Primary Times Birmingham & Black Country Back to School 2016

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Welcome back to school. We hope that everyone had a lovely
summer holiday and that you are all refreshed - the Autumn term
is a very busy one so we trust the energy levels are running high.
For those of you who are reading our magazine for the first time,
welcome. We hope you will find Primary Times useful in helping
you to plan activities for the weekends and holidays. You will find
lots of fun things to do with your children in our WOW - What's
On and Where - section. Our regular Box Office feature lists some
great theatre productions that are ideal for primary school aged
children and our Kids' Book Reviews are particularly helpful if you
are looking for a good read for your child, the reviews are written
by children of all ages.
Also in this issue we have fantastic competitions for you to enter
- see page 22 for details. Whilst we don't really want to start
thinking about Christmas yet, we have now opened entries for
our Christmas Card creative competition. Every year we send out
thousands of Christmas cards and this year we would like your
primary school aged child to create it! One lucky entry will be
selected from across our magazines to win this competition and
details of how to enter can be found on page 22. Good luck.
Don't forget to send us your news if your child has an achievement
to celebrate to marion@schoolspublishing.co.uk
Don’t forget to
check us out online
www.primarytimes.net
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WOW – What’s On and Where
Book Reviews
Pokemon Go
Box Office
20 Pinboard
teachers & parents
Please don’t forget to send
in your news for our news pages.
We would love to hear
from you!
22 Competitions Calling all pupils,
The Primary Times Team
Editor:
Marion McAdam
marion@schoolspublishing.co.uk
What’s On Guide
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Primary Times is independently published and distributed free through national primary schools in Birmingham & Black
Country. It aims to inform families and children about current educational issues, forthcoming events, courses, attractions
and to give teachers, pupils and parents the opportunity to participate in the magazine by adding to its contents or by
joining in the competitions. It is NOT our intention to publish any racist, sexist or politically based material whatsoever.
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the best interests of young children. Primary Times would like to thank all the schools in Birmingham & Black Country for
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