February 2016

Firstly, thank you to everyone who supported our

Breakfast with Santa and Christmas Fayre event,

whether you donated, organised, ran a stall, ran the

music and movement session (Pauline Coker –

thank you!) or came along on the day. The turnout

wasn’t as big as we’d hoped for, and there were

many children in Buckden who missed having a

delicious breakfast with Santa and a dance with

Pauline - where were they?! However, the event,

together with the sale of our remaining chocolate

and reindeer food stock in the following week,

raised £508 – far from a record, but excellent con-

sidering the turnout.

Last month we had several new starters, who are

all now settling into the hustle and bustle or pre-

school life. We started the month with two number

weeks when we focused on recognising written

numbers and counting, and then started focussing

on letters. We also marked Australia Day on the

, making Australian flags, aboriginal collages

and lovely lamingtons.

This month, we’re looking forward to learning about

Chinese New Year – always a favourite with both

staff and children, as it always involves colourful

craft activities and delicious Chinese food – and

getting competitive with our annual Sponsored Pan-

cake Flip. Frying pans at the ready!

Finally, a huge thank you to our lovely Buckden

librarian Ann, who goes to great lengths to rein-

force our theme of the week on our library vis-

its, and all the volunteers too.

We always get a

warm welcome and they can’t do enough to help. If

your child isn’t a member of the library yet, we

heartily recommend taking them along. It’s a great

way to give your child a wide choice of story and

fact books, there are competitions to enter and Sto-

rytime sessions to attend, and some super DVDs to

borrow too. You might even find something for your-

self!

Miss Alison

Please visit www.buckdenpreschool.co.uk for more

information or ring 07941 671999 to book a visit or

talk to our Manager, Michelle Nelson. Our Chair-

man, Alan Scott, can be contacted on

07745274921, and www.facebook.com/

www.buckdenpreschool.co.uk has our latest up-

dates.

BUCKDEN CHURCH OF

ENGLAND SCHOOL

(Primary Academy Trust)

January 2016

We returned after the Christmas holidays ready for the

new term. It is a much quieter time at school following

the hectic build up to Christmas.

In January we welcomed a new teacher to our staff.

Mrs Liz Masters is teaching in a Year 6 class. She

takes over from Mrs Andrea Loakes who sadly left the

school in December to relocate to the Norfolk coast with

her family. Welcome to Mrs Masters.

The school had a non-uniform day to raise money for

the Calderdale schools affected by the floods over

Christmas. All our children came to school wearing non

uniform for a donation. Thanks to the generosity of our

parents we raised £218.40, which has been sent to the

appeal organisers.

Our Year 4, 5 and 6 pupils attended the Young Voices

concert at The 02 in London. This is a national event

with schools from all over the country attending. On the

day of our concert there were over 5,000 children sing-

ing, accompanied by a wide range of musicians and

artists, to create an amazing performance.

ll the music

was specially selected and gave our children a wide

variety of songs to perform. We ended the day with a

concert - many of our parents were able to come along

to enjoy the concert. We arrived back at school at mid-

night. What an exciting, eventful and tiring day, but we

all had a wonderful time.

Sheila Murdoch

The family would like to say a big Thank You to all

those who sent flowers, cards and made telephone

calls following the death of Sheila at the end of No-

vember. Also the many friends who attended the

‘Celebration of her life’ service at St Mary’s Church,

Buckden, with very special thanks to Rev Jes Salt

& Rev Pete Taylor for their part in conducting such

a heart-warming & happy service

Mark, Kelly & Margaret

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