Posted in Events, Sport, Wakes, Young people on Thursday June 26, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Weather permitting Children’s Sports takes place on Monday 30th June
at 6-30pm at Nether Green.
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The Sports are for any children who wish to take part. For those who have competed in previous years here is a reminder, and for those that haven’t competed before here is the events list: (more…)
Posted in Events, Farming, News, Young people on Wednesday June 25, 2008| 1 Comment »
In today’s (25th June 2008) Ashbbourne News Telegraph are the following our readers might find of interest:
P.6 A great page feature on Sunday’s Children’s Show (even though I say it myself). Seriously with four photos, a big thank you to the paper for including the results in full. Everyone including the children worked really hard, so it is good to get the recognition.
P.7 The 13th World Toe Wrestling Championship is to take place at the Bentley Brook Inn on Friday (6pm to 9pm). TV coverage and celebrities! However make sure you are not too hung over to enjoy Wakes Saturday.
P.9 Councillor Ray Caswell is to step down from Ashbourne Town Council because of ill health. Many will know Mr Caswell. We would like to take this opportunity to send Mr Caswell our best wishes, and look forward to his continued excellent representation of our ward (Dovedale Ward) on the County Council. (more…)
Posted in About this site, Events, Gardens, Photography, Young people on Tuesday June 24, 2008| 1 Comment »
We have a new slide show on-line with photographs of the 2008 Children’s Horticultural Show. A further show on Open Gardens will follow soon. Click here to go to our index of slide shows, or click on the photo link below to go straight to the Children’s Show photos:
Posted in Church, Events, Young people on Monday June 23, 2008| 1 Comment »
The Flower Festival (4th to 6th July) will also be to launch a display on Parwich’s oldest man-made object. This is the carved stone over the west door of St Peter’s Church.
Children of all ages are invited to colour in the above sketches of the carvings to help decorate the church over that weekend. Copies of the animals will be available in the village, or print them yourself by going to a printer friendly pdf version by clicking on the above image or clicking here.
Please leave your coloured in versions in the box in Church by Wednesday 2nd July. If you have any questions please contact Andrew Robinson.
Posted in School, Wakes, Young people on Monday June 23, 2008| Leave a Comment »
If you have any prizes suitable for the Parwich School PTA Tombola (for both adults and children) at the Wakes Saturday Market (28th June) can you give them to Denise Ball or take them to Parwich Primary School before 3-30pm Thursday 26th June. (Please, leave them in the School porch with a note indicating they are for the Tombola.)
Click here to access the full Official 2008 Wakes Programme as a pdf
Posted in 2008, Events, Gardens, Posts of Note, Young people on Monday June 23, 2008| 1 Comment »
Thank you to Parwich & District Horticultural Society for sending us the following:
Everyone will agree that this year’s event has been a great success. The weather was a welcome improvement on last year. This year 17 gardens were open. The Horticultural Society appreciates all the hard work involved in preparing your gardens and tidying up afterwards, in addition to the time taken on the day; so a very big thank you to all who opened their gardens. Also well done Dot; the day ran smoothly, as always. This is one of those great days in the year, like Wakes, when one is so glad to be part of such a marvelous community. (more…)
Posted in Events, Gardens, Young people on Friday June 20, 2008| Leave a Comment »
If you have any prizes suitable for the Horticultural Society Tombola at the Children’s Show and Open Gardens, please give them to Ann Beach (asap) or bring them to the Memorial Hall at 5-30pm on Saturday (21st June). Or on Sunday morning at the very latest!
Posted in Gardens, School, Wakes, Young people on Friday June 20, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Parwich Primary School
Dear Parents,
Many thanks to the Year 6 parents for their very generous donation to our school library project, the money will go towards books chosen by school council and year 6 children.
Photographs Reminder
Please ensure all photograph orders are returned by Monday 23 June.
Year 6 parents – parents have suggested purchasing the Year 6 photo on disc, please see Mrs Barker if you are interested.
New School Logo Winner!
A winner has been voted for by you! An announcement will be made in assembly on Monday. Prizes will be awarded to all those who took part.
KS2 Spelling Bee Fundraiser / Coffee Morning
The spelling Bee went well this morning and everyone enjoyed themselves. The Coffee Morning and Cake Sale were a great success; £90.00 was raised for the school fund. Thank you.
KS1 Sponsored Spell
The KS1 children have done their sponsored spell this morning. They will be bringing their completed sponsor forms home and we would please ask for all monies to be returned to the school by Thursday 26 June.
