This newsletter from Norwood Primary School provides information about upcoming term dates and events. It recognizes students who were named "Stars of the Week" and highlights various accomplishments of students, including swimming awards and sports team results. It also announces the class placements for the next school year and encourages children to participate in the local library's summer reading challenge program.

1. Norwood
10th July 2009
NEWS  Issue No.38
Term Dates Stars of the week
We would like to congratulate the following children for being Stars of the Week!
Summer Term 2009
DON’T FORGET SCHOOL CLOSED ON MONDAY -13th July RD Jamie Shaw (silver) 3B Megan Powderly (silver)
PLEASE ADJUST DINNER MONEY TO £6.20
Production of ‘Oliver’ Wednesday 15th July at 7.15pm RD Gabriella Niemen (silver) 3B Nia Pagana (silver)
Eco Centre Visit for School Council & Eco committee: Friday 17th July. RP Joshua Leddy (silver) 3R Freya Hanson-Lewis (silver)
Year 6 Leavers Service: Tuesday 21st July at Leyland Road RP Nancy Whiteside (silver) 4CP Sally Murray (silver)
Methodist Church. Coffee served for Year 6 parents from 9.00 am.
Last week of term:
1K Jasmine Hitchcock (silver) 4CP Megan Fyles (silver)
Dinner money for Monday 20th & Tuesday 21st July will be £3.10 1K Bethany Southern (silver) 4JP Erin Thornton (silver)
School closes for Summer holiday: Tuesday 21st July at 2.00 pm. 1K Katie Badley (gold) 4JP Abbi Wilson (gold)
Autumn Term 2009 1B Emily James (silver) 5P Liam Campbell (gold)
Children return to school: Thursday 3rd September
1B Morgan Dodsworth (gold) 5M Luke Dempster (silver)
Year R start part time: Monday 7th September
Year R start full time Monday 21st September 2L Ollie Rimmer (silver) 5MHannah Bushell (gold)
Half Term: Monday 26th - Friday 30th October (inc.) 2L Cerys Valentine (silver) 6C at Llangollen
School closed: Staff Training day - Monday 2nd November. 2M Emily Hagan (silver) 6M at Llangollen
Children return to school: Tuesday 3rd November
School closes for Christmas holiday: Friday 18th December at 2 pm. 2M Lewis Taylor (silver)
Please update your diary with new dates which are added each week. Gold and silver is awarded to children who have previously received star of the week.
Children in the Spotlight Class changes for 2009-10
We are pleased to announce the classes for September
2009, which are as follows:
 Emily Berry has league. Jamie was awarded Was Will Be With
 gained her 25m Rainbow the Manager’s Player of the
Swimming Award. Fantastic! Year. Congratulations!
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RP
RT
Mrs Piggott
Mrs Thorpe
 Ashley Gavan, RD 1B Mrs Baron
 Hannah Brookfield RP 1D Mr Doupe
has achieved her Level Matthew Van Sprang
1B 2W Miss Wainwright
7 swimming award. Well Rimmer, Daniel 1K 2M Mrs Murray
done! Lawrence, Tom 2L 3B Mrs Bentley
Langford, Owen Taylor
 Cameron Heyes & Tom Mitchell’s
2M 3K Mrs Kenrick
has gained his 10m & 3B 4CP Mrs Phelps
team came 3rd in a recent 3R 4JP Mrs Perrett
 25m swimming awards.
Congratulations!
Football Tournament.
Congratulations!
4CP
4JP
5P
5M
Mr Postlethwaite
Mrs McCarthy
 Lewis Taylor, Ben  Aaron Rimmer took 5M 6C Mrs Coleman
Drummond, Jamie part in the Charity Fun
5P 6M Miss McCarthy
Russell & Oliver Green Festival 2009 & was the Miss Wainwright was appointed this week and is joining us
are members of Southport from Edge Hill University. The children will also benefit from
Goalkeeper for his football
Trinity U7’s Football team specialist subject teaching from Mrs. Goulden, Mrs. Ashcroft,
team who were the Team of
who came 3rd in their Mrs. Rigby and Mrs. Taylor.
the Day. Well done!
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Norwood Crescent, Southport, PR9 7DU. Tel: 01704 211960. Fax: 01704 232712
Head Teacher: Mr Lee Dumbell. Email: admin.norwood@schools.sefton.gov.uk
www.norwoodprimaryschool.com

