HEAD’S VIEW

I write these words the night before the end of term and our Year 6 leavers are arriving for their farewell tea and disco. They are a fabulous group of girls and boys who all deserve a royal send off. Those of us lucky enough to watch the ‘Cinderella Rockerfella’ performances last week were bowled over, not only by their talent and quality of performance, but by the sheer joy and sense of togetherness that filled the hall. Those performances epitomised this year group and what they have brought to the school over the years. Without doubt they have made our school a better place. Tomorrow will be an emotional day for all of us but we know they are ready for the next chapter in their lives. We also know that they will light up their secondary schools and their lives beyond. We wish them all the very best of luck. Those same wishes go to Rachel (3H) and to Jasmin (2C) and their families. Both girls leave to join schools nearer to their homes – I hope both schools appreciate how lucky they are.

Tomorrow is also a sad day for us as we say ‘farewell’ to Mrs Phillips, Mrs Horobin and Mrs Sheldrake. Mrs Phillips has been at Newbridge for five years and taught in both the lower and upper school during that time. She has all the qualities you would look for in a teacher and I have never known her to have anything but the best interests of the children at heart. Her commitment has been huge and she has played a significant part in our development as a primary school. I know I speak for every member of staff when I say that she will be missed as a valued and inspirational colleague, and as a good friend. What will we do without your biscuits too, Mrs Phillips?! Our best wishes go with you to Box Primary School and new challenges ahead. Mrs Horobin leaves after a year teaching French for one day a week to our older children. Not only have the children really enjoyed learning French with her but our staff have picked up loads of good ideas for the future. We wish her all the very best for the future. Merci beaucoup, Madame Horobin! Mrs Sheldrake has been a teaching assistant at Newbridge since 2002 but that only tells a very small part of the story. We have all greatly valued her care for the children, her professionalism and skill over the years and we wish her all the very best in the future.

This has been a very eventful year! There have been so many highlights that I could not even begin to list them. They range from that moment when the light goes on in a child’s eye, the small act of kindness that makes a difference, the effort that is needed to produce one’s best day in and day out, personal goals reached, team achievements, moments of brilliance, pride in who we are and of each other, laughter – lots of that. I speak not only of our children here but all the staff and everyone connected to the school. I cannot thank you all enough or praise your efforts too highly.

I must also mention the fantastic voluntary support we receive – I find it hard to believe that there is a school which is better supported. Of course, with our Year 6 leaving, we are also saying ‘farewell’ to many of our parents and families who have themselves become very much part of the school and given so much support over the years. It is hugely appreciated.

Now, it is time for a rest and a time to draw breath. I would like to finish this final ‘Head’s View’ of the year with comments from two children. The first came from a girl in Year 2 who wrote in her report: ‘My favourite topic is pirates because there’s lots of good stuff to do. You can be rude and you don’t have to brush your teeth.’ The second came from a girl in Year 5 who when asked to speed up with her work replied ‘Mr Cumpson, you can’t hurry perfection!’

I hope you all have a fantastic holiday.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY W/B 01/09/09

Tuesday 01/09/09 and Wednesday 02/09/09

INSET Days – School closed to children

Thursday 03/09/09

First day back at school

PLEASE NOTE

There will be no Crossing Patrol on Newbridge Hill from 3rd – 10th September 2009.

THANK YOU ……

to Emily and Amelia for raising £90 for Oxfam. How was this raised? The very sporting Mr Cumpson is heading off for his summer holidays with purple hair…….

VOLUNTARY SUPPORT

Thank you to all the parents and members of the community who expressed an interest in helping next year. We will come back to you at the beginning of next term. This includes news on the Better Reading Partner programme.

WANTED

Do you have any football boots / trainers/ shin pads/ shirts / shorts etc that you no longer need? All donations gratefully received. Please see Mr Cumpson.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING ‘STARS OF THE WEEK’

Foundation Stage

Harvey, Ollie, Olivia , Thea

Years 1 and 2

Hanna, Charlie, Leon, Freya, Charlie, Lily, Joshua, Sophie, Elizabeth

Years 3 and 4

Katerina, Bea, Jenny, Poppy, William

Years 5 and 6

John, Shannon, Tom, Amelia, Hannah, Chris, Grace , Jake

PPA Drama

Jacob

PPA Art

Aisha, Ellie

PPA PE

Emelia, Daniel, James, Harrison, Grace

PPA Music

Kyle, Mark, Alex, Eloise

CERTIFICATES OF EXCELLENCE – JULY

At the end of every month each class teacher has a very difficult decision to face. They have to choose the one person from their class to receive a Certificate of Excellence. The person they choose has to consistently be the best that he or she can be. That could be in effort and attitude, achievement, behaviour or citizenship. Sometimes it can be very difficult deciding as all of the children at Newbridge seem to work so hard and behave so well!

