marytavy-brentor-sch.ik.org | 8. Friday March 7th, 2008

The culprits who caused the damage to our Lower Playground have been visited by the Police and have since come into School to apologise. Plants and pots have been replaced and verbal apologies have been received. We are now waiting for letters of apology to our children. The whole incident has been very upsetting and we hope that we will never be victims of pointless and mindless vandalism again. We hope that those who were responsible have learnt a valuable lesson and will in future think about the consequences or their actions. Thank you to Mr Carter, our Caretaker, who has spent considerable time clearing up the mess. Back to top

Quiz Night!

There is still time to enter a team for tonight's Quiz Night at Coronation Hall in Mary Tavy.

Doors open at 7.30pm and the Quiz starts at 8.00pm

Teams of 4 can enter on the night.

Entry will be £15 per team to include wine and nibbles

A bar will also be available.

Prizes on offer!

We hope to see you there. Thank you to everyone in advance for their support.

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Cross Country

Well done to everyone who took part in the recent Cross Country event at Princetown School. Oliver, Joe, Andy and Ryan made huge efforts in the Fun Run and never gave up. The Teams ran in the longer course for the League Competition which was very hard with lots of uphill. Well done to Sarah, Freya, Poppy, Holly, Beth W, Edward, Michael, Haze, Dan J and Sam. They also looked really smart in the sports tracksuits purchased by the PTA and Friends, supported by a grant from the Parich Council. Thank you to the parents who supported the children and helped with transport. Back to top

Staff and Governor News

As from next week, Mrs Cleaver will be taking over from Mrs Lillicrap for the responsibility of the administration of the dinner money system as well as maintaining her role as Teaching Assistant in Class 3. Please continue to send in dinner money in a named purse or envelope in advance. Thank you to those parents who are paying by cheque as this is saving us valuable time in the Office.

We would like to welcome Mrs Sarah Street to the Governing Body. Mrs Street is a Parish Councillor and has been appointed by the Local Authority to our Governing Body. We hope she enjoys her time with us as a Governor

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Book Week

This has been very successful with lots of exciting activities taking place throughout the School. The children made a real effort dressing up as characters from Sleeping Beauty. Yesterday they watched a play written and performed by Class 3 and then joined in with the wedding celebrations at the end. Class 3 did a brilliant job writing the play and learning their lines in such a short time.

The book jacket competition produced some excellent entries and the children had obviously spent considerable time and effort on them. The judges found it very difficult but eventually decided to award prizes to Lily, Izzy, Samantha and Leah.

We hope you will be using the book vouchers, We have a limited amount of vouchers left over if you would like another. Either ask at the Office or ask your child to collect one. First come first served.

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We are collecting...

1. Nestle Box Tops

2. Sainsbury Sports Vouchers and

3. Tesco Computer Vouchers

Please send in tokens and vouchers and encourage your family, friends and neighbours to collect for us. We have been able to order books and equipment for the children in the past that has enhanced their learning and play times. Thank you for your support.

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Drama Club

Please note that unfortunately, due to family reasons, Mrs Baxter will be unable to take Drama Club until Monday 31st March.

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Tree Planting

This went very well last week and all 30 trees were planted in our School Field. Well done to Isabelle for winning us the trees. Thank you as well to everyone for digging the holes! We are also grateful to Mr Paul Glanville, Dartmoor Ranger, for helping us. Back to top

For Sale

We have a School sweatshirt that has hardly been worn in EXCELLENT condition. It is a size 30" and was worn for just over a week by Mrs Lillicrap's grandson when he stayed with us. Only £5 to whoever sees Mrs Bassett first.

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Coffee Morning

We hope you will support a Coffee Morning at School next Friday 14th March. It is being organised by Jemima, Lizzy, Izzy and Kitty in aid of Comic Relief and Operation Sunshine. Please come along to the Coffee Morning between 10.30am and 11.30am. The girls would really be grateful for any donations of cakes and biscuits. Please also send in any items that can be donated to Operation Sunshine - pencils, books, school shoes etc.

The children can bring in money to spend at the Coffee Morning.

Good luck to the girls and we hope to see as many of you as possible at the event.