Wyke Regis Junior School

Last Friday an 11 aside Wyke Regis Junior team beat Holy Trinity 3-0. Max Bailey scored a hat trick in the victory. Wyke are through to the next round of the competition where they will play Dorchester Middle School. Well done Lads.

As you can see the Fairtrade Go Bananas day was a great success, pictured above are just some of the children who bought in or bought  from the school a Fairtrade Banana.

A big thank you to the Co-op and the Weymouth Fairtrade Group for their support in helping us celebrate Fairtrade.

A total of 170 fairtrade Bananas were eaten along with many other fairtrade items. What a fantastic day!

Mrs Garland and Mrs Blackwood.

Last week our whole school took part in National Sing Up Day. We chose our three top favourite hymns, every year group performed a song to the rest of the school, the school choir sang and so did the staff choir. It was great! We heard some fantastic singing and it put everyone in a really happy mood for the rest of the day!

You can listen to some of our songs by clicking the list below.

1. Y6 – Pack up Your Troubles and it’s a Long way to Tippearary
2. Y4 –Roll the old Chariot Along
3. Our favourite hymn – There’s a Song of Exultation
4. School Choir – Chatanooga Choo Choo

World Book Day is the biggest annual celebration of books and reading in the UK and Ireland.  We will be joining in by encouraging our children to bring in a favourite book on the day. World Book Day 2010 in the UK and Ireland will take place on Thursday 4th March. Please note that this date applies to the UK and Ireland only.  The initiative is so well established in schools here that we want to make sure that the Day happens in term time to really make the most of this opportunity to celebrate books and reading. Most other countries hold World Book Day on 23rd April every year.

Thanks to the generosity of National Book Tokens Ltd and numerous participating booksellers, school children are entitled to receive a World Book Day £1 Book Token (or equivalent €1.50 Book Token in Ireland). The Book Token can be exchanged for one of the six specially published World Book Day £1 Books (where stocked and while stocks last), or is redeemable against any book or audiobook of their choice at a participating bookshop or book club (terms and conditions apply).

Hundreds of thousands of people in Great Britain and Ireland will Go Bananas!

We will be taking part by encouraging everyone to buy and eat a Firtrade Banana this Friday or swapping a normal piece of fruit for a fair trade version, check back soon for photos from the day. For more information see Mrs Garland.

Your Parent Support Advisers Jackie Pointer and Debbie Alley will be holding a drop in session where you will be able to discuss any issues affecting your family or your child’s school life.

The session will be very informal and you can pop in any time during the morning for a chat and coffee. However, if you would like to talk in private please feel free to make an appointment with either Jackie or Debbie on 01305 786041

Think B4 U post.

Safer Internet Day is organised by Insafe each year in February to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world. The topic for 2010 is “Think B4 U post!”.

In 2009 Safer Internet Day was celebrated through 500 events in 50 countries all over the world.

You can get more information on internet safety on our e-safety pages.

We are really thrilled that two pieces of artwork from our Creative Arts week have been selected by the National Gallery for their Take One Picture exhibition.

They are the Parisian street scene by last year’s Y6 children and the Rain and Sunshine weaving by Y4. Well done to all the children involved and thank you to Jane Burden, the artist who worked on the projects with the children.

I would like to thank everyone who took part in Hats For Haiti, it was a great success and created quite a stir with all of the varied and wonderful hats that the children and staff chose to wear. We raised £215 that will be donated to the appeal to help those in dire need in Haiti.

Home / School Communication via Internet & Email.

The first of 5 Free sessions for Parents and  Carers who want to gain computer know-how in how to communicate with school / staff and to aid their child’s learning started yesterday. The course is run by Dorset Adult Learning  and runs on Thursdays between 1 – 3pm. untlill March4th If you want more information then call Mary Appleton on 01305 830663.