Pakistan Flood Appeal

1. School and Community News Issue 4 (10-11) Friday 22nd October 2010 Pakistan Flood Appeal Thank you for the donations of copper coins which have been coming into school in support of the Pakistan Flood Appeal. We will let you know how much has been raised for this worthy cause as soon as we have a final figure. Thanks for Life - End Polio Now We ended last term with a mufti day to help raise money for the ‘End Polio Now’ campaign. We would like to share the letter of thanks we received from the Rotary Club in response to our contribution. “The members of the Rotary Club of Feltham wish to thank you, the staff and the students of Edward Pauling Primary School for the wonderful contribution you have made to the Rotary’s End Polio Now campaign. Your school’s efforts alone mean that, coupled with the matching grant made by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, over 1500 children will be vaccinated and immunised against polio. This means that 1500 young lives will be saved from this debilitating disease. We have had a long association with Edward Pauling…and trust that the school will continue to think of us as friends in the community. “ Concerns If you have a concern regarding your child please remember to make an appointment with your child’s Class Teacher - a word at the door for serious concerns is not sufficient. If, following your meeting, you feel that your concerns have not been adequately resolved please come to the School Office to make an appointment to meet with a more senior member of staff. National Film Week As part of National Film Week the children in Years 1 – 6 were fortunate enough to be invited to watch a film for free. Jacob Persaudin Purple Class wrote about his experience at Cineworld in Feltham: “I went to the cinema with my friends to watch a film. We watched ‘Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs’. I liked the ice cream part when the children throw snowballs. I like movies.” Scott Atkinson in Coral Class also wrote about going to the cinema: “We went to the cinema on Friday 15th October. We watched ‘Arthur and the Invisibles’. I thought the film was good. It was a cartoon film about a boy trying to find his grandpa, and some little people who lived underground. When the film finished we walked back to school sensibly.” Shigella Outbreak Over At the beginning of the week the Health Protection Agency declared that the mild outbreak of shigella sonnei within the school was over. As a result if your child wishes to have a water bottle in school they may bring one in after half term. It should be clearly labelled with your child’s name. Also please ensure that you send back your child’s P.E. kit back on Monday 1st November after it has been washed. Behaviour Letter Earlier this week your child brought home a letter regarding appropriate behaviour from parents whilst on school grounds. About 50% of these slips have already been returned and we would like to thank those parents who were so prompt in responding to this request. If you have not done so already, please sign the slip on the bottom of the letter and return it to your child’s Class Teacher

2. Dates For Your Diary Autumn Term 22nd Oct - Diwali Assembly 25th Oct – 29th Oct – Half Term 4th Nov – Bag 2 School Day 10th -12th Nov – Book Fair 12th Nov – Book Character Day 18th Nov – Reception Parents’ Maths Meeting 3rd Dec – Christmas Fair 9th & 10th Dec – Infant Christmas Production 17th Dec – Last Day of Autumn Term Spring Term 4th Jan – Children Return to School 21st – 25th Feb – Half Term 28th Feb – Training Day No School For Children 1st Mar - Children Return to School 8th April - Last Day of Spring Term Summer Term 26th April - Children Return to School 2nd May - Bank Holiday 9th May – Yr 6 SATs Week 30th May – 3rd June – Half Term 18th June – School Summer Fair 21st July - Last Day of Summer Term Applications for Secondary Schools and Reception Places Today is the last day that secondary school applications can be handed into the School Office.Applications can still be sent either on line or directly to the civic centre until Sunday 31st October. Nursery children will have received application forms for reception places today. Please read the accompanying brochure. If you have any queries regarding the application process please do not hesitate to ask either the Nursery or office staff. Late submissions will affect your child’s application. Friends of Edward Pauling Primary School Bag 2 School Yesterday each child received a blue plastic bag as part of the Bag 2 School scheme. We are requesting that the bags be filled with good quality clothes, curtains, bedding, soft toys, shoes, hats and handbags. The school will receive 40pence per kilo collected. Please bring your filled bags to the school bicycle shed on Thursday 4th November ready for collection on Friday 5th November at 2.30pm. Please do not bring your bags to school before this date as we do not have the space to store them. This is a scheme that the school has successfully participated in before and which raised £304 for school funds. Let’s see if we can do even better this time! Holiday Schemes The following schools are all running playschemes for the half term week: Crane Park Primary School – 07857 893 720 Sparrow Farm Infant School – 020 8587 0330 Southville Junior School – 020 8890 9873 Smallberry Green Primary Sch – 07986 808 714 Green Dragon Primary School – 07788 851 514 Marlborough Primary School – 020 8560 9299 For further information please contact the schemes directly. Parents’ Request Parents have asked us yet again to remind all children and adults that no-one should be cycling over the pedestrian footbridge for everyone’s safety. Good Citizen Recent School Good Citizens have been: 15th Oct - Ryan Partridge – Amethyst 22nd Oct – Bradley Norman – Turq Class Attendance Figures Congratulations to all the good attendees. The class with the best attendance last week was: 15th Sept – Coral – 96.6% In addition, the following classes all achieved 95% or above: Topaz, Turquoise, Aqua. Match Report By Cavan Letch “On Wednesday 20th October me, Kane Blackett, Ben Zend, Jordan Edmund, Connor Smith, Raphael Campbell, Ryan Partridge and Callum Ewing went to Longford School for a football tournament against Fairholme, Southville and Bedfont Primary Schools. It was pretty cold when we got there but we warmed up quickly. On the first match against Bedfont, we played well but after about three minutes they scored their first goal. Then about five minutes after that they scored their second goal. On the second match, Southville scored in seven minutes and beat us, 1-0. On the last match we played Fairholme. After five minutes they scored, but four minutes later I scored a goal so the final result was a one all draw.”