The girls and boys with their names here this month deserve congratulating. It is not easy to be awarded a Certificate of Excellence and they have done extremely well.

Lower School

Elm - Leon

Willow - Aisha

1H - Florence

1R - Maddie

2B - William

2C - Katie

Upper School

3B - Lucy

3H - Faisal

4P - Megananne

4W - Joshua

5C - Caitlin

5PB - Ben

6A - Tom

6CS - Jay

6JS - Brandon

CELEBRATING WRITING

Eloise – 4P

I am a calm and quiet feather

I am a delightful butterfly, joyful and friendly.

I am a brightly coloured rainbow, colourful and graceful.

I am a sweet bunny rabbit, cute and relaxed.

I am a chattering chatter-box, noisily talking and chatting loudly.

I am a mad monkey, full of mischief and cheek.

I am a beautiful flower, pretty and kind.

I am a graceful recorder, full of sweet sounding and peaceful music.

I am a pair of warm pyjamas, cosy and nice and warm.

I am a comfy sofa, sleeping in and relaxing through the day.

I am a hilarious joke book, full of funny jokes to tell people to make them laugh.

I am a calm and quiet feather, gracefully floating and drifting towards the ground.

MUSIC

We have had another fantastic busy year of music from the choir singing in the Chronicle Christmas Concert; the school Christmas CD; to the joint schools’ oratorio at the Pavilion to name only a few.

As always, some children have also been hard at work taking their music exams. Good luck to these children who are awaiting their results:

Olivert (Initial Grade guitar); John (Grade 1 guitar); Jake(Grade 1 guitar); Ben (Grade 1 guitar); Tom (Grade 1 guitar); Tom (Grade 1 guitar); Sherilyn(Grade 2 guitar); Isabella(Grade 2 guitar).

A huge well done to the following children for their excellent results:

William (Initial Grade violin); Jenny (Initial Grade violin); Guy (Initial Grade guitar); Isaac (Grade 1 guitar); Daniel (Grade 1 violin); Natasha (Grade 2 piano); Jake (Grade 2 violin).

And especially to these children who gained the highest mark of distinction:

Grace (Initial Grade guitar); Martha (Initial Grade guitar); Joda (Grade 2 guitar); Finlay (Grade 2 guitar); Jack (Grade 2 trombone).

In particular, the following children have been recognised for their outstanding commitment and contribution to music and have received the anuual music cups:

Year 2 Oliver

Year 3 Martha

Year 4 William and Megan

Year 5 John

Year 6 Emma

In addition, this year we have added a final award to those children in year 6 who have shown an exceptional talent for music over the years. This award goes to Helen Marlowe and Finlay Boniface and we hope they continue to excel in music in their next school.

LIFECYCLE UK

All applicants for the cycling proficiency course starting in September have been successful. More information about the course will be sent out in September.

MUSICIANS

As the year comes to an end, I would like to say a huge THANK YOU and WELL DONE to everyone who has worked so hard in all the music groups. You’ve shown real commitment and determination and you are making a fabulous sound.

A special thanks to all the Year 6 musicians, keep up the good work! Mrs Houston

UPPER SCHOOL 6-A-SIDE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT – Friday 10th July 2009

YEAR 3/4

Winners: Newbridge Cup Kings

Runners Up: Mr C’s All Stars

YEAR 5/6

Winners: Blue Sparx

Runners-Up: Green Goblins

We raised over £100 for the adventure trail. Well done to all the teams who took part. We would like to thank Mrs Lansdown and Mrs Whitson for scoring and general all-round brilliance and Larkhall Youth players for refereeing the matches.

YEAR 5 KWIK CRICKET COUNTY FINALS

On Tuesday 14th July 8 cricketers went to Taunton to play in the BANES County final. The first game was against St Joseph’s, which we lost 191 to 256. The next game was against St George’s and we beat them by 7 runs. We had won one and lost one, which meant we had to play for 5th place. We beat Swanmeed so we were 5th! We would like to thank Mr Cumpson for arranging it and our parents for taking us.

FRUIT SCHEME

Thanks to all the parents and carers who have helped with the fruit scheme this year.

Dawn and Francesca

THANK YOU

A huge thank you to all the people who have helped with the book banding this week.

Sue Woods, Reading Recovery Teacher and Di Rhodes, Literacy Subject Leader.

MESSAGE TO PARENTS OF YEAR 3 CHILDREN IN SEPTEMBER

On the first day of term, Thursday 3rd September, please come with your child to the Upper School hall and Mrs Bradley and Miss Simpson will meet you there at 8.55am when they will let you know about procedures at the beginning and end of the day. The ‘Getting To Know You’ sessions for parents of all age groups, held the following week, will detail all routines, expectations etc. Details of these will be out on Friday 4th September.

