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Barlaston First School
Weekly Newsletter
25th March 2024
Let your light shine through family, friendship and faith
“Enabling our whole school community to flourish and let their light shine, preparing them for their role as gentle and humble agents for change in the world we share.”
Easter Holiday Club
Please sign up via the Sports Coaching Group website to access Easter Holiday Club. We are aware of issues for provision for under 5s and we are continuing to explore potential solutions.
After- School Club Pricing
As our wraparound care has seen a significant increase in numbers it has become crucial that we know in advance how many we are expecting to take advantage of the provision on each day. This is for purposes of appropriate levels of both staffing and catering, which sometimes has to be increased quickly and at short notice at the last moment when numbers are much higher than anticipated. To reflect this, prices for children not booked on in advance will increase by £3 per day for breakfast club and £5 per day for after-school club from Monday 8th April.
For bookings made by 1.30pm on the day the provision is required all prices will remain unchanged
Feed the Hungry Hand to Hand Foodpacking Event.
We have once again partnered with the Parish Church of St John the Baptist and Feed the Hungry to complete a food packing event. Parents, children and staff will be joined by members of the church community and the village community in an attempt to pack 20,000 meals that will be sent to feed children in extreme poverty across the world. We are hoping to raise additional funds on the day. These can be sent to a community that we have supported and visited before in Kibera, Kenya.
Barlaston First School 27th April 2024
Sessions 10:30am-12:00pm and 1:00pm-2:30pm
Volunteers can use this link https://forms.gle/5mikL8PAaH95cGrn7 or scan the QR code to sign up.
Alternatively, you can contact Sarah Broome sbroome@barlaston.staffs.sch.uk for more information.
Donations can also be forwarded to Steve Parkhouse at St John’s Church marked with Kibera Appeal.
Thank you for your continued support.
Records of Achievement
Thank you to all those who came up to share our first Records of Achievement Day with us. The issues of the folders not arriving in time didn’t spoil a lovely morning. Our next one will be held in the second half of the summer term, when we will definitely have the folders!
Football Club
We are extremely grateful to Mark Hackney, one of our Year 4 parents for volunteering to run a football club through the summer term, and possibly to manage our team(s) in inter-school fixtures and festivals too. The football club will be open to Years 2- 4 initially and will take place from 4.30pm to 5.30pm on Thursday evenings from 11 April. Thank you Mark.
Clubs
The following Clubs will open at 7pm tonight
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Eco Club-Monday |
Years 1-4 |
Mrs Edge |
3.30pm – 4.30pm |
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STEM Club-Tuesday |
Years 1-4 |
Mrs Broome |
3.30pm – 4.30pm |
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Football Club-Thursday |
Years 2-4 |
Mr Hackney |
4.30pm – 5.30pm |
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Book Club-Friday |
Years 2-4 |
Mr Mellor |
3.30pm – 4.30pm |
Performing Arts clubs will also run for Early Years on Wednesdays and all other year groups on Fridays.
Clubs will run from Monday 8th April to Friday 17th May. However, there will be NO CLUBS week commencing 29th April due to our Year 4 Residential at Standon Bowers.
Recording School Performances
A reminder that any photographs or recordings taken of school performances mustn’t be shared on any form of social media. We have several children in school who must not have their image shared. Thank you for your co-operation in this very important area.
Good Friday
A reminder of the Good Friday Workshop in church. Please go along and join in the fun.
Summer Term Dates
We return to school at 8.45am on Monday 8th April for the beginning of the summer term. Other dates that we are so far aware of are set out below. Further dates will be added as we become aware of them.
From everyone at school, have a wonderful Easter break.
Regards,
Mr J Gordon
Dates for the Diary
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Summer Term 2024 |
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8 April |
Summer Term begins 8.45am |
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8 April |
Teacher Led Clubs begin |
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(Saturday) 27 April |
Feed the Hungry Food Packing Event 10am |
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29 April – 1 May |
Year 4 Residential – Standon Bowers |
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3 May |
Staff Development Day – School Closed to children |
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6 May |
Spring Bank Holiday – School Closed |
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17 May |
Sports Day 1.30pm |
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24 May |
(Reserve) Sports Day 1.30pm |
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24 May |
Break for Half Term |
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3 June |
Return to school 8.45am |
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7 June |
Records of Achievement Afternoon 2.15pm |
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25 June |
Key Stage 1 Afternoon Performance 2.15pm |
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26 June |
Key Stage 1 Evening Performance 6.15pm |
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9 July |
Key Stage 2 Afternoon Performance 2pm |
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10 July |
Key Stage 2 Evening Performance 6.15pm |
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19 July |
Year 4 Leavers Picnic 12.30pm |
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19 July |
End of Year Service 9am in Church |
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19 July |
Break for the Summer |
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2 & 3 September |
Staff Development Days – School Closed to Children |
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4 September |
Autumn Term Starts 8.45am |
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2024/25 School Term and Holiday Dates |
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Staff Development Days (School Closed to Children) |
2nd and 3rd September |
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School Opens to Children |
Wednesday 4th September |
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Half Term |
28th October – 1st November |
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Staff Development Day School Closed to Children |
Monday 4th November |
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Christmas Break |
23rd December – 3rd January |
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Spring 2025 |
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School Opens |
Monday 6th January 2025 |
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Half Term |
17th- 21st February 2025 |
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Easter Break |
14th – 25th April 2025 |
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Summer 2025 |
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School Opens |
Monday 28th April 2025 |
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Staff Development Day (School Closed to Children) |
Friday 2nd May 2025 |
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May Bank Holiday |
Monday 5th May 2025 |
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Half Term |
26th – 30th May 2025 |
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Last Day of Summer Term |
Friday 17th July 2025 |