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Our Parents and Friends are holding a Valentine Disco from 5.30 - 7.00pm on Tuesday 7th February 2012. Tickets cost £1.50 and are available from the school office now. Refreshments will be available during the event.

Please remember that next Friday, 10th February, we will be raising money for the 'Blyth Offshore All Weather Lifeboat' (they rely solely on donations to fund them as they receive nothing from the RNLI or the government) by going ORANGE! Children are allowed to come to school in non-uniform, we would like them to wear orange and make a donation. Thank you.

A meeting is to be held in our school on Thursday 9th February at 7.00pm to discuss the proposal to turn our school into a Primary school. We hope you can come along where you can hear more information about the proposal and ask any questions you may have.

Next Wednesday, 8th February, is ESafety day at Stead Lane. The children will be learning all about how to stay safe at home and at school when using electronic communication devices (eg; computers, phones, ipods). At 2.45pm we are opening our doors early so that parents, grandparents and childminders can come and visit their children's classroom. Each class will do a short presentation about what they have been learning. We would love to see as many of you there as possible supporting us.

On Friday 10th February, we will be raising money for the 'Blyth Offshore All Weather Lifeboat' - they rely solely on donations to fund them as they receive nothing from the RNLI or the government - by going ORANGE! Children are allowed to come to school in non-uniform (and we would like them to wear orange) and make a donation. Thank you.

Our Parents and Friends are holding a Valentine Disco from 5.30 - 7.00pm on Tuesday 7th February 2012. Tickets cost £1.50 and are available from the school office from Monday.

Our Year 1 children are visiting Blue Reef aquarium on Thursday 26th January 2012, if you have not already done so please return the reply slip and payment as soon as possible. Thank you.

Don't forget our Parents and Friends Association is holding a 'Family Quiz Night' on Thursday 26th January at 5.30pm. Tickets cost £1.50 per family and are available now from the school office. Hotdogs and refreshments will be available during the event. We hope you can come along!

Our Parents and Friends association are holding a 'Family Quiz Night' on Thursday 26th January at 5.30pm. Tickets cost £1.50 per family and are available now from the school office. Hotdogs and refreshments will be available during the event. We hope you can come along!

We have arranged a visit to Blue Reef Aquarium, Tynemouth for our Year 1 children. Please click on the link for more infromation.
Y1 Blue Reef Aquarium.doc

Year 3 Charity Challenge - Trumpet Concert

Christmas Fair

Year 1 Charity Challenge - Christmas Craft Afternoon

Nursery & Reception Christmas Performances

Years 1 & 2 Christmas Performance

Year 3 & Year 4 Christmas Performance

Nursery & Reception Christmas Party

Pensioner's Treat

Years 1 & 2 Christmas Party

Carols Around the Tree

Christmas Lunch

Year 2 Charity Challenge - 'The Good Old Days'

Reception visit to Whitehouse Farm

Year 3 & Year 4 Christmas Party

As you will be aware each class was given £10 and asked to 'make it grow' and donate to a charity. We have been overwhelmed by the support and generosity shown by all of you and are pleased to tell you that the following amounts are going to these charities:
Nursery- (amount raised not yet known) - donating to Age UK Northumberland,
Reception - £57.50 - donating to New Home Aids Orphanage in Kenya,
Year 1 - £111.83 - donating to the Owl Sanctuary,
Year 2 - (amount raised not yet known) - donating to Help for Heroes,
Year 3 - £90.00 - donating to RVI Hospital Children's Unit,
Year 4 - £210.42 - used to buy presents which the Salvation Army collected to distribute to local needy children.
Thank you all very much for your support and kindness. The children loved the challenge and it really paid off.

Our Year 2 children invite you into school at 10.00am on Thursday 15th December 2011 to join in their 'Good Old Days' morning. There will be music hall songs and Christmas stalls. It will cost you 50p to get in and please bring your money for the stalls as this is our charity challenge event and we would like to raise lots of money for our charity. Children from other classes will be allowed to attend if there is an adult with them. We hope to see you there!

We would like to invite you into school on Wednesday 14th December 2011 to join us for 'Carols Around the Tree'. Parents of Years 3 & 4 children are asked to come along at 9.10am and Reception, Year 1 & Year 2 parents at 2.00pm. We hope to see you there!

Our Years 3 & 4 children are holding their Christmas performances on Monday 12th December at 10.00am. Families are welcome to come along.

It is Christmas party week next week and they are as follows:
Nursery & Reception - Monday 12th (PLEASE NOTE: There will be no morning Nursery session and the children will join afternoon children for the party from 12.00-2.55pm).
Years 1 & 2 - Tuesday 13th
Years 3 & 4 - Thursday 15th
School will provide a drink of juice for all children, could parents please provide some food. So we have a variety could girls please bring savoury items and boys bring sweet. Children are allowed to come to school in their party clothes on those days or they can bring them to change into. Thank you.

Our Years 1 & 2 performance is on Friday 9th December at 10.00am. We hope you can come along.

Our Nursery & Reception Christmas performances are on Thursday 8th December, 10.30am for morning Nursery & Reception, 2.00pm for afternoon Nursery & Reception. Parents are welcome to come along.

Year 1 is having their 'Christmas Craft Activity Afternoon' on Monday 5th December at 2.00pm. Come along and have fun raising money for charity. Tickets can be bought from the office for 50p per ticket.

