Garthwaite Crescent, Shenley Brook End, Milton Keynes, MK5

LONG MEADOW SCHOOLGarthwaite Crescent, Shenley Brook End, Milton Keynes, MK5 7XX(01908 508678 – fax: 01908 520630)e-mail: office@longmeadow.milton-keynes.sch.ukweb: www.longmeadow.milton-keynes.sch.ukHeadteacher: Sue DaviesNewsletter Number: 191 Thursday 1st March 2018HEADLINES:HEADTEACHER’S DIARYNAGs updatePhoto galleryParking issues!!Long Meadow winSilver Award for musicLooking out of the window as Iwrite, it doesn’t look much likeSpring! Hopefully the weather willbegin to improve soon and we willbe able to enjoy being outside more.At Long Meadow we encourage our childrento learn in the outside environment as muchas possible and I know that many of ourchildren really enjoy taking their learningoutside. We are looking forward to startingForest School sessions again after Easter andwe are grateful to Mr Roe for leading thesesessions. Mr Roe also works with our JuniorPark Rangers and our Junior NeighbourhoodAction Group – these children are very proactive about helping us all to understand howwe can look after our environment.Thank you to parents who came along tosupport our Fair Trade Friday Afternoon Teaevent last week. We are pleased to report thatwe were able to raise the sum of 62.50 whichhas been sent to the Fair Trade charity.Maybe more importantly, as a result of ourcurriculum being linked to Fair Trade lastweek, our children have a really goodunderstanding of how they can make adifference to the lives of other people. Thankyou to Miss Peacock for organising Fair TradeWeek and the fundraising event on Fair TradeFriday.Best wishesMrs DaviesDates for your diary:19.02.18 First day of half termFair Trade week at school01.03.18 World Book Day – whole schooldress up06.03.18 2GF Frogs Class Assembly14.03.18 Y3 & Y4 Performance15.03.18 Y3 & Y4 Performance16.03.18 Maths Day21.03.18 EYs & KS1 Awards Assembly pm22.03.18 Y3 & Y4 Awards Assembly amY5 & Y6 Awards Assembly pmEverdon Trip Meeting for parents23.03.18 Last day of term09.04.18 First day of Summer TermACADEMIC YEAR 2017-18Autumn Term 2017Mon 4 Sept Fri 20.OctTues 31 Oct Fri 15 DecSpring Term 2018Wed 3 JanFri 9 FebMon 19 Feb Fri 23 MarchSummer Term 2018Mon 9 April Fri 25 MayTues 5 June Fri 20 JulTraining days – these fall outside the termdates shown above. They are:01.09.17,30.10.17, 02.01.18, 04.06.18, 23.07.18ACADEMIC YEAR 2018-19Autumn Term 2018Tues 4 Sept Thur 25 OctMon 5 NovFri 21 DecSpring Term 2019Mon 7 JanFri 15 FebTues 26 Feb Fri 5 AprilSummer Term 2019Tues 23 April Fri 24 MayMon 3 JuneFri 19 JulyTraining days – these fall outside the termdates show above. They are: 03.09.18,26.10.18, 04.01.19, 25.02.19, 22.07.19PALS have a twitter account. Parentscan follow them or find out aboutupcomingeventson:@PALSLongMeadowNEXT EVENTS: 01.03.18 PALS disco forchildrenWorld Book Day – 1st March2018Thank you to everyone whodressed up as a book characterfor World Book Day. Despitethe snowy conditions, lots ofchildren and staff managed tocome to school dressed in someamazing costumes.THOUGHTFUL AND COURTEOUS CAR PARKINGWould everyone who uses the car park at the front of the school please beaware of the allocated parking spaces, disabled parking spaces, double yellowlines and white zig zag lines that are printed on the road. We have recentlyreceived complaints from local residents about cars blocking their drivewaysand, of course, this is not acceptable as we are part of the local community andneed to be considerate to all of our neighbours. We understand that the carpark is very busy at the beginning and end of the day but we all mustremember that the lines are there for the safety of our children and everyoneelse. Thank you for your co-operation and understanding.

