July 2014

A massive ‘thank you’ to all the parents who have supported the children with the new style creative homework in Years 3,4 and 5. It has been such a huge success that we are pleased to announce it will be going whole school from September.

We are currently the only school in the area to provide a free Breakfast Club from 8.00am. Pupils must be signed in by 8.30am via Door Number 4 on Eddish Road. They will not be admitted after 8.30am via the main entrance. If pupils are late they must wait until 8.45am to go into their classroom via the main gates.

Lea Forest Primary Academy and Glebe Farm Public Library have worked closely together to promote the 'Summer Reading Challenge' to our pupils. This national, free event encourages 'Reading for Pleasure' and helps the pupils retain their literacy skills during the summer break.

This year’s challenge is called ‘The Mythical Maze’ and to complete it the pupils challenge themselves to read 6 library books of their choice and either write 6 reviews or draw 6 pictures based on the books. Your child can sign up for this at your local public library from 14 July 2014. Children will be able to collect rewards along the way. PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILDREN TO JOIN THE CHALLENGE AND MAKE LEA FOREST THE MOST REPRESENTED SCHOOL IN THE AREA! Those children who complete the challenge are invited to a special awards celebration organised by the public library. The local libraries in this area are:

Glebe Farm Library

Glebe Farm Road

B33 9NA

0121 464 4210

Opening hours: Monday, Thursday, Friday 9am-1pm, 2pm-5pm and Saturday 9am-2pm.

Kents Moat Library

55-57 Pool Way

B33 8NF

0121 464 5755

Opening hours: Monday, Thursday, Friday 9am-1pm, 2pm-5pm and Saturday 9am-2pm.

Wedding congratulations to the following members of staff who have got married and changed their name. Miss Hussey is now Mrs Smith and Miss Bevan is now Mrs Jeacock.

Goodbye and Hello!

We say ‘goodbye’ to Miss McGurk (Year 3) leaving us in July, who we will sadly miss but wish her the best of luck for the future. We are also saying goodbye to Mr Slater who has worked as a lunch time supervisor and cleaner at the academy.

Lea Forest Primary Academy would like to ‘welcome’ the following new teachers Miss Kenny (Reception), Miss Evans (Year 1), Miss Rose (Year 1), Miss Richardson (Year 3) and Miss Lawson (Year 5).

We look forward to working together and know they will make a wonderful addition to the fantastic team of staff we already have.

Lea Forest will be open as normal on Thursday 10th of July and will not be affected by strike action. Please ensure that you send your child to the academy as normal as we will be open.

We are currently the only school in the area to provide a free Breakfast Club from 8.00am. Pupils must be signed in by 8.30am via Door Number 4 on Eddish Road. They will not be admitted after 8.30am via the main entrance. If pupils are late they must wait until 8.45am to go into their classroom via the main gates.

Lea Forest Primary Academy and Glebe Farm Public Library have worked closely together to promote the 'Summer Reading Challenge' to our pupils. This national, free event encourages 'Reading for Pleasure' and helps the pupils retain their literacy skills during the summer break.

This year’s challenge is called ‘The Mythical Maze’ and to complete it the pupils challenge themselves to read 6 library books of their choice and either write 6 reviews or draw 6 pictures based on the books. Your child can sign up for this at your local public library from 14 July 2014. Children will be able to collect rewards along the way. PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILDREN TO JOIN THE CHALLENGE AND MAKE LEA FOREST THE MOST REPRESENTED SCHOOL IN THE AREA! Those children who complete the challenge are invited to a special awards celebration organised by the public library. The local libraries in this area are:

Glebe Farm Library

Glebe Farm Road

B33 9NA

0121 464 4210

Opening hours: Monday, Thursday, Friday 9am-1pm, 2pm-5pm and Saturday 9am-2pm.

Kents Moat Library

55-57 Pool Way

B33 8NF

0121 464 5755

Opening hours: Monday, Thursday, Friday 9am-1pm, 2pm-5pm and Saturday 9am-2pm.

Wedding congratulations to the following members of staff who have got married and changed their name. Miss Hussey is now Mrs Smith and Miss Bevan is now Mrs Jeacock.

Goodbye and Hello!

We say ‘goodbye’ to Miss McGurk (Year 3) leaving us in July, who we will sadly miss but wish her the best of luck for the future. We are also saying goodbye to Mr Slater who has worked as a lunch time supervisor and cleaner at the academy.

Lea Forest Primary Academy would like to ‘welcome’ the following new teachers Miss Kenny (Reception), Miss Evans (Year 1), Miss Rose (Year 1), Miss Richardson (Year 3) and Miss Lawson (Year 5).

We look forward to working together and know they will make a wonderful addition to the fantastic team of staff we already have.

Lea Forest will be open as normal on Thursday 10th of July and will not be affected by strike action. Please ensure that you send your child to the academy as normal as we will be open.

Just a reminder that the academy closes to all pupils on Friday 18 July 2014 and re-opens on Thursday 4 September 2014.

Nursery and Reception parents will receive a letter detailing the dates and times of their child’s start dates for September 2014

Attendance and Punctuality

This academic year there were 6 families in total who were fined or taken to court by the local authority due to poor attendance.

As a result, four families were fined £60, one family was fined £345, and a family was fined £550.

In all these cases each parent was charged for each child.

To report absences please call 0121 675 3984

We are very excited about the upcoming Sports Day for all pupils! Year 4 are helping to plan Sports Day as part of their Maths subject! Please find below the amazing activities your children will be taking part in!

Nursery & Reception 9.15am – 10.30am

Egg & Spoon Race

Sprint

Parents Race

Year 1 & Year 2 10.45am – 12.00pm

Fun Race

Sprint

Parents Race

Year 3 – Year 6 PM

Beanbag Obstacle Race

Sprint

Parents Race

Teachers 3 Legged Race!

Pupils will need to wear the colour of their house, therefore will not be required to wear school uniform. Please apply sunscreen to your child, and the academy will provide fresh water throughout the day.

Parents will sign in on Eddish Road.

We hope you can join us for this fantastic event!

All the Year 6 pupils had an amazing and fun-filled time at Drayton Manor Park & Zoo on Tuesday.

To continue with the Year 6 celebrations we have two wonderful performances of our Leavers Show for our Year 6 parents.

Tuesday 15 July 2014 at 9.30am – 10.30am

(Children can also attend the morning session, but must pay for a ticket unless they are sitting on a lap)

Wednesday 16 July 2014 at 6.30pm – 7.30pm (parents only)

Pupils will be staying at the academy on Wednesday 16 July, in the lead up to the evening performance and will need to be collected by parents at the end of the performance at 7.30pm.

Party Time!

To end the Year 6 Leavers Celebrations, we are organising a delicious barbecue! Please could Year 6 parents make a contribution of £3, which will cover the cost of food on Wednesday evening and also food for the end of year leavers' barbecue on Friday 18 July 2014.

American Independence Day - Friday 4 July

We are holding an American Theme Day menu on Friday 4 July 2014. Please see the reverse of this letter for the menu.

If your child normally has a packed lunch but would like a school dinner please complete the slip below and return it with £2.05(Reception – Year 6) or £1.75(Nursery) in a sealed envelope to the main Office or your child’s class teacher, by Wednesday 2 July 2014. We cannot process any requests after this date.