CHESS ROUND UP

This has been another excellent year of chess. The club has had numbers of between 40 to 50 players attending and the standard of play has been consistently high. We had a lot of fun too! We did not qualify this year for the semi finals of the national schools competition but there were many individual successes. Congratulations to Will and Joda on being selected to play for the county – that is a first at Newbridge. We also had a group of players qualify from the school competition for the Megafinals at Millfield. They were Jack, Max, Sam, Cameron, Joda, Will, Tom, Alice, Jake and Edward. Well done to Sam, Will, Joda and Jake on going through to the Gigafinals in the summer holidays and good luck! We would also like to thank Mr Knight (Oli and Emily’s Dad) for helping to run the club this year and thank you to all our Year 6 players who have been fantastic members of the club. Keep playing and see you at the club in September!

Mr Croker and the chess club.

NPSA NEWS

Summer Fete

The final figures are now in and we are thrilled to announce that we all raised a fantastic £2700 at the Summer Fete and £3500 from the raffle! These are the numbers after costs have been taken off and we would like to thank you once again for all your help!

By the way, the thanks in last week’s newsletter were from our chair Stephanie Massie and so this week I would just like to say a big thank you to Stephanie for all the hard work and ideas she put into making the fete such a success!

Congratulations to our competition Entrants

A big well done and thank you to all of those, big and small, who took part in the competitions at the fete! Special mention must go to our winners and runners-up:

Elizabeth, Leo, Lily-Marie, Angus, Eleanor, Eve, Kirsty, Lesley, Cherry, Ella , Ava, Emily, Usha and Zubin, Alfie, Maisy, Anna, Ralph, Elise, Ella, Will, Tom, Joseph , Leon and Theo, Fiona, Sally, Becky and Martha.

Lose Your Marbles – League Table

Congratulations to the following children who are expert at getting marbles into a pot!

Reception - Sebastian - 21

Yr 1 - Elliot - 22

Yr 2 - Ben - 22

Yr 3 - Faisal - 24 ( more than Mr H!)

Y r4 - Sam - 8

Yr 5 - Guy - 24 ( more than Mr C!)

Yr 6 - Chris and Bryony tied 6JS - 16

Guess the sweeties in the Jar

One of the happiest children at school last week was Thomas from Elm Class who won an enormous jar full of sweets! Don’t forget to brush your teeth!

Barn Dance – Friday 25th September 2009

We are pleased to announce that we are to host a barn dance at the beginning of the next school year. So, put the date in your diaries – tickets will be on sale from your class reps in September! Tickets will cost £10 and include a ploughman’s supper and glass of wine!

Have a lovely holiday and see you in September!

NEWSLETTER Issue: 6.07

HEAD’S VIEW
This is the briefest Head’s View ever – the epic comes next week! I would like to welcome two new children who joined our school this week: Lorna (2B) and Joshua (1R). Lorna has survived the ultimate challenge: the ‘whole school welcome’ while Joshua’s turn will come! We welcome them both, and their families, to our school. Highlights are arriving thick and fast at the moment and I just want to say to all the children, staff, parents and volunteers, ‘just keep going – you are all fabulous’! Much more next week.

YEAR 6 LEAVERS’ TEA AND DISCO
Our Year 6 are cordially invited to the tea which commences at 5.00pm and the disco which commences at 6.00pm. You then have the dance floor exclusively to yourselves for half an hour before you are joined by the ladies and gentlemen from Year 5. Entrance for our leavers is, of course, free.

AN OPEN INVITATION TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS
If you have volunteered to help our children and school in any way this year, you are warmly invited to the Musicians Assembly at 2pm next Wednesday 22nd July in the Upper School hall. Cream teas will be served in the Blue Room afterwards. This is our own small way of saying ‘Thank you’. RSVP The School Office

CALLING VOLUNTEERS FOR THE FUTURE!
Thank you to all our current and prospective volunteers who came to our two coffee mornings held last week during which Mr Day, as Community Links Coordinator, and I gave a talk about our plans to develop the volunteer network at Newbridge. We are aware that a number of interested parents were unable to attend the meetings. There will be further information about this in September but in the meantime, if you are interested in volunteering in any capacity next year, would you please complete and return the attached Information Sheet by the end of this term. This will enable us to start setting up the network. Please be assured that completing and returning this does not obligate you in any way! We will also be setting up a Better Reading Partners programme next year which involves a volunteer working one to one with a child to support their reading. This would be for a ten week block, for one hour on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Two day training is provided. If you are interested in possibly taking part in this excellent programme please indicate on the form. Thank you. Mr Croker

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY W/B 20/07/09
Monday 20/07/09
- Elm and Willow to Folly Farm
- Yr 1/2 Disco – Lower School Hall: 4.30 – 5.30pm
- Yr 3/4 Disco – Lower School Hall: 6.00 – 7.00pm
Tuesday 21/07/09
- Year 6 out at Hayesfield – Forensics Day
- Optional Parents’ Evening
Thursday 23/07/09
- 1R trip to Wagamama’s
- Yr 5/6 Leavers’ Tea and Disco – Upper School Hall
- 2.15pm Staff Leavers’ assembly for Mrs Phillips, Mrs Sheldrake and Mrs Horobin (Parents welcome)
Friday 24/07/09
- Year 6 Leavers’ Assembly @ 2.00pm
- END OF TERM

