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During our Spring Fair we will have a toy and book stall, bric-a-brac stall, tombola, raffles for adults and children and a cake stall. If you could donate to any of these stalls it would be greatly appreciated.

We are holding our Spring Fair on Wednesday 31st March 2010 from 1.00 - 3.00pm, this is a family event and we ask that you accompany your child. We have various events for all of the family. Tickets cost £1.50 per child (adults free) and this includes juice, crisps and a turn on a number of our activities, extra attractions will also be available at a small charge. Please note: only children who purchase a ticket and have an accompanying adult will be allowed to enjoy the fair - unfortunately children without an adult will stay in class and not take any part. We hope to see you all there.

Your child's class teacher invites you into school on either Tuesday 23rd or Wednesday 24th March from 3.30pm onwards to talk through your child's progress. Appointment charts will be outside the classrooms from Tuesday 16th March so anyone who would like to come along can sign up to a time slot.

Our Reception children would like to invite their families into our school at 10.00am on Thursday 18th March to join them in an activity in their classroom. We hope to see you all there!

Lots of our parents and grandparents joined us for our activity morning. We made scenes from Hansel and Gretel.

Our Year 2 children invited their families into their classroom to join them in an activity to make scenes from the story 'Farmer Duck'.

Our Year 4 children invited their families and friends into school to join in with some fun activities during our 'Chocolate' topic! We dressed up as characters from 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.'

Please click on the link below to view our 'Diary of Events' for this term.
DIARY OF EVENTS 10.docx

Our Year 3 children are to visit the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle on Monday 8th March 2010. Please click on the link for more information.
Laing Art Gallery.doc

Our Year 2 children would like to invite their family and friends into school on Thursday 4th March 2010 at 10.00am to enjoy an activity with them in their classroom. We hope to see you there!

We invited our Dad's into school for the afternoon to take part in a challenge with their children. We all had great fun!

Our Challenger team won the merit race last term so had their treat at Bounce Soft Play in Blyth.

Our Year 3 activity morning is on Thursday 25th February 2010 at 10.00am. All family and friends are invited to come along and enjoy some time in class with your child. Hope to see you there.

Our Stepping Stones group will continue on Tuesday 23rd February at 2.15pm for those parents who attend. Keep up the good work in the holidays!

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Haiti appeal through our non-uniform day, we raised over £220 for the appeal.

The Valentine's Disco Tickets are now on sale at a cost of £1.50 and are available from the school office - we have booked G-Force this time so it's not to be missed! Hot dogs and a tuck shop will be available on the night. The Disco is being held on Tuesday 9th February from 5.30 - 7.00pm. Staff will be on duty during this event so adults do not need to stay with children.

Please see below a list of our Family Activity Mornings dates and times for this term, which will last approximately 45 minutes: (Please note the change of date for Year 1)

Year 4-Thursday 11th February-10.00 a.m.
Year 3-Thursday 25th February-10.00 a.m.
Year 2-Thursday 4th March-10.00 a.m.
Year 1-Wednesday 10th March-10.00 a.m.
Reception-Thursday 18th March-10.00 a.m.
Nursery-Thursday 25th March-10.30 a.m. and 2.00 p.m.

Our Year 2 children have been invited to take part in a gymnastics morning on Thursday 28th January. Please call at the school office for more information.

We would like to offer our children in Year 3 and Year 4 the opportunity to visit Robinwood Activity Centre for 3 days in June. For further details please see a member of staff.

If you have not already done so, could you please complete and return your child's reply slip to school as soon as possible as your child will not be allowed to travel without it. Thank you.

SAMARITAN'S PURSE APPEAL

We collected 34 shoe boxes for the Samaritan's Purse Appeal which were sent off to Kazhakstan.

Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 invite all families and friends into our school at 2.00pm on Wednesday 16th December to sing 'Carols Around the Christmas Tree'.

Our Year 3 & Year 4 children are holding their Carol Service at Bedlington Colliery Methodist Church at 10.00am on Wednesday 16th December. All family and friends welcome.

The class Christmas parties are to be held as follows:
Nursery & Reception - Monday 14th December (NO MORNING NURSERY SESSION ON THIS DAY - ALL CHILDREN TO ATTEND IN THE AFTERNOON PLEASE)Years 1 & 2 - Tuesday 15th December
Years 3 & 4 - Thursday 17th December
School will provide a drink of juice for all children, could parents please provide some food. So we have a variety, could boys please bring sweet items and girls bring savoury. Thank you. Children are allowed to come to school in their party clothes on those days or they can bring them to change into.

