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• World Book Day 2017

  Thu 02 Mar 2017

  Thank you to all our families for the time and effort put into creating book character costumes for WBDay! We had an amazing range of costumes and the children loved sharing them in assembly this morning. Mrs Smith kindly organised "Where's Wally?" searches in the Infant and Junior playgrounds. Children in the older classes also enjoyed sharing books with younger pupils.

   

  We raised £200 for Book Aid International, which means that 100 books will be sent to children in poorer parts of the World.

   

  Thanks again.

  

• Proposed new Community Centre

  Wed 23 Nov 2016

  Plans have been put forward to develop a replacement Community Centre at Firsway. Views of the local community are very important and will shape the future development. A meeting is being held at Coppice Library on Thursday, November 24th between 3.00pm and 5.00pm. Feel free to drop in. 

   

  If you are not able to make it, please share your views via the quick survey below.

   

  https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/HNT9NG2

• School Meals Menus from 4.7.16

  Tue 28 Jun 2016

  In line with Trafford's School Meals guidance, we operate a three week rolling programme of menus. This means that the children will be able to choose from the meals on Menu Week 1, followed by Week 2 and then Week 3. The Menu then reverts back to Week 1. If you have any questions regarding the menus, please speak to the school office and we would be happy to help.

   

  Menu Week 1

  	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
  MAIN COURSE	Macaroni Cheese	Beef Bolognaise (H)	Sliced Turkey & Stuffing	Lincolnshire Sausage	Fish Fingers
  	Jacket Potatoes with cheese or tuna	Jacket Potatoes with beans or cheese	Jacket potatoes with cheese	Jacket potatoes with Tuna & sweetcorn	Jacket potatoes with beans
  VEGETARIAN	Tomato & herb pasta	Vegetable samosa	Quorn pieces in gravy	Vegetable sausage	Chicken curry
  CARBOHYDRATE	New potatoes	Pasta spirals	Roast potatoes	Mashed potatoes	Chips
  CARBOHYDRATE				Finger roll	Rice
  VEGETABLES	Sweetcorn	Green beans	Carrots	Baked beans	Country vegetable mix
  DESSERT/BAKING	Lemon drizzle cake	Fruit jelly	Chocolate cracknell	Raisin shortbread	Flapjack
  Available daily  Salad bar, Fresh fruit, fruit smoothies, water & semi skimmed milk

   

  (H) Halal option available

   

  Menu Week 2

  	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
  MAIN COURSE	Lamb burger	Cajun chicken (H)	Steak casserole (H)	Cheese whirls	Tuna wraps
  	Jacket potatoes available daily with a choice of fillings
  VEGETARIAN	Vegetarian burger	Cajun Quorn fillet	Vegetarian sausage	Ravioli	Vegetable curry
  CARBOHYDRATE	New potatoes	Rice	Mashed potatoes	Roast potatoes	Chips
  CARBOHYDRATE	Cous cous		Crusty bread	Boiled potaotes	Rice
  VEGETABLES	Baked beans	Broccoli	Cabbage	Sweetcorn	Baked beans
  VEGETABLES					Garden peas
  DESSERT/BAKING	Chocolate muffin	Fruit crumble	Carrot cake	Jam & coconut cake	Ice cream tubs
  Available daily  Salad bar, Fresh fruit, fruit smoothies, water & semi skimmed milk

   

  (H) Halal option available

   

  Menu Week 3

  	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
  MAIN COURSE	Turkey meatballs	Chicken curry (H)	Cheese pie	Chilli con carne (H)	Salmon bake
  	Jacket Potatoes with cheese	Jacket Potatoes with tuna & mayonnaise	Jacket potatoes with beans & cheese	Jacket potatoes with salmon	Jacket potatoes with chilli
  VEGETARIAN	Vegetable balls	Vegetable curry	Vegetable ravioli	Samosa
  CARBOHYDRATE	Pasta shells	Rice	Roast potatoes	Garlic bread	Chips
  CARBOHYDRATE			New potatoes	Rice	Mashed potatoes
  VEGETABLES	Peas & sweetcorn	Green beans	Baked beans	Sweetcorn	Broccoli
  DESSERT/BAKING	Orange cookies	Chocolate tray bake	Ice cream tubs	Iced fruit sponge	Blueberry muffin
  Available daily  Salad bar, Fresh fruit, fruit smoothies, water & semi skimmed milk

   

  (H) Halal option available

   

• Leading Parent Partnership Award for the Firs!