PTA Tombola Reminder
Please send any donations suitable as tombola prizes either into school or to Denise Ball by Thursday 26 June ready for Wakes Week – Saturday 28 June. Thanks.
KS2 Trip to Chatsworth
Please send any outstanding trip money to school ASAP – thank you.
Parwich Horticultural Society
Parwich Open Gardens and Children’s Horticultural Show is taking place on Sunday 22 June from 2 – 6pm. If your child has any items to enter into the Horticultural Show please make sure they are registered at the Village Hall between 9 – 11.30am. Any queries please contact Ann Beach on tel. 580.
A big thank you to Denise, Alison, Nia and Ben for their hard work in the school garden getting it ready for the Open Gardens.
Garden Helpers
Meeting at school on Tuesday 24 June at 3.45pm – everyone welcome.
KS2 Readers
Please can you spare 15 – 20 minutes in a morning to help hear readers, starting at 8.45am?
Please sign and return the slip indicating the day/s you are available.
Best wishes
Caroline Rodgers
Headteacher
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KS2 Readers
Name (capitals): ………………………………………………………….
I am available to hear KS2 read on:
Signed: ………………………………………….. Date: ………………….
Posted in Events, Gardens, Young people on Tuesday June 17, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Gardens, School, Societies, Young people on Saturday June 14, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Thank you to Parwich & District Horticultural Society for supplying the following:
The Children’s Horticultural Show as always is to take place alongside the village Scarecrow Competition and Open Gardens next Sunday 22nd June 2008. To enter your Scarecrow, place it in a visible location in Parwich village, and let us know about it on the day by 11-30am at the Memorial Hall.
Entry for all classes is free. The Children’s Schedule is as follows: (more…)
Posted in School, Young people on Friday June 13, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Parwich Primary School
Dear Parents,
Thank you for your generosity. School has benefited from Parwich Community’s big heart!
Your donations to ‘Bags2School’ were incredible the entrance hall was covered by collection time on Tuesday. The PTA Cake Stall was well attended despite the disappointing weather. Thanks also to two individuals who donated plants and a fax/copier to school – thanks go to Mr Whitfield at Leatherbritches Nursery and Mr Rodgers of Ashover.
Golden Table
(Not available online)
Photographs
Please ensure all photograph money is returned by Monday 23rd June.
Year 6 parents – parents have suggested purchasing the Year 6 photo on disc, please see Mrs Barker if you are interested.
New School Logo Final Reminder
All the entries are displayed in the middle classroom; they’ll be there until Monday 16th June. Everyone is invited to view the logos and choose their favourite with a discreet tally system. The winning design will be announced in assembly on Friday 20th June.
PTA Coffee Morning / Tombola Reminder
A big thank you to everyone who supported the coffee morning, where we raised £76.20.
Can you please send any items suitable for an adult or child tombola into school ready for the PTA stall during Wakes. Please leave items in the school entrance – thank you.
KS2 Spelling Bee Fundraiser / Coffee Morning
On the morning of Thursday 19th June KS2 children will be taking part in a Spelling Bee which parents will be invited to watch and support. Entry into the competition will be £1 per child. If children wish to enter they will need to pay their £1 on Monday 16th June. They will then be separated into spelling ability groups and heats will take place on Tuesday morning. The children who are successful in heats will take part in the final on Thursday. Alongside this competition we will be selling hot drinks, cakes and biscuits. We would appreciate any donations of cakes and biscuits for this event.
KS1 Sponsored Spell
The children in Mrs Black’s class will be doing a Sponsored Spell for the benefit of the school funds on Friday 20 June. The children will be bringing a sponsor form home to be returned on Friday 20 June (spelling test day). Children can be sponsored for each correct word or letter, or by donating a fixed amount.
Hockey Club
In order for children to get the best out of their after school hockey club we have decided to change the finishing time to 4.45pm. This gives us time to return to school from the playing fields. Please contact Miss Chatfield if this causes you any problems.
KS2 Trip to Chatsworth
Don’t forget to return permission slips and your voluntary contributions by Thursday 19 June. This trip has been partly funded by the Parwich Horticultural Society to whom we are extremely grateful.
Future School Visits
Rising costs of fuel mean that coach company prices have risen significantly in recent months which inevitably mean higher priced visits. School does not make a profit on any school visits and actually on our more recent trips we have made a loss, being a small school our budget is not tailored to withstand these types of deficits. In future should ‘voluntary contributions’ not cover the cost of the visit the visit will have to be cancelled.
