1. NORWOOD NEWS ISSUE NO 5 5TH FEBRUARY 2010
News Team: Jamie Russell, Megan Powderly, Gabriel Angay,
Charlotte Fitzgerald, Heather Weights, Thomas Lawson, Lucy
Cottier & Luke Dempster
Hats for Haiti
TERM DATES
Friday was our Hats for Haiti day, which had been requested by the School Council as their
Spring Term answer to raising money to support the people of Haiti. We are proud and delighted to say
it was a superbly successful fundraiser with the children, parents and staff giving very
Half Term: Monday 15th –
Friday 19th February (inc). generously to raise £545. The playground was a wash of colour with hats of all shapes and
sizes, and the atmosphere generated by such an occasion was something to be extremely
Parents Evenings proud of. A big thanks go to everybody for supporting our venture and to the School
Tuesday 23rd February Council for thinking of it, collecting money on the playground in the morning and counting
3.30pm-6pm
Thursday 25th February the money at lunchtime.
5pm-8pm
School closes for Easter
holiday: at 2pm on Friday
26th March.
Summer Term
Children return to school:
Tuesday 13th April.
Bank Holiday
Monday 3rd May.
Half Term:
Monday 31st May-Friday 4th
June (inc)
T.A. Talk
Q. What was your very first Getting into the spirit of our Hat for Haiti Day, this week’s
School closed: job? reporters, Charlotte Ball, Abbi Boardman, Liam Healey and
Staff Training day-Monday A. I was a paper girl.
George Southern sought out Year 1 T.A. Mrs. Ferrier. She
5th July is seen here answering questions and sporting a very
Q. What did you want to be
when you were a child? fetching pink, fluffy, cowboy hat!
School closes for summer A. An astronaut.
holiday:
at 2pm on Wednesday 21st Q. What has been your
July. proudest moment?
A. Being interviewed for the
newsletter by the fantastic
Autumn Term four!!!
2010 (and of course having my
Children return to school: children Daniel and Nicole.)
Wednesday 1st
September 8.55am Q. What is your favourite
food?
A. I’ll say fruit salad….. but
Half term: it’s chocolate really!!!
Monday 25th -Friday 29th
October Q. Which pop stars have
you seen in concert?
INSET Day: A. Bruce Springsteen and
Monday 1st November The Nolans (not at the
same time
Term Ends: though!)
Friday 17th December at
Q. What is your favourite
2pm time of the year?
A. Spring.
Norwood Crescent, Southport. PR9 7DU. Tel: 01704211960. Fax 01704 232712. Head Teacher: Mr Lee Dumbell.
Email: admin.norwood@schools.sefton.gov.uk www.norwoodprimaryschool.com

2. Star of the Week YR’s Thoughts on the Trim Trail
RP: Rhian Valentine The children in reception all thoroughly
RT: Lia Funnell enjoyed themselves trying out the new Trim
1B: Kyla Blackburn Trail, here are some of the things they said.
1B: Jessica Marr David T. I think it was good, I tried the
wobbly bit but it was too hard. Naomi, I
1B: Jamie Shaw Silver
liked the chains that you hold, the wobbly
1D: Harry Hopkins
bit was hard. Matthew, I liked the bouncy
1D: Eva Bennet
thing. Kiera, I didn’t have a favourite bit I
2M: Jasmine Hitchcock
liked all of it! Ruby, I liked the bit where
2M: Malika Guenini Silver you twisted round the chain. Callum, I liked
2M: Katie Halsall Silver the springs and the wobbly bits too, I
2W: Jakob Young enjoyed it!
2W: Grace Gibbs Silver
Vacancy in the Office
3K: Ellie Homewood
3K: Ben Newport Due to Mrs. Griffiths' announcing her impending retirement from our Office team, a vacancy has
3K: Daniel Mercer Jones Silver arisen for a Reprographics Officer to support the running of our very busy office. The job will be part-
3K: Declan Broadbent Silver time, 5 mornings a week, term time only beginning after Easter. The job description and job
3B: Ellie Pritchard specification can be obtained from the office or from the links on the website.
4CP: Laurence Fredricks For an information pack and an application form please send an A4, 44p stamped addressed
4CP: Ishbel Cooke Silver
envelope to Mrs. Caroline Gregson, the Office Manager.
4JP: Lauren Rodwell Silver
Please note: The application form should be handwritten, but the supporting letter of application can
be typed.
4JP: Libby Spencer
The closing date for applications is Friday 12th February at 12 noon.
5M: Jamie Hough Silver
5M: Abbie Wilson Silver
So You Can Think You Can Dance
5P: Darcy Berkeley
Thank you to everybody who voted for Alistair.
6M: Chris Rimmer
Next week is the semi-final please continue to show
6C: Jack Morrison Williams
6C: Alex Nevins your support and let's see if he can go all the way and become
Britain’s Favourite Dancer!
Shinewaves Competition
Children in the Spotlight
Last week’s competition was to design a mascot for Merseyside Police. The winning
mascot ‘Larry the Law Keeping Lemur’ was designed by Alex Day (2W). Congratulations
Alex! All entries will be forwarded to enter the Merseyside area competition.
We are having technical difficulties with the radio station, so competitions will be posted
outside the hall, in the newsletter and on the school website, for now.
This week’s competition...
Lewis Carroll was born on 27 January 1832 so this week’s competition is based on his
work. Lewis Carroll was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon
Joanna and and photographer. He is most famous for his story, ‘Alice's Adventures in Wonderland’,
Grace has
passed her Heather have published in 1865. It was written for Alice, the daughter of a friend.
Level 4 achieved their He wrote a nonsense poem called ‘The Jabberwocky’. Your task, if you wish to accept it,
Swimming Bronze Award
is to find the poem and then create an illustration for it. Post your picture, with your
Award. for Rookie
Congratulations! Lifeguard. Well name and class on the back, in the competition post box by the morning of Tuesday 9th
done girls! February.
Aaron has
passed his Level Tom was the Poppy Appeal
7 High Bar, Level Liverpool Mascot, Thank you very much for helping with our Appeal.
8 Pommels and £103.34 was collected by you.
when Liverpool
Level 7 Without your help, we would be unable to
Gymnastics recently played continue our vital welfare and benevolent work.
Proficiency against Wolves. Yours Sincerely
Award. Fantastic! Local Honorary Organiser
Wow!
Norwood Crescent, Southport. PR9 7DU. Tel: 01704211960. Fax 01704 232712. Head Teacher: Mr Lee Dumbell.
Email: admin.norwood@schools.sefton.gov.uk www.norwoodprimaryschool.com