We raised £336.16 for Children in Need this year, thank you once again to all those who returned their smartie tubes filled with money.

A big thank you to everyone who donated shoe boxes for the Samaritan's Purse appeal, our school managed to send 34 boxes which are now on their way to Kazakhstan.

Our Christmas Lunch will be on Wednesday 16th December. Please call at the school office for more information.

Tickets are now available for our Christmas Fair & Disco. Tickets cost £1.50 per child under 13 (accompanying adults free) and are available from the school office. PLEASE NOTE: Children must be accompanied by an adult at this event. We would appreciate any donations for our raffle, tombola and cake stall.

Our children in main school are holding their Christmas performances altogether on two occasions but due to health & safety regulations places are limited so please complete and return your application for tickets as soon as possible to avoid disappointment (forms available from the school office).

Please remember that the shoe boxes for the Samaritan's Purse Appeal must be handed into school on or before Friday 20th November 2009. Thank you.

All parents and friends of Stead Lane are invited to our 'Eco Coffee Afternoon' on Wednesday 11th November at 2.15pm. There will be no charge for coffee, but donations are welcome to go towards sponsoring our tiger in Bengal.
This will be a great opportunity to view samples of children's work on display around school and meet Lorna Blenkinsop, Waste Education & Recycling Officer, to talk about our Eco-Start Project.

We have arranged a visit to the Hatton gallery & Seven Stories for our Year 4 children on Friday 13th November. Please call at the school office for more information.

Our Harvest Festivals were held in Bedlington Colliery Methodist Church with Key Stage 2 in the morning and Reception and Key Stage 1 in the afternoon. Lots of our families and friends came along to watch two wonderful services.

Our Year 3 children had a great morning looking around the Discovery Museum in Newcastle.

After lunch we walked along the quayside in Newcastle and looked at all of the bridges.

Thank you to everyone who donated produce to our Harvest Festival, we have sent out lots of bulging bags of goodies to needy people in our local area. Also thank you to everyone who attended our services at church - our children were, as always, fantastic!

Our Year 2 children took part in a Multi-Skills morning at Blyth Sports Centre which was lots of fun!

Our Harvest Festival services will be held on Friday 16th October at Bedlington Colliery Methodist Church. For our KS2 children (Years 3 & 4) the service will be at 10.00am and for Reception and KS1 (Years 1 & 2) the service will be at 1.30pm. Family and friends are welcome to attend either service, please meet us at the Church. We hope to see you all there!
HARVEST PRODUCE APPEAL
As part of our Harvest Festivals we will once again be distributing our produce bags to the elderly and needy in our area. If you could donate any produce to help us do this we would be very grateful. Please send any into school on Thursday 15th & Friday 16th October. Thank you for your kindness.
ELDERLY & NEEDY NOMINATIONS
If you know of any elderly or needy people in our area please help them by informing us of their details and we will give you a produce bag to pass on to them on our behalf. Please give any nominations to a member of staff.

We have planned a visit to Plessey Woods for children in Year 4 on Tuesday 20th October 2009. Please click on the link below for more information.
Y4 Plessey Woods.DOC

Could you please make sure, if you have not already done so, your child's consent slip and payment is sent into school on Monday morning as your child will not be allowed to attend the trip without them. Thank you.

As part of our Harvest Festivals we will once again be distributing our produce bags to the elderly and needy in our area. If you could donate any produce to help us do this we would be very grateful. Please send any into school on Thursday 15th & Friday 16th October. Thank you for your kindness.

Our Harvest Festival services will be held on Friday 16th October at Bedlington Colliery Methodist Church. For our KS2 children (Years 3 & 4) the service will be at 10.00am and for Reception and KS1 (Years 1 & 2) the service will be at 1.30pm. Family and friends are welcome to attend either service, please meet us at the Church. We hope to see you all there!

Your child's class teacher would like to invite you into school on the evenings of either Tuesday 13th or Wednesday 14th October to discuss your child's progress. From Monday 5th October there will be appointment sheets outside your child's classroom so you can sign up for an appointment.

We have arranged a visit to Holy Island for our Year 2 children. Please click on the link below for more information.
Y2 Holy Island.DOC

Our Year 2 children are to attend a multi-skills event during the morning of Thursday 1st October. Please click on the link below for more details.
Y2 multi-skills.DOC

Our school hall is being used on Friday evenings by a lady giving dance lessons. The sessions are:
5.00-5.30 - 2/3years Nursery class - £2.00
5.30-6.30 - 4/8years Infant class - £4.00
6.30-7.30 - 9/16years Junior class - £4.00
Anyone wishing to attend should turn up for the correct time or ring Laura on 07866528761 for more information.

