LIPA School
Learning through the creative and performing arts
Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment. If, as a parent of a pupil attending this school, you require a paper copy of the information on this website, we shall provide this free of charge upon request.
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Aviva winners
Fri 19 Jan 2018We have been successful in our bid to AVIVA Community Fund.
We entered into the Health and Wellbeing category for the £5,000 awards, and our project - The LIPA Primary School Garden - was successfully approved.
We've now been told that we have won an award of £5,000, so we can plan more development work to our outside spaces. Watch this space!
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Visit from Mrs Williams
Fri 19 Jan 2018Today we had a very special visitor in assembly.
Mrs Williams and Baby Leo came to visit - we had to be really quiet so we didn't wake Leo up!
It was lovely to see Mrs Williams and to ask her lots of questions about Leo.
She stayed to see our certificate winners and was very proud of how sensible and caring everybody was.
See you again soon Mrs Williams and Leo!
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School dinners
Mon 15 Jan 2018We will be keeping our current menu in place until February half term. In the meantime we are taking feedback from staff and children to inform the summer menu. If you have any feedback on our current menu (which has recently been sent home) please send your feedback to info@lipaprimary.org
However, if you do choose to send in a packed lunch, please see the information below (from the NHS) as we are keen to ensure all children receive a healthy, balanced diet.
A healthier lunchbox should:
- be based on starchy carbohydrates (bread, potatoes, rice, pasta)
- include fresh fruit and vegetables/salad
- include a source of protein such as beans and pulses, eggs, fish, meat, cheese
(or dairy alternative)
- include a side dish such as a low-fat and lower-sugar yoghurt (or dairy
alternative), tea cake, fruit bread, plain rice/corn cakes, homemade plain
popcorn, sugar-free jelly
- not include sweets, chocolate or crisps
- not include a drink. All children are provided with water
Thank you for your support with this.
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E-Safety
Mon 15 Jan 2018Following on from the guidance in recent newsletters about on-line safety, we have sent home two booklets which we hope will be helpful.
Your Child’s On-Line World - This booklet offers some simple guidance about the risks your child might face online, some advice about what you can do to keep them safe, and where you can go for more help and support.
A Parent’s Guide to Being Share Aware - This booklet contains a range of advice and guidance about keeping children safe on line. It is initially designed at the 8-12 age range however the advice is relevant to all ages.
If you need a copy of either booklet, please get in touch with the school office.
The Internet is a fantastic resource however it can also hold lots of dangers for our children. Working with them to appreciate this at this very young age will hopefully ensure that they can enjoy the Internet and use it safely as they grow up.
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Trim Trail
Wed 13 Dec 2017Here are some pictures of our recently installed Trim Trail. Thank you to everybody for the fundraising efforts through LIPA Friends to help us buy these for the children.
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Is your attendance above our school target of 97%?
Wed 29 Nov 2017This year we have been extremely lucky and have been given some free tickets to the preview show of the annual LIPA Christmas Concert on Monday 4th December, 7.30pm at the Paul McCartney Auditorium at LIPA. This is a brilliant opportunity to start Christmas and will feature some fantastic performances of classic Christmas songs as well as some future classics written by the LIPA students. We have decided to award a pair of tickets to 7 lucky children with an attendance of 97% and above (our school target) at random.
We will keep you updated on the winners! Good luck everybody.
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Shoe box appeal
Wed 29 Nov 2017Dear parents, guardians and children,
We are joining in with the Radio City shoebox appeal this year and also sharing some of our boxes with Syrian children who are being resettled in our area. Please can you bring your boxes to school by Friday 15th December 2017 with a label on to say who you are aiming your box at.
A letter will be sent out this week with some additional information.
Thank you for your continued generosity!
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Christmas Fair news
Fri 24 Nov 2017Our Christmas Fair will be taking place from 3pm to 6pm on Wednesday 13th December 2017.
Our Summer Fair raised over £1500 and once again, we are calling on volunteers to make our Christmas Fair a truly magical event and an even bigger success! You are all so generous this time of year and in addition to your kind donations we would be extremely grateful for your help on the day itself. It’s impossible to make a success of the fair without having extra hands to man the stalls and games so we’re hoping that if we can get more volunteers we can make it even more enjoyable for everyone involved – new parents especially, please don’t be shy!
How you can help:
We are asking people to give just an hour (if you can do more or less, just let us know) - contact us at LIPAfriends@gmail.com:
2pm-3pm - setting up
3pm-4pm
4pm-5pm
5pm-6pm
6pm - cleaning up
Own clothes days:
24TH NOVEMBER - BRING A BOTTLE
1ST DECEMBER - JAZZY JOLLY JARS
8TH DECEMBER - BRING A TOY
WHILST MUCH APPRECIATED, DONATIONS ARE ALL VOLUNTARY PLEASE ONLY GIVE WHAT YOU CAN AND DON’T FEEL YOU HAVE TO BUY SOMETHING NEW!
Raffle prizes
WE HOPE TO MAKE OUR RAFFLE OUR BEST YET AND AS ALWAYS, WE NEED YOUR HELP. We have a charity letter that you can use to encourage businesses to donate a raffle prize, or maybe you have your own business that could donate a prize? All raffle prizes need to be provided by 30th November
THANK YOU
HAVING A CHRISTMAS CLEAR OUT? WE NEED CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, FAIRY LIGHTS, PARTYWARE, SWEETS, SMALL TOYS, ARTS AND CRAFTS, CUDDLY TOYS – ANYTHING GOING SPARE!
STALLS
Stalls are available at £20 per table. Please email us with your name and a brief description of what you will be selling. Closing date for requests is 7th December
All donations can be dropped off daily in the library.
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LIPA School Council
Mon 20 Nov 2017Thank you to everybody who took the time to apply for the school council. We were amazed by how many children applied and their innovative ideas. It was difficult to make a decision and so we created a points scoring system to short list the applications. The children who have been shortlisted will receive a letter for stage 2 of the process which needs to be completed by Monday 27th November. If your child hasn't been shortlisted this time, please do not worry. They have received a certificate to say well done, it was a big deal to apply and we are so proud of everybody who did! Also, the school council will change each year and therefore they can reapply again next year.
I look forward to updating you with our new council members in the coming weeks.
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All different, all equal!
Tue 14 Nov 2017We have all been wearing odd socks today to show everybody that it is ok to be different and to raise awareness about anti-bullying. Bully busters came into our school to talk to us about looking after each other and ourselves.