Best wishes
Caroline Rodgers
Headteacher
Posted in School, Young people on Friday June 6, 2008| 3 Comments »
Parwich Primary School
Dear Parents,
Collection is Tuesday 10th June – Please bring your bag to school on MONDAY 9th or at the latest TUESDAY 10th JUNE by 9am.
PTA Tombola
Can you please send any items suitable for an adult or child tombola into school ready for the PTA stall during Wakes. Please leave items in the school entrance – thank you.
Sainsbury Vouchers
Please send any vouchers in by latest on Friday 13 as we need to send the order in by Monday 16 to get bonus items for an early return.
School Council Book swap
The School Council is holding a book swap at 3.30pm on Friday 13 June. Bring your old books and swap them for others at 50p per person! Everyone is welcome so pass this message on to other family and friends.
Coats
Given the changeable weather can you please ensure children bring a coat to school.
Lunch / Fruit Money
Can you please ensure any money sent into school is clearly labelled with the child’s name and amount in a sealed envelope. We would also appreciate the correct amount being sent in. If your child in invited onto the Golden table they can have a school dinner, if they normally have sandwiches, at a cost of £1.70. (Cheques for dinner money are payable to Derbyshire County Council)
Newsletter Reminder
Would you prefer to receive our School Newsletter by Email? Please complete the slip attached and we will email the Newsletter to you. If you miss the newsletter on a Friday you can always access it on the Parwich Blog the address is http://www.parwich.org
School Timings/Absences
Just a reminder school starts at 8.45am – please try to ensure your child arrives on time as it can be unsettling for them if they arrive after the lesson has begun and the children are on task. Also, if your child is absent from school for any reason please do telephone school as soon as possible, the absence should be followed up with a letter on your child’s return to school.
Please do remember my door is always open should you need to discuss any of the issues raised in this newsletter
Best wishes
Caroline Rodgers
Headteacher
Email Address for Newsletter
I / We would like to revive the school newsletter by email.
Name (Capitals) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
The email address I would like you to use is …………………………………………………………………
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Signed: ……………………………………………………………………………………. Date: …………………………………………….
Posted in Events, Gardens, Societies, Young people on Tuesday June 3, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Following last night’s Horticultural Society Committee meeting here are a few things to keep in mind:
Sunday 22nd June: Open Gardens & Children’s Show Mid-Summer Magic
also Ashbourne Brass Band will be playing on the Green
Abel Shipley Memorial Trophy for Hanging Baskets
Posted in People, Photography, Project Parwich, Young people on Monday June 2, 2008| 21 Comments »
PARWICH.ORG received this photo today. The person who sent it will donate £5 to Project Parwich, provided that someone can guess the identity of the young man in the picture.
Please leave your guesses in the comments box!
Please click on the image to enlarge it.
Posted in About this site, Out & About, Young people on Tuesday May 27, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Following our previous post on Kids’ Activities, we have updated the ‘Where to go‘ guide. As well as an index of our relevant posts it now has links to lots of Peak District and surrounding area attractions, under the following headings:
Hope everyone is having a great half-term and do let us know about any places you enjoyed visiting or any fun activities. Do add comments below or email any reviews to parwich@hotmail.co.uk.
Also for any budding young photographers out there, we would welcome any photos of your half-term to post on this site.
Posted in School, Young people on Friday May 23, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Parwich Primary School
For those parents who wish to pay for their child’s lunches for the next half term the amount is £1.70 a day for 38 days at a total of £64.60, cheques payable to Derbyshire County Council. Could all fruit money please be paid half-termly, at a total of £4.56 (38 days x 12p), cheques payable to Parwich Primary School, Thank you.
Caroline Rodgers
Headteacher
Email Address for Newsletter
I / We would like to revive the school newsletter by email.
Name (Capitals) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
The email address I would like you to use is …………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Signed: ……………………………………………………………………………………. Date: ……………………………………………..
Posted in Out & About, Young people on Saturday May 17, 2008| Leave a Comment »
With half-term coming up, does anyone have any good suggestions for things to do during the holidays? Here are some places we have visited or just found on the web:
Posted in School, Young people on Friday May 16, 2008| 3 Comments »
Parwich Primary School
School has been a hive of activity this week! Year 2 and Key Stage 2 have completed their SAT’s tests, School Council have held their first meeting and begun plans for the coming term, Mr Wheatley has visited Year 5 and 6 and PTA have held their summer term meeting in preparation for the coming term.
