilson, Jack Wilson, Jack Wilson, Niamh Wilson, Thomas Wilson, Tilly Wooley & Ben Wrightson.

Those children who are underlined have had 100% attendance for the whole year. Well done,everyone! Very impressive! Special awards were given to who only just missed out on their 100% attendance this term These classes have had the highest attendance this week and will have an extra playtime and a step closer to a non-uniform day next half-term. Whole school attendance – EYFS/KS1KS2 –

Mr. Gary Wright

Headteacher