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING ‘STARS OF THE WEEK’
Foundation Stage
Olivia, Robert
Years 1 and 2
Matthew, Toby, Luc
Years 3 and 4
Emma, Harvey, Lucas, Alex
Years 5 and 6
Louis, Ryan, Caitlin, Paige, Sydney
PPA Art
Jed, All of Year 6
PPA PE
Harvey, Ellie
PPA Music
Ben, Ben

CELEBRATING WRITING - Meg – 2B
Newbridge walk
First we went to school and I sat on yellow table. Then we got into partners and my partner was Sophie. We put our bags on and looked at the quiz tasks. Eventually we went to the school gate and started the quiz. The first question was ‘How many lampposts are there in Charmouth Road?’ Our walk started at the end of Charmouth Road and my grown-up was Mrs Clark. On the first part of the walk we were at the front! We went to Rosslyn Road and spotted lots of bugs and cats. Our groups found the caterpillar, it had 3 balls on the top and an orange face (the balls were red). Soon we got to a field and one of the groups saw a deer! When we sat down we kept going on ants nests! We drew the view through our binoculars and we carried on after a while over millions of stiles. After that we went to Johan’s for lunch. We sat on a picnic rug. The garden was huge and there were at least 11 groups there! We could have a drink of water and stop off to go to the loo. Later on we went across the canal and we (some people) were lucky enough to watch the canal boat go through the locks!

ART WEEK – Fun had by all!
With the end of term fast approaching, we wanted to share with you a quick round up of our fantastic events during Art week. The children were buzzing with excitement all week as there were so many things going on, which included not only our Olympic Artist who worked with a group of Upper School children on a themed mural, but also:
- exciting sessions run by locally based artists
- art sessions based on a range of famous artists taught by all the teachers in school
- a wonderful exhibition displaying some high quality work by children at Newbridge
- art/craft workshops run by our excellent Year Six children
…and many other activities!
The week came to a close with a wonderful house event themed on India, where the children worked with all ages on a range of Indian Art activities. It was a great way of ending the week and we’re sure all the children were talking about it!
The Art theme has continued as the Year Six children are still completing the wonderful mural in the upper school cloakroom and work on the lower school playground mural is well underway. We received great feedback from staff, parents and our children about the week and we feel so pleased that the week was a great success!
(A huge ‘thank you’ to Miss Higginbotham and Mr Baigent for organising such an exciting and rewarding week, to Miss Simpson and Miss Wells for organising the India house event and to all the staff who once again pulled out all the stops to make it happen. We also thank Councillor Loraine Brinkhurst for enabling our children to work with the British Olympic Artist, Kevin Whitney. Last, but certainly not least, a huge debt of gratitude goes to our all our volunteers and in particular, Jane Callan, Carol Hinton, Jo Sutton, Karen Wallis, Sally and Neil McDonnell. Jane and Carol have virtually lived at school working on the two murals! Our gratitude goes to them all and to our excellent Year 6 pupil teachers!’ Mr Croker)

LOWER SCHOOL FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
Year 2
Red Devils – 4 points
Burping Burger Kings – 6 points
Super Strikers – 7 points
Team Yoda – 7 Points – WINNERS - on goals scored (3:2)
Reception and Year 1
May the force be with you – 4 points
United – 5 points
The Wicked Willows – 6 pointsRangers – 9 points - WINNERS

LOWER SCHOOL FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT REPORT
On Thursday 9th July 56 children from the Lower School played in a 6-a-side football tournament. We all had fun and got lots of exercise. Team Yoda won for the Year 2s and Rangers won for Reception and Year 1. We would like to say thank you to Chris and Jake for being great referees and Mr Cumpson for helping to set up the pitches. Thank you to Cabi and Matt Grosvenor, my mummy and daddy, for organising the event to raise money for the adventure trail. Finally thank you to everyone who supported us.
By Rosie, 2B.
(‘I believe it should be a ‘thank you’ to the Grosvenor family, who found the time amidst a very busy life, to organise a great event (and report on it!). Well done to all our future Frank Lampards too!’ Mr Croker)

Film Making at Oldfield
On Thursday 9th July 18 children from year four 4 went to a film-making day at Oldfield School. When we arrived we got put into groups of six or seven. We had to perform Theseus and the Minotaur, but the great thing was we got to change it. In the morning we wrote our scripts and made props. In the afternoon we got to film our plays. “In my group I was Theseus”, said Lily “and in my group I was a man eating turtle and a guard” said Daniel. ‘We had lots of fun!’’
We would like to thank Miss Wells and Mr Proudman (a teacher at Oldfield) for organising it all and the adults that helped us on the way.
By Lily and Daniel - 4W