Long Meadow WebsiteJunior Neighbourhood Action GroupDon’t forget to look at our website asit is updated regularly and providesuseful information about our school.Our community conscious group, who often spend a lot of their time looking after theenvironment around school, were invited to be part of the opening ceremony for thenew play area in Shenley Brook End. The park was officially opened by PeteWinkelman, the chairman of MK Dons. The children were given the opportunity tomeet the local parish councillors and Mr Winkelman. They also got to try out theamazing new equipment and to pose for photographs. They were also lucky enough toreceive a ‘goodie bag’ from the company which made the l Office HoursThe school office is open from 8:30m to 3:30 pm. If you need to bringitems into school, pay money for tripsor are just seeking advice, pleasecome to the office withinthese times.Long Meadow on TwitterYou can follow us on Twitter!www.twitter.com/LongMeadowSch(case sensitive)Reporting absence fromSchoolSILVER AWARD FOR LONG MEADOW SCHOOLMany congratulations to the Long Meadow children who took part in the MiltonKeynes Schools Brass Music Festival on Tuesday of this week. They performedPlease ensure you telephone the brilliantly and were awarded the Silver Award for Large Ensembles. Well done to allschool to inform us why your child is of the children for the hard work and dedication that is necessary to learn a musicalnot at school. This should be doneinstrument and thank you to Mr Green for teaching the children. We are all verybefore 9:15 am if possible.proud of them!MedicationMedication can only be administeredto children if it has been prescribedby a doctor to be taken four times aday and is clearly labelled.Naming UniformPlease ensure that all items ofuniform are clearly marked with yourchild’s name.Keep us up to date!Please let the school know if any ofyour details have changed –especially mobile phone numbers!Thank you.CHILDREN DUE TO START SCHOOL SEPTEMBER2018If you have a younger child who turns fouron or before 31st August 2018 they will startSchool Opening Hoursschool in September next year! Just log ontoPlease remember that the school the Milton Keynes Council website to applyopens at 8:40 am and that children for a school place. Applications must beshould not be dropped off at school made by 15th January 2018.before this time as they areunsupervised.LibraryOpen every Wednesday from 3.15until 3.45. Parents can bring childrenin to exchange books, find books forhomework topics, have a story or justbrowse. Younger siblings welcome.Children are allowed to borrow 2books for 2 weeks.SATS TESTS 2018Year 6 National Tests will take placeduring the week beginning Monday 14thMay 2018. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE ANYREQUESTS FOR LEAVE OF ABSENCEDURING THIS WEEK.Are you eligible for free schoolmeals?If you would like to find out whetheryour children is entitled to free schoolmeals or pupil premium nportal liveLONG MEADOW APPDownload our school app forfree@AppStoreor@GooglePlay,search‘LongMeadow School’.This app provides lots ofinformation about our school.Check it out!

PHOTO GALLERYEarly Years attend Prince Charming’s BallThe children were very excited when they received an invitation from PrinceCharming to go to his ball and they got ready by making masks and necklaces.They also prepared iced royal biscuits for the event. They got to ballroom dancewith a partner and even got to meet Price Charming (Mr Elliott) and Cinderella(Miss Roberts). The girls loved trying Cinderella's slipper on, then attending thewedding of the Prince and Cinderella.Early Years Get BakingThe child loved learning how to make a Gingerbread Man! We even checked to seethat our Gingerbread Men didn't shout out, "Run, run as fast as you can, you can'tcatch us we are the Gingerbread Men!"

PDSA visitYear 1 and Early Years had the opportunity on 10th January to learn how to lookafter pets. They also had they opportunity to buy mementos of the visit where themoney went to the charity.Junior Park Rangers UpdateSince the last edition of the school’s newsletter the children have been very busy. Theydelivered a very important January Bulletin in assembly about feeding wild birds and givingadvice about how to stay safe near water in winter. If you want any further informationplease ask either one of the Rangers or Mr Roe.More recently they have been helping to put up a bird box and butterfly home in the secretgarden. Let’s hope they make someone a good home.On Monday 29th January they took part in the RSPB’s bird watch event and recorded all thebirds they could see from their viewing point on the school field. They saw crows, pigeons,magpies and a kite.

YEAR 5 SEND COWS INTO SPACE!Year 5 have been involved in a spectacular space project! They all made miniatureconcrete cows (out of clay) as part of a competition run by Digital Imaging. Theywere only allowed to be the size of a sugar cube and weigh no more than 4 grams.The lucky 6 winning cows will be sent into space on a rocket in April and thenreturn to Earth to hopefully be collected and returned home! The winning cowmakers got to visit the lab at Bletchley Park and walk on the moon using a virtualreality headset.YEAR 5 VISIT THE SPACE CENTREThis week the children in Year 5 were lucky enough to go to the National SpaceCentre in Leicester. They spent the day learning about earth and space in line withtheir current topic. During the day they had a planetarium experience, got to see areal life rocket and had a really interactive experience.

YEAR 2 GO TO HAZARD ALLEY SAFETY CENTREYear 2 had a brilliant time at Hazard Alley Safety Centre. The children reallyenjoyed the trip and asked very thoughtful questions. They learnt what to do in theevent of a fire, how to cross the road safely, how to be safe around water and traintracks plus how to put somebody in the recovery postition. Some children evendialled 999!

More recently they have been helping to put up a bird box and butterfly home in the secret garden. Let’s hope they make someone a good home. On Monday 29th January they took part in the RSPB’s bird watch event and recorded all the birds they could see from their viewing point on the s