The document is a school newsletter from Norwood Primary School that provides information on upcoming events and activities. It announces that Year 6 students will begin making toast to sell at break time the following week. It also details an arts festival design competition for a logo and invites entries for a costume design competition for a local dramatic club's production. The newsletter encourages parents to check book bags for letters and to keep newsletters safe so that students do not miss opportunities.

1. Norwood News
Issue 3 17th September 2010
Arts Festival Countdown Menu
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Week
41 weeks to go
Flamenco Dancing YR6
TERM DATES
Autumn Term 2010 In Year 6 we have been learning about Flamenco Dancing. Flamenco is the traditional
New to Reception Children song and dance of the Gypsies (Flamenco) of Andalusia in Southern Spain. The roots of
Start full time from Flamenco came from different cultures and countries, such as Egypt and India.
Monday 20th September Flamenco is a Folk Art, around 200 years old. Flamenco exists in three forms: Cante,
Half term: (the song), Baile, (the dance) and Guitarra, (guitar playing). Last Friday, we even learnt
Monday 25th -Friday 29th some Flamenco steps. It was really fun, but extremely tiring with all that clapping and
October
stamping of our feet. Written by Melissa Heyes
School closed:
Monday 1st November
(Staff training day)
Term Ends:
Friday 17th December. School
closes at 2pm
Spring Term 2011
Children return to school
Wednesday 5th January at
8.55am
Half Term:
Monday 14th-Friday 18th
February
Term Ends:
Friday 1st April. School closes
at 2pm
Summer Term 2011
Children return to school
Tuesday 19th April at 8.55am
School closed:
Good Friday 22nd April
Easter Monday 25th April
Children return to school
Tuesday 26th April at 8.55am
School closed:
Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May
Half Term:
Mon 30th May-Fri 3rd June
School closed:
Friday 1st July
(Staff training day) Upcoming dates for your diary
Term Ends:
Friday 22nd July. School closes Photographs
at 2pm
Ward Hendry will be in the school to take individual photographs Thursday
30th September
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
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2. Children in the Spotlight
Jack came 1st in the Junior Open 2010 at Southport Leisure Lakes Golf Academy. Wonderful!
Naomi has achieved her 400m swimming certificate. Fantastic!
Adam has achieved his 25m Rainbow Swimming Award. Terrific!
Handy Tips to Help Your Child
World’s Biggest Coffee Morning
In aid of Macmillan Cancer Support
Friday 24th September, 9.15-11am
In the activities room. After a very busy day in school it is easy for any child to
Cake and Tombola stall, any donations welcome forget where they should go at 3.15 pm and who
Come along and bring a friend. will be picking them up. To encourage your child’s
independence and develop
their life skills try to keep a little notebook in their book
bag and write down for them these daily arrangements
and encourage them to refer to the book. Whilst this is
helping your child to be able to help
them themselves, this would also serve as a reminder for
the class teacher.
After all, as adults we have developed strategies for coping
with our busy schedules by keeping reminders
Arrangements for Going Home
and making lists. If your child has this bit of reassurance it
Children must wait on the playground to be
will build their confidence and lead to a
collected for safety reasons. If other
positive outcome which will benefit family life in the long
arrangements are made, i.e. for your child to term. For children in the Infant Department,
wait outside of the school grounds, please let please write this information in a short note and encourage
the class teachers know. your child to give it to the class teacher at the beginning
of the day.
News team Molly Glinn, Hannah Tear, Megan Powderly, Jamie Russell, Katy Watkinson, Taylor McKenzie & Finn Cromack

3. Spanish Day
The entire school went Spanish for the day last Friday. On the front page are YR 6 children Flamenco dancing and the
following are pictures from around the school of all the fun activities during the day.
YR 2 children really enjoyed the experience!
YR1 showing YR6 how it’s done!
2W and 2M are learning about Spain. We went into the hall
and did Flamenco dancing and Matador dancing. We made
castanets, fairy cakes, headbands, jewellery and fans.
Rachel Hooton. 2W
We made cakes. We did Spanish dancing. We made Spanish
jewellery. We made Spanish hats. We learnt to count up to
ten in Spanish. We learnt the colours in Spanish. We made
fans. Rebecca Kilduff 2M
We made fans and castanets. We made a dance but they
weren't loud enough so we had to stop. We made puppets.
We coloured them in. We did everything that was fun. Kyla
Blackburn 2W
We made Matador hats. We made pasta jewellery. We learnt
to count to ten in Spanish. We learnt to say all the colours in
YR 3 Spanish. Jay Curran 2M
Star, Spencer, Natasha, Sian and
Grace have been making Spanish
flags and designing their own Joshua and Rosie are busy designing a fan and a bull
Matador suits and flamenco dresses. fighting poster.
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

