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• Oliver Beazant - An Update May 2016

  Mon 23 May 2016

   

  May 2016

  An Update – Oliver Beazant

   

  Hi to all Parents, teachers and pupils associated with Mosspits Lane Primary School,

   

   

  Initially, an update on Oliver Beazant given it's been 10 weeks since Oliver arrived back home from the United States and as you all may well know, Oliver is now back in school  trying to regain the normality he has lost over the past 9 months.

   

  Myself, Jane and Oliver would like to express our gratitude and appreciation for the help and support that we received during this time.

   

  All in all Oliver had 5 cycles of chemoptherapy (including 2 in Jacksonville) and a combined 34 radiotherapy and proton beam therapy treatments. Oliver has been extremely brave throughout the course of his treatment and we are so grateful of he financial and emotional support including all the messages from the people associated with Mosspits. We read out your messages to Oliver at his bedside when he was sick and it was very uplifting for him.

   

  We are so happy and grateful to have him back home and the people inside and outside of Mosspits have made it so easier for ourselves and Oliver by integrating him slowly back into his daily school routine.

   

  Oliver is still not completely over his ordeal, however we are very positive with his progress and he will undergo 6 months of Interferon injections to boost his immunity as his body is very weak after losing around 10 kilo during his treatment which he still hasn't yet regained. The Nutricia Nutrini milk feed will be given to Oliver overnight to boost his calories until his appetite completely improves. These Interferon injections will finish in October providing all goes to plan. Oliver had a slight setback 2 weeks ago when a faulty syringe became detached allowing the needle to fall into his leg.  Consequently, we followed doctor's advice for the needle to remain in his leg because it could do more harm than good if they open his leg to look for the needle which they may not find and there is risk of infection.

   

  Furthermore Oliver recently had his initial Mri scan since arriving back from the United States and we are hoping for a positive result but it will take time for the treatment he had, to be effective however we are told that the tumour should gradually shrink over time.

   

  We are all upbeat about Oliver's future and wish to thank everybody involved in the support of his road to recovery.

   

  Thanks again

   

  Colin, Jane and Oliver  

• Health and Wellbeing Week 2016

  Thu 19 May 2016 Miss Warn

  Summer Term 2016

   

  HEALTH AND WELLBEING WEEK

   

  Dear Parents/Carers (and extended family members),

   

  We plan to hold our annual Health and Wellbeing week, from Monday 20th to Friday 24th June 2016. We have an exciting itinerary so far including hula-hooping, hockey, athletics with Liverpool Harriers, metafit and street dance.

  We're excited to invite Neil Danns, a British Skateboarding champion, to a school assembly and we will be fundraising for British Heart Foundation by organising a 'Big Skip' and 'Ultimate Dodgeball'. Look out for sponsor forms coming soon. 

   

  Can you help us? Do you have good contacts with sports and health organisations? 

   

  We are looking for any activities you could offer related to any of the following:

   

  • sports, games and fitness i.e. coaching/fitness sessions,
  • health advice/resources i.e. nutrition and cookery, handwashing, doctor/nurse/dentist
  • wellbeing i.e. mindfulness
  • personal/social i.e. police, fire service, e-safety messages/resources
  • science i.e. human body, effect of exercise
  • gardening/allotment

   

  If you can help in any way, please get in touch. There's a letter in 'Letters' section for April, to fill in a reply slip.

  We've already had lots of volunteers already so thank you for this!

   

  Miss L Warn 

• E-safety online advice

  Mon 16 May 2016

  As always, we urge parents to take an active role in monitoring your child's online use. We advise that you check the history of searches on the internet and take time to understand some of the content that children are using and what it entails.

   

  We have recently encountered incidents in school where online apps have raised safety concerns for our pupils. One app in particular is called Omegle. Please be aware that this, like many others, are not designed for children and compromise their safety and wellbeing.

   

  There are a number of excellent sites that parents can use for accessing support and advice in keeping your children safe online. The NSPCC, in particular, is a good source of information. 

   

  https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/

   

• La journée française! Friday 20th May

  Mon 16 May 2016 Miss Vernon

  Dear Parents and Carers,

   

  On Friday 20th May children will be taking part in a whole school French day.

   

  The children will learn about French composers and artists, explore famous French monuments and learn French rhymes and songs. We will also be joined by students from Liverpool Hope University who will be teaching the children all about French food and the Olympic games.

   

  In the afternoon KS2 will be taking part in  'qui veut gagner des millions'. A French 'who wants to be a millionaire' style game show, where children will be showcasing their knowledge of French vocabulary and culture and competing against other classes.

   

  On the day children can come to school wearing blue, white and red.

   

  Merci!

  Madame Vernon

  

• Oliver's Cause - an update

  Mon 21 Mar 2016

   

  Oliver Beazant – Liverpool Echo 15th February 2016

   

  Dear Parents,

   

  You may have seen an article in the Liverpool Echo (15th February 2016) about one of our pupils, Oliver Beazant in Year 5.