Thank you to everyone who came along and supported our fair last night. Unclaimed prizes are as follows:
Adult -
Pink: 166
Pink: 409
Child -
Yellow:16
Yellow: 62
Yellow: 64
Please claim prizes from the school office on or before Friday 16th December 2011. Thank you.

We are once again holding our 'Elf Shelf' this year where children in main school can buy presents for parents & carers and wrap them ready to put under the tree! So we can buy enough gifts we need to know who would like to take part so would be grateful if you could call at the school office and complete a form as soon as possible. Please do not send money yet, we need that on Monday 5th December. Thank you.

Our Christmas Fair & Disco will be held on Thursday 1st December 2010 from 5.00 - 7.00pm. Tickets cost £1.50 per child, children must be accompanied by an adult (adults are free). Tickets are available from the school office now.

On Tuesday 29th November Reception children will be having a Pirate Party. If the children would like to come to school dressed as a pirate that would be great. We will be inviting afternoon Nursery to our party.

The Pharmacist from Boots the Chemist in Bedlington will be in school next Friday morning, 2nd December, to talk to parents/carers about headlice and treatments. If you would like to come along please come to the main entrance at 9am after dropping your child off at their class. The talk will last between 10-15 minutes.

Preparations are already underway for our annual Christmas Fair and we would appreciate donations of any of the following:
• Raffle Prizes - any new items would be greatly appreciated
• Bottles of Wine - any full bottles for our 'Water or Wine' stall
• Cakes - handed to a member of staff on the day please.

Our Christmas Fair & Disco will be held on Thursday 1st December 2010 from 5.00 - 7.00pm. Tickets cost £1.50 per child, children must be accompanied by an adult (adults are free), and will be available from the school office from Wednesday 23rd November

We have planned a visit to Whitehouse Farm for our Reception children on Thursday 15th December 2011. Please click on the link for more information.
Whitehouse Farm.doc

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

Bedlington Neighbourhood Policing Team is holding a Road Safety week in the Bedlington area between Monday 21st and Saturday 26th November 2011.
During the week there will be a number of initiatives going on in the town and the week will finish with a fun family event in the car park adjacent to Bedlington Library (Glebe Road). This will be held on Saturday 26th November, 11am-3pm.
One of the initiatives planned is to take groups of Year 4 pupils from several of the Primary schools in the area on a series of safety walks throughout the town. This will be to educate the children on the hazards of the road and the safest ways to walk/cycle when out in the dark evenings.
The short walks will be on designated planned routes near to the school and they are aimed at raising road safety awareness amongst the pupils. The children will be accompanied by their teachers, Police Officers/Community Support Officer's and other members of school staff and chaperoned at all times. They will be provided with high visibility vests and a mini traffic lollipop which the children have painted themselves.
Photographs will be taken throughout the walk and will be displayed on a board by the Mobile Policing Unit at the event on the Saturday showing the community the results of the week.
Parents are to contact the school if they have any objections to their child being in these photos.

Due to popular demand in previous years we are holding two Christmas Craft Mornings this year on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th November both at 10.30am. Adults are invited to come into school and enjoy a coffee and a mince pie while helping your child with a Christmas craft (please note: the craft activity is limited to one item made per child). Tickets cost £1.50 per adult, children free. As we need resources for this event we need to know numbers in preparation. Please call in at the school office as soon as possible if you are interested. Thank you.

I have set all of the children in school a challenge, and it is to see if they can make a £10 note grow!
I have given each class ten pounds and they have to decide how they are going to use it to raise money. Each class will think of a way to make money, some may bake cakes to sell or create something fantastic for you to buy. Any money raised will go to charities of the children's choice.
Please support your child's class by getting involved and helping them to raise as much as they can for good causes. If you have any suggestions of charities who you may like to benefit please talk about it with your child. Good luck everyone!

Next Friday 18th November is this year's Children in Need. The school council have decided that for a £1.00 (or more) donation children can come to school wearing something spotty as it is "Spotty Dotty' year! The children can also bring an extra 20p to play 'Spotty Dotty' bingo (prizes to be donated by staff). Thank you.

Please click on the link below to view our 'Diary of Events'.
DIARY OF EVENTS autumn 11.doc

As part of Children in Need this year we are selling Pudsey wristbands for a minimum donation of £1.00 each. The wristbands are on sale now from the school office.

Could we please ask that all sponsor money is handed into school on or before Friday 11th November 2011. Thank you very much.

Please remember the school photographer will be in school on Wednesday 2nd November 2011.

Straight after half term Kim Green, our Parent Support Partner, will be running some different groups in school. Starting on Monday 31st October 2011 from 1.00-3.00pm she will be running a group called 'Parents 'R Us'. It will run for 6 weeks. The first hour of the afternoon will be spent with Kim talking about things that you want to talk about related to being a parent. The second hour will be spent with your child doing fun activities. Please sign up at the office, quickly, as spaces are limited and the children would love you to come in and do some exciting things with them.
On Wednesday 2nd November from 9.10-10.10am Kim is running an Arts & Crafts session which you can come to with your child.
On Wednesday 9th November it's Glass Painting from 9.10-10.10am.
On Wednesday 16th November it's Face Painting from 9.10-10.10am.
On Wednesday 23rd November it's KNEX form 9.10-10.40am.
Please sign up at the office for any or all of these activities. They are all free! Please ensure that you have child care for younger siblings as we cannot provide crèche facilities.