4. YR 3
Star of the Week
6C: Megan Ellis Brooke, Niamh,
Sophie & Grace
6C: Sophie Wright
dressed up as
6P: Thea Moore
flamenco dancers.
5M: Matthew Gregson
5B: Joe Rimmer
4M: Katie Watkinson
4M: Cameron Dodsworth
4P: Declan Broadbent
4P: Adam Mills
3K: Joshua Kamel Year 4 enjoyed picking blackberries from Norwood woods to make a delicious
3K: Sian Drummond non-alcoholic Sangria. After a vote they decided to mix it with lemonade and
pineapple juice. Their favourite was pineapple.
3H: Emma Gregson
We also enjoyed making a Spanish omelette and learning the days of the week in
3H: David Regan
Spanish. Did you know that when the Spanish write the days of the week they
2W: Tyler Scutt
don't use capital letters?
2M: Jamie Roberts
Everyone in Year 4 thought that Spanish Day was 'Phenomenal' and deserved a
1B: Kai Little big thumbs up! We would like to thank all of the staff for letting us have a Spanish
1D: Ellie Roberts day and for all their hard work!
Maddie Heyes, Katy Watkinson, Jamie Russell & Heather Weights
YR 4 Singing the days of the week ‘Army Style’ in Spanish!
YR 4 making non alcoholic Sangria! YR 4 drinking non alcoholic Sangria!
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

5. YR 5 Spanish Day
First of all, we decided to do a mind map of Spain. All the class managed to do their own mind map. The categories were:
people, tourism, climate, landscape, spanish food and famous Spaniards. We all thought it was a real map that guides you
through certain places but Mrs McCarthy showed us what a real mind map was with a very good example.
We also coloured in a Spanish flag. The pencils were sharpened 2 or 3 times but we managed to finish them and make
them nice and colourful. It didn’t take us just one day and people started to get sore fingers, but we managed to finish
them in the end.
Our kind teachers did not make us draw maps of Europe. Luckily we had a printed copy, ready for us to colour and label.
Next we had to compare Southport and Torremolinos. Southport was easy but Torremolinos was trickier.
Later on, we learned about the popular Spanish festival La Tomitana where people throw enormous amounts of extra ripe
tomatoes. The festival starts at around 10 or 11 0’clock. Lots of visitors attend the festival which is good for the town of
Bunol and its people.
We also did some research on the laptops about Spanish islands including The Balearics and The Canaries, interesting
landmarks and Spanish Culture. Every child had a different fact to write down.
Y5 also watched a cookery demonstration of a tasty Spanish dish, Chicken Basque. One of the pupils commented, and
this is what they remarked ‘It was nice and tasty and personally I could have eaten it all!’
Our final activity was to look at the work of a Spanish architect, Antoni Gaudi who is famous for designing buildings. We
created our own building designs using his ideas.
It was a fantastic week!
Ishbel, Nia & Anya
Shinewaves Competition Time
We are keeping last weeks competition open for ONE MORE WEEK.
This year is an ARTS FESTIVAL year. Norwood is renowned for its Arts Festivals. The theme of the festival, this year, is
‘Once Upon A Time’
The competition is to design a festival logo. It must be a black and white design, either drawn or computer generated. It
must be enclosed in a shape around 8cm wide by 5cm high and can include an image if you wish. The following
information must be included: The words ‘Arts Festival’, the date ‘4th - 15th July’. All Norwood pupils are invited to enter
and there will be a prize for the winner.
The winning logo will be incorporated into the t-shirt. There will be another competition next year to design the image for
the t-shirt. so, get designing!
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

6. KS2 Toast
Starting from Friday 24th September Year 6 children will be making and selling slices of toast at morning break time. If
you wish for your child to have the toast the cost will be 10p per slice. Initially toast will restricted to one slice per child
(until we have a better idea of numbers). As we anticipate that demand will be high we request that your child brings in
the exact amount of money.
All Souls Dramatic Club present their 2010
Costume Design Competition
We are looking for a KS2 pupil to design a fabulous blue and silver
costume for our pantomime dame to wear at the ball in our January
production of Sleeping Beauty.
1st Prize-Your design will be made and worn by our pantomime dame
when she goes to the ball! 4 show tickets and a backstage pass to
meet the dame after the show. 2nd Prize-2 show tickets and a
backstage pass to meet the dame after the show. 3rd Prize-2 show
tickets.
Deadline for entries is Monday 18th of October 2010. Draw your design
on an A4 peice of paper and put the following details on the back, your
name, school phone number, age and home address. Hand your
design in to your teacher. Finalists will be invited to a presentation on
the 10th November where the finalists designs will be on display. The
winner and runners up will be announced on the night. More
information can be found on our website.
Keep Newsletters safe
It is always good practice to check your child’s
book bags for newsletters and letters.
PTA This is an opportunity for you to find out what is
AGM meeting available for your child here at Norwood, to find
Wednesday 29th September out what is happening throughout the school and
7pm in the local community. We don’t want your child
School Hall. to miss out on any opportunities.
Remember to make this information available to
child minders, grandparents and friends. A copy
of the latest newsletter can be found on the
website. Please ask at the school office for
another copy if you need one.
www.norwoodprimaryschool.com
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