IMPORTANT INFORMATION

We no longer use this page.

What you will find below is historic news of events and activities here at Sawley.

From June 2019, most of our celebration news has been posted on ClassDojo or Twitter.

• Christmas Cafe

  Mon 05 Dec 2016

  Friday 16^th December

   

  Christmas Jumper Day

  (Or wear anything “Christmassy”)

   

  £1 optional donation for Save the Children.

   

   

  Christmas Café

  8.45am – 10.30am

   

  You are welcome to visit your child’s class between 9.30am and 10.30am to join in some Christmas activities.

   

  Christmas raffle tickets will be on sale in the hall

   

  Refreshments and cake sale will be available in the hall until 10.30am.

   

  All cake donations will be accepted on the day for the cake stall.

   

  We will also have a few stalls in the hall selling Christmas stocking fillers.

   

• Houses of Parliament Visit

  Wed 23 Nov 2016

  A huge thank you to all the children who entered our competition to visit The Houses of Parliament next week.

  the lucky winners are:-

   

  Y3 Jessica P & Harry B

  Y4 Edward D & Codie B

  Y5 Oliver P & Charlie R

  Y6 Billie R & Izzy D

   

  There entries can be seen here.

   

• Film Night

  Tue 08 Nov 2016

  FRIENDS OF SAWLEY JUNIOR SCHOOL

   

  Movie Nights 2016

   

  Wednesday 30^th November Years 3 and 4

  Thursday 1^st December Years 5 and 6

   

  3.15pm until 5.30pm (Pupils will come straight to the hall at 3.15pm)

   

  Tickets will be on sale at £3.00 per person which includes chip cob and a drink plus the chance to watch a DVD on the big screen. (The film will be rated a PG). To enjoy the nights event and feel comfortable we are inviting pupils to wear pyjamas or onesies – this is of course optional!   

   

  Tickets will be on sale on Thursday 24^th November only in the hall from 8.30am until 8.55am.

   

  All money raised will help fund the coaches for your child’s school trips.

   

  All children must bring £3.00 and the signed permission slip to the hall on Thursday 24^th  November, only when we have received both of these items, tickets can be allocated for the event.

   

  Children must be collected from the school reception at 5.30pm prompt, unless they are making their own way home.

   

• Y6 Purple Hoodies

  Mon 07 Nov 2016

  The Y6 children have asked today when they may wear their purple hoodies. To clarify - the purple hoodies may be worn:-

  • at playtime/lunchtime as an extra layer on any day of the week
  • for outdoor PE
  • all day Friday instead  of green sweatshirts

   

  Y6 children do not have to have their purple badge in order to wear their purple hoodie.

• Residential 2016

  Fri 28 Oct 2016

  Not too many sleeps now until this year's residential.

  Click here to take you to the residential page!

• PE t-shirts

  Thu 08 Sep 2016

  The new PE t-shirts look fantastic!

  We now  have some stock in school for those parents who would like to purchase the house coloured tops but don't want to pay delivery. 

• School Photographer

  Fri 02 Sep 2016

  Dear Parents and Carers

   

  The School Photographer will be in school to take individual and family group photographs on Friday 16th September, commencing at 8.30am.

   

  Should you wish your child to be photographed with their brother/sister who attend the Juniors please complete the reply slip , telling us which class your children are in, and return to the school office by Friday 9th September. These family group photographs will then be taken during the morning.

   

  If we have no reply slip your child will be photographed individually – only one reply slip is necessary per family. 

   

  If you wish your child to be photographed with younger children including those at the Infants/Nursery you must bring all your children to the hall at 8.30am for their photograph. All younger children should be accompanied by an adult at all times. Please note we will not be fetching any children from the Infants for family photos during school hours this year as they will all be taken between 8.30am and 9am.

   

  If you have any questions please contact the office.