Please click on the link below to view our 'Diary of Events' for this term.
DIARY OF EVENTS autumn 09.doc

Our Year 4 children held a very emotional leaving assembly!

Our Year 3 children held a cafe afternoon where parents and friends could come into school and enjoy healthy food and drink prepared by the class.

Our Year 3 children invited their families and friends into school to see what things they had been learning this year.

Our annual Stars in their Eyes event was a fantastic event with the hall packed full of people wanting to see some budding talent and they weren't disappointed!

Our Year 2 children invited their families and friends into our school to see an insight into all of the things they have done this year.

We all had great fun at our Sports Day despite the weather!

Year 1 invited their family and friends into our school to see what exciting things they had been doing this term.

Our Year 4 children would like to invite their families into our school at 9.15am on Thursday 23rd July to join them for their leaver's assembly. We hope to see you all there. (Tissues are a must!)

On Saturday 11th July 2009 Sure Start are holding a Dad's sports day with lots of activities for all the family. Everyone is welcome to go along, if you require any more information contact Sally Barrett on 01670 822714.

We are holding a Summer Disco on Wednesday 22nd July 2009 from 5.30 - 7.00pm. Tickets cost £1.50 and are available at the school office from Monday. There will be hot dogs and tuck on sale during the event. Adults do not need to attend the disco as staff will be on duty.

Our sports day will be held on Thursday 16th July at 1.30pm (weather permitting!) for all children in main school. We would like all children to bring a top in the colour of their house to wear along with their P.E. shorts for the sports afternoon. The house colours are: Endeavour - yellow, Voyager - blue, Explorer - green and Challenger - red. Thank you for your cooperation. We hope to see you all there!

Our Year 1 children are to visit the museum on Wednesday 15th July 2009. Please return your reply slip and payment as soon as possible as your child will not be allowed to attend the visit without them. Thank you.

Our Year 3 children would like to invite their families into our school at 9.15am on Wednesday 15th July to join them for their assembly where you will get the chance to take a look at some of the things your child has been doing this year. We hope to see you all there.

Tickets for our 'Stars in their eyes' event are on sale now from the school office. The event is on Tuesday 14th July at 6.30pm and tickets cost £1.50 each. Please buy as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Our PEEPS Nursery group held a party during their last session. Thank you to everyone for their support throughout the sessions.

Our Year 4 children thought about building a town - what buildings they would include in their town and what jobs peolpe would do. They then built their own mini towns!

Our Year 2 children were allowed to visit RAF Boulmer and look around the base learning all about the different jobs within the Royal Air Force. We all had a great day and felt really privileged to be given the chance to look around such an important place.

Our Year 4 class visited the redevelopment of Sanderson Arcade in Morpeth. We took a look at what the Arcade will look like when completed and we had a tour of the site learning about all of the different people who are needed to do the different jobs.

Year 2 took part in the 'Crimson Closet Workshop' where we talked about different creative jobs.

Our Year 1 children visited QEII Park & Hotel. They looked around the hotel and restaurant and learned about the many jobs people do within the hotel.

Our Year 3 children took part in a 'Clowning Around Workshop' where we were given a budget and we had to produce our products within our budget then make a profit. It was great fun!

As part of our Enterprise Week our Year 1 children visited Blyth Fire Station to look at all the different roles within the fire service.

During our 'What I want to be when I grow up' week our Year 1 children took part in a Guess Who Workshop dressing up as people who do different jobs.

Our Year 4 children have been invited to Bedlington High School on Wednesday 8th July. Please click on the link below for more information.
Y4 High School.DOC

For our sports day on Thursday 16th July we would like all children to bring a top in the colour of their house to wear along with their P.E. shorts for the sports afternoon. The house colours are: Endeavour - yellow, Voyager - blue, Explorer - green and Challenger - red. Thank you for your cooperation.

Our Year 1 children are to visit the museum on Wednesday 15th July 2009. Please print the form from the link below and return the reply slip and payment as soon as possible. Thank you.
Hancock Museum-Year 1.DOC

Our Year 2 children would like to invite their families into our school at 9.15am on Thursday 9th July to join them for their assembly where you will get the chance to take a look at some of the things your child has been doing this year. We hope to see you all there.

A reminder that our Nursery children are holding their sports day on Tuesday 7th July 2009 at 10.00am for morning children and 1.30pm for afternoon children. There will also be some fundraising events during the day so don't forget your purses!