Our Parents & Friends are holding a Halloween Disco on Thursday 20th October from 5.30-7.00pm. Tickets cost £1.00 and are available from the school office. We would love the children to come in fancy dress but it is not compulsory. Refreshments will be available during the event.

We have arranged a visit to 'The House of Objects' at Rising Sun Country Park for our Year 4 children. Please click on the link below for more information.
Rising Sun Country Park Y4.doc

We are holding our harvest festivals at Bedlington Colliery Methodist Church next Friday 14th October 2011 and invite parents to attend. If you can make it please meet there at 10.00am for Years 3 & 4 and 1.30pm for Reception, Years 1 & 2. We would like children to bring produce in for our harvest table on Thursday or Friday. If you know of anyone who is either elderly or deserving, and would welcome produce from our Harvest Festival, please complete the attached reply slip and return it to school as soon as possible.

Your child's class teacher would like to invite you into school on the evening of either Tuesday 11th or Wednesday 12th October (Wednesday 12th & Thursday 13th October for Year 4 parents) to discuss your child's progress. There are appointment sheets outside your child's classroom so you can sign up for a time that best suits you. We hope you can come along.

Our Year 2 children are to visit West Hartford Fire Station on Monday 10th October 2011. If you have not already done so please return your child's consent slip as soon as possible. Thank you.

Your child's class teacher would like to invite you into school on the evening of either Tuesday 11th or Wednesday 12th October Wednesday 12th & Thursdday 14th for Year 4) to discuss your child's progress. From Tuesday 4th October there will be appointment sheets outside your child's classroom so you can sign up for a time that best suits you.

Thank you to everyone who supported this event this morning, we will send all money raised off to Macmillan Cancer Care as soon as we can.

Our Year 2 children are to visit West Hartford Fire Station on Monday 10th October 2011. Please click on the link below for more information.
Y2 Fire Station.DOC

We are holding parent's evenings this year on Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th October. This is an opportunity to speak to your child's teacher and see how they have settled into their new class. Appointment sheets will be available nearer the time.

We are taking part in this event again on Friday 30th September and refreshments will be served in the school hall between 10.00am and 11.00am. Please call in for a cuppa and a chat and help this worthy cause. We also need cakes to sell at the event so please hand any to a member of staff before 9.00am that morning, they will be greatly appreciated. Many thanks.

Today we were selling the remainder of our stock at the tuck shop so apologies if your child did not manage to purchase anything, there will be no healthy tuck shop now until September.

The race is still on for our winning team this term and we won't find out until Wednesday morning who the winners are but we are planning a 'cinema experience' in the hall for the lucky children - a good movie and some treats!

On Thursday 21st July we are allowing children into school in non-uniform and they may bring a toy (it will be the child's responsibility to look after their toy so nothing valuable please).

School will close after lunch on Thursday 21st July at 1.00pm for the summer break and there will be no afternoon Nursery session on this day. Thank you.

Our Year 4 children would like to invite their families to their leaver's assembly at 9.10am on Wednesday 20th July 2011. Remember your tissues!

Our Nursery are having a Teddy Bear's Picnic on Wednesday 20th July so could Nursery children please bring their favourite teddy with them on that day.

G-Force is coming into our school to host a disco on Tuesday 19th July 2011 from 6.00 - 7.30pm. Tickets cost £1.50 and are available from the school office. Refreshments will be available during the event.

G-Force is coming into our school to host a disco on Tuesday 19th July 2011 from 6.00 - 7.30pm. Tickets cost £1.50 and are available from the school office. Refreshments will be available during the event.

Our Year 2 children are visiting the museum on Friday 15th July 2011. If you have not already done so could you please return your child's consent form as soon as possible. Thank you.

Our Year 1 children would like to invite their parents/carers into our school on Thursday 14th July 2011at 9.10am to enjoy their family assembly. We hope to see you there!

On Tuesday 19th July 2011 from 2.00pm until 6.00pm there is a Communtiy Fair at Cambois First School. There will be pony rides, windmill making, circus skills, football, face painting and much more plus from 5.00pm until 6.00pm there will be a music extravaganza. Everyone is welcome to go along!

We have arranged for our Year 2 children to visit the George Stephenson Railway Museum on Friday 15th July 2011. Please click on the link below for more information.
George Stephenson Museum.doc

If you have not already done so could you please return your child's reply slip for the visit on Thursday 7th July as soon as possible. Thank you.

Our Year 3 children are opening their own café. The children will be making their own produce to sell, such as muffins, smoothies and flapjack. The café will be open from 1.30-2.30pm on Wednesday 6th July 2011. 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 tickets. Other items will have a small charge. (Please note: limited tickets left so please buy early to avoid disappointment!)

Our Nursery Sports Day will be held on Thursday 7th July 2011 at 10.30am for morning children and 1.30pm for afternoon children. Parents are welcome to come along and enjoy the fun, there will be a raffle, tombola, hook-a-duck, hoopla and a lucky dip as well as sports events. We hope you can come along and support us!

Our Year 2 children would like to invite their families to their assembly on Tuesday 5th July 2011 at 9.10am. We hope you can come along!

