Summer 2001

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#9999CC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0d1105a1ezuabz.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Lawn Upton CE Middle School, Littlemore, Oxford</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lawn Upton CE Middle School, Littlemore,"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#CCCCE4" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="040d2182ecggew.gif"> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spring 2001 No 1"><U>Spring 2001 No 1</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spring 2001 No 2"><U>Spring 2001 No 2</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spring 2001 No 3"><U>Spring 2001 No 3</U></A></div> <div> <B>Summer 2001</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id95.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Autumn 2001 No 1"><U>Autumn 2001 No 1</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Autumn 2001 No 2 "><U>Autumn 2001 No 2 </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spring 2002 No 1"><U>Spring 2002 No 1</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spring 2002 No 2"><U>Spring 2002 No 2</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id99.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Summer 2002 No 1"><U>Summer 2002 No 1</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Introduction to Lawn Upton"><U>Introduction to Lawn Upton</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="School Brochure"><U>School Brochure</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Around the school"><U>Around the school</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id94.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How to find us"><U>How to find us</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Curriculum Guide"><U>Curriculum Guide</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home School Partnership"><U>Home School Partnership</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Newsletters"><U>Newsletters</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Term dates"><U>Term dates</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SATs results"><U>SATs results</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="OFSTED"><U>OFSTED</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Teaching Staff"><U>Teaching Staff</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens work"><U>Children's work</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Friends of Lawn Upton (FLU)"><U>Friends of Lawn Upton (FLU)</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>Newsletter - Summer Term 2001 </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B> <TABLE BORDER="8" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="696" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 366 WIDTH="314"><div> <B>Goodbyes and Hellos!</B></div> <bR> <div> At this time of the year it is always sad to say farewell to staff who have become a very valued part of the Lawn Upton team.</div> <bR> <div> Miss Munro is heading North to Nottingham, Ms Black to Brighton. Mr Cliffe, Ms Glynn and Mr Spradbury will also be moving on. </div> <bR> <div> We thank them for their huge commitment to Lawn Upton and the positive difference they made to our school.</div> <bR> <div> We are also sad to lose our treasured Bursar, Theresa Turner who has been with us for a year, we wish her well in her new post.</div> <bR> <div> Joining us in September will be five new teachers, Ms Thorne, Mr Kitchin, Mrs Falvey, Ms Smyth, Mrs Yeowell.</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="351"><div> <B>Lost Property</B></div> <bR> <div> There is a large quantity of lost property being stored at Mrs Adams' office. If your child has lost any clothing/equipment please </div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Friends of Lawn Upton</B></div> <bR> <div> You are invited to come to the School Family Summer Picnic on Thursday 19<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >th</FONT> July 2001 6.00 - 8.00 pm. Please come along for an enjoyable, relaxing evening.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="066d4790.gif" border=0 width="212" height="121" ALT="Family" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 254 WIDTH="314"><div> Performing Arts</div> <bR> <div> The date for this evening of performance has changed to 17<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >th</FONT> July 2001. The children who are involved are working so hard to produce exerts from West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet.</div> <bR> <div> We look forward very much to seeing you all there, the tickets will be on sale very soon.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0c565610.gif" border=0 width="101" height="97" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="351"><div> <B>Parent Governors</B></div> <bR> <div> There was only one nomination for the Parent Governor vacancy from Mr Stewart Belcher. </div> <bR> <div> Mr Belcher has been appointed as a Parent Governor from September 2001. We welcome Mr Belcher to the Board of Governors.</div> <bR> <div> Mr Brian Coombs' period of office terminates in August 2001. Mr Coombs has expressed an interest in carrying on in this role for a further period of office. If any parents wish to be nominated as a Parent Governor please contact the school office.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="8" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="711" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 530 WIDTH="176"><div> <B>Harry Potter!</B></div> <bR> <div> Forget Hogwart's School of Wizardry! All the action was at Border's Bookstore on Friday 16<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >th</FONT> March for a Harry Potter Extravaganza.</div> <bR> <div> Thirty avid Harry Potter fans boarded the Hogwarts Express (well the Oxford bus) to visit the bookstore for a real life game of Quidditch; much to the amazement of the customers in the shop at the time. The pupils also enjoyed two story-telling sessions from J.K. Rowlings short stories.</div> <bR> <div> Special congratulations to the winners of the writing competition, entitled “What Harry Potter means to me”. Each received a book token donated by Borders.</div> <bR> <div>      L.  Griffiths  C5</div> <div>      S.  Kerry        B6</div> <div>      A. Picking      E7</div> <div>      E. Futter        G8</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=3 WIDTH="504"><div> <B>Term Dates 2001 - 2002</B></div> <bR> <div> There have been some changes to the calendar for the next school year. The most important change is that the summer half-term  has been moved from its usual place in the last week of May to the first week of June, to coincide with the special Bank Holiday to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.</div> <bR> <div> City schools will be <B>closed</B> for pupils for staff training days in connection with the City re-organisation on <B>Monday 29</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B>th</B></FONT><B> October 2001; Friday 8</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B>th</B></FONT><B> February 2002 and Monday 8</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B>th</B></FONT><B> April 2002.