Tickets for our 'Stars in their eyes' event will go on sale on Monday 6th July from the school office. Tickets cost £1.50 each. Please buy early to avoid disappointment.

Could you please ensure that your child's consent form is returned to school on Monday morning for the tennis festival as your child will not be allowed to attend without it. Thank you.

Our Year 3 children are opening their own café. The children will be making their own produce to sell in the café, such as muffins, smoothies and flapjack. The café will be open from 1.00-2.30pm on Tuesday 21st July 2009. All parents/carers are invited from any children in our school and if you visit the café your child will be allowed out of their class to join you for an afternoon snack. Tickets for the café are 50p per adult and this entitles you to unlimited tea or coffee for that afternoon - please call at the school office for more information.. Other items will have a small charge. We hope to see you all there! (Please note: spaces are limited so please buy your tickets early to avoid disappointment!)

Our Year 1 children invite their families into our school on Thursday 2nd June 2009 at 9.15am to join them for their assembly. We hope you can make it to enjoy a look at all of the work our children have done in school this year.

Our Reception children are to visit Alnwick Castle on Monday 29th June 2009. Please click on the link below for more information.
Alnwick Castle.DOC

We would like to invite our Reception children's parents and friends to join them for their class assembly on Thursday 25th June at 9.15am. We hope to see you all there.

Our Year 3 assembly is now to be held on Wednesday 15th July at 9.15am not Thursday 16th July as previously stated. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

JUNE
Monday 15th-Stars in their Eyes Auditions
Tuesday 16th- Stars in their Eyes Auditions
Thursday 18th-10.15am-Nursery Assembly
Thursday 18th- 1.45pm-Nursery Assembly
Friday 19th-Y2 visit to St Mary's Lighthouse
Friday 19th- Y4 Science & Maths Workshop at Ashington Leisure Centre
Tuesday 23rd June-Stars in their Eyes practise
Tuesday 23rd-9.30am-Kinetic Science Theatre - Robin & the withery wood
Thursday 25th-9.15am-Reception Assembly

JULY
Thursday 2nd July-9.15am-Y1 Assembly
Monday 6th July-pm-Stars in their Eyes practise
Tuesday 7th July-10.00am & 1.30pm-Nursery Sports Day
Thursday 9th July-9.15am-Y2 Assembly
Monday 13th July-pm-Stars in their Eyes Dress Rehearsal
Tuesday 14th July-6.30pm-Stars in their Eyes
Wednesday 15th July-Y1 visit to Great North Museum-Hancock
Thursday 16th July-9.15am-Y3 Assembly
Thursday 16th July-1.30pm-Rec/KS1/KS2 Sports Day
Wednesday 22nd July-5.30 - 7.00pm-Disco
Thursday 23rd July-9.15am-Y4 Leavers Assembly

Our Year 4 children have been given a great opportunity to attend this workshop at Ashington Leisure Centre on Friday 19th June 2009. Please call at the office for more information.

We have arranged for our Year 2 children to visit St Mary's Lighthouse on Friday 19th June 2009. Please sign and return your consent form along with your payment as soon as possible (spare copies are available from the school office). Thank you.

We are once again holding our 'Stars in their Eyes' event on Tuesday 14th July 2009. If your child wishes to audition, these will be held during the afternoon of Monday 15th June so please collect a consent form from the school office before this date. Thank you.

We are supporting the 'Fire Fighters Charity' while raising money for our school by taking part in a recycling scheme. As you bring your children to school on Thursday 11th June there will be a van parked in the main school driveway waiting for your items to be recycled. We ask that you put any unwanted clean, dry clothing, sheets, curtains and towels into one bag and shoes, belts and handbags into another then bring them to school with you on this day. On your way into the school grounds you can then load them into the van - you get tidier cupboards, the 'Fire Fighters Charity' receives a donation and so do our school! So please clean out those cupboards! (Please note that because of lack of storage space, school cannot accept any bags before this date). Thank you.

Trinity Youth Association have organised a disco to be held on Wednesday 10th June from 5.00 - 6.30pm. Tickets for this event will cost £1.50 and are available through our school. If your child is interested please call at the school office with your payment where you will be asked to complete a consent form and receive more information. Please act quickly as places are limited!

On Monday 8th June 2009 our Year 4 children will be visiting the newly opened Great North Museum - Hancock. If you have not already done so please return the consent form on Monday as your child will be unable to attend the visit without it. Spare copies are available from the school office. Thank you.