As we have so many events happening over the last weeks of term please click on the link below for an updated 'Diary of Events'.
diary of events summer 11.doc

The acts have been chosen and rehearsals are well under way! Tickets for the performance are on sale now at a cost of £1.50 each, available from the school office. Please buy early to avoid disappointment!

If you have not already done so please return your child's consent form as soon as possible. Spare copies are available from the office. Thank you.

Unfortunately due to strike action our Street Dance Club will be cancelled on Thursday 30th June 2011. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Unfortunately due to strike action we will have to change our Nursery Sports Day. This event will now be held on Thursday 7th July 2011 at 10.30am for morning children and at 1.30pm for afternoon children. Parents are welcome to attend.

Our Sports Day is earlier this year and will be held on Wednesday 29th June from 1.15pm, parents are welcome to attend and are asked to arrive at school after 1.00pm. We hope to see you there! Could you please make sure your child has suitable footwear and shorts plus, if possible, a t-shirt the colour of their house. Thank you.

Our Reception and Year 3 classes are visiting Embleton First School on Tuesday 28th June 2011. If you have not already done so please return your child's consent form as soon as possible. Thank you.

Just a reminder that Sports Day is earlier this year and will be held on Wednesday 29th June in the afternoon. It is being held in June instead of July to fit in with National Sports Week.

Our Reception and Year 3 classes are visiting Embleton First School on Tuesday 28th June 2011. Please click on the link below for more information.
Rec & Y3 Embleton.doc

If you have not already done so please return your child's consent form as soon as possible.

We have two unwanted raffle prizes from our fair - they are: a voucher for 4 free dance classes at Hunter Theatre Arts in Bedlington Station and: a month's gym pass for June for Hirst Welfare Health & Fitness Centre in Ashington. These prizes are at the school office, if anyone would like them please call there to collect them - first come first served!

Our Stars in their Eyes auditions will be held during the morning of Monday 13th June. Please make sure your child brings any music they require on cd or tape into school on Monday morning. Thank you.

We have arranged for our Year 3 children to visit Chopwell Woods on Tuesday 21st June 2011. Please click on the link below for more information.
Y3 Chopwell Woods.doc

Year 3 would like to invite their parents/carers into school on Thursday 16th June 2011 at 9.10am to join them for their assembly. We hope to see you there!

Our Reception children would like to invite their parents/carers into our school at 9.10am on Wednesday 15th June 2011 to watch their assembly. We hope you can make it!

If you have not returned your child's consent slip for the visit to Saltwell Park please do so as soon as possible. Spare copies of the letter are available from the school office. Thank you.

We would like to say a HUGE 'thank you' to our Parents and Friends association for all of their hard work in organising the May Fair. Everyone had a brilliant day. There was lots of fun, lots of laughter and a lot of tired people at the end of the day!
A big thank you to all of you who came and supported the event.
The Parents and Friends would like to buy some new resources for school with the money that they made so watch this space and we'll let you know what we decide on!

If you have not already done so please return your child's consent form as soon as possible. Thank you.

Please click on the link below to view our diary of events for this term.
diary of events summer 11.doc

If you have not already done so please return your child's consent form on Monday as your child will not be allowed to travel without it. Thank you.

We have arranged for our Year 2 children to visit a Hindu Temple in Newcastle on Wednesday 25th May 2011. Please click on the link for more information.
Hindu Temple visit.doc

Our school will be taking part in National School Sport Week from 27th June until 1st July 2011 where we will be learning how to do some of the sports from the Olympic Games. Sports Day will be held during this week on Wednesday 29th. As part of the National School Sport Week Lloyds TSB are offering schools the opportunity to attend the Olympics or win money towards sports equipment for our school. So we are in with a chance of winning all parents, families and friends of Stead Lane are asked to pledge their support to us by logging onto the website at www.lloydstsb.com/nationalschoolsportweek and entering our school name and postcode - NE22 5JS. Please spare 2 minutes to pledge your support. Thank you.

As part of our 'Growing' topic this term Year 1 children will have two out of school visits. These are on Wednesday 15th June and Thursday 7th July. As both trips have a charge we are giving you the opportunity to pay for these any time between now and 15th June. Please click on the link below for more information.
Saltwell Park & Heighley Gate.doc

Year 4 will be attending their second 'Roots & Shoots' session next Tuesday which is the 10th May 2011. Lunch will be provided.

Our Parents & Friends are holding a fair on Saturday 21st May 2011 from 10am - 2pm. There will be lots of fun including pony rides, clay tile making, face painting, slides, rides and much more! Everyone is welcome so we hope to see you there.

We are hoping to hold some sessions to help you keep up with your child in literacy. During the sessions you will make games, fridge magnets and story sacks in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere where you are never put on the spot or made to feel silly. If you would like to find out more there is a chance to pop into school for a cuppa and a chat on Tuesday 10th May 2011 at 2.15pm in our school hall. We hope to see you there.

We would also like our Nursery children to come dressed in their party clothes on Friday 15th April as they will be having a celebration too. Food will be provided by Nursery.

