Archive for July, 2010
Diving For A Difference!
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010Alexander Burland – currently in the Koalas class at school – is a bright and happy 5 year old who has Cerebral Palsy. His condition means that he has limited mobility, he can not stand or walk unaided and finds many of the movements we take for granted difficult.
St.Louis Children’s Hospital in America has offered Alexander the chance of life changing surgery – Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy. If Alex is to have this surgery the predicted outcome is that he will be able, among other things, to walk independently using crutches – he currently uses a wheelchair or walking frames. It will also improve his posture and many day to day activities such as dressing and self care will be much easier.
To enable Alexander to make this trip his family need to raise in excess of £40,000. It is hoped that, as a school, we can help them make a great start towards achieving this massive sum.
Mrs Betts has organised a Sky Diving event and will be jumping along with Mr Calcutt, Alexander’s mum (who decided she couldn’t just stand by and watch!) and another friend of the family! The tandem dive will take place on Saturday 18th September 2010.
Sponsor forms have been sent out (or can be found by following the link below). Forms need to be returned to school by Friday 17th September. It is up to you whether you want to collect money from people as they state their donation or if you wish to wait until after the big jump! There will be photographic evidence to prove that we jumped both in school and on the website at the end of September!
Please sponsor us if you can and remember every little bit counts.
If you need any more information, have any questions or want to know how else you can donate please contact Mrs. Betts. Many thanks in advance for your support!!
Walk To Endcliffe
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010The whole school went on a walk to Endcliffe Park on the last week of term. The children had lots of fun playing in the playground and the staff even joined in too! We had lots of parent helpers and some of our school Governors even joined in too!
It was also really nice to have all of the children together before the Year 2′s left for the Juniors.
Parent Questionnaires
Friday, July 16th, 2010Thank you to all of you who filled out a Parent Questionnaire back in March. Mrs Prigmore has been busy typing up all of your feedback which is available to view in school on the notice board in the main entrance or by clicking on the link below.
We gained some really positive feedback and were thrilled with a lot of the comments, so thank you all for your glowing reviews! We work hard as a school to provide a happy and positive environment and are pleased that we are succeeding to do so!
Parent Questionnaires 22nd March 2010
New School Logo!
Friday, July 16th, 2010
We recently held a competition to design a new logo for the school. After much deliberation – 5 winning entries were chosen. Our new logo incorporates elements from all 5 winning designs:
* The circular text around the outside of the logo was based on Olivia Corke’s design.
* The rainbow colours were taken from the rainbow drawn by Emily Mangle.
* The sheild shape was from Charlotte Nelson’s entry.
* The children’s faces were based on Emma Willatt’s illustrations.
* And the tree element was taken from Tree’s being the predominant element in Mahriyah Ali’s design.
Well done to all our winners and to all those who entered! We now have a logo to be proud of!
Summer Holiday Activities
Friday, July 16th, 2010Go For It!
EPA Summer Fete
Sunday, July 4th, 2010The EPA Summer Fete was held on Saturday 3rd July. We were honoured to have the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to open the proceedings! The EPA, staff and parent helpers worked extremely hard to provide an exciting and fun event which was enjoyed by visitors from all over Sheffield!
Cutting The Ribbon
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg
Autograph Hunters!
Junk Model Competition
Cake Baking Competition
Jonah Raby - Winner of the Smiley Paces Race!
More pictures can be found here
Children’s Centre Launch Event
Thursday, July 1st, 2010We held our grand opening for the new Children’s Centre on Thursday 1st July! We had a ribbon cutting ceremony with lots of visitors including council representatives, school governors and some of the Kier team (including their mascot Kieran!) who worked hard to get the build finished on time!
Kieran Meeting the Pupils
Ecclesall Infant Pupils watching the Launch!
Cutting the Ribbon!
The Children's Centre is now Launched!
The Centre will be available to book from September 2010. Please call the school on 0114 266 3137 (option 2) for more information, or alternatively speak to the Council on 0114 281 1881.
Useful Websites:
www.sheffield.gov.uk/childrenscentres
