Charlton Mackrell Primary

CLASSROOM NEWS:

Following their recent visit to the Lytes Cary allotments, the children in RED CLASS have written their own brilliant new versions of an old story – ‘The Lytes Cary Gingerbread Man’! They were all delighted to receive an email with photos from Eddie Benn sharing his news from America.

Autumn term topic…OURSELVES

JUNIOR ONE have had several trips out into the local area and have really enjoyed learning about things on the doorstep.

Autumn term topic…FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD

JUNIOR TWO also loved their trip to Lytes Cary when they worked on the allotments, picking lots of delicious fresh peas, planting out various seedlings and judging the scarecrow competition.

Autumn term topic…CHINA

SWIMMING – AUTUMN 2010

For your information…from September, years 1-6 will be swimming at Strode Swimming Pool on Friday mornings. Early Years (Reception) will be working with their teacher, Mrs Reade.

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SUMMER FAYRE RETURNS!

Our annual Summer Fayre is set to return on Saturday 18th September between 12pm and 3pm, thanks to 'Friends'. The main event will be a 'Total Wipeout' style obstacle race against the clock for adults and children alike!! There will be lots of side stalls and games, a bbq, facepainting, ice-creams and refreshments. Pupils who bring along two 'non Charlton School' friends will recieve a free icecream! So bring family and friends and enjoy an afternoon of fun and laughter!

There will be a Friends meeting at 7:30pm on Monday 6th September to discuss the finer details - all welcome.

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GARDENING

Ben Lawn, gardener at Lytes Cary, kindly visited the gardening club this week and also was on hand at the allotments on Tuesday. He is running Wednesday morning sessions for parents and children during the summer holidays – so do go along and enjoy picking some vegetables to cook for dinner and learning how to sow and plant out new seedlings.

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CHADS

Congratulations to all members of our local drama group (including two of our talented parents, Dominic Sandford and Janice Holwill) who performed a comedy at the Reading Rooms last week. We thank them for their kindness in donating the proceeds to the school. Huge thanks also to all parents who ran the refreshments at the shows.

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ALICE, THE MUSICAL was all we had hoped it would be…and more!

The children performed brilliantly, the audience applauded enthusiastically and laughed in all the right places and thankfully, the weather didn’t stop us one little bit (even though it really tried)!

Thank you for…the amazing costumes, superb make-up and hair, help with scenery and props, the super refreshments

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PODS – All the children were delighted to be involved in making our fantastic pod last week, which is proving very popular during breaktimes. The children have agreed rules for the use of the pod.

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CHARLTON MACKRELL ‘EARLY BIRDS’

Following a very positive response to our consultation about running an out of hours service at Charlton Mackrell, we are looking into setting up a before school service in the first instance, hopefully during the early part of the Autumn Term. Further information in September.

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GOVERNOR VACANCY

There will be a nomination and election process for a new Parent Governor next term. The Clerk to the Governors will send details of this to all parents in September but, if you are interested, there is information about the role of governors at www.six.somerset.gov.uk/governors or please ask any current governor.

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LUNCHTIME FUN:

Children have enjoyed playing with the dressing up clothes this term. Long may the sunshine fun continue!