We are holding our own 'Royal Wedding' on Friday 15th April 2011. We are having a day full of different activities. For the day children are asked to come to school dressed for a wedding - this is not an ordinary wear anything non-uniform day. We would really appreciate it if the children came to school smartly dressed. There is no charge for this day. We would also appreciate it if every child could bring some party food for lunchtime, as there will be no school dinner this day (dinner money will be £7.80 on Monday 11th April). We are having a 'wedding buffet'! (Could boys please bring savoury food and girls bring sweet.) Last but not least we would like to invite you into school to join in the celebrations. Reception parents are invited to stay at 9.00am to join in with our wedding ceremony, Years 1 & 2 parents are invited to come and watch our procession from 2.15 until 2.30pm and Years 3 & 4 parents are invited to come from 2.35 until 2.50pm. We hope you can provide your child with the clothes and food we have asked for and hope you can come along and join in the fun!

We are appealing for prizes etc; to use at the fair. We really need adult raffle prizes, chocolate tombola prizes, cakes for the cake stall (on the day please) and we also need bottles of wine for our water or wine table. If anyone has anything they could donate for any of these stalls please send them into school with your child. Thank you very much for your support.

Remember - we are holding our Easter Fair on Wednesday 13th March 2011 from 1.00pm. Tickets cost £1.50 per child which entitles them to crisps & juice plus 1 turn on each of the following: 'Sweets in jar', 'Hook a Duck', 'Can the Cans' and 'Hoopla'. There will also be lots more activities to join in with for an extra charge. Adults are free. Please note children can only attend this event if accompanied by an adult - unaccompanied children will stay in a classroom with members of staff. Tickets will be distributed on the day so please send the money in a named envelope to reserve one now! Younger siblings may also buy tickets if they would like to join in the fun!

Please don't forget, we are holding our annual egg decorating competition again this year. There will be prizes for each class in the categories of child's own work and family contribution. Please make sure your child's name and which category it is to be entered into, is clearly stated. Please bring all entries into school on Monday 11th April 2011. So get cracking!

We are appealing for prizes etc; to use at the fair. We really need adult and child raffle prizes, chocolate tombola prizes, cakes for the cake stall (on the day please) and we also need bottles of wine for our water or wine table. If anyone has anything they could donate for any of these stalls please send them into school with your child. Thank you very much for your support.

Remember - we are holding our Easter Fair on Wednesday 13th March 2011 from 1.00pm. Tickets cost £1.50 per child which entitles them to crisps & juice plus 1 turn on each of the following: 'Sweets in jar', 'Hook a Duck', 'Can the Cans' and 'Hoopla'. There will also be lots more activities to join in with for an extra charge. Adults are free. Please note children can only attend this event if accompanied by an adult - unaccompanied children will stay in a classroom with members of staff. Tickets will be distributed on the day so please complete and return the attached reply slip to reserve one now! Younger siblings may also buy tickets if they would like to join in the fun! (Just add their names on the reply slip.)

We are holding our annual paste egg decorating competition again this year. There will be prizes for each class in the categories of child's own work and family contribution. Please make sure your child's name and which category it is to be entered into, is clearly stated. Please bring all entries into school on Monday 11th April 2011. So get cracking!

Our Year 3 children are to visit Segedunum on Thursday 7th April 2011. Please call at the school office if your child has not received a letter.

We are appealing for prizes etc; to use at the fair. We will have adult and child raffles, chocolate tombola, tombola and a cake stall, we also need bottles of wine for our water or wine table. If anyone has anything they could donate for any of these stalls please send them into school with your child. Thank you.

We are holding our Easter Fair on Wednesday 13th April 2011 from 1.00pm. This is a family event and only children who are accompanied by an adult will be able to join in the fair. Please ask at the school office for more information.

Please remember our Nursery teacher, Mrs Stawart, will be running a 'Stelamba' fitness class every Thursday from 3.05pm - 4.00pm in our school hall starting on Thursday 3rd March 2011. The class is free for any child accompanied by an adult. If you would like to join in the fun just come into the school hall when you have collected your child. We hope to see you there!

This year 'World Book Day' is on Thursday 3rd March 2011 and we would like your child to come to school dressed as a character from a book.

On Thursday 3rd March 2011 our Year 2 children invite their families into their classroom to enjoy their activity morning. The fun begins at 10.00am - we hope to see you there!

Unfortunately there are no more places available for the Lego workshop. For those who have already sent your form in requesting a place then please come to the main school entrance on the 2nd March for 9.15am.

After the half term we are planning a big 'Attendance' drive to get our children into school and on time. Each week we will be holding a competition called 'Beat the Challenge' and the challenge is.....to get to school and be in class before the bell goes at 9.00am! For the first week, each day, children will receive a sticker if they are in school and on time and also the best class for attendance of the week will win a trophy and door certificate which they will keep that week. As the weeks go by the class teacher will be selecting random days per week where the children have to 'Beat the Challenge' and the children won't find out which days have been chosen until they arrive in school. We hope you will help us by encouraging your child to be prepared in the morning and get to school on time. Thank you.

Our Nursery teacher, Mrs Stawart, will be running a Zumba style fitness class every Thursday from 3.05pm - 4.00pm in our school hall starting on Thursday 3rd March 2011. The class is free for any child accompanied by an adult. If you would like to join in the fun just come into the school hall when you have collected your child. We hope to see you there!