DINNER MONEY
All dinners must be taken on a weekly basis. Please note that the cost of dinners has increased to £9.50 per week. Please send the money in on a Monday morning, in an envelope with your child’s name and class on it. All cheques to be made payable to B&NES please. Dinner money for the coming term is as follows:

September - 20 days @ £1.90 =£38.00
October -15 days @ £1.90 = £28.50
TOTAL - £66.50

NPSA NEWS
Summer Fete
A huge big thank you to everyone who helped to make our Newbridge Summer Fete such a fantastic day - you may well have heard on the grapevine, but I can confirm that we made a record-breaking £6 thousand pounds. Over £3,600 of this total was due to the raffle, for which our raffle ladies deserve a special thank you; their hard work, enthusiasm and organisation will be a hard act to follow! I would also like to thank the members of staff who provided the lovely cream teas in such huge quantities; the teachers who ran stalls and helped set up on the day; the organizing committee for all their hard work over the last few months; the mum who produced such a professional and informative brochure; the dad who turned Elise’s beautiful picture into a fantastic poster; the families who ran the stalls so well; the team who ran the barbecue; all the businesses who donated goods to the fair; the fire engine crew and St John’s Ambulance; the families who made the conservation area such a magical place to do crafts; the people who brought in and put up gazebos; the parents and carers who helped on the Friday; all the parents and carers who sent in tombola prizes and donations; the children who performed on the day; the children and adults who entered the competitions and the judges who made the difficult decisions and, last but not least, all of you who came to the fete! And, of course, anyone else I may have forgotten to mention!

Raffle
We would like to thank everyone who bought or sold tickets for their help in raising a record-breaking £3600 in our recent raffle. We have been overwhelmed by the generosity and level of support from all the children, staff, parents and carers! We would also like to thank all the businesses and individuals who donated such wonderful raffle prizes! Thank you!

Now, as you all know, the raffle was also a competition to see which year group could sell the most tickets. The winning year group won a trip to Wagamamas Restaurant. Here are the results!

1st – Year 1, 2nd – Reception, 3rd – Year 5, 4th - Year 3

A big pat on the back to Caitlin Walker 5C and Ellie Sanders 3B, who sold the highest individual amount of tickets – an impressive 45 each! Well done!

Congratulations to our competition entrants
We will publish the names of all the winners in next week’s newsletter.


SCHOOL DISCOS
Please send the money with your child to the disco. Thank you.

Monday 20th July
Years 1 and 2 disco: 4.30 - 5.30pm
Years 3 and 4 disco: 6.00 – 7.00pm
£1.50 entrance to include a juice and chocolate bar

Thursday 23rd July
Year 5 disco: 6.30 – 8.00pm
entrance fee £1.50

Year 6 tea and disco: 5.00 – 8.00pm
entrance free (party tea will be provided)

chocolate bars (15p) and cartons of juice (50p) will be on sale


Lost at the fete
A pair of boys Clark Doodle Canvas shoes (with a grey shark on one shoe and an orange fish on the other) size 8. If found, please contact Bath 429943 or school office.
A pair of silver coloured children's sunglasses - Ben Massie, 2C

NEWSLETTER Issue: 6.06

CERTIFICATES OF EXCELLENCE – JUNE
At the end of every month each class teacher has a very difficult decision to face. They have to choose the one person from their class to receive a Certificate of Excellence. The person they choose has to consistently be the best that he or she can be. That could be in effort and attitude, achievement, behaviour or citizenship. Sometimes it can be very difficult deciding as all of the children at Newbridge seem to work so hard and behave so well!
The girls and boys with their names here this month deserve congratulating. It is not easy to be awarded a Certificate of Excellence and they have done extremely well.
Lower School
Elm - Poppy
Willow - Lewis
1H - Aleesha
1R - Lily
2B - Freya
2C - Zubair
Upper School
3B - Danielle
3H - Harvey
4P - William
4W - George
5C - Isobel
5PB - Harry
6A - Ella
6CS - Molly
6JS - Marlena

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY W/B 13/07/09:
Monday 13/07/09
ü Year 5 out – Setpoint at Hayesfield School
Tuesday 14/07/09
ü Year 5 Cricket Team – County Finals at Taunton 9.00am – 4.00pm
ü Year 4 out – Science at Oldfield School 12.30pm – 3.15pm
Wednesday 15/07/09
ü Year 4 Cricket Festival at Oldfield 12.30pm – 2.30pm
ü Basketball Match vs St Mary’s 3.30pm – 5.00pm
ü Year 6 Production at 7.00pm
Thursday 16/07/09
ü Reserve Upper School Sports Day
ü Year 6 Production at 7.00pm
Friday 17/07/09
ü Children to new classes

PLEASE NOTE
Owing to the bad weather last week Upper School Sports Day will now take place on Thursday 16th July.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING ‘STARS OF THE WEEK’
Foundation Stage
Joel, Mannie
Years 3 and 4
Cameron, Thomas, Chloe, Joe
Years 5 and 6
Max, Lily, George, Joda, Millie
PPA Art
Joseph, Hannah
PPA PE
Rebekah, Max
PPA Music
Sinead, Amy

LIFECYCLE UK
Life Cycle UK is providing FREE Bikeability cycle training for children in Years 5 and 6. Bikeability is the new Cycling Proficiency for the 21st Century!
If you are interested please collect a letter and booking form from Mrs Miles in the School Office.

