Good afternoon, I hope everyone has had a good half term break. School is closed tomorrow (Monday) for INSET. The staff will be spending the morning looking at mental health and well-being specifically related to children. In the afternoon, moderation of writing will be taking place. Clubs for the week: Tuesday Choir Wednesday Football KS2 Art Club Thursday Hula Fit Pupil Voice Committee Martial Arts Friday NO STRIDERS – Film Night Tuesday Guitar will be as normal. There is no Sturton’s Little Starters. Thursday World Book Day. The children will be spending the day using two books by Ellie Jackson ‘Marli’s Tangled Tale’ and ‘Duffy’s Lucky Escape’. These books have an environmental theme. During the day, Notts TV will be in school filming some of the activities and interviewing children about their views on the amount of plastic that gets into the environment. Nigel Dunn will also be in school as it is his passion for protecting wildlife that has inspired us as a school to get active about this. Next week (wc 5th March) sees Sturton’s first ‘Waste Week’ when we will be encouraging less use of plastics in and around school including lunch boxes. You will have heard much in the news about the issues of plastic straws, this is one area that we are hoping to tackle. The Pupil Voice Committee will be launching Waste Week on Friday in Merits, please come along and hear what we are aiming to do. Notts TV are hoping to return and cover our Waste Week too. Friday Merits at 9.00am Swimming begins for Year 2, 3 & 4. Swimming costumes and trunks are required, the pool rules state no bikinis or swim shorts. If goggles are to be worn, the appropriate form must be completed and returned to the school office before Friday. Paper copies are available from the office. Film Night ‘Open Season’ runs until 5.30pm. The cost is £2 which includes a hotdog and drink, sweets are available to purchase. At 5.30pm, please collect from the hall doors in the car park. Saturday morning Conservation Area tidy up 9.30-11.30am – if you are free, come along and help us get the Conservation Area ready for use, clearing, tidying, chopping etc. Bring along gloves and any tools that you think might be useful (rakes, strimmers, loppers etc) Attached to this email are two documents, one being the Film Night poster, the other being Diary Dates. Please be aware that these dates supersede any previous dates published. I look forward to welcoming the children back to school on Tuesday. Thank you.