Lego Education Centre Croft Park offers children the chance to learn in a totally unique, exciting and stimulating way. Sessions are developed and delivered by qualified teaching staff and cover key areas of the National Curriculum.
On Wednesday 2nd March 2011 from 9.15am - 11.45am Years 3 and 4 children and their parents are invited to a Lego Workshop in school. There are only 15 child and 15 parent places available so if you would like to attend please let us know at the school office as soon as possible. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Next Friday, 18th February, we will be raising money for the 'Blyth Offshore All Weather Lifeboat' - they rely solely on donations to fund them as they receive nothing from the RNLI or the government - by going ORANGE! Children are allowed to come to school in non-uniform (and we would like them to wear orange) and make a donation. Thank you.

Dads are invited into school on Tuesday 15th February 2011 at 1.30pm to work with your child to build a bridge! We ask that your bridge is 1 metre long and will hold 2 bags of flour without collapsing! Please bring all of your own materials to make your bridge and turn up at the main entrance. Good Luck!

Our Year 4 children have been invited to attend a Gymnastics Festival on Thursday 17th February 2011. If you have not already done so, please return your child's consent slip as soon as possible. Spare copies are available from the school office. Thank you.

Our Year 4 children have been invited to attend a Gymnastics Festival on Thursday 17th February 2011. Please click on the link below for more information.
Y4 gymnastics festival.doc

We have arranged for our Year 1 children to visit the Great North Museum Hancock on Thursday 10th February. If your child has not yet returned their consent slip please do so as soon as possible. Spare copies are available from the school office.

Our Year 4 children would like to invite their families to their 'Willy Wonka' themed activity morning on Thursday 10th February 2011. Please meet at the main school entrance at 11.00am. On this day all Year 4 children are allowed to come to school in 'Willy Wonka' style fancy dress. We hope to see you there!

You don't have to be fit to get fit! Starting on Thursday 3rd February for 3 weeks at 3.00pm in our school hall there will be a free fitness course for you and your child. This course is suitable for anyone and everyone, no matter what your level of fitness. Places are limited due to space so please call at the school office as soon as possible to book your place. If you are lucky enough to get a place you then just need to turn up on the day wearing comfortable clothing and trainers.

Our parents and friends association are holding a Valentine's disco on Thursday 10th February from 5.30 - 7.00pm hosted by G-Force. Tickets cost £1.50 and will be on sale at the school office from Monday. Hot dogs and refreshments will be available for a small charge and there will also be a tattoo art stall, also for a small charge.

Our Year 2 children have been invited to attend a gymnastics afternoon on Thursday 27th January, please click on the link below for more information.
Y2 gymnastics.doc

Look at our photographs showing what a wonderful time we had:

Next Friday, 19th November is this year's Children in Need appeal and our school councillors have decided that to raise money in our school we are to hold a 'Crazy Hat Day'. For a donation to the appeal children can come to school in non-uniform and wear a hat! It can be a crazy decorated hat, a novelty hat, your Grandad's hat or any hat you choose! So get your thinking caps on - what hat will you wear?!

Thank you very much to everyone who supported this event and donated sponsor money. We raised a fantastic £1069.56 which will go towards buying P.E. equipment for our school. Many thanks once again.

This year we are once again taking part in the Samaritan's Purse appeal and we recently asked for your support. If you are busy filling a box for the appeal the collection date has been changed to Thursday 18th November so please have all complete boxes into school by 9.00am on this date. Thank you.

Dhillon from the convenience store at the Oval shops has kindly given every child in school a chocolate bar and carton of juice which they have received today.

On Friday 10th December at 2.30pm Cambois first school are holding a Christmas event. There will be carol singing by the Salvation Army, mince pies, coffee, tea and pop. At the event, which will be held in the centre of Cambois, the Christmas lights will be switched on.
Cambois have said that 20 of our children are welcome to attend but they must be accompanied by a parent. Unfortunately, they cannot provide transport so if you wish to go you will have to make your own way there.
Please let our school office know on Monday 8th November if you would like to go. Spaces are limited so get in quick! Every child will receive a goody bag!

Does your child ride a bike with stabilisers? Would they like to ride without stabilisers? If the answer to these questions is yes, then why not get them to take part in an exciting 'Get off Stabilisers Day' on Thursday 11th of November at the school? Richard Rothwell, the school's Sustrans Bike It Officer will be there with some simple tricks to make ditching the stabilisers easy and fun! The session will last about one hour, starting at 3.00pm and is in the school yard.
If you would like your child to attend, please remove their stabilisers before the event. However, if you are unable to do this, please come anyway and Richard will do this for you. Please also note; this event is not for children who can already ride without stabilisers-it is for children wanting to learn to ride without them. We would like you to be there too, to help and support your child and the other children taking part. Please complete the reply slip below if you would like to attend and don't forget your child's bike!

We are once again selling Christmas beanie tree decorations in aid of St Oswald's Hospice in Newcastle. The beanies cost £1.50 each and there are 3 different ones (reindeer, snowman or Santa ), available now from the school office.

The photographer will be in school on Wednesday 10th November 2010. Please call at the school office for more information. Thank you.

The Leeds Building Society are running a Christmas card competition which your child can enter. Please call at the school office for more information.

Thank you to all children for an action packed week of fun and fitness ending with our fantastic fun run today. Also a big thank you to everyone who has sponsored the children, please make sure all money is handed into school on or before Friday 5th November. Thank you again.

