{"id":2313,"date":"2018-03-02T13:48:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T13:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hornby.lancs.sch.uk\/?p=2313"},"modified":"2018-03-02T13:48:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T13:48:53","slug":"2nd-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hornby.lancs.sch.uk\/index.php\/2018\/03\/02\/2nd-march\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd March"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parents Meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n

If anyone still needs to book a time for parents meetings next Monday or Tuesday, please pop in and sign up or give us a ring and we will try and find you a convenient time.\u00a0 Teachers really value this opportunity to talk with parents.<\/p>\n

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World Book Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

The children all looked fantastic in their animal costumes for World Book Day, we raised at least \u00a339 for Animal Care. Thank you for your support.<\/p>\n

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National Science and Engineering Week Talk <\/strong><\/p>\n

QES have invited our year 6 pupils to a talk by Nick Cox on Tuesday 6th<\/sup> March<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Nick is an Arctic explorer with many years\u2019 experience and will be talking about his explorations in the Arctic.\u00a0 Information sheets are included in the relevant bags.<\/p>\n

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Junior Swimming<\/strong><\/p>\n

The swimming teachers will be doing lifesaving with different groups of children over the next few weeks, so please can all swimmers bring a pair of light pyjamas or a t-shirt and shorts each week as well as their usual swimming kit.<\/p>\n

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Upper Junior Caving Days <\/strong><\/p>\n

Our year 5 & 6 children will be experiencing an introduction to caving either on Monday 12th<\/sup> March or Monday 19th<\/sup> March<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 These sessions will be led by an experienced instructor from Tower Wood Outdoor Centre, along with Mr Stafford-Roberts and will take place at a cave in the Yorkshire Dales chosen by the instructor.\u00a0 Parents of those children involved will find a full information sheet in this week\u2019s bag, please pay particular attention to the day your child is going and the detailed requirements on the kit list<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 There is no charge for these sessions, school will be funding the full cost.\u00a0 If any parent has any queries or concerns, please do speak to Mr Stafford- Roberts.<\/p>\n

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Lancaster Music Festival \u2013 Juniors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mrs Barker and the juniors are enjoying practising for the Music Festival. This event at Lancaster Town Hall on Wednesday 21st<\/sup> March<\/em><\/strong> at 7pm <\/em><\/strong>is the culmination of the whole terms work in music, so we would really like all the children to attend.\u00a0 Please complete the slip at the end of the newsletter to indicate if you will be attending and how many tickets you would ideally like.\u00a0 Tickets are unfortunately in very short supply this year, due to the significant increase in children participating; so initially we are offering one per child and will start a list of extra tickets required on a first come first served basis.\u00a0 Tickets are \u00a34, we will collect the payment once we know exactly how many tickets we are issuing.<\/p>\n

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Reminder \u2013 Bikeability Training<\/strong><\/p>\n

All of our year 5<\/em><\/strong> and 6<\/em><\/strong> pupils will be undertaking Bikeability training on Monday 26th<\/sup> March<\/em><\/strong> and Tuesday 27th<\/sup> March<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Last week parents of participating children had a letter regarding the training, an \u2018M Check\u2019 to ensure your child\u2019s bike is roadworthy, plus a consent form.\u00a0 If you have not completed and returned the consent form yet, please do so to enable your child to take part.<\/p>\n

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Payment for Junior School Meals<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s good to see that an increasing number of parents are using the new schoolmoney system.\u00a0 We are of course still happy to receive payment by either cheque or cash as well. If you are struggling with the online system please do let us know.\u00a0 We would be grateful if parents paying online could try not to let the balance owing exceed \u00a330 please.\u00a0\u00a0 For parents wanting to pay for all of this half term the total cost is \u00a363.80.<\/p>\n

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PTA Jumble Sale<\/strong><\/p>\n

The date for the Spring Jumble Sale has been set for Saturday 24th March at<\/em><\/strong> 10am<\/em><\/strong>. So if you\u2019re having a spring clear out of clothes, please put them to one side for us and drop off at school from Wednesday 21st<\/sup> March<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Dates <\/strong><\/p>\n

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