EMMANUEL SUNDAY SCHOOL
This Sunday 12th July – 9.30am. All Welcome! Emmanuel Church, Apsley Road

MUSIC CELEBRATION ASSEMBLY
On Wednesday 22nd July some of our talented musicians will be playing in assembly. The assembly will include orchestra, advanced and intermediate recorders, possibly blues band and some year 6 soloists. It will start at 2.00pm promptly in the Upper School Hall and any parents are invited to come along and watch. (Apologies for the incorrect day in last week’s Newsletter)

YEAR 4 CRICKET COACHING
Year 4 have enjoyed 5 weeks of some great cricket coaching. First we did some fielding and catching, then some batting skills and to finish we learnt how to bowl. Our coach, Stuart, taught us some fantastic tactics to help us remember our moves. Then we had two phenomenal games where the standard had clearly risen. We did a catching competition every time. A few people got to go to the cricket club with Tom Baker, but those people had a lot of fun anyway!! In a few weeks we can’t wait to have a cricket festival. We would like to give thanks to our coach Stuart and everyone who has supported us.
By Alice, Thomas and Faizan.

NPSA NEWS
Summer Fete – Saturday 11th July: 2.00pm – 4.30pm
Tomorrow is the day and Newbridge School is the place! The party is about to begin!
Free Entry for all!
The children have done such a wonderful job of selling those raffle tickets that as a special thank you the entrance fee has been scrapped – so please come along and even if you can only pop in for half an hour, do come, it will be well worth your while!
A big well done!
We have been overwhelmed by the response to the raffle competition! All the children have taken part and thrown themselves into the task. Thank you so much for all your efforts! The exciting news of which year group has won the trip to Wagamamas will be announced next week in Assembly. Good luck and thank you!
Barbecue starts early!
For all of you who have so kindly agreed to give up your time and help run stalls or set up tomorrow morning we have decided to fire up the barbecue early so you can feed yourselves and your families at school without having to trek all the way home and back. So, hotdogs and beef burgers will be available for sale from 1.00pm.
Help still needed!
Gazebos still needed so if you have one we can borrow please bring it along and help us put it up. And if you have a sack-barrow you will be very welcome indeed! If you haven’t put your name down to help – don’t worry just come along! Help is always appreciated! The gate will be open from 10.00am.
In case of bad weather -
Rain or shine – the fete will still go on! We are lucky at Newbridge that we have so much indoor space and if it pours with rain, we will have to use every inch of it! Please come along and show your support because if it does rain we will need it all the more!
NPSA Committee Meeting – Monday 13th July at 7.30pm
Chelsea Café, Chelsea RoadThis is our final meeting this year! On the agenda are new roles next year (we are hoping to get more people involved at committee level) and next year’s dates. Please come along to this meeting with a difference - this one will take place at The Chelsea Café, Chelsea Road!
Discos – Yrs 1, 2, 3 and 4 - Monday 20th July
Yrs 5 and 6 - Thursday 23rd July
Help is needed to help run these popular events! If you are available, pop a note in the NPSA tray in reception or email us on npsa@hotmail.co.uk.
NPSA Coffee Morning – Friday 17th July: 9.00am - 11.00am Blue Room
Come along and join the fun at our last coffee morning of this school year! Not only will we have the usual home-baked biscuits and cookies on sale but this is your opportunity to meet the new intake of reception parents as we welcome them to the fold! Nearly new uniform will also be on sale and, as always, pre-schoolers are welcome and toys will be provided! Hot drinks 50p, biscuits and cookies 20p, squash free.
Thank you
We have so many people that we need to thank and we will have even more by the end of this week! So, thank you to all of you who have helped out at the various new intake events, the volunteer coffee mornings, assemblies, and Groundforce Day. It really is appreciated!

NEWSLETTER Issue: 6.05

BITS AND PIECES
Ø As a brilliant Arts Week draws to a close, there will be more information about what has been going on before the end of term.
Ø The new adventure trail will be opened at next Saturday’s Summer Fete and will be used by the children from Monday 13th July onwards. The equipment has been installed and now the Astroturf is being laid.
Ø A massive ‘thank you’ and ‘well done!’ to our Groundforce Day 3 team who achieved so much in just a few hours. The new pond has been completed in the Conservation Area, the wildflower meadow has been sown and the Spiritual Garden further developed. We will return after the summer hols!