A visit from the Fire Service:

This year we will be taking part in the Samaritan's Purse appeal and we are asking for your support. Leaflets with all the information about the appeal are available from the school office. Please fill a box and bring it to school before Wednesday 10th November. Thank you.

Our school councillors have organised a sponsored fun run for Thursday 21st October to raise funds to buy new P.E. equipment. If your child did not receive a sponsor form please call at the school office. Children are allowed to come to school on that day in P.E. kits (comfortable jogging bottoms etc;), as we have activities in the morning, and if they would like to change into fancy dress for the run in the afternoon, bring that in a named bag! We hope your child has managed to get sponsors from friends and family, please hand into school before Friday 5th November. Thank you very much.

Next week is fitness week here at Stead Lane and we have lots of fun activities planned for the children. Please make sure your child has indoor and outdoor P.E. kits in school every day next week as we don't want them to miss out on the fun!

Thank you to everyone who supported us at the services today and also for all of the food donations. We have made some fantastic food bags up for the elderly and needy in our area.

Anyone who attended this course last year and has not already had the 'Funnybones' sack, it is now available from the school office.

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 call at the school office.

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 14th & Friday 15th October. Thank you for your kindness.

We would like to invite parents and friends of Years 3 & 4 to Bedlington Colliery Methodist Church on Friday 15th October at 10.00am for our harvest service. Parents and friends of Reception and Years 1 & 2 are invited to come along at 1.30pm. We hope to see you all there!

We have arranged for our Year 2 children to visit Holy Island on Monday 11th October 2010. Please click on the link below for more information.
Y2 Holy Island.DOC

There are still a few places left for this course which begins on Thursday 30th September from 1.15 - 2.45pm here in school for 8 weeks. If anyone is interested please contact the school office.

We have arranged for our Year 3 children to visit the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle on Thursday 7th October. Please click on the link below for more information.

Our Year 4 children are visiting Bedlington High school next week for a science day. Please click on the link below for more information.
Y4 High School - SCIENCE.doc

Following the success of our literacy course last year we are holding a numeracy course for all parents/carers of children in our school on Thursday afternoon beginning on 30th September from 1.15 - 2.45pm. (Unfortunately there is no crèche available this time). Anyone who is interested is invited to come along on Thursday 23rd September at 2.30pm for more information. Please inform the school office if you will be there. Thank you.

Next Friday, 24th September, is 'Macmillan Cancer Support's World's Biggest Coffee Morning' and we are holding our own event at 2.00pm on this day. We invite you to come along with your friends/family and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and a cake before collecting your child from school at 3.00pm. All proceeds will go to Macmillan Cancer Support. Any cake donations would also be welcome, please hand these to a member of staff in the morning. We hope to see you there!

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

Our Year 3 children would like to invite their family and friends into our school at 9.10am on Monday 19th July for their family assembly. We hope to see you there!

Mrs Athey and her PEEPS group enjoyed their sessions especially the picnic!

We are holding a summer disco for our children on Wednesday 21st July from 5.30 - 7.00pm. Tickets for the event cost £1.50 and are available from the school office. Staff will be on duty so parents do not need to stay. Refreshments will be available during the event.

Could children in Years 1, 2, 3 & 4 please make sure they have their P.E. kit in school on sports day with a top the colour of their house: Endeavour - yellow, Voyager - blue, Explorer - green and Challenger - red. Thank you for your continued support.

Our school sports days will be held at 1.30pm on Thursday 15th July for children in Years1, 2, 3, and 4, our Nursery morning children will hold theirs at 10.30am on Friday 16th July and our afternoon Nursery children and Reception class children will hold theirs at 1.30pm on Friday 16th July. Family and friends are welcome to come along and enjoy the fun - weather permitting!

Our Reception children are having a 'Teddy Bear's Picnic' this Thursday 15th July. Could each child please bring in their teddies and a little something for the picnic (eg; fruit, biscuits). Thank you.

Tuesday 13th July is transfer day this year when your child will visit their new class and spend time with their new teachers. Our Year 4 children will spend the day at their new middle school.

Due to a change of staffing in Year 3 we have changed the date of the assembly to Friday 16th July 2010, sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.
The Year 1 assembly which was postponed due to illness is now to be held on Friday 9th July and Year 2 remains the same on Thursday 8th July. All assemblies will begin at 9.10am. We hope to see everyone there!

If you have not already done so please return your payment and reply slip as soon as possible as your child will not be allowed to attend the visit without it. Thank you.

The acts have been chosen and rehearsals are well under way! Tickets for the performance are on sale now at a cost of £1.50 each, available from the school office. Please buy early to avoid disappointment!

We have arranged a visit to St Mary's Lighthouse on Tuesday 29th June for our Year 2 children. Please call at the school office for more information.

A free first aid course will be held at our school on Thursday 10th June 2010. The course starts at 9.15am and ends at 2.45pm. There are free crèche places available. Anyone interested can add their name to our list by calling at the school office.

