Andoversford Primary School

As part of our Geography lessons this half term, Willow Class have been working on creating a survey to collect data about Andoversford. If you live in Andoversford and would be willing to complete our survey, we would really appreciate it. You can find it here: https://forms.office.com/e/szbd7QqzEC Thank you!

Dear Parents,

We are working alongside the Gloucestershire Cricket Foundation to offer pupils at our school the opportunity to access both ‘All Stars Cricket’ and ‘Dynamos Cricket’ as an after-school club in the summer term, starting on 3^rd June.

All Stars Cricket is a programme that is tailored for 5-to 8-year-olds (Year 1, 2 and 3). The total cost for the 6-week programme that includes a cricket bat, ball, rucksack, and personalised T-shirt that will be delivered to your home address is £50.

Dynamos Cricket is a programme that is tailored for 8- to 11-year-olds (Year 4, 5 and 6). The total cost for the 6-week programme that includes a personalised New Balance T-shirt that will be delivered to your home address is £50.

All information including dates, times etc. can be found below:

• All Stars Cricket running on Tuesdays- https://tinyurl.com/bdza34se
• Dynamos Cricket running on Tuesdays- https://tinyurl.com/y98wy9ub 

The maximum number of children for this programme is 24 for each programme, it will be first come, first served.

If you have any questions, please contact Chris Munden, his contact information is on the link above.

Please note, the school is not involved in any aspect of booking or running this club; bookings for cricket are managed externally and are completely separate to all other after-school club bookings.

The Summer Term is almost upon us and we are delighted to be able to offer a great range of after-school club activities following the Easter break!

The booking window for Breakfast Club and After-School Club sessions for Summer Term is now open!  Bookings will close on Friday 4th April at 12 noon.

After School Club Activities on offer are as follows:

Monday: Arts Club with Miss Stec. Explore painting, drawing, sketching, portrait, landscape, and modelling to immerse yourself in a creative world. Learn various techniques, from collage to montage, and prepare to proudly display your masterpieces at our exciting showcase events!

Tuesday: Playpod Club with Miss Stec. Discover the world of the playpod. Children will have access to loose parts, construction pieces, items for den building and more. You can select 11 sessions or chose 4 sessions of Playpod for Term 5 and Cricket – All Stars and Dynamos for Term 6.

Tuesday: All-Stars and Dynamos Cricket with Gloucestershire Cricket Foundation. Get into the Summer spirit and enjoy cricket during Term 6. Gloucestershire Cricket Foundation will be running two clubs on a Tuesday aimed at 5-8 year olds and 9-11 year olds. This will be a separate booking, details to follow on Jotter. 

Wednesday: Athletics with Mr Hemming from Move More. If you have a young sports enthusiast at home, how about signing up for athletics? Children will be honing their skills in a range of athletic activities including running, jumping and throwing. It’s fantastic practice for anyone who may want to compete at the Prince of Wales stadium this Summer.

OR

Wednesday: Drama Club with Education Box.  Join us on a fun journey where you'll learn songs from beloved musicals, films, and pop charts. We'll hone your skills through vocal and rhythmic exercises, with an emphasis on posture, techniques, and even original songs and short plays. This term, the Drama Club will be working towards a performance that will take place on the evening of the 9th July, so prepare to unleash your creativity through improvisation, and seize the spotlight with numerous opportunities to perform on stage!

Thursday: Street Dance Club. Join Rebecca for Street Dance where you will learn new dance skills such as hip-hop and breakdancing!  At the end of the term, parents will be invited to see what children have learnt when the group will showcase their routine.

OR

Thursday: Clay Club with Mrs Luckett. Discover the artistic world of sculpture and modelling at Clay Club. The children will experience air-drying clay and will also complete some projects with oven-baked Fimo clay. Get stuck in, quite literally, and create a new work of art each week. This club is strictly limited to 8 pupils.

Friday: Football with Front Foot Coaching. We’re very pleased to be working with the team from Front Foot. Their experienced coaching team is made up of ex-professional football players who will be offering engaging sports coaching for our pupils.

To book any of these options, please see below for the booking forms for both Breakfast Club and After-School Club. Please do remember, you can save your responses. This is worth doing in case you ever need to look back to review the dates you have booked. 

Book Breakfast Club here: https://forms.office.com/e/gDM6z277pL
Book After-School Club here: https://forms.office.com/e/7H2vFrwcYy

Further details are on the Wrap-Around section of the school website.

Your child will be bringing home their photo proof cards from the photographer visit last week. There are some absolutely lovely images in the collection. Take a look at the full gallery by entering the unique code on your child's print out. 

We have large copies of the class photos in the school office if you want to take a look before ordering, just pop in! 

Please follow the details on the printed sheet for ordering instructions. Any orders placed before Wednesday 26th March will be delivered to the school for free. After this date ordering is still possible but will include an extra a delivery charge to your home address. 

Easter is just around the corner! Thank you to those who have submitted a form letting us know that they would like to attend our Easter Picnic. The deadline is tomorrow (Friday 21st) at Midday, so if you haven't completed a form but would like to join us, please ensure you use the link sent out last week to reserve a space at our picnic buffet lunch for you and any other family members who may be attending. We hope to see as many of you as possible! 

While you are ordering, have you considered donating to this year's Easter appeal? As shared last week, we are supporting James Hopkins Trust this Easter.

The charity do amazing work giving nursing respite care to young children in Gloucestershire with life-limiting illness. Please see the attached fyer for more information. 

If you are able to help by donating £1, please click the link below: James Hopkins Trust

Thank you for all your support.