Solar Eclipse

March 2015
Mon 16th
	Year 5 Assembly
Tue 17th
Wed 18th
	Under 9 Rugby 7 Tournament - Old Vicarage
	Under 11 Football v. Highfields (Home) 2.45p.m.
	Under 11 Netball v. Highfields (Home) 2.45
Thu 19th
Fri 20th
Sat 21st
	Tempest Rehearsals You may notice the sky get darker on Friday as the UK experiences the first eclipse of 2015.

A solar eclipse is when the Moon lines up between the Sun and the Earth, blocking out the Sun's light.

It's a rare event and only possible when the Moon is at exactly the right distance from the Earth.

The eclipse we'll see on Friday will be a partial eclipse.

The sky will darken but the Sun will still peek out from behind the Moon.

The eclipse will begin at 8.45am and the Moon will be nearest the middle of the Sun at 9.31am.

By 10.41am it will all be over.

The UK hasn't seen a full solar eclipse since 1999, and won't get one until 2090.

Never look directly at the Sun - you may damage your eyes forever.

Red Nose Day 2015

Mon 9th
Year 4 Assembly
Red Nose Competition design a funny face
Tue 10th
ISA Under 9 Tag Rugby
ISA Under 9 - 7 a side netball
Preprep no swimming
Red Nose Treasure Hunt competition
Wed 11th
Under 11 Rugby 7 Tournament - Old Vicarage
Red Nose Cakes for sale
Thu 12th
Red Nose Funny Face Cakes for sale
Fri 13th
Red Nose Day Activities
Sat 14th
Tempest Rehearsals

RED NOSE DAY 2015- A WEEK OF FUND RAISING IN SCHOOL

RED NOSE DAY – A WEEK OF FUND RAISING AT SALTERFORD
Monday 9th March to Friday 13th March
"MAKE YOUR FACE FUNNY FOR MONEY"

Red Nose Day "Make your face funny for money" falls on Friday March 13th 2015.
We will be having an activity every day within school to raise money.
Please see the timetable of events below:


Monday 9th March Year 2
Design a Funny Face Competition – 20p per entry
entry sheets will be available from Ms Bradley on Monday and will be judged on Friday with a winner for the Funniest/Best.
Full details announced in assembly on Monday.

Tuesday 10th March Year 1
Treasure Hunt Game – 20p a square to find the hidden treasure.


Wednesday 11th March Year 6
Cake sale

Thursday 12th March Pre-Prep
Sale of Funny Face Cakes

Friday 13th March Year 3
Cake Sale

Friday 13th March Year 4
Red Noses on sale for £1

Friday 13th March Year 5
Pin the nose on the face - 20p charge

Friday 13th March will also be dressing up day with a £1 charge.

A fun fund raising week for all !!!!

MAKE YOUR FACE FUNNY FOR MONEY.

The Tempest

March 2015
Mon 2nd
	Finals of Gedling Indoor Athletics - Year 3 and 4
	The Tempest Rehearsals Y 456
Tue 3rd
	ISA Under 10 - 7 a side Netball
Wed 4th
	Year 3 Patchings Farm Trip
	Year 1 Patchings farm art centre
Thu 5th
	Gedling High 5 netball tournament - under 11
Fri 6th
	Under 11 netball tournament - Old Vicarage
	Year 5 Patchings Farm Art Centre
Sat 7th
	Tempest Dress Rehearsal
Sun 8th
	The Tempest Competition

The cast of "The Tempest" will be busy this weekend.  They will be performing at the ISA annual drama competition.  We are confident of success and hope to come back to school with a trophy or two.  No pressure then!

If you don't know the story, here is a quick guide - 

Monday 23rd February

Mon 23rd
School resumes
The Tempest Rehearsals Y 456
Tue 24th
Year 4 visit to Patchings Farm Art Centre
Year 6 visit to Patchings Farm Art Centre
Wed 25th
ISA Under 11 - 7 a side Junior Netball
Year 2 Patchings Farm
Thu 26th
Fri 27th
Year 1 Woolsthorpe Manor visit
Sat 28th
Tempest Rehearsals
Open Day

Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, is the birthplace and was the family home of Sir Isaac Newton. He was born there on 25 December 1642 (old calendar). At that time it was a yeoman's farmstead, principally rearing sheep.

Newton returned here in 1666 when Cambridge University closed due to the plague, and here he performed many of his most famous experiments, most notably his work on light and optics. This is also said to be the site where Newton, observing an apple fall from a tree, was inspired to formulate his law of universal gravitation.

Now in the hands of the National Trust and open to the public all year round, it is presented as a typical seventeenth century yeoman's farmhouse (or as near to that as possible, taking into account modern living, health and safety requirements and structural changes that have been made to the house since Newton's time).

New areas of the house, once private, were opened up to the public in 2003, with the old rear steps (that once led up to the hay loft and grain store and often seen in drawings of the period) being rebuilt, and the old walled kitchen garden, to the rear of the house, being restored.

One of the former farmyard buildings has been equipped so that visitors can have hands-on experience of the physical principles investigated by Newton in the house.

Year Five learn Scratch

Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create interactive art, stories, simulations, and games – and share those creations online.

It can be downloaded here - http://scratch.mit.edu/scratch2download/

Monday 9th February

February 2015
Mon 9th
	The Tempest Rehearsals Y 456
Tue 10th
Wed 11th
	Under 10 netball v The Elms (Away) 2p.m.
	Indoor cricket at Festival Hall
Thu 12th
	school ends for spring half term
	Year 6 Art and Music Afternoon The school's cross country team was very busy last week.

February is here

February 2015
Mon 2nd
	Gedling Indoor Athletics Heats for Years 3 and 4
	The Tempest Rehearsals Y 456
Tue 3rd
Wed 4th
	ISA Under 11 Regional Cross Country(TBC)
Thu 5th
	Class and Team Photographs
Fri 6th
	High School Under 9 and Under 11 Boys Cross Country at Wollaton Park
Sat 7th
	Tempest Rehearsals This week, the school cross country team are very busy.  On Wednesday they travel to Bedstone for the annual ISA Midlands Competition followed by a trip to Wollaton Park on Friday for a Nottm High School run event.