This year we will be celebrating World Book Day in school on Friday 7th March. As part of our celebrations we are inviting children to dress up as a book character for the day. Simple, budget friendly ideas can be found at Families - World Book Day along with more ideas for extending the fun at home!

We will also be having a themed menu and a number of activities in school designed to celebrate and promote a love of reading. Look out for menu updates in the newsletter.

In order to support our families who may struggle to find or create costumes, we would like to build a collection of spare costumes in school. If you have spare or outgrown costumes that are still in good condition that you would like to donate to the school, they would be gratefully received (in child and adult sizes).

Miss Tansley & Mrs Campling

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Here at Orton Wistow Primary School, we recognise that success comes in all different shapes and sizes! We celebrate the children's achievements in school in the Achievements section of the newsletter and website.

Many of the children, however, are also achieving things outside of school.  We would like to recognise these successes too.

It might be that your child has passed a music or dance exam, gained a karate belt, starred in a show, volunteered, taken part in a sporting event, or done something that they didn't think was possible!

If you would like to share your child's achievements with us so that we can celebrate their success, please complete the Celebrating Success form which can also be found below.  Contributions will be considered for inclusion in upcoming editions of the newsletter.

We look forward to hearing about your children's extracurricular achievements!

This Week's Successes!

On Wednesday, Kit from year 3 successfully auditioned for the role as Chip in Peterborough's Operatic and Dramatic Society's upcoming musical, Beauty & the Beast. The show will be performed at the Key Theatre during the May half-term!

If you haven't already heard, the first school disco of the year will be taking place on Thursday (6th Feb).

As usual, we are holding 2 separate discos, for children from FS to Year 2 from 4.30 to 5.30pm, and Years 3 to 6 at 5.45 - 7.00pm. A member of staff from each class will be present to assist the children as needed.

Please arrive at the front school (main office) entrance to drop children off and collect from the back of the hall (through the Platform 1 gate, accessed through the car park). As it is late, older children will not be allowed to walk home alone, even if they do on a normal school day.

For safety reasons, we have been asked to advise parents not to park in the school staff car park.

Please can parents take children's coats when they drop them off and bring them back when they are collected as we have nowhere to store them in the hall and the rest of the school will not be open to the children. 

For the first time, we are trialing using a card machine for payments. To prevent queueing as we only have one card reader, we suggest that cash payment may be faster for entry. It will be £4 per person, with a drink and snack included. 

We hope you all enjoy the disco.

The FOWS Team

Congratulations to the following children who were chosen to receive the Connect Honours Award.

By Hannah Bass, Secretary of FOWS

Platform 1, the school's breakfast and after-school club, has asked for some donations. 

They are currently seeking items such as:

• Board games 
• Puzzles
• Boys' toys
• Card games
• Dolls 
• Any other toys welcome

Anything you can donate (new or gently used) will be put to good use to keep the kids entertained and learning.

Thank you for your generosity and support.

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