Our Year 4 children are to visit the newly opened Great North Museum - Hancock in Newcastle on Monday 8th June 2009. Please click on the link belwo for more information.
Hancock Museum.DOC

Our Healthy Tuck Shop is open every Friday at break time, each item costs 20p so if your child would like to purchase any items they need to hand their money to the class teacher when they arrive at school at 9.00am and they will be given a token at break time.

Please click on the link below to view our 'Diary of Events' for the Summer term.

DIARY OF EVENTS summer 09.doc

Next Friday Year 4 invites all children to bring their copper into school to make a money line to raise money for their Enterprise Africa Scheme. Each class will have the opportunity to make as many lines as possible. Please give generously.

Unfortunately due to a double booking at Bedlington Colliery Methodist Church our KS1 Easter service is on Thursday 2nd April at 1.00pm at the church not 10.00am as previously stated. Our KS2 service is at 2.00pm in the school hall on the same day. Our KS1 service at 1.00pm will be finished in time for parents to get back to school for our KS2 service for those who have children in both. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. We hope to see you all there.

Our Year 2 children and parents who have taken part in this term's Stepping Stones reading group are invited to their last session on Tuesday 31st March at 2.15pm. Please return all resource packs on this day. Thank you.

On Thursday 2nd April 2009 we are holding our Easter services:
• Our Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 service is to be held at Bedlington Colliery Methodist Church at 10am where parents are welcome to attend.
• Our Year 3 and Year 4 service is at 2pm in the school hall where parents are also welcome to attend. (Any parent wanting to take their children home after the afternoon service is welcome to do so).

During our Spring Fair we will be having a toy and book stall, bric-a-brac stall, tombola, raffles for adults and children and a cake stall. If you could donate to any of these stalls it would be greatly appreciated. So please empty your cupboards!

We are holding our Spring Fair on Wednesday 1st April 2009 from 1.00 - 3.00pm, this is a family event and we ask that you accompany your child. We have various events for all of the family. Tickets cost £1.50 per child (adults free) and this includes juice, crisps and a turn on a number of our activities, extra attractions will also be available at a small charge. Tickets can be reserved at the school office and they will be distributed to your child just before the fair begins. Please note: only children who purchase a ticket and have an accompanying adult will be allowed to enjoy the fair - children without an adult will stay in class and not take any part. We hope to see you all there!

We are once again holding our decorated egg competitions. There are two categories for each class:
• Child's own work
• Family contribution
Could all eggs please be brought to school on Monday 30th March. Thank you.

Thank you to everyone who donated to Red Nose Day. We all had lots of fun and raised £156.60 for the cause. Well done everyone!

There are still some appointments available for Parent's Evening next Monday and Tuesday so please see appointment chart for times.

Our Year 2 children have been invited to attend a Dance Festival at Blyth Community College during the morning of Friday 27th March 2009. To take part in the festival they need white t-shirts, black shorts and a bottle of water - all with names on please. We are holding a dress rehearsal on Monday so would appreciate it if you could send the shorts and t-shirt into school on this day. Thank you.

We would like to thank all our families who entered the 'Name the Rocket' competition. Popular themes included famous astronauts, planets and rockets. The winning names are:
• Voyager
• Endeavour
• Explorer
• Challenger
Congratulations to Liam Smurthwaite, Jodie Kingdon and Lauren Harris who suggested one or more of these names. Enjoy your Easter egg!

As a staff, we are very keen to reward good work and celebrate excellent behaviour. Following the Easter holidays, we will be introducing a new 'house point' system at Stead Lane. The children will be divided into four 'houses' or teams. Each week merits will be earned for good behaviour, effort, work etc. Individually children will work towards earning Bronze, Silver and Gold certificates. Collectively each team will be competing to win a house treat which the children will choose.

TEAM NAME COMPETITION
We have chosen a 'Space' theme for our teams. Each team will be represented by a different coloured rocket. And now for your cooperation - can you or your child think of four imaginative names for our teams. If so, please complete the slip attached and return to school. A prize will be awarded for the winning suggestion

Our Healthy Tuck Shop is open on Friday 13th March. If your child would like to purchase a healthy item at break time please send 20p into school with them on that day which your child must hand to their teacher on arrival in exchange for a token. The token can then be exchanged for various healthy items which include fruit, fruit salad and toast, all of which were requested by you and your children via our survey. If we have a good response on this day then our Healthy Tuck Shop will be open every Friday break time.

We would like your child to come to school dressed in red, with a wacky hairstyle next Friday 13th March and in return we ask that they make a donation of 50p or £1.00 to Comic Relief!

