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Jul 10 2009	Summer Newsletter Number 3

May 8 2009	Bike Shelter update Our Bike shelters are now finished and looking good!, we are hoping to have an official opening on friday 12th june.There will be plenty of room for all our bikes and scooters, and maybe we can encourage more adults to cycle! Thank you for your patience.

May 5 2009	Summer News - number one

Apr 30 2009	Year Four Poetry Success Year Four entered a poetry competition last term. They were chosen from 35,000 entries. Their poems are to be published in a forthcoming book, (July publication). WELL DONE YEAR FOUR!

Apr 26 2009	Eco - Water bottles The school council have been looking at water bottles to sell at school, they are made from durable plastic and can be used time after time, they would cut down on the many plastic drinks bottles that are re-cycled at school everyday. Please let your school council representative know if you would be interested in buying one at £1.50 each. Now we find less water bottles left on the field. If you want to buy some then there are some left in the office. Hurry!!!!

Mar 19 2009	Spring Term Newsletter - Number three

Mar 12 2009	Snape Schools Music Festival - Year Five and Six Mrs Davidson has been working with the choir for the Snape Schools Music Festival, along with Mrs Jopling and Mrs Vince who have been working with the orchestra. The schools festival takes place on Thursday 12th of March, at Snape Maltings Festival Hall. Mrs Davidson will be accompaning the children on the piano. By Coral Salmon and Georgina Morrison

Mar 3 2009	Suffolk Greenest County event FANTASTIC NEWS!! Birchwood Primary School has just been awarded Highly commended in the ' Waste and Recycling' category at this years Suffolk Greenest County event. This is in recognition for all our hard work during 2008. Well done everyone let's keep it up! Mrs Doman with our School Eco-Council.

Mar 2 2009	Birchwood Sports Results Written by the children in year Six

Feb 13 2009	Blue Peter Appeal - 'Mission Nutrition.' 3.30pm BRING-AND-BUY SALE Thank you to everyone that donated, helped out and of course spent their money. We raised a fantastic £114.50 for 'Mission Nutrition'. Every penny will go towards helping starving children all around the world grow and eat their own food.

Feb 12 2009	Spring Term Nerwsletter - Number two

Jan 13 2009	Spring Term Newsletter - Number One

Dec 19 2008	Christmas Newsletter 2008

Dec 11 2008	Mr Cloke's Handwriting Competition Winners of Mr Clokes Handwriting Competition. Each child demonstrated good use of cursive handwriting in their poetry entries, they were each selected from their yeargroup and awarded a set of handwriting pens. The winning framed poems are on display in Mr Cloke's office. Congratulations to the winners.

Dec 5 2008	Christmas Fair Winners Some of the lucky prize winners of from this years Christmas Fair, organised by the PTA. Money raised will go towards our new bike shelters.

Nov 24 2008	Autumn Newsletter - Number Three

Nov 17 2008	Tree Planting / Woodland Day On the 17th of November, we took part in a woodland day. We planted different types of hedges including holly. It was a very windy day, so there were lots of leaves about.we all had to make a different animal out of the leaves.Me and my friends made a sea turtle, can you see it's head? Please click on the heading to see some more of our pictures.

Nov 14 2008	Children-In-Need cake sale The School Council organised a cake sale for children in need, all key stage two children were asked to bring in donations and cakes they were sold during morning break to the whole school for 20p each. The remaining cakes were sold after school when parents were invited in to buy. We raised an amazing £150 Fantastic! Click above to see the Pudsey cake that Georgina Morrison in year six made. (sold for £10) Also our school council that helped to organise the event and sell the cakes on the day. A big thank you also to Mrs Bloomfield, Mrs Woods, Mr Wilson and Mrs Doman for their help.

Nov 12 2008	Martlesham Heath Youth Club Congratulations to Martlesham Heath youth Club and Mrs Ronnie Leader who has been running the group tirelessly for the past fifteen years. The club has just been awarded the 'Roddy Macleod small club award.' The award was presented by Suffolk County Council and described as being a "Magical and Exceptional" youth club. The group is attended by children from other schools aswell as Birchwood, including Cedarwood, Beacon Hill and Gorseland. Well done to all, a group photograph will soon be on display in school.

Nov 11 2008	11+ Sports Scholarship at Brandeston Hall 2009 Parents of talented boys and girls in school year six, can now contact the school for details of sports scholarships. Find out more from the office.

Nov 10 2008	Suffolk Young Cyclist Training Course A quick look over the right shoulder to check it is clear before pulling out to make a right turn onto Eagle Way. Congratulations to all the year six children that have just completed the course. They have learnt new skills to enable them to ride safely on the roads. A huge thank you to all the parents who came along to help. Without you we would not of been able to go out onto the roads. Please remember at this time of year to check that your bike can be seen. You should be thinking about lights if you are riding after school clubs, remember your helmet and check that your bikes are safe to ride at all times! Please click above to see more pictures taken during that week.

Oct 23 2008	Autumn Newsletter - Number 2

Oct 14 2008	Harvest Festival Celebrations Thank you to everyone who donated food for our harvest boxes. Each class made up atleast one box containing a varied selection from soup to home baked cakes. These were proudly displayed in the entrance to St. Michael's Church. The boxes were collected by the Salvation army for local distribution. Here you can see the van be loaded by some of our year six volunteers.

Sep 29 2008	Suffolk County Council Autumn Litter Conference Thomas Lesaint,Jessica Foulger and Mrs Doman went to Ipswich for a litter conference where there were 15 schools and 36 students. They made suggestions and learnt about how to help the county prevent people from dropping litter. Here they can be seen wearing 'The BIG TIDY UP' tabards that we now wear for litter picks in school. Please click on the title to find out the conclusion of the conference. Written by Thomas LeSaint

Sep 26 2008	Autumn Newsletter - Update

Sep 12 2008	Mosaic Artwork The children have been working hard, with the mosaic artist Julie Wheeler to re-design our school 'strapline,' statement. Our beautiful artwork can be located in reception as you enter the school. Every child has helped to lay a tile, can you remember where your tile is?

Sep 2 2008	Autumn Newsletter - Number One

Jul 21 2008	Eco-Schools Award Fantastic News!!! Today we were awarded Eco-Schools GREEN FLAG status, this has been achieved by our ongoing activities towards a more sustainable lifesyle. Last week the school council visited Woodbridge primary School to look at their bike shelters made from sustainable materials. This is a project we hope to put in place next term watch this space. Our latest achievement was coming Third in the BT technology challenge, looking at ways that we can save paper in school. We are proud to of achieved the Suffolk Council Gold Award for the waste audit, recycling an amazing 80% of our waste. Our ongoing plans for the wildlife garden and curriculum based lessons focused on climate change and the environment will all help. If you have any suggestions or other ways in which we can improve our school and make it more sustainable please let your school council representatives know.