  Tue 12 Jan 2016

  We are delighted that we have recently been re-accredited with the LPPA award! We first received this award in 2012 as reflection of the emphasis we place upon involving parents in school life. An assessor joined us for a day before Christmas, and spent the day speaking to children, parents, governors and staff to see if we still meet the criteria for the award.

   

  I am pleased to say that we received a very positive report. Here are some of the highlights...

   

  • An ethos of involving parents is thoroughly embedded in school practice.
  • Parents, teachers and governors feel reassured that the individual needs of children and families are met staff and that school knows the families well.
  • The school values LPPA Reassessment as a celebration of existing good practice in parental involvement that has developed since the initial LPPA process began and also as a framework to provide a reflective focus to develop this even further, ‘We couldn’t run the school without the support of the parents’ (Head teacher)
  • There are high aspirations for parental engagement. In order to develop this, workshops and events are arranged throughout the school where parents and children can celebrate and enjoy learning together, as this has proved to be effective in encouraging parents to support their own and their child’s learning.
  • A variety of initiatives help parents to support their child’s learning both at home and in school, such as VIP days, a ‘jigsaw’ of homework projects, class assemblies and video and written curriculum guidance.
  • Parents are well informed of pupil progress with information on individual targets, end of year expectations, written reports and attendance at parents’ evenings, along with the informal information gained through homework projects and regular events that focus on learning throughout the school.

   

  The full report can be viewed on our "Key Information" section of the website.

   

• ATTENDANCE AWARDS

  Mon 20 Jul 2015 S. KERSHAW

  We had a fantastic assembly this morning to celebrate our attendance awards.  Huge congratulations to all our winners especially the 30 gold award winners who achieved 100% for the whole year.

  Special praise must go to Cole Ward in Year 2 who received an extra special award as he has managed 100% attendance for the last 4 years.   WOW!!!

  

• KS2 Sports Day

  Fri 19 Jun 2015

  The Key Stage 2 Sports Day has just been completed; all the scores have been collated and verified and I am delighted to announce that after 9 gruelling events the teams finished as follows…..

  1^st SPRUCE 2217 points

  2^nd CEDAR 2109 points

  3^rd PINE 1976 points

  4^th LARCH 1800 points

  Congratulations to all the children who took part, you all tried your best and worked excellently as a team, inspiring each other and encouraging your team mates to run faster, jump further and achieve their very best!

   

  Well done to all and thank you to Miss Morgans and the staff who helped to make it such a success.

   

  

• Egg Decorating Competition 2015

  Thu 02 Apr 2015 Mrs Hitchcock
  Thank you so much to everyone who took part in the egg decorating competition this year. We were overwhelmed by the number of entries and ran out of space to display them all! It was clear that families had worked really hard to be creative with the eggs. School Governor, Garry Marshall and Zoe, judged the eggs and selected Jess Smith in Year 5 as the winner. Worthy runners- up were Grace Reilly, Kian McConville and Mohammed Jameel.

  

• Attendance Awards

  Mon 15 Dec 2014 Mrs Kershaw
  I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the children who received the 100% attendance certificate today.  The pupils and their families have worked hard to achieve this and should be very proud.

  

• Puzzle Day

  Wed 05 Nov 2014
  The whole school took part in our annual puzzle day and it proved to be as popular as ever.  Each class were given various puzzles to work on in groups.  It showed the children that team work and perseverance wins every time.

  

• Mrs Reynolds wins a special award

  Fri 12 Sep 2014
  I am sure that you will be delighted to hear that Mrs Reynolds has been selected as one of the 40 Faces of Trafford. This is due to the amazing impact she has had upon generations of children in her highly successful teaching career. The Deputy Mayor of Trafford presented the awards earlier this week. Mrs Reynolds was on holiday at the time so Mrs G Leigh and Mrs Astley went to collect her award. We are so proud of Mrs Reynolds and know how well deserved this award was.