February 2017

World Book Day takes place on Thursday 2nd March 2017, and we would like to invite you to join us in helping your child to make the most of this special occasion.

World Book Day celebrates the joy and value of books and reading, especially for children. To get them enthused about their reading journey, we would like each child from Nursery to Year 6 to come to school dressed as a character from one of their favourite books.

For brilliant ideas ( and easy makes!) please visit the link below:

http://www.bookaid.org/get-involved/world-book-day/world-book-day-dress-up/

Prizes will be awarded for the best dressed and there will be a winner and runner-up in each year group. We ask for children to bring in £1 for dressing up.

The money raised will go towards Book Aid International which sends books to disadvantaged children across the world.

Additionally, all children will take part in cross-curricular reading related activities throughout the day to encourage reading for pleasure. Children are never too young to start their journey with books, and the benefits of reading are enormous - so we hope, like us, you will use World Book Day to celebrate it with your child.

On April 19^th Roving Books will be visiting school with a wide selection of books available for you to buy. Every child in school will receive a £1 World Book Day Book Token that can either be exchanged for a special £1 World Book Day book or used to get £1 off any book costing £2.99 or more.

We look forward to seeing who you choose!!

The Sheldon Community initiatives aims to provide a facility where local people can come together to socialise, support and contribute to the building of a safer community. We will be running a range of weekly and monthly activities for local people: e.g youth/children club, eldery club, single parent group, food banks and other annual events.

You are formerly invited to attend our open day / launch on Friday 3^rd of March 2017 at 12pm.

Special Guests: Cllr Sue Anderson, Cllr Mike Ward, Jess Philips MP, Sheldon Gospel Chorale

Venue: Sheldon Community Centre, Sheldon Heath Road, Sheldon, Birmingham B26 2RU

Please come and support us, find out what is on offer and to you and your family. Lets keep the Sheldon Community Centre open.

Parents and carers are welcome to join us on Thursday the 16th of Feb 2017 at 2pm for a Chill and Chat session with Mrs Gonzales (Assistant Head), Mrs Wakelam (Home School Link) and Victoria Shread (Parent). Hope to see you there to help build stronger links

Pupils are not permitted to use mobile phones during the school day and should not be bringing them into school. If your child requires the use of a mobile phone after school we ask that the device is switched off and handed into the class teacher for safe keeping at the start of the school day to prevent distraction during lesson time.

Please ensure that your vehicle is parked legally and safely when collecting or dropping off your child at school. We have had several complaints from residents that have had drive ways blocked by inconsiderate parking. We are working with the council and local police to monitor the situation over the next few weeks and looking at how we can improve traffic around the school.

Please inform our office staff if you change your home address, home phone number or mobile number or your emergency contacts so that we can contact you quickly in the event of an emergency.

We are still running our food bank in partnership with the Trussell Family Trust. Please send in any donations of canned food or dried goods to help families in need.

Congratulations to Lea Forest Primary Academy for achieving the Health For Life Award. On Monday the 23rd January four of our pupils along with Mrs Hudson and Mrs Terry went to the Council Houses in Birmingham to receive an award plaque from the Lord Mayor of Birmingham. The award celebrates the hard work of both pupils and teachers over the last 16 months. We have built new bike parks, 17 raised allotment beds, grown our own fruit and vegetables, cooked in class with our new equipment and provided more opportunities for the children to exercise in school. The project celebrates the need to learn about how to be healthy and stay healthy for life. Well done everyone!