1. NORWOOD NEWS ISSUE NO 8 5TH MARCH 2010
News Team:Katy Watkinson, Milly Rigby, Ishbel Cooke,
Megan Powderly, Ruby Fellows & Luke Dempster
Forest school news
TERM DATES
Last week Year 3 were busy planting trees
Spring Term in the woods with the help of Mrs Ashcroft,
School closes for Easter Mrs Lonsdale and Jo Sayers from Mersey
holiday: at 2pm on Friday Forest. Over 50 young trees such as Willow,
26th March.
Dogwood, Elder, Hazel and Broom were
donated to the school from Mersey Forest.
Summer Term
Inset Day: Monday 12th In the future the children will be able to use
April the Dogwood and Willow as a sustainable
crop for den building and weaving.
Children return to school:
Tuesday 13th April. Mersey Forest also donated Woodland and
Friday 16th April PTA Race Wetland wild flower seeds which Year 1
Night have enjoyed planting in the woods and at
Bank Holiday the edge of the field.
Monday 3rd May. We look forward to watching these new
plants grow!
Thursday 20th May PTA
Children’s Fashion Show
Half Term:
Monday 31st May-Friday 4th Y6 Reading Circle Review
June (inc)
Our band of bookworms resumed
Thursday 24th June Wednesday lunchtime meetings. This half-
Sports Day KS2 am KS1 term we have been discussing ‘The Queen’s
pm Nose’ by Dick King-Smith.
Here is our review:
Saturday 26th June It is about a young girl, called Harmony,
12-3pm Summer Fair who loves animals. She is given a fifty
pence piece which, magically, gives her
School closed: 5 A-Side Football Tournament at wishes: this, predictably leads to some
Staff Training day-Monday Stanley High Monday 8th February adventures. We found the book fairly boring
5th July and thought it was probably more suitable
for younger children – particularly animal
Friday 9th July PTA BBQ+ Team: Will Fletcher, Luke Dempster, lovers and girls.
Barn Dance Ryan Ashall, Chris Rimmer, Josh Young, The Queen’s Nose came as a highly
recommended read and even had a
Matthew Howard, Lewis Harwood,
Wednesday 21st July. television series based on it, but we felt it
School closes for summer Daniel Edwards. was rather predictable. Although it is
holiday at 2pm: Y6 Leavers Congratulations to the 5 A-Side team recommended for children aged 8 to 12
Assembly 9.30am years we would recommend this book for
who represented Norwood.
Leyland Rd Methodist children aged 7 to 9. It gained an overall
Church After beating both Farnborough 'A' and Reading Circle score of 5/10.
'B', the team reached the
Autumn Term 2010 finals on Tuesday 9th February. In a
Children return to school: Lost Property
closely fought final,
Wednesday 1st All lost property will be recycled by the end of
September 8.55am Norwood came fourth overall out of next week. It has been available for collection
sixteen schools who entered on the playground but there are still items
Half term: the competition. unclaimed. If your child has lost anything
Monday 25th -Friday 29th please see Mrs Topping in RT. This is the last
October Well done to all of the boys. Mrs Rigby chance to claim any of these items. Thank
was very proud of you! you
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
T.A. Talk
Week Shinewaves Competition
RP: Ellie Roberts Last week’s competition was to
RT: Grace Georgeson draw or make a haunted
1B: Joshua Halcrow Silver house. There were some very
1B: Ruby Pearce creative entries and it was
1D: Cerys Burrows Silver really hard to judge. So, in
1D: Eliot King consultation with Mrs Bentley,
we have decided to award two
1D: Hayley Mashall
prizes. For the time and effort
2M: Katie Halsall GOLD
put in to creating a three
2M: Jessica Hay
Mrs. Banks was the last of our T.A.s to be ‘targeted’ by storey house, including
2M: David Regan Silver dangling bats and a skeleton in
our reporters. Madeleine Jones, Borys Kurzeja-Ryan,
2W: Niamh Edmunds Silver Natasha Leadbetter and George Southern asked some the cupboard, a special family
2W: Isobel Mills interesting questions which, in return, were rewarded prize goes to Ishbel and Fraser
with some interesting answers. Cooke from 4CP and 1B. An
3K: Mia Feury
3K: Abigail Jones Silver Q. What did you do before coming to Norwood? additional prize, for making a
A. I worked in a Reception class in a school in Essex. house with lots of scary
3K: Heather Weights Silver
surprises, goes to Eva Bennet
3B: Lauren Merryfield Q. Who is your favourite singer or group?
A. Take That are a bit special! from 1D. Congratulations
4CP: Matthew Gregson Silver
Ishbel, Fraser and Eva!
4CP: Lucas Thaw Silver Q. What are your hobbies? This week the Eco Committee
4CP: Liam Townsley Silver A. Going to the gym after school and exercising on the
would like you to design a
rowing machine, before having a sauna
4JP: Leah Barry poster which will encourage
4JP: Nathan Onyett Silver Q. Which country do you think has the best food? everyone in school to save
A. China, I like Chinese food. water. Think about where and
5P: Faye Savasci
Q. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would how water is wasted (think
5M: Eleanor Kilduff
you go? taps and fountains especially)
5M: Emily Thornton
A. Australia because I want to cuddle a koala bear. and what can be done to stop
6M: David Berry
this. Make the message clear
Q. Do you have any pets?
6C: Georgia Crawford
A. Yes, a brown and white hamster who is loved very and make your design eye-
6C: Rachael Elston much. catching.
Pop your entries into the
competition post box, outside
Children in the Spotlight
the hall by next Tuesday
morning (9.3.10), with your
name and class on the back.
Olivia has
passed her
100m Library
Rainbow Library open after school on
swimming Wednesdays for children in
Award. Abbie passed Reception and Year 1.
Well done! her Grade 2
Violin Exam
Melissa Dinner Money
with merit.
received highly Ready Reckoner
Congratulation
commended for
her second gold 1 day = £1.55
Eleanor received commended in 2 days = £3.10
bar in River
her Bronze award for River 3 days = £4.65
Dancing. Wow!
4 days = £6.20
Dancing. Wonderful!
5 Days = £7.75
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