Diary for week commencing Monday 25th January 2010

It is week 3 of the NEW dinner menu.

Class assemblies
Tea and coffee are served in the infant library from 9am on the mornings of the class assemblies. Please feel welcome to join us and a seat will be reserved for you in the hall to watch the assembly.

Dates for this term's class assemblies will be confirmed on the newsletter next week.

School Gates
The school gates will now be locked at 9.15am and opened at 3.05pm every day, if you need to enter school between these hours please use the front door.

Robin Wood
There will be a parents meeting on Tuesday 2nd March at 6pm in year 5 classroom pupils are invited. The balance must be paid by 25th January, cheques should be made payable to WMBC St Luke’s School. Could all medical forms be returned to school ASAP.

Parking
Following messages from local residents and parents walking to school, could we please remind all parents to be considerate to local residents when parking their cars, remembering not to block driveways or park close to road junctions as this obscures the vision of the roads for pedestrians and other drivers.

Friends of St Luke’s
The next meeting will be on Tuesday 2nd February at 7pm in the Ram's Head Pub – everyone welcome.

Maths Can Be Fun
These weekly sessions will start on Tuesday 26th January at 5pm, parents/carers welcome to attend – please contact Justine Silcock 01942 827917.

Premier Sports Dance Club
Dance club will start this Thursday after school.

Found
A wedding ring has been found on Wood Sorrell Way please contact the school office if you know who this belongs to.

Christingle
The Christingle Service will take place in St Luke's church on Sunday 31st January at 10am - everyone welcome.

Snack Money
Please could all snack money be paid via your child’s classroom, in order to avoid confusion over what children have paid for could individual children’s money be sent with them and not as a group payment with any brothers and sisters in other classes.

Reception Class
Please could anyone picking children up from reception class after school wait outside the school gates as children must not be taken from the line whilst the class is walking round as this can cause confusion over where pupils are.

Manor Adventure Year 6
Year 6 will be going to Manor Adventure on Monday 1st February, please make sure all forms have been returned.

New Secondary School to be Established for Lowton and Golborne
DWT has been appointed by the Department for Children, Schools and Families to manage and market new school competitions. One recently launched competition is for a new secondary school for Lowton and Golborne, which will be situated on the current site of Lowton Civic Hall, Hesketh Meadow Lane, Lowton WA3 2AJ.

On 14th January 2010, Wigan Council published details of one proposal received from Golborne and Lowton Co-operative Learning Partnership to set up this new school.

It is important that local people have the opportunity to express their views on this proposal. A public meeting is therefore being held at 7.30pm on Tuesday 26th January at the Banqueting Suite Leigh Sports Village Sale Way Leigh WN7 4JY.

The public meeting will give Golborne and Lowton Co-operative Learning Partnership an opportunity to present their proposal and members of the public the chance to ask questions and have their say.

Additional information is available on line at www.wigan.gov.uk/SchoolsforFuture.

Christmas Raffle
The Christmas Raffle raised a grand total of £712.21, well done to everyone who won prizes and thank you to everyone who bought and sold tickets. Many thanks to The Friends of St Luke’s Committee for their continued hard work and dedication.