Our Year 4 children would like to invite their families into school at 10.00am on Thursday 12th March to take part in their activity morning. This term our children have been learning about a number of challenges that face Africa today. The children would like to raise money to send a charitable donation to help other children less fortunate than themselves. As part of this enterprise they will be selling refreshments during the morning. We hope to see lots of our families there to help this worthy cause.

March
Monday 2nd- Year 2 visit to Holy Island
Thursday 5th- 10.00am-Year 3 Family Activity Morning
Thursday 5th-5.30 - 7.00pm-Valentine Disco
Thursday 12th- 10.00am-Year 4 Family Activity Morning
Friday 13th- Comic Relief (wear something red & wacky hair! - more details to follow)
Monday 30th -All paste egg competition entries in today please!

April
Wednesday 1st -1.00 - 3.00pm-Easter Fair
Thursday 2nd-10.00am-KS1 Easter service at Bedlington Colliery Methodist Church
Thursday 2nd- 2.00pm-KS2 Easter service in school hall
Friday 3rd- 3.00pm- Break up for Easter holiday

Thursday 5th March is 'World Book Day', your child will be participating in a number of fun book activities on the day.

We have rearranged our Valentine disco for Thursday 5th March, 5.30 - 7.00pm. If your child has a ticket please just bring it along with them on this day. If your child would like a ticket there are still some available. Refreshments and a children's raffle will be available during the event.

Our Year 3 children invite their families into school for their activity morning on Thursday 5th March at 10.00am. Please come along and join in our fun morning.

Our Year 2 visit to Holy island is on Monday 2nd March. Please remember all children will need to wear warm waterproof clothes and suitable shoes for the visit. School uniform need not be worn. Any child who suffers from travel sickness must take medication before leaving home in the morning. If your child has not already ordered a packed lunch from school they need to bring one from home. If we have not already received your consent slip please return it with your payment on Monday as your child will not be allowed to travel without it. Thank you.

Thank you to all parents who attended our fundraising event on 12th February, we raised £253.28 which will go towards buying waterproofs and wellies for most children.
We still have some unclaimed raffle prizes so please check the lists on Nursery and Reception doors to see if you have been lucky - all prizes must be claimed on or before Friday 6th March 2009.

There will be no Homework Club on Tuesday 24th February as Mr Jones will not be in school that day. If your child usually attends please collect them at 3.00pm. The club will resume the following week. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Our Year 2 children would like to invite their families to their activity morning on Thursday 26th February, starting at 10.00am. We all hope to see you there.

Our Stepping Stones group will continue on Tuesday 24th February 2009 at 2.15pm. Please bring your child's pack with you.

You are invited to attend a meeting on Tuesday 24th February from 9.00 - 9.30am. This meeting will enable parents to discuss the theme for the term and the tasks that the children will be given.

We have re-arranged our visit to Holy Island. The visit will now take place on Monday 2nd March 2009. All other details of the trip remain the same. If you have not already done so, please return your reply slip and payment to us before this date as your child will not be allowed to leave school without your consent. Thank you.

As described in last week's newsletter, recent changes in the curriculum have meant that all children in Nursery and Reception are spending a great deal of their time outdoors in all weathers. We appreciate that most of our parents provide warm, waterproof clothing but that it can be distressing and time consuming to keep this clothing dry and clean. In order to overcome this problem we would like your help in raising some funds to buy waterproof trousers and coats for all our foundation stage children. We would like to invite you to our fundraising day on Thursday 12th February. We will be holding 2 sessions - one at 10.30am and the other at 2.00pm (we are aware that there are other events on at this time so we would welcome your attendance at either session).
We would also welcome any donations you can provide for tombola and raffle stalls.
Hope to see you all there!

Our Year 1 children would like to invite members of their family to join in their activity morning on Thursday 12th February at 10.00am. Please meet at the main school entrance.

Tickets for our disco on Thursday 12th February are now on sale from the school office. Tickets cost £1.50. There will be hot dogs, tuck shop and a children's raffle during the event. (Any donations for the raffle would be greatly appreciated).

Our Stepping Stones Reading Group will be on this Tuesday 10th February at 2.15pm, could parents of children who attend, please meet at the main school entrance with your child's pack.

We invited our parents/carers into our Nursery to join us for various activities - we all had lots of fun!








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Just a reminder to those parents of our Year 2 children who attend our ‘Stepping Stones Reading Group’, the group will not be on next Tuesday 3rd February as the class are visiting Holy Island. The group will resume on Tuesday 10th February at 2.15pm.