Mufty Day/End of Term Assembly
Friday 23rd May is Mufty Day (Non-uniform day) – more information is available on the School Council letter. End of term assembly is Friday 23rd May starting at 9am, after which parents are invited to stay for coffee and biscuits.
Cricket
Clifton Cricket Club will be staging a Kwik Cricket Festival on 26th May, for local primary schools. Teams of eight are eligible to enter however if you are unable to enter a full team then teams may be made up on the day. The aim of the day is to encourage family involvement, so parents are welcome to come along to umpire and score. The day begins at 1pm and should finish around 6pm – anyone interested please see Mrs Rodgers for more details.
Posted in Gardens, People, Project Parwich, Young people on Tuesday May 13, 2008| 3 Comments »
If you go down to the woods today you will see – gnomes – and lots of them.
Jane Harris’ garden has long been a source of attraction for gnomophiles. It has a reputation far and wide as Derbyshire’s Premier Collection of Garden Gnomes. They come in all shapes and sizes, and are known to multiply when no-one is looking.
The Collection is of particular interest to those of a whimsical and youthful nature, and visitors to the wonderful village of Parwich are often drawn to this collection.
This year Jane is extending a warm invitation to those who visit it to show their appreciation by making a donation to – hurrah, hurrah – PROJECT PARWICH.
Thanks, Jane!
– submitted by Patti Beasley
Posted in Cyberscouts, Young people on Tuesday May 13, 2008| Leave a Comment »
The 1st Derbyshire Dales Cyberscouts held its second meeting of the year in sunshine on Saturday 3rd May, using the 6th Form Block of Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School as its Headquarters. Tim Polkinghorne, Group Scout Leader, opened the meeting with the traditional recital of the Scout Promise and then each section were off and away!
Four children from Parwich are members; two in Beavers, one in Cubs and one in Scouts.
The Cubs and Scouts section (ages 8-10 and 10-14 respectively) made a sharp exit to Wetton, complete with backpacks jammed full of lunches, compasses, maps and cold drinks! Their mission was to navigate their way to Thor’s Cave (and back!) on foot which they achieved in an impressive time and with some interesting diversions! Fortunately, they also remembered to bring John Queening, County Commissioner, back with them as well as their Leaders, whilst also teaching them a few things about orienteering with a compass!
The theme for the Beaver section meeting (ages 6-8 ) was health and fitness, with each member bringing with them a healthy packed lunch which they had helped to make … not a chocolate in sight (well, except in the Leader’s lunch box!). Also attending as an honorary member for the day was Spencer the school bear.
The Beavers were lucky to experience a kickboxing session with Sabri who runs classes in the Ashbourne area. Not only did they learn they could kick higher than they believed, the Beavers also learnt a great deal about positive attitude and respect for self and others.
After tasting lots of unusual fruits over lunch and burning off some excess energy on the grass, the Beavers were ‘subjected’ to blindfolded food tasting – the most fun part of the day according to their Leaders! Some of the foods tasted were met with very interesting reactions, especially the gooseberries and cold baked beans. Hats off to all the Beavers for getting stuck in and tasting everything put in front of them.
Tim Polkinghorne and his team would like to thank Nigel’s Butchers in Dig Street for providing the Leaders’ lunches. Thanks also go to Sabri for the kickboxing experience – he is currently offering a 30 day free kickboxing trial in the Ashbourne area for adults or children and can be contacted on 07824 428843.
The next Cyberscout meeting will be held on Saturday 14th June. Cyberscouts meet nine Saturdays a year 10am – 3pm and fees for attendance are £10 per meeting. If you are interested in joining Cyberscouts either as a leader/helper, would like to reserve a place as a young person in a section or would like to sponsor the Group, please contact tim@reachnirvana.co.uk or 01335 348444. More information regarding each sections’ programme can be found at www.cyberscouts.me.uk.
Posted in School, Young people on Tuesday May 13, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Do you have SATS, End of Term Exams, GCSEs, A-Levels, Finals or one of the many many more types of EXAM coming up? Well … … …
It is difficult to know when to do this post as there are so many different lots of tests now in education. If you had your sats last week, well done you have survived, if you have them this week good luck. If you are coming up to GCSEs (Am I showing my age?) or A-levels, PARWICH.ORG’s especial good wishes. If you have your Finals at least these may be the last exams you ever have to take, and if they are not then you definitely will have no one but yourself to blame.
Let us know your exam survival tips.