PARENTS AND CARERS - PLEASE BE VIGILANT
Without wishing to raise undue alarm, I feel I should inform you that, recently, there have been three attempted abductions in the Bristol area. It seems sensible to share this information with you with the summer holidays imminent. Before the end of term we will be quietly reminding the children about dealing with strangers.
Mr Croker

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY W/B 06/07/09
Monday 08/07/09
ü Volunteer coffee morning 9.00-10.30 (Blue Room)
Tuesday 07/07/09
ü Upper School Sports Day
Wednesday 08/07/09
ü Volunteer coffee morning 9.00-10.30 (Blue Room)
Thursday 09/07/09
ü Reserve Upper School Sports Day
ü Lower School 6-a-side Football Tournament @ 3.30pm
Friday 10/07/09
ü MUFTI Day
ü Clubs Finish
ü Reports out to parents
ü Upper School 6-a-side Football Tournament @ 4.00pm
Saturday 11/07/09
ü Summer Fete: 2.00pm – 4.30pm

MAKING A DIFFERENCE … LAST CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS!
No doubt you have seen the posters around the school and in the local community advertising two coffee mornings next week: Monday 6th July and Wednesday 8th July. Each one starts in the Blue Room at 9.00 and finishes around 10.30am. This will be a chance to celebrate all our existing volunteers and the fabulous work they do. It will also be an opportunity to welcome potential volunteers and outline our ambitious plans for the future which will benefit our children but also enable us to better serve the community. If you want to offer your help in any way, come along to one of the mornings!

THANK YOU ………
to everyone who donated old logo school uniform to the Ragbag Project! The sweatshirts are being laundered and parcelled up to send off to a children’s charity based in South Africa. Homestead is a charity for street children, who call in, have their first shower in months, a set of clean clothes and a meal, before they go back on the streets to try and find somewhere to sleep that night. Julian and Kirsty, who run the charity, also ask people to collect up the small sample soaps and shampoos. If anyone has a collection of these stashed away at home and would like to add them to the parcel, please see Hala Langan (Meg’s Mum 2B) asap.

WELL DONE!
Thank you to all the children from 1R who helped at last week’s Curriculum Evening. You did a fantastic job – well done!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING ‘STARS OF THE WEEK’
Years 1 and 2
Paris, Fiona, Maddie
Years 3 and 4
Jacob, Isaac, Estiak, Ellie, Kate, Sam
Years 5 and 6
Nathan, Ben, Elliot, Ava, Ella, Jacob, Sydney, Ben
PPA Art
Freya, Hannah, Julian, Isabella
PPA PE
Harry, Molly, Elliot, Sydney
PPA Music
Emelia, Martha, Marlena

MUSIC CELEBRATION ASSEMBLY
On Wednesday 22nd July some of our talented musicians will be playing in assembly. The assembly will include orchestra, advanced and intermediate recorders, possibly blues band and some year 6 soloists. It will start at 2.00pm promptly in the Upper School Hall and any parents are invited to come along and watch.

UPPER SCHOOL HEALTHY TUCK SHOP
As part of Healthy Schools and in association with Rachel Grimstead and Nicola Lucas from the Chelsea Road Greengrocers, we will be providing a Healthy Tuck Shop in the Upper School. We will be having a three week trial and the tuck shop will be open on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays during morning break starting on 6th July, outside the Crush Hall.

CREAM TEAS
The Teaching Assistants are hosting their popular cream teas again this year at the Summer Fete. This will take place in the Blue Room and teas can be ordered in advance to avoid disappointment. The teas cost £1.50 for 2 scones, jam, cream and a cup of tea. Advance orders can be sent to the Office between now and 10th July.

HELPERS WANTED - For the Year 6 Production on: Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th July.
If you can help apply face paints, help children dress in their costumes or serve drinks in the interval then we’d love to hear from you!
Please write a note addressed to the year 6 teachers with the time you are available and the area that you’d like to help in.
Many thanks, Miss Simpson (6CS)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: NEWBRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL 6-a-SIDE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENTS
LOWER SCHOOL – Thursday 9th July - The tournament will start at 3.30pm and will be finished by 5.00pm. It is open to teams consisting of 7 players (6-a-side + 1 sub). We will be running 1 tournament for Rec/Year 1 and 1 tournament for Year 2 at the same time, so please make up your team with children from those year groups. The entry cost is £2.00 per player (£14.00 per team) payable on the day. All proceeds will go to the NPSA. It is important that each team has a parent as Team Manager. Please return the completed entry form in an envelope marked Lower School Football to the NPSA tray in the Office by Tuesday 7th July.
UPPER SCHOOL – Friday 10th July – Registration will be at 3.35pm and the first round will start at 4.00pm. Presentations will be at 6.00pm. Each team must have an adult as Manager and they will be responsible for the team on the day, helping to organise the teams, collecting the subs and dealing with any minor injuries that occur. Please be at school for 3.45pm. Entry fee is £2.00 per player to be paid at registration on the day. Please return completed entry forms in an envelope marked Upper School Football to Mr Cumpson by Monday 6th July.