We are holding a ‘Valentine’s Disco’ on Thursday 12th February from 5.30 – 7.00pm. There will be a tuck shop, hot dogs and a children’s raffle during the event. Tickets cost £1.50 and are available from the school office from Wednesday 4th February. This event is for main school children who can attend without an adult as staff will be on duty.

Our Year 1 children are holding an activity morning on Thursday 12th February at 10.00am when you are invited into our school to join your child in their class activity. We hope to see you there.

Following the success of our coffee morning this week, we look forward to an excellent turn out for our parent classes which start next Thursday, 9.00 – 10.30am. A free crèche facility is available on site for parents with pre-school age children.

Our Year 2 children are visiting Holy Island on Tuesday 3rd February. If you have not already done so please return the reply slip to school as we need your consent to take your child out of school. Spare copies are available from the school office.

We would like to invite our Reception parents to a workshop on Tuesday 3rd February at 9.30am in our conservatory. During this session parents will be shown some strategies that are used in school when teaching early reading skills and some useful tips on hearing your child read at home. Any worries or questions you may have about reading can also be addressed at the end of the workshop. We hope to see you there.

Recent changes in the curriculum have meant that all children in Nursery and Reception are spending a great deal of their time outdoors in all weathers. We appreciate that most of our parents provide warm, waterproof clothing but that it can be distressing and time consuming to keep this clothing dry and clean. In order to overcome this problem we would like your help in raising some funds to buy waterproof trousers and coats for all our foundation stage children. We would like to invite you to our fundraising day on Thursday 12th February. Your support would be greatly appreciated as would any donations you can provide for a tombola and raffle. More details to follow. Thank you for your support.

Whitley Bay Boys Club are looking for year 1 children to join in their fun coaching sessions on Saturday mornings. Please contact the school office for more information.

Next Friday, 30th January, Nursery are having a ‘Creative Day’ and would love you to come along and have some fun with your child. You can make junk models, paint, draw, build things out of lego – whatever you and your child would like to do together!
To enable you to have as much fun as possible, learning and playing with your child we’d appreciate it if you could make alternative childcare arranements for younger brothers/sisters.
Please let Mrs. Mallin or Mrs. Athey know if you would like to come. Could parents/carers please arrive at 10.30am for our morning Nursery session and 2.00pm for our afternoon Nursery session. Please bring children at their normal starting time.

We are planning a visit to Holy Island for our Year 2 children. Please click on the link below to download more information.
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Northumberland Life Education Centre bus is coming to our school on 4th and 6th March. The bus will be here to deliver Health Education programmes to your children and on Friday 6th March at 2.30pm you are invited on to the bus to find out what your children have been learning.

As part of our topic, next week our Year 1 children will be spending some time looking around our local area.

Just a reminder that all parents/carers are invited to our coffee morning on Thursday 29th January at 9.00am. You will have the opportunity to find out about a short course we will be offering to help you support your child in literacy.

Our school is collecting tokens for ‘Free Books for Schools’ from The Times and The Sunday Times newspapers. Please send any into school with your child so they can be placed in our collecting box. If you do not read these newspapers yourself, please ask relatives, friends and work colleagues to help us too. Thank you.

Children in main school have received information regarding our Multi-skills After School Club. There are some places still available so please complete and return forms as soon as possible. Spare copies are available from the office or by clicking on the link below.
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Children in main school have received information regarding our Cheerleading Early Riser's Club. There are some places still available so please complete and return forms as soon as possible. Spare copies are available from the office or by clicking on the link below.
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Our Year 1 children are visiting Newbiggin on Monday. If you have not already done so, would you please complete and return the reply slip on Monday. Your child will not be allowed out of school without your consent. Spare copies of the letter are available from the office or by clicking on the link below. Thank you.
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We are in the process of planning a visit to Newbiggin for Monday 12th January for our Year 1 children. Your child will receive information regarding the visit on our first day back.

If you have not already done so, please make sure that your child brings their reply slip and £2.00 on Wednesday 7th January for the visit to Sunderland Winter Gardens on Thursday 8th January, as your child will not be allowed to attend the trip without your consent.

Our Nursery children invited their families and friends to join them at their sing-a-longs.

Thank you to everyone who attended our Christmas Fair. We all had great fun and raised over £600 for our school funds!

Our Year 3 children are to visit Sunderland Winter Gardens on Thursday 8th January 2009. Please complete and return the attached consent form and payment as soon as possible.