   

   

   

• Olympic Activity Day

  Tue 12 Jul 2016

  6^th  Annual Activity Day 

   

  Tuesday 19th July 2016

   

  The Olympics come to Sawley

   

  This year all pupils will take part in;

   

  Olympic athletics

  Olympic water races

  Brazilian dancing

  The world famous wally ball tournament

  Designing Olympic sports outfits

   Ice cream van visit

   

  All pupils to wear sports clothes and trainers. We will hopefully be outside most of the day so please also ensure your child has their water bottle, sun cream and a sun hat with them.

• Sports day 2016

  Thu 23 Jun 2016

  Sports Day postponed: With heavy rain forecast for tomorrow, we have re-arranged Sports Day to Tuesday 5th July at 1.15pm.

   

  More details for this years Sports Day can be found on the letters page.

   

  We would like to invite you to our annual Sports Day on Wednesday 29th June 2016 on the school field. Following the success of last year’s event the children will once again work together across the year groups to win points for their Owl House. The House with the most points will be presented with the 2016 trophy and be declared the 2016 Sawley Junior School Sports Day Champions!

   

  Provisional Timetable for the morning: 8.45-8.55am	Children arrive as normal and go straight to their classrooms.
  8.55am	Registers taken in class.
  9.05	Children will come down on to the field and be seated in their Owl Houses.
  9.10am	Welcome!
  9.15am -11.30am	Children will race in year groups, each child representing their owl house.

   

   

  Eagle - Red

  Tawny - Green

  Snowy - White

  Barn - Blue

• Sawley is Sun Safe

  Fri 20 May 2016

  Keeping our children 

  SUN SAFE

  We are pleased to announce that Sawley Junior School are taking steps to implement a Sun Safe policy and teaching. The content of which forms part of our duty of care to ensure the health and wellbeing of your child/children during school hours. This is a voluntary undertaking by the school following an invitation from the Sun Safe Schools (national accreditation scheme), which has been developed by national skin cancer charity 'Skcin', to encourage the necessary culture change regarding attitudes towards sun safety required to combat the soaring rates of skin cancer in the UK.

  Skin cancer is now the most common and fastest rising cancer in the UK. Malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of the disease is one of the most common cancers in young adults aged 15-34. Burning as a young child can cause irreparable damage to a child’s delicate skin, that over time can develop with serious consequences.  Therefore, whilst we recognise that some sun is good for us, we are mindful of the importance of protecting the children in our care from over exposure to UV during outdoor play and activities.

  However, the good news is that skin cancer is almost entirely preventable and simple steps can be undertaken to ensure that your child’s skin is protected from the sun’s harmful rays. As such, we will be utilising the Sun Safe Schools accreditation scheme to teach all children the importance of sun safety with the fun and engaging teaching resources supplied to us.

  In order to gain our Sun Safe Status it is our duty to ensure that all parents/guardians send their child to school with an appropriate sun hat (named)  ideally to remain at school, where possible,  at all times during the months March through to the end of September. This is necessary to ensure that your child/children have access to the appropriate items that will help protect them from over exposure to UV during outdoor activities and break times - the majority of which are taken at the hottest times of the day, when UV penetration is at its strongest.

  Sun hats should be either legionnaire or broad brimmed, bucket style hats that shade the face, neck and ears. Sun hats will be worn during outdoor play/activities when UV levels are 3 or above.

  We are also pleased to inform you that courtesy of the Colin Bloomfield Melanoma Appeal’s bespoke version of the Sun Safe Schools accreditation scheme our school has been selected to take advantage of FREE sunscreen for all pupils. Our wall mounted sun stations with dispensers containing SPF 30, 5 star UVA, broad spectrum sunscreen are installed and ready for use by all pupils. Children will apply the sunscreen themselves before extended periods of time outdoors such as lunch breaks when UV penetration is at its peak. Should you wish to patch test a sample of the sunscreen on your child, samples can be trialed by contacting the school office.

   

  Please Visit our 'Sunsafe' page on the parents tab.