Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
Late arrivals – when a child arrives late for school in the morning, the impact is significant. Registers are taken at 8.50am and completed by 9am. If your child is late to class, the teacher has to delay the start or even stop the lesson, which starts at 9am, and register the child’s arrival. The interruption breaks the established concentration among the children and the teacher has to refocus their attention and restart the lesson. A certain amount of time is allocated during the morning for curriculum learning. A late child can have a detrimental effect on this teaching time. Please ensure your child is arriving at school from 8.40am when the gate opens, and is in their classroom by 8.50am for registration and ready to start lessons promptly at 9am. Thank you for your support.
Sports for Schools – Please could all children be sure to have their PE kits in school on Monday morning as we’re excited to be welcoming GB Athlete Luke Lennon-Ford to school during the afternoon of Tuesday 02 February! Luke Lennon-Ford will be leading some energetic fitness circuits with the children and hosting an assembly with a Q&A session to help inspire the children into more sport and exercise. We’re asking the school community to help by sponsoring the children to complete the fitness circuits in order to raise money for Woodcote Primary School to buy more sports equipment.
There are two easy ways to sponsor the children: using paper sponsorship form that your child will have brought home (more spare copies in the office), or just as easy, it takes a few minutes to create an online fundraising page for your child at www.sportsforschools.org/event/RG229 link. Thank you for your support.
Sainsbury’s Active Kids – vouchers will be available in store from 27th January – 3rd May 2016. Please collect these for our school and bring them to the Foyer to post in the collection box or post them through our post box. Please do not staple them together. The more vouchers are collected, the more we can spend on additional resources for school. Over the years we have bought playground equipment, such as stilts and skipping ropes, and gym equipment too..
Library Event – there will be a ‘Harry Potter Book Night’ on Thursday 4th February 5.30pm – 6.30pm in the Woodcote Community Library. The dress code is Wizarding robes or Harry Potter fancy dress. Free tickets are available from the library. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Cabin Pre-School – a fundraising quiz night has been organised at the Red Lion, in Woodcote, on Wednesday 17th February at 8pm. It would be great to see you there! Quiz teams need to book tables in advance with the Red Lion on 01491 680483. Complimentary food is available for those taking part. They will be donating all profits from the night to the Cabin Pre School. A Super prize draw will also be taking place on the night. Tickets are available for £1 from Cabin parents, from the Red Lion or direct from the Cabin!
Coffee Shop – FOWPS are holding a fundraising coffee shop at the Community Centre/Lion’s Den on Saturday February 6th. If you are able to help for the morning or are able to bake a cake or biscuits please let a member of FOWPS know or leave your name in the office.
School Term and Holiday Dates for 2016/17
Term 1 – Monday 5th Sept – Friday 21st October 2016.
Inset Day – Thursday 1st September 2016
Inset Day – Friday 2nd September 2016.
Term 2 – Monday 31st October – Friday 16th December 2016.
Christmas holiday – Monday 19th December 2016 – Friday 2nd January 2017.
Term 3 – Tuesday 3rd January – Friday 10th February 2017.
February holiday – Monday 13th February – Friday 17th February 2017.
Term 4 – Monday 20th February – 7th April 2017.
April holiday – Monday 10th April – Friday 21stApril 2017.
Term 5 – Monday 25th April – Friday 26th May 2017.
Spring Bank holiday – Monday 1st May 2017.
Late Spring holiday – Monday 29th May – Friday 2nd June 2017.
Term 6 – Monday 5th June – Friday 21st July 2017.
Further INSET days will be added. These will be communicated as soon as possible.
Christmas Market Update!
After a fabulous turn out at the Christmas Market , we are pleased to announce that we raised a marvellous £1684. This total will go towards various projects to improve the school. These include refurbishment of the girls toilets, staging and other equipment for school productions, and creating a vibrant and productive playground area. A huge thank you to all those who helped make this year’s Christmas Market a success through making donations, finding raffle items, setting up the stalls, working at a stall and clearing away afterwards.
The 100 Club. Have you joined?
Another way we raise funds is through our 100 Club. A great way for you to support us whilst having a bit of a flutter! Here’s how it works…
You complete and sign a membership form and either
– set up a Standing Order for £2 a month, or
– pay by cheque/cash at the Summer or Winter fair for the period to 31st December.
This buys you one membership number, which enters you into the monthly draw. All participants must be over 16.
A £30 draw will take place in the final assembly of each month with the exception of the two months in which the Summer and Winter fairs fall. In these months the normal draw is replaced with a special £200 draw at the fair. If you win, a cheque will be posted to your home address and the name of the winner published in the school’s monthly newsletter.
All profits raised go to FOWPS to help fund equipment, resources and opportunities for pupils.
If all 100 numbers were taken, this would raise a stunning £1700 for the school! We still have many unsold numbers! The lucky winner of the December 100 Club £30 draw was Lorna Tappern. If you are interested in joining the 100 Club and entering the monthly draws please see Amanda Lyons for more information.
School Angel
Did you know that by simply doing your shopping online via our unique link, you can raise funds for the school? Visit the school page here : http://www.schoolangel.org.uk/woodcote-primary-school.html. To raise funds for the Woodcote Primary School just click on any of the retailers listed on our page and do your shopping. All of the profit goes to help the school and you get exactly the same deal as if you had visited the retailers website direct. There is no need for you to create an account and they don’t need any of your personal details. School Angel will simply track your donation straight back to our school every time you visit!
What has FOWPS funded lately?
Are You a Football Fan? Would You like DISCOUNTED tickets?
FOWPS have an arrangement with Reading FC for discounted tickets!
You can purchase tickets for the Reading v Wolverhampton Wanderers game on Saturday 6thFebruary 2016 via this link. The deadline for parents is Friday 22nd January 2016.
https://next.fatsoma.com/woodcote-primary-school/qre4184t/reading-vs-wolverhampton-wanderers
REMEMBER; for every ticket purchased the school receives 1 loyalty point and can work our way to these great rewards!
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*Please note that Reading FC will post out physical tickets for all orders and all purchases will be sent to the school for verification to confirm that the child attends Woodcote Primary School. Any bookings will be void if this is proven to not be the case. If you have any questions, you can get hold of Matt Talmage directly on +44 (0) 118 968 1103 or alternatively call the Group and Events Department on 01189 681012.
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Our next event:
Many hands make light work!
As always, FOWPS is looking for helpers to help with the various fundraising initiatives we will be organising between now and the end of this school year. If you are happy to help at cake sales, the coffee shop, the summer fair, school discos or with serving teas at various school functions, please let us now. It would be amazing if everyone gave even as little as a half hour each. You can reach us on our email address fowps@woodcote-primary.co.uk , speak to any of the committee or your class rep!
