18 Oct 2006 - Prince Rock Primary School
Another free day out... .. And this time we're off to the aquarium!!After lots of very hard bargaining we have managed to negotiate a very, very good price for the whole school to go to the National Marine Aquarium on Thursday 16th November. As an early Christmas present to ALL the children and because we desperately want everybody to be able to experience the day, we are paying for the trip out of school funds! Bright Stars are coming with us too. We will be asking for consent forms and providing more details after half term. What fantastic news!
Simon Spry -Headteacher
Parking
We are having lots of problems with various staff, visitors, taxis and parents getting blocked in our car park at the beginning and the end of the school day. There is currently too much traffic using the entrance which is making it really unsafe for pedestrians outside the school. Please park elsewhere unless it's a really genuine emergency.
Netball report
So far our fantastic netball team has played 2 matches against Salisbury Road and Holy Cross. We won the first match 9 - 3 and the second 13 - 0. It's going to take a lot to retain last years league title but with 2 wins out of 2 so far we are well on track to keep the trophy.
Parent governor vacancy
We still have a vacancy for 1 parent governor. Please see Mr. Spry for details.
Students
We currently have a number of student teachers and teaching assistants undertaking practices in our classrooms. In no cases do students take the place of our own qualified staff. They are in addition to our staff and they only ever add to the numbers of adults helping your children with their learning in school.
Sainsburys vouchers
Thank you for all your hard work helping us to collect the Sainsbury's vouchers last term. We collected thousands and we traded them in for the following new things which included, amongst other things :- 2 playground football posts, 5 stopwatches, 10 whistles, a balance beam, netball bibs, 36 skipping ropes and 36 playground balls. Thank you for all your efforts and please don't forget that we are now collecting the new TESCO vouchers and the Nestle Box tops for schools' .
Smoking
The school and its playgrounds are a strictly no smoking zone. Please refrain from lighting up in the playground or the building.
Uniform / shoes
Can we remind you that we need children to come to school in uniform and that they also need to wear appropriate school shoes. This does not include trainers. Can you please make sure your child returns to school after ½ term in the correct uniform and shoes. Thank you.
Spare / cover Meal Time Assistant vacancies
We currently have vacancies for temporary cover meal time assistants / lunchtime play workers. If you are available to fill in and cover lunchtimes at short notice could you please let Mrs Smith or Mr. Wallace know a.s.a.p.
Phone numbers
Please keep Mrs Smith in the school office informed of any changes of phone numbers, especially mobiles. We are finding that lots of our numbers are now out of date. Thank you.
Dinner Money
Can you please try to pay your school dinner money (£1.45 per day or £7.25 per week) in one go at the beginning of the week. This would be really helpful for our office staff as it is much harder to keep track of cash if it comes in daily.
Girls football report
On Monday 2nd October our girls football team took part in a 4 team round robin tournament at Boringdon Primary. The team played 3 matches winning 1 and losing 2. They finished joint 3rd. The The team were Ria, Kayleigh, Bethany, Katherine, Charlotte , and Habir. As ever the girl?s behaviour during the tournament was excellent. Well done girls!
Boys football report
On Thursday 12th October our boys football team played in a 4 way round robin tournament at Boringdon Primary. The team were Hydary Harrison, Gerard, Jack , Kyle Jamie and Aziz. The team played well in all 3 games and were a
real credit to the school. They won one match
7 -0, they drew one 0 -? 0 and lost
one 3 -0. Overall they finished a
very Credible 2nd. Well done boys.
Visitors
Every week various people come to our school to talk to or work with the children. For some time now we have been asking them to comment on their visit in our school visitors book which we keep at reception. We have been reading out some of these comments in our school assemblies and also sharing them with staff and governors. Once again we thought you might like to see some of them too.
8/9/06 --I had a lovely time this morning looking around your school. Thank you for making me feel so welcome-- Meryl Wilson - Local Authority Early Years consultant
15/9/06 -Good behaviour, enthusiasm and concentration were all on display throughout my presentation. Many thanks. Karl Meyer Plymouth Music Zone
22/9/06 -Most people seemed very happy, especially with the school.Linda Gilroy - MP.
3/10/06 - There is so much going on at Prince Rock. What a buzz! Katie Motionfink
Christmas dates
This years Christmas dates are listed in the enclosed diary. Please note them carefully. In addition to the afternoon and evening plays, class parties and Children?s lunch we are also performing a Nativity at St. Judes church at 2.00 pm on Thursday 7th December. See you there!!!
New maths homework resources
We were pleased to welcome a number of you to our 2 recent open afternoons to see our fantastic new maths homework resources. There will be a letter with more details and a consent form coming home after ½ term for you to sign, if you want your children to use the new games.
Clubs in school
We are currently offering an amazing 18 clubs and we know that most of your children are enjoying these. We still have limited space in two school clubs:- Tuesday after school Spanish - Miss Cowan -yrs 3 & 4 and Tuesday lunchtimes -Board games - Mrs Huxtable - Years 3, 4, 5 & 6
Please see the relevant teacher for more details
PE KIT
We are still building up our stock of spare PE kit to lend to children for the odd occasion when children forget their kit. If you have any old, spare or unwanted PE kit or plimsolls could you please send it to Mrs Smith in the school office or your child?s class teacher. Thanks to those of you who?ve already helped.