On Tuesday 1st June 2010 Bedlington Extended Services invites you to a great day out for families with children aged 5 - 9, including movement and games, story making and telling, investigating materials and arts and crafts. The event is being held at Guidepost Children's Enterprise Centre from 10am - 3pm. For more information or to book a place please contact Kim Green on 01670 822625 ext. 274 or by email on Kim.green@northumberland.gov.uk

We are holding our annual 'Stars in their Eyes' competition on Tuesday 6th July so in preparation for this we will be holding auditions on Tuesday 8th June which is the first Tuesday back after the half term break. If your child would like to take part please call at the school office to complete a consent form. Thank you.

For parents of those children who are in the 'Growing Minds' group, please remember there is a session on Tuesday 8th June 2010.

The first week back after half term we will be holding a 'World Cup Week' - each class will be learning about a different country:
• Nursery - England
• Reception - USA
• Year 1 - Spain
• Year 2 - South Africa
• Year 3 - Italy
• Year 4 - Brazil
Events taking place will include a KS2 football tournament, KS1 sports afternoon, design a football strip, food tasting plus many more activities. The week will end with a World Cup non-uniform day on Friday 11th June. On this day we would like children to come to school dressed in the colours of their country for a grand festival!

As part of our 'What's Around the Corner?' topic we have arranged for our Year 1 children to visit Newbiggin next Wednesday 26th May (sorry for the short notice!). Please click on the link belwo for more information.
Y1 Newbiggin.DOC

If you have not already done so could you please send your child's consent form and payment into school on Monday as your child will not be allowed to attend the visit without them. Thank you.

Please click on the link below to view our 'Diary of Events' for the Summer Term. We hope you can attend the events involving your child.
DIARY OF EVENTS sUMMER 10.doc

Next week is 'Walk to School Week' and here at Stead Lane we are promoting a healthy lifestyle. The children will be encouraged to walk to school and Key Stages 1 & 2 will receive a 'Walk to School' diary. Children who walk to school all week will receive a certificate, so leave the car at home and get walking!

Look at us having fun at PEEPS!

We will be holding a book fair at the end of November and to help you and your child benefit from this we are starting a saving scheme where your child can bring money into school each week and receive a sticker to stick on their card, each sticker is worth 20p so the amount saved can be anything from 20p per week. There are just over 20 school weeks between now and the fair so even 20p per week would enable your child to make a purchase. Or why not start early for Christmas and save now to buy books as gifts! Don't forget we receive commission for our school funds so the more you save and spend the more it helps us buy new resources. If you and your child would like to take part in the scheme please call at the school office.

Please click on the link below to find out more information about Year 3 visit to Segedunum.
Y3 Segedunum.doc

Thank you to everyone who entered our 'Decorated Egg Competition'. As usual there were some fantastic entries and the choice of winners was a very difficult one.

Nursery am - Ellis Young & Wylie Family
Nursery pm - Aiden Forrest & Jessica Young
Reception - Molly Foley & Josh Eastway
Year 1 - Lily Jamieson & Morgan Johnstone
Year 2 - Billie-Joe Johnson & Jodie Kingdon
Year 3 - Rebecca Lawson & Abby Clark
Year 4 - Cameron Bowey & Jedi Van Der Poll

Thank you to parents who attended our anti-bullying workshop and children's assemblies this week. We have put together ideas suggested by our parents. Please see our leaflet distributed today.

Just a reminder that Rhona Wilson, Behaviour and Attendance Consultant for Northumberland County Council will be running a short workshop on Monday 29th March, 2.00-3.00pm. Parents will have the opportunity to find out about the events their children will be participating in during our Anti-Bullying Week and contribute their own ideas to our new anti-bullying policy. To help us plan and resource this event, we would be grateful if you could complete and return the attached reply slip on Monday.

We are holding our 'Decorated Egg Competition' again this year. We will be awarding prizes for 'Child's Own Work' and 'Family Effort' categories in each year group. Get your thinking caps on! Eggs should be brought into school on Monday 29th March where they will be displayed in the hall.

Our Year 1 children have been invited to attend a dance festival on Friday 26th March 2010 at Blyth Sports Centre. For more details click on the link below.
Y1 dance festival.doc

We have arranged a visit to Rising Sun Country Park for our Year 1 children on Thursday 25th March 2010. Please click on the link below for more information.
y1 Rising Sun Country Park.doc

Our Nursery children would like to invite their families into our school at 10.30am for morning chidren and 2.00pm for afternoon children on Thursday 25th March to join them in an activity in their classroom. 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 are outside your child's classroom so anyone who would like to come along can sign up to a time slot.

This term we are organising a bullying awareness week to help our children understand what we mean by 'bullying' and to develop potential strategies to combat this. Teaching staff have been working hard to review our school anti-bullying policy and procedure this term and we would welcome the views of children and parents. Therefore there will be an anti-bullying parent workshop on Monday 19th March at 2.00pm, led by Rhona Wilson, Consultant for Behaviour and Attendance.
You are also invited to our 'Anti-bullying' class assemblies at the end of the week, when children will be sharing their work. These will be held on Thursday 1st April:
• Years 1 & 2 - 9.10am
• Years 3 & 4 - 2.00pm.
Older children may go home with parents following the afternoon assembly.

Following the success of our literacy sessions last year, I have arranged a series of numeracy parent workshops for the summer term. These will take place on a Tuesday morning 9.00 - 10.30am for 8 weeks, with a free crèche available in school. The course is geared at helping parents to support their children in maths, especially as many of the methods used to teach children maths today have changed since we went to school! More details to follow.

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.