St Edward's CE Primary School

St Edwards C of E Primary School

This Friday 18 March is Red Nose Day. If you pay 50p you can come to school in your pyjamas or also have a ‘bad hair day’ – you must NOT wear make-up or use hair dye. No football tops of shorts must be worn. There will be a poster in each classroom explaining what children can wear. Red Nose biscuits and a red drink will be on sale for 50p.

The Big Pedal:
St. Edward’s CE are taking part in this year’s Big Pedal between 7-25 March. This is a 15-stage virtual bike race along Sustrans’ National Cycle Network. We are competing against hundreds of schools around the UK and we need you to help us finish each stage as fast as possible by cycling to school during the race. We would like as many children and parents as possible to cycle to school during this period.

Year 1 Trip:
Year 1 children have been on a trip to Touchstones this week.

Climate Challenge:
Next week is Climate Challenge Week. This is a national event and we will be doing some activities in school to raise awareness of looking after the environment.

St. Martin’s Church:
There will be a Special Family Service at St Martins Church this Sunday 20 March at 10am. The service will be led by 'Puppet Power' with the theme 'I’ve Lost My Sheep'. There is a very warm welcome to everyone to come and enjoy this
presentation for the whole family.

Parents Evening:
We will be holding Parents Meetings on Tuesday 22 March 2.30-6.00pm

Castleton Swimming Club:
Castleton Swimming Club are running adult sessions for ages 16 and over on Wednesday evenings 8-8.45pm. The cost is £2.50 per lesson. Everyone welcome.

Assemblies:
Barry Wild from St. Martin’s Church will be taking KS1 & 2 assemblies on Monday.

St. Aidan’s Spring Fair:
Saturday 2 April 11.00am-1.00pm. Everyone welcome. White Elephant, Books, Pants, Homebake, Toys, Tombola and much, much MORE!!!!

School Lunches:
There is a copy of the menus on our school portal. Next week we are on Week 1.

Dinner Money:
Please send dinner money in an envelope with your child’s name and class on. Lunches are now £1.75 per day - £8.75 per week and should be paid on a Monday morning.

Music Lessons:
Music fees for this half term are now due - £16.50 (£2.75 per week). Please pay any outstanding music fees in order for lessons to continue.

The Music Service have informed us that any lessons cancelled through staff illness will be made up before the end of the Easter term and therefore will need to be paid for.

Castleton Children’s Centre:
The free ‘Stay and Play Sessions’ are here at St. Edward’s on Wednesday mornings 9.30am-10.30am.

Stars of the Week:
Well done to this week’s Stars of the Week.
Arica Agra RP; Tyler Cosgrove RD; Shea Quinn 1P; Mason Knox 1P; Sam Hobson 1B; Alexander Harrison 1B; Alex Chisnall 2B; Daniella Hogarth 2G; Bradley Burke 3D; Tyler Lord 4P; Hanaa Wahid 4P; Bradley Drinkwater 4S; Owen Hogarth 5F; Chloe Jeffery 5F; Katie Seddon 5S and Jack Sanderson 6G.

The Big Cookathon Tuesday 5 April:
This is a national event and St. Edward’s is the only school in Rochdale taking part. The idea is to get as many people cooking throughout the day. All the children will be cooking and we would like it if any parents could come in and help, ideally having at least one parent in each class. We will be making Leek and Potato Soup and various breads.

School Portal:
Keep up-dated with what’s happening in and around school by visiting our School Portal at: www.stedwardsce.rochdale.sch.uk