   

  Oliver is undergoing lifesaving treatment for a rare cancer of the head, neck and throat. He has had to go to Jacksonville in Florida, USA for Proton Beam Therapy treatment as there is no Proton treatment centre in the UK. Oliver has been there since early January and after undergoing 36 treatments he will return in late March / early April. His parents have had to give up work but still need to meet their living expenses whilst in Florida. To help fund this Oliver’s father has set up a gofundme page in order for donations to be made to support the family over the next few months.

   

  Mosspits Lane Primary School is also trying to help Oliver and his family by collecting donations. We are very proud to say that £1800 has been raised, which included £500 from the local Rotary Club. Thank you so much for your support; it means a lot to us.

   

  If you would still like to make a donation either visit the gofundme page at https://www.gofundme.com/oliverbeazant

   

  Kind regards,

  Miss Everitt

  Headteacher

• Magical Maths club

  Fri 18 Mar 2016

  Professor Poopenshtinken, the mathematical genius, came to visit us last week. He led an assembly for our children (and teachers) where he claimed to be the greatest mathematician ever.  The Professor challenged Miss Gledhill and Miss Lisney to a Maths Race to prove he is the greatest mathematician ever. The Professor used giant magical number rods and stunned them by adding four 4 digit numbers in his head more quickly than the teachers could using calculators. We thought the Professor had got one wrong but he somehow managed to add up four 4 digit numbers on the back of the rods that he hadn't even seen! The children were mesmerised! He told all the children that he could teach them to do this trick (and many others) using only the power of numbers.

   

  The Professor's friends will be coming back to school after half term (on Thursdays starting 21st April) to run super fun Magical Maths Clubs. The club is for KS2 children and will run for 6 consecutive weeks. 

   

  This club has all NEW games, tricks and puzzles. 

   

  Call 01744 776110 or visit www.magicalmathsclub.com/haltonsthelensandwarrington to book. Professor Poopenshtinken has told me that a lot of people have booked already and places are going quickly so book now to avoid disappointment.

• Dyslexia Bronze Award

  Thu 17 Mar 2016

  We are very proud to announce that we have gained the Bronze Dyslexia award in school in recognition for the work that staff put into developing a programme of strategies for children with dyslexia.

   

  Thanks to Mrs Murphy, the school's lead for Inclusion and SEND,  the staff have been inspired by a series of valuable training activities and projects. This has led to a further improvement in provision for pupils with SEND and an effective, whole school, co-ordinated approach.

• Parents' Association news

  Mon 14 Mar 2016

  February, 2016

   

  Parents’ Association Easter Events

   

  Dear Parents/Carers,

   

  I am writing to tell you about our forthcoming fundraising events over the next half-term. We are aiming to raise money for a new, sturdier, weatherproof greenhouse and we would appreciate your support.

   

  • ‘Eyes down’ for our Easter Egg Bingo on Wednesday 23rd March at 3:40pm in the Infant Hall. This has been a popular event with families in the past and is good fun! There are lots of chocolate eggs to win, a raffle prize ‘eggstravaganza’ and refreshments.

  • A non-uniform day on Friday 18th March in exchange for a donation of an Easter Egg which will go towards the Bingo. If you can’t donate a chocolate egg, we ask that your child bring in a voluntary contribution of £1.

  • ‘Decorate an Egg’ competition: each child can bring in a decorated hard-boiled egg on Thursday 31st March to be judged by Miss Everitt on Friday 1st April.

   

  Our combined Christmas events raised nearly £3000, which have contributed towards the Christmas Pantomime for all the children and the ‘Around the World’ cultural activities, which allow our children to learn more about different cultures and traditions across the world through art, craft, music and dance.

   

  As ever, we are always looking for new members to either join the committee, or help out at various events. If you can help in any way, please get in touch via pa@mosspits.com or follow us on Twitter @mosspitsPA. The school website has a Parents’ Association section too.

   

  We’d be particularly interested to hear from anyone whose employer runs a fund matching scheme, or if you shop online, you can raise money for the PA by registering with Easy Fundraising at www.easyfundraising.org.uk/mspa.

   

   

  Yours sincerely,

  Jo Jones (Chair of PA)

• World Book Day 2016

  Thu 03 Mar 2016

   

  Dear Parents/Carers,

  On Thursday 3rd March, our school will be taking part in a range of activities to enjoy World Book Day. This is a celebration of books and reading and we hope that children enjoy the activities we have planned for them.

  The children have been discussing ideas for celebrating World Book Day. A popular

  suggestion was that children come to school dressed as a character from a book. Therefore, we are inviting children to come to school dressed as a character.

  Children will also be bringing home their World Book Day voucher. This token can either be used for one of the £1 World Book Day books or to get a £1 off any full priced book instead.

  If you would like to get involved during the day and feel that you could contribute in any way, please do get in touch with your child’s teacher.

   

  Thanks for your support

  Mrs L Griffiths

• National Numeracy Challenge

  Wed 24 Feb 2016 Miss Lisney

  If you would like to support your child further in their maths work, have a look at this website nationalnumeracy.org.uk.  It gives lots of ideas of games and activities for your child to do across the different ages.  Also if you are looking to improve your maths skills, you can take the Numeracy Challenge on the website.  After taking the challenge, it will give you a score, show you the areas in maths you can improve on and then teach you how to make those improvements.