Please click the link below to open A selection of Year 6 Poetry, Prince Rock Primary school attendance figures and dates. (this will open in another window0
We are having lots of problems with various staff, visitors, taxis and parents getting blocked in our car park at the beginning and the end of the school day. There is currently too much traffic using the entrance which is making it really unsafe for pedestrians outside the school. Please park elsewhere unless it's a really genuine emergency.
Netball report
So far our fantastic netball team has played 2 matches against Salisbury Road and Holy Cross. We won the first match 9 - 3 and the second 13 - 0. It's going to take a lot to retain last years league title but with 2 wins out of 2 so far we are well on track to keep the trophy.
Parent governor vacancy
We still have a vacancy for 1 parent governor. Please see Mr. Spry for details.
Students
We currently have a number of student teachers and teaching assistants undertaking practices in our classrooms. In no cases do students take the place of our own qualified staff. They are in addition to our staff and they only ever add to the numbers of adults helping your children with their learning in school.
Sainsburys vouchers
Thank you for all your hard work helping us to collect the Sainsbury's vouchers last term. We collected thousands and we traded them in for the following new things which included, amongst other things :- 2 playground football posts, 5 stopwatches, 10 whistles, a balance beam, netball bibs, 36 skipping ropes and 36 playground balls. Thank you for all your efforts and please don't forget that we are now collecting the new TESCO vouchers and the Nestle Box tops for schools' .
Smoking
The school and its playgrounds are a strictly no smoking zone. Please refrain from lighting up in the playground or the building.
Uniform / shoes
Can we remind you that we need children to come to school in uniform and that they also need to wear appropriate school shoes. This does not include trainers. Can you please make sure your child returns to school after ½ term in the correct uniform and shoes. Thank you.
Spare / cover Meal Time Assistant vacancies
We currently have vacancies for temporary cover meal time assistants / lunchtime play workers. If you are available to fill in and cover lunchtimes at short notice could you please let Mrs Smith or Mr. Wallace know a.s.a.p.
Phone numbers
Please keep Mrs Smith in the school office informed of any changes of phone numbers, especially mobiles. We are finding that lots of our numbers are now out of date. Thank you.
Dinner Money
Can you please try to pay your school dinner money (£1.45 per day or £7.25 per week) in one go at the beginning of the week. This would be really helpful for our office staff as it is much harder to keep track of cash if it comes in daily.
Girls football report
On Monday 2nd October our girls football team took part in a 4 team round robin tournament at Boringdon Primary. The team played 3 matches winning 1 and losing 2. They finished joint 3rd. The The team were Ria, Kayleigh, Bethany, Katherine, Charlotte , and Habir. As ever the girl?s behaviour during the tournament was excellent. Well done girls!
Boys football report
On Thursday 12th October our boys football team played in a 4 way round robin tournament at Boringdon Primary. The team were Hydary Harrison, Gerard, Jack , Kyle Jamie and Aziz. The team played well in all 3 games and were a
real credit to the school. They won one match
7 -0, they drew one 0 -? 0 and lost
one 3 -0. Overall they finished a
very Credible 2nd. Well done boys.
Visitors
Every week various people come to our school to talk to or work with the children. For some time now we have been asking them to comment on their visit in our school visitors book which we keep at reception. We have been reading out some of these comments in our school assemblies and also sharing them with staff and governors. Once again we thought you might like to see some of them too.
8/9/06 --I had a lovely time this morning looking around your school. Thank you for making me feel so welcome-- Meryl Wilson - Local Authority Early Years consultant
15/9/06 -Good behaviour, enthusiasm and concentration were all on display throughout my presentation. Many thanks. Karl Meyer Plymouth Music Zone
22/9/06 -Most people seemed very happy, especially with the school.Linda Gilroy - MP.
3/10/06 - There is so much going on at Prince Rock. What a buzz! Katie Motionfink
Christmas dates
This years Christmas dates are listed in the enclosed diary. Please note them carefully. In addition to the afternoon and evening plays, class parties and Children?s lunch we are also performing a Nativity at St. Judes church at 2.00 pm on Thursday 7th December. See you there!!!
New maths homework resources
We were pleased to welcome a number of you to our 2 recent open afternoons to see our fantastic new maths homework resources. There will be a letter with more details and a consent form coming home after ½ term for you to sign, if you want your children to use the new games.
Clubs in school
We are currently offering an amazing 18 clubs and we know that most of your children are enjoying these. We still have limited space in two school clubs:- Tuesday after school Spanish - Miss Cowan -yrs 3 & 4 and Tuesday lunchtimes -Board games - Mrs Huxtable - Years 3, 4, 5 & 6
Please see the relevant teacher for more details
PE KIT
We are still building up our stock of spare PE kit to lend to children for the odd occasion when children forget their kit. If you have any old, spare or unwanted PE kit or plimsolls could you please send it to Mrs Smith in the school office or your child?s class teacher. Thanks to those of you who?ve already helped.
Please click the link below to open A selection of Year 6 Poetry, Prince Rock Primary school attendance figures and dates. (this will open in another window0