On Friday 19th December school will close at 1.30pm for the Christmas break. Please find attached a reply slip for you to complete and return.
PLEASE NOTE: There will be no afternoon Nursery session on Friday 19th December.
School will re-open on Wednesday 7th January.

If you have not already done so, could you please return your child's consent form and payment to school as soon as possible for the trip on Thursday 18th December, spare copies are available from the office. Thank you.

Our Reception and Years 1 and 2 children will perform ‘Carols Around the Tree’ at 2.00pm on Wednesday 17th December in the school hall. All family and friends are welcome to attend.

Our Years 3 and 4 children are holding their annual carol service at Bedlington Colliery Methodist Church on Wednesday 17th December at 10.00am. All family and friends are welcome to meet us there.

Our Reception children are to visit Whitehouse Farm on Thursday 18th December. Please click on link below for more information.
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The class Christmas parties are to be held as follows:
Nursery & Reception - Monday 15th December (NO MORNING NURSERY SESSION ON THIS DAY – ALL CHILDREN TO ATTEND IN THE AFTERNOON PLEASE)
Years 1 & 2 - Tuesday 16th December
Years 3 & 4 - Thursday 18th December
School will provide a drink of juice for all children, could parents please provide some food. So we have a variety, could boys please bring savoury items and girls bring sweet except Nursery who will be informed by Mrs Mallin or Mrs Athey of what to bring. Thank you.
Children are allowed to come to school in their party clothes on those days or they can bring them to change into.

Our main school children will hold their Christmas performances on Thursday 11th December at 1.00pm and Friday 12th December at 10.00am. PLEASE NOTE: Tickets are needed for both performances so please apply for tickets via the school office. Thank you.

Just a reminder for the parents who paid for their child to attend the Christmas performance of Hansel & Gretel at the Northern Stage, the visit is on Wednesday 10th December. School uniform must be worn for easy identification. The bus will leave school at 9.10am and return in time for lunch.

It is our annual Christmas Fair & Disco tonight. If you have not already purchased your ticket, you may pay on the door. The fun starts at 5.00pm!

Thank you very much to everyone who filled a shoe box for this appeal. Thanks to your support, Stead Lane donated 31 shoe boxes which are now on their way to Romania.

Our bag2school scheme back in September earned us £54.00 for school funds. Thank you to everyone who helped.

For parents who attend our ‘Stepping Stones Reading Group’, our last session will be held on Tuesday 2nd December at 2.15pm. Please return all resources in the plastic wallet on or before Monday 1st. Thank you.

Our annual Christmas lunch will be held on Wednesday 17th December for main school children, please complete and return the attached form so Mrs Armstrong knows how many children to cater for.

We are holding our annual Christmas Fair and Disco on Friday 5th December from 5.00 – 7.00pm. Tickets will cost £1.50 per child (children must be accompanied by an adult at this event, adult goes free) and will be on sale at the school office from Wednesday 26th November.

As part of our Fair, we will have a raffle, tombola, toy sale and cake stall so if you could donate any items for these stalls, they will be greatly appreciated.

There are still tickets remaining for our Christmas Craft Morning on Thursday 27th November at 10.30am. Why not come along and enjoy a cuppa and a mince pie while helping your child to make a Christmas craft. Tickets cost £1.50 per adult (children are free) and are available now from the office.

There will be an early riser’s football club held at school on Thursday mornings. Any child from Years 2, 3 or 4 who is interested needs to return the reply slip which can be downloaded below.
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Please note that there have been some dates changed for various Christmas activities and some added. Please click on the link below for a revised list.

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We had a great time during our 'Looking After Ourselves' Week. There were different activities each day to enjoy!

All of next week is ‘Looking After Ourselves’ week at Stead Lane and the children will be taking part in various activities so will need their full P.E. kit every day, suitable for indoors and outdoors. We are always trying to encourage the children to eat healthily and next week will be awarding the healthiest packed lunch with a prize. We have various leaflets to share with parents/carers and these will be displayed every day at 3.00pm in the hall.

We are holding a Halloween Disco on Thursday 23rd October from 5.30 – 7.00pm for children in main school. Children may come unaccompanied but must be collected by an adult. Tickets cost £1.50 and are on sale now from the school office. Refreshments will be available to purchase during the event and fancy dress is optional but there will be prizes for the best dressed.

We are holding a Halloween Disco on Thursday 23rd October from 5.30 – 7.00pm for children in main school. Children may come unaccompanied but must be collected by an adult. Tickets cost £1.50 and go on sale from Monday 13th October, from the school office. Refreshments will be available to purchase during the event and fancy dress is optional.