PUPIL PARLIAMENT
On Monday 29th June, Hannah (3H) and Joseph (4W) went to Bath Spa University to take part in a Pupil Parliament. It was the first of its kind. When we got there we went to the theatre and we got split into four groups. Newbridge were in Twiverton 101 with a number of other schools and one by one we went up and presented our ideas to the other schools. Once all the schools had presented their ideas each person had to vote on who they thought should present their ideas in the theatre later on and Newbridge were voted through. When we presented our ideas in the big theatre sadly we didn’t get voted in. The idea that was voted highest was a very good idea, so although it wasn’t our idea we were very pleased. We would like to thank Mr Cumpson for taking us.
By Joseph
(‘This is a first for Newbridge and all Bath Schools. The Council, in conjunction with the University, are hoping to hold two of these children’s parliaments a year so that our children’s voice is heard and acted upon. Well done to Joseph, Hannah and Mr Cumpson on being such fantastic representatives!’ Mr Croker)

TAG RUGBY REPORT
On Saturday 27th June Newbridge Tag Rugby team went to the Recreation Ground to play rugby. In the morning we played lots of warm ups with Paulton Juniors and in the afternoon we played matches. We played St Mary’s first and we won, then we played St Nicholas Primary which we also won. For our last match we played Saltford but sadly we lost 7-6. We were supposed to play one more match against St Phillip’s but we ran out of time. If we had won that we would have come top of our group. It was the end of the tournament and we won 2 games.
By Rhys 3H
(‘ Our squad of twelve Year 3 and 4 players were amazing. With only two practice sessions under their belts they went on to play at least as well as the Lions! They played with great spirit and togetherness which was matched by the support from all our fantastic supporters. It was a pleasure to spend the day with them all.’ Mr Croker)

NPSA NEWS – Summer Fete Special
Newbridge Summer Fete – Saturday 11th July 2.00pm – 4.30pm
Summer is upon us and the fete is fast approaching and hopefully the good weather will continue! It should be a great day, what with the competitions, cream teas, bouncy castle obstacle course, barbecue, magician, penalty shootout, events and all the other fantastic stalls! It should also be an affordable afternoon as we have kept the prices low with most games priced at 20 pence and lots of free activities such as Bryan the Magician and all the events and displays!

Now, to the important bit! This is the event, more than any other, which needs the support of the whole school to be successful. And, I am afraid that we are yet again going to ask you to donate your goods and time! Thank you to all who have already volunteered to help run a stall but we still have some stalls yet to find an owner! Here is a list:

Treasure Map
Lose your Marbles
Flying Saucers
The Egg Game
Face paints
New books

If you are able to volunteer by yourself or with a group of families, then please pop a note in the NPSA tray, email npsa@hotmail.co.uk. If you are put off because you do not know what these games are – don’t be! They are all set up and ready to run and all very straightforward! So, please come forward!

We also need an army of helpers on the Friday before the fete to help label up the tombolas, wrap the lucky dip etc. If you can help, please come along to the Blue Room on the morning of Friday the 10th July.

As you are aware without all your kind donations, events like the Summer Fete could not happen – so please keep them coming in!
Here is a list of what each year group is being asked to contribute:

Years 2, 4 and 6 – Sweetie Jars (You should find these in your book-bags next week. Please fill them! No nuts please.)
Years 1, 3 and 5 – Chocolate for the Chocolate Tombola (No nuts please.)
Reception – Plain scones or a jar of strawberry jam (This would be a great contribution for our cream teas! Home made or shop bought! No nuts please.)

In addition, Friday 10th July is Mufti Day and in exchange for wearing mufti we are asking the whole school to bring a tombola prize for the adult tombola. For example, a bottle of wine, an alcoholic beverage, some nice olive oil, a box of chocolates, some special biscuits, a particularly nice chutney etc.

So, where do you have to bring all these goodies? Well, we would like you to bring them in on Friday the 10th July – the day before the fete and bring them to the Blue Room. If you do not drop-off on a Friday then bring them in anytime next week and leave them in reception.

I would also like to put out an appeal for any toys or books you are getting rid of. If they are in good condition, please bring them to school any time next week and there will be a box waiting to receive them outside reception. They will find a good home on the second-hand stall at the fete! Both adult and children’s books gratefully received!

Thank you in advance for all your kind donations. In a week when the builders have started work on the adventure play trail, it really shows how much good your kind support does. Bringing in goodies and volunteering to run stalls really does make a difference to our children’s education!