Posted in School, Young people on Monday May 12, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Parwich Primary School News 30Dear Parents,
Uniform
We would like to build up a reserve of spare uniform in the school. If anyone has any items which are in a good condition, which they would be willing to donate to the school, please send them to Jenny in the office. Thank you.
SATs
Monday 12th May – Friday 16th May is SAT’s week for Key Stage 2 children. SAT’s are standardised tests set by the government to monitor the progress of children throughout their primary education. More information is available at www.satsguide.co.uk or www.standards.dfes.gov.uk
Key Stage 1 SAT’s – Year 2 children will also be taking their tests on Wednesday 14th May.
School Dental Inspection
Derbyshire Health Authority will be visiting school on Tuesday 13th May to carry out their annual dental inspection in Key Stage 1. Please ensure you have returned your child’s consent form.
Design & Technology – Superheroes
The children in Mrs Black’s class will be designing and making their own Superhero next week. We would be grateful if the children in the infants can bring to school a variety of boxes, cardboard tubes and material scraps to use in their designs.
PTA Meeting
All are welcome to attend this meeting, the more the merrier! I value everyone’s contributions, opinions and ideas – this is your opportunity to make a difference and be heard. We are meeting in school on Tuesday 13 May at 7pm. We really do need your support, so please come along.
School Council
School Council Elections have taken place this week, the results will be counted and announced in next weeks newsletter – watch this space!
Sainsbury’s Active Kids Campaign
A reminder to parents that we are still collecting these vouchers until the end of June. We have already collected 3600 would love to beat last year’s total of 4149.
Tissington Well Dressing
Many thanks to the parents that accompanied the children on our afternoon visit to Tissington. The children were a pleasure to spend the afternoon with and as this was my first Tissington Well Dressing kept me updated with their vast knowledge of the area and the Well Dressing procedures. Thanks also to Margaret who led the visit and knew the longest hilliest way to Tissington!
Yours sincerely
Caroline Rodgers
Headteacher
Posted in 2008, Gardens, People, Posts of Note, Societies, Young people on Wednesday May 7, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Thank you to Di Turnbull for sending in this post.
What a great time we had planting up the border outside the hard play area.
Cloe, Courtney, Josh and Dan helped to put down the stone around the access paths and seating area a few months ago and were keen to help with the design and planting of this area too. And what a help they were – fantastic! We planted through the weed-suppressing membrane, adding fresh compost and fertilizer, covering the plants again with the bark chippings. Keen to learn, their enthusiasm never wavered in the three hours it took to make the area look attractive. Josh did, however, remind us of the importance of being finished by 6.20pm, for ‘Doctor Who’!
They all said that they were going to ask others to take care not to walk on the area and to keep it looking good. A sense of ownership? – I think so.
Posted in Events, People, Well dressing, Young people on Thursday May 1, 2008| 2 Comments »
Over the last 4 days I have given you clues and even partial pictures, so can you now identify the well dressing that I helped to create?
Can you also spot this well dressing, created by the children. What is this a picture of (and I don’t mean the finger on the left handside)?
Remember the well dressings open today with the Ascension Day service and blessing of the wells at 11am.
Posted in School, Young people on Saturday April 26, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Parwich Primary School News 28
25 April 2008
Staff Training Day
There will be a staff training day on Friday 2 May and the children will not be required to attend school on this day.
Governors Meeting
There will be a meeting of the school’s governors on Monday 28 April at the school at 7.15pm.
Walk to Tissington
Weather permitting we hope to do the annual walk for the junior class to Tissington on Thursday afternoon 1 May to see the Well Dressings. Please ensure the children have good shoes; rainwear; a drink and sun protection (fingers crossed) if necessary. We should be back by 3.30 p.m.
Posted in Events, Out & About, Pikehall, Young people on Monday April 21, 2008| 1 Comment »
Well folks, it’s here again!
Taking place from 1st to 3rd August at Pikehall, the Y Not Festival will showcase over 50 acts across two stages. There’ll be a range of music on offer with live bands playing Folk to Reggae right through to Indie Rock. Also on offer over the weekend will be comedians, real ale, local ciders and a late night disco. There’s camping on all three nights and you can sit round a camp fire until the early hours. Burgers and alcoholic drinks start at £1.50.
Posted in People, School, Young people on Sunday April 20, 2008| 4 Comments »
As a community we take great pleasure in welcoming Mrs Caroline Rodgers to our delightful village school of Parwich. We hope that she will thoroughly enjoy being here and we look forward to developing closer community ties with the school.
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