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>AUTUMN TERM 2001</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="491" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="244"><div> <B>OPENS</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="232"><div> <B>CLOSES</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="244"><div> Wed 5 September 2001</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="232"><div> Fri 19 OCtober 2001</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="479"><div> <B>HALF TERM</B></div> <div> Monday 22 October - Friday 26 October 2001</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="244"><div> Tue 30 October 2001</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="232"><div> Wed 19 December 2001</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Closure days: </B></div> <div> Monday 3 September 2001</div> <div> Tuesday 4 September 2001</div> <div> Monday 29 October 2001</div> <div> Friday 30 November 2001(Literacy INSET)</div> <bR> <div> <B>SPRING TERM 2002</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="491" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="244"><div> <B>OPENS</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="232"><div> <B>CLOSES</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="244"><div> Mon 7 January 2002</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="232"><div> Thur 7 February 2002</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="479"><div> <B>HALF TERM</B></div> <div> Monday 11 February - Friday 15 February2002</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="244"><div> Mon 18 February 2002</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="232"><div> Fri 22 March 2002</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Closure days:</B>     </div> <div> Friday 8 February 2002</div> <bR> <div> <B>SUMMER TERM 2002</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="491" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="244"><div> <B>OPENS</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="232"><div> <B>CLOSES</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="244"><div> Tue 9 April 2002</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="232"><div> Fri 31 May 2002</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="479"><div> <B>HALF TERM</B></div> <div> Monday 3 June - Friday 7 June 2002</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="244"><div> Mon 10<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>June 2002</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="232"><div> Fri 19 July 2002</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Closure days:</B>     </div> <div> Monday 8 April 2002</div> <div> Friday 3 May 2002 (Bank Holiday)</div> <div> Monday 6 May 2002 (Bank Holiday)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 155 WIDTH="176"><div> New Style Reports!</div> <bR> <div> Parents, who found the reports clear, legible and informative, have favourably received our new Report format.</div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 337 WIDTH="176"><div> <B>Congratulations!</B></div> <bR> <div> Several of our valued and experienced Learning Support Assistants have been successful in achieving the Foundation Certificate. The following L.S.A. s attended a Presentation Ceremony on 11<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >th</FONT> July to receive their certificates. Well done to Pauline Morris, Ann Greenaway, Di Fox, Sue Willougby, <IMG SRC="06d2d410.gif" border=0 width="45" height="65" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Natisha Kerry, Vanessa Louch, Marilyn Musto, Christine Hatwell, Bridget Griffiths and Alyson Haynes.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="8" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="713" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 461 WIDTH="685"><div> <B>Year 5 children really get to grips with IT at Boreatton Park!</B></div> <bR> <div> On Friday 18<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >th</FONT> May 2001, 17 Year 5 children went with Miss Munro, Ms Fox and Mr Owen for a long weekend of “Exploring IT” at Boreatton Park, a PGL Adventure Centre near Shrewsbury. The children enjoyed trying their hand at various ICT skills, such as programming a robot using Robolab, using datalogging equipment to measure temperature, using a Roamer to save a penguin (a toy one, of course) and even recording their own excellent dance tracks!  </div> <bR> <div> When they were not in the computer suites, they were having a go at some exciting outdoor pursuits. They built their own rafts. The children had great fun trying to sail their creations on the lake; unfortunately, most of them ended up swimming in it instead! Many children successfully completed the high ropes course; in this activity  the children had to walk along a wire which followed some ropes which were suspended  40 feet up in the air. The children were of course wearing harnesses which were attached to the course via a system of ropes, plus they had  lovely PGL staff to guide them through but this did not make the high ropes course any less scary - ask Ms Fox, she'll tell you! On the archery field the children shot their arrows with precision in order to pop the balloons on the targets and avoid a forfeit. </div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="070988e0.gif" border=0 width="152" height="142" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> In the evenings the children were kept entertained with a disco, flag games and, on our last night, a campfire with silly songs and even sillier actions! By the time it came to getting back on the coach to go and catch the train home, everyone had a truly memorable weekend. </div> <bR> <div> Miss Munro would like to thank Ms Fox and Mr Owen for their invaluable help and support on this visit - particularly on the trains! She would also like to say a massive well done to all 17 of the children who took part. They were brilliant, shining, superstars; as they did themselves and the school very proud with the excellent behaviour and mature attitude.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 199 WIDTH="491"><div> <B>Year 8 Leavers</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="06c85970.gif" border=0 width="133" height="151" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT>We would like to wish all our Year 8 pupils good luck in their new schools. A Leavers' Ceremony will be held in the Gym on Tuesday 17<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >th</FONT> July at 7.00 pm to celebrate the pupils time at Lawn Upton. Prizes will be awarded in all subjects for concentration, consideration and commitment. Gloria Walker, the director of HOSP, will present the awards.</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="191"><div> <B>Summer Holiday</B></div> <bR> <div> The staff would like to wish all pupils and their families a very happy summer holiday. We look forward to welcoming the children back to school on 5<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >th</FONT> September 2001.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0c664390.gif" border=0 width="100" height="57" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>