It was a fantastic day; the children enjoyed looking at pirate maps, completing a treasure hunt, making pirate cakes and playing "sharks!" The highlight was going to the main school to get our treasure back when naughty pirates Captain Blackbeard and Captain Clayson stole it! They were made to walk the plank when we brought them back to Pre-School! The sessions ended with pirate party food, before the children walked the plank to their parents at home time!

Please find below the link to the google form sign up for clubs.  It will be live until midday on the 21st March.  If you need any further help, please speak to Mrs Blake.

https://goo.gl/forms/Q9tIssvkttmRfH552

Sport Relief is on Friday 23rd March this year and there will be lots of fun fundraising things happening in Cliftonville Primary School that you can get involved in.

Members of the School Council will be visiting classes every afternoon during the week of Monday 19th to Friday 23rd March to sell special Sport Relief wristbands for £1 which the children will be allowed to wear in school that week.

This year there will be a special Bake-Off Competition with a sporty theme where staff, parents and children can enter a decorated cake. These exciting creations will be judged by the School Council and the winning cake will be raffled off. The other entries will be on sale after school on the KS1 playground. Please bring your labelled entry to the office on the morning of Friday 23rd.

There will a choice of activities for KS1 children to take part in during lunchtime on Friday 23rd including watching a film, Just Dance and colouring. They will need 50p to take part.

There will also be a KS2 class “Shoot the hoop” competition on the playground that children will need 20ps if they want to take part.

It will also be a non-school uniform day on Friday 23rd for a donation of £1. School Council have decided on a sporty theme.

Thank you in advance for all your support.

KS1 and KS2 School Council

The minutes of the meeting, held last week, are now available on the website on the Parents' Forum page.   Thank you to members of the Forum and Mrs Weitzel for their continued commitment to this important group.

Following a fabulous Number Week and with your generous donations we were able to send £735.67 to the NSPCC.  Children and staffed dressed up in costumes with a number theme.  Thank you to parents, as ever, for such amazing support.

Ten lucky Year 6 children from Cliftonville Primary School recently took part in an exciting joint project with Discovery Planet and Resort Studios called “Margate’s Marble Mete-Out!”.  Before Christmas, the children attended a workshop at Resort Studios where they explored the concept of regeneration and some of the politics involved.  They discussed who has the power to make decisions about Margate and who controls what money is spent on.  They then considered what they think the most important things Margate should have are and what money should be spent on.  To illustrate their decisions, they worked collaboratively to build a giant marble run with the marbles representing the money.  The marbles went through a range of exciting tubes and bowls representing aspects such as healthcare, transport and services.  Some marbles collected in a pot at the bottom and the children built a pulley system to bring the marbles back to the top and put this “money” back into the system representing taxes.  During the day, the children were visited by a STEM engineer from Kent University who helped them understand the science involved in building a marble run and also an architect from Resort Studios who specialises in town planning to give them more information about the processes involved in designing a town.  The children had a very fun day and learnt lots.  Last week, they were very proud to present their work and demonstrate the giant marble run to the rest of Key Stage 2 in a special assembly attended by Nikki and Xanthe from Discovery Planet and Dan from Resort Studios

Thank you to everyone who joined the signing choir and the pop choir at Holy Trinity Church on Monday evening.  It was a perfect mix of traditional Carols and more modern arrangements.  Thank you to the children, parents, Mrs Seemann and Mr Dunn for an amazing evening.

We were really excited that Bunnings Broadstairs donated a beautiful pre-lit Christmas tree to us for one of our halls.  Some Year 5 girls spent their break times decorating it to make it look fantastic and also wrote a lovely thank you letter.  Thanks also goes to Mrs Osborne for approaching Bunnings.

I am a producer from the hit BBC One series Shop Well For Less? We are currently casting for the third series and are on the lookout for fun and lively families and households to take part. This prime time series shows viewers how to spend without the splurge, helping to rein in spending but retain the lifestyle we all want.

Whether we’re hooked by the exquisite whiff of a new pair of shoes, the shiny lure of the latest HD television, or the irresistible promises of beauty lotions and potions, one thing’s for sure - as a nation we simply love to buy. With a few simple tricks, we can all learn to buy better and spend less. When should you save your money? And, just as crucially, when should you invest in spending a little bit more? This fun, surprising and perfectly practical series teaches us all the tricks of the trade we need to SHOP WELL… FOR LESS.

Smart spending is an issue which we believe affects most of us, especially with Christmas coming up! We’d be really grateful if you could help us spread the word about the new series. I’ve attached a flyer and wondered if you would be kind enough to share it with your staff members as well as the parents of your pupils to see if any of them would be interested in applying for the new series.

If you think you know any families/households that may be interested in appearing on the programme, please do pass on our details.

If you have any questions, or would like me to send over any further information please pop me an email or give me a call on 0117 970 7670

We look forward to hearing from you

Kind regards,

Steph,

The Shop Well For Less? Team