2. NEWS from around and about Norwood
MUGA Playground Holiday Activities
Equipment Team Read at your local Library
Get down to your local library this summer
and you’ll find a magical challenge waiting
for children as part of the Summer Reading
challenge 2009.
Visit www.questseekers.org.uk for further
information. The children were introduced
to it at a recent assembly. And it’s all free!
Tennis Summer Camp
Activities run by LTA Licensed Coaches
are available at this camp which takes
place at Southbank Tennis Club, The
The new play equipment in the school yard is time tabled for children to use Rookery Sports Ground, off Roe Lane.
throughout the school day. We also make it available to the After School Please contact Keith Eckersall Tel: 0777
Club. Therefore we request that parents do not allow their children to use 282 5548 or email: eckerskeith@aol.com
this equipment at 3.15 pm. for more details.
Speakeasy Course Gymnastics Summer School
Congratulations to all parents, who recently attended a Speakeasy Course Marshside Gymnastics Club will be running its Summer School at
with Kim Taylor & Annie Quinn. The following parents should be very proud ‘Swimscool’ in Slaidburn Crescent and at Stanley High School for 4
of themselves, at gaining Level 2 accreditation. weeks during the summer holidays. Please contact Kevin and Gill
Karen Bishop, Eileen Cockwill, Claire Finn, Heidi Halsall, Sadie Heyes, Andy Corcoran on 212067 for further information.
King, Elaine Leddy, Carol Morgan, Joanne Pagan, Louise Roughley, Tracy
Scutt, Claire Stewart, Mary Whitehead & Sandra Wilkinson.
We look forward to a celebration lunch in October, with the presentation of FAMILY FUN DAY
the Open College certificates. Well done & thank you for all your hard work &
enthusiasm. Stanley High School – Saturday 18th July 2-4 pm. All profits will go to
improving the service of ‘New Generation’ - a local children’s club in
Summer Fair Raffle Prize Winners search of new premises. Admission free. Contact Kerris Tel: 547097.
Congratulations to all the winners of the
raffle prizes at our Summer Fair. We
5th Family Prize – Family ticket
The Bugman by Errin Telford 4CP
hope they have been able to enjoy these
exciting treats! Our appreciation goes to for Martin Mere, 2 Complimentary
Gill Gaskell and all those who donated Tickets for Sandcastles, Girls &
these excellent prizes. If you know of any Boys Toothbrush holders & sweets
contacts who could donate in the future
please can you let Gill know. Janet Marshall
6th Prize – Night Out – Tickets
1st Prize - £100 cash, Cuddly for Vue Cinema, 4 tickets for
toy, Bottle of Champagne Southport Theatre, £25 voucher for
Mr & Mrs J. Roughley a meal at Pizzeria Italia
Sandra Wilkinson As I walked into the classroom, orange legs and was a brown
2nd Prize - £50 cash, Cuddly something amazing caught my colour. It was a millipede, but
Toy, 2 bottles of wine 7th Prize – Night out at Premier eye and I knew something great not an ordinary millipede, this
Julie Marshall Inn for 4 inc. Breakfast – Choc. Wine was about to happen. Curiously, millipede was 20 cm long
D. Bilsborough I sat down and studied the and 2cm thick. When I held it,
3rd Prize – Ladies prize £25, dazzling, blue box with the words because it had so many legs, it
Hugo Boss toiletries, Family Lunch 8th Prize – Cleaning – Two hours ‘THE BUG BOX’ printed neatly tickled me.
at the Royal Clifton & Wine cleaning by professional company & upon the side. Mr Swailes who I will never forget that day and all
cleaning products was sitting next to it introduced the different bugs I saw. I would
Lisa Cowling himself. love to meet the bugman and his
Mrs C. Phelps My favourite creature had 256 bugs again!
4th Prize – Mens Prize £25Hugo
Boss toiletries, Lunch for two at the Golf Day at Mottram Hall
Ramada Hotel & Wine Graeme Simpson Thank you to the Champion Newspaper for their
Nicole Ferrier (Mr Dumbell’s brother) support in developing our newsletter.

3. NEWS from around and about Norwood
Junior Children’s University
Sports Day
The Juniors’ were blessed with good weather for their annual Sport’s Day.
Graduation 2009
A great time was had by all. Many thanks for the parent’s support on the
day. Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 were mixed up into teams named after countries
and each took part in 10 different activities scoring points on each event for
their skill, accuracy or speed. Points were also awarded for teamwork and
co-operation.
The morning culminated with the sprint races: Year 3 Boys – Tom Mitchell,
Year 3 Girls - Ishbel Cooke, Year 4 Boys - Jamie Hough, Year 4 Girls – Errin
Telford, Year 5 Boys – Callum Roughley, Year 5 Girls Lucy Dutton, Year 6
Boys - Jack Wilson & Year 6 Girls – Hannah Jolly
Congratulations to the winning team France!
On Wednesday 24th June, thirteen Year 6 & eight Year 2 children
attended a Graduation Ceremony at Edge Hill University. These children
had gained the necessary credits by taking part in a range of extra-
curricular activities. The children are pictured in the University’s grounds
prior to the ceremony & inside the Faculty of Health building..
Bryoni Ashton, Lilly Cockwill, Sophie Edwards, Georgia Hough,
Daniel Monahan Malraux Irvine, Hannah Jolly, Alex Nolan, Katy Rigby,
aiming at a target Elisha Russell, Megan Seath, Bethan Todd, Georgina Walkerdine,
Maddie Hayes, Stephanie Hendry, Patrick Kilduff, Lauren Merryfield,
Luke Prendergast (absent), Ollie Rimmer, Robert Watson
& Heather Weights.
Malraux Irvine running
with a baton over hurdles.
School Menu
Congratulations to the Junior Menu 3
Sports Day winners France!

4. NEWS from around and about Norwood
Reception Butterflies
Children in Reception have been observing the life cycle of the The caterpillars were hairy (Rebecca Kilduff)
butterfly and enjoyed releasing them into the open air recently. The caterpillars were so big
In their own words here’s what they had to say about it… they turned into cocoons (Henry Watkinson)
They were a caterpillar first, then a cocoon,
then a butterfly (Owen McKenzie)
There were 9 butterflies (Brooke McFord)
We shouted “Come on butterfly…” (Harry Hopkins)
They flew out one at a time (Nicole Helsby)
One couldn’t get out and we had to help it (Toby Vickers)
Finally it flew away (Arran Peacock)
It looked like they were blowing away (Pascal Saleta)
One landed near us (Jack Barton)