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2007 / 08 Number 03 . October 12th 2007
Dear Parents,
As we come to the end of an
eventful ‘Eat A Rainbow’ week, I hope that your
children have enjoyed the variety of activities on offer. Thank you to those
who have been into school to help with cooking activities and trips to the
organic garden. Look out for displays of our learning around school
, especially in the hall and on the website.
There is also a Food For Life special edition attached. Please make sure that you
read this and do your best to respond in some way to help get this project off
to a good start.
‘Meet the Teacher’ Afternoons
A
reminder that Mrs Stroud and Miss Wilson are looking forward to seeing you at
their ‘Meet the Teacher’ afternoons next week.
Green
Class Monday October 15th 2.30pm
Red
Class Tuesday October 16th 2.30pm
Family SEAL Workshop
It
was amazing to welcome so many of you to the first Family SEAL workshop on
Wednesday. Once again thank you for such a positive response. I hope that you
all found the sessions interesting. I know that the opportunity to work with
your child in the school setting was definitely the highlight and the pictures
you made together were really lovely. We might be asking to borrow one or two
to share with other teachers later on.
Harvest Celebration
A reminder
that our harvest festival will take place on Wednesday October 17th
with elderly people from the local area invited to join the children
for this celebration. We would appreciate gifts of tins and dried foods which
will be given to the Genesis Project in
We would
also be grateful for shoeboxes or empty boxes of a similar size in which to
display fresh produce. Please bring tins, dried fruit, produce and
boxes on the morning of October 17th.
Oldfield Park Station Community Group and Walk to School Month : October 2007
Don’t forget to enter
this competition to draw a logo for the group ‘On Board’ who are involved in
caring for Oldfield Park Station and its surroundings. Draw your design clearly
on a piece of paper. You need to think about the group working at the station
and their name ‘On board’.
June Player from the
group visited us last week and it was clear that the children have noticed the
improvements at the station particularly the lack of litter and the lovely
floral sign. Bring your entry in by 19th October and make sure it
has your name on it.
There is a super
prize on offer which I forgot to mention last time ~ it’s a family day
out train ticket for travel any where on the network.
Firework Posters
Each child should
have brought home a blank poster to complete. Remember to return your poster to
school by Wednesday October 17th so that it can be entered in the
competition. If you forget to bring it in you can also return it to a branch of
BIBs by 22nd October. All children in school get a free ticket to the firework display on the
recreation ground. In the past several children have been prize winners too so
get drawing and painting !
School Photographer
As mentioned last time the photographer will be in school
from 9am on Tuesday October 16th. . We will photograph family
groups with pre school children (or other children not at this school) first.
Please let the class teacher know that your child is in school and then come to
the hall. It is usually quite a quick process so you should not be waiting too
long. We will organise family groups where all the children are in school and
take individual pictures of each child.
New on Our Website (www.oldfieldparkinfants.co.uk)
We have just added two
new sections to our website , ‘Story Making’ and
‘Family SEAL’.
In the Story Making
section you will find each of the termly story
scripts that we use and a photographic dictionary of actions. We hope you will
enjoy making use of these to find out more about what we are doing in school
and support your child’s learning.
The Family SEAL section
has many of the materials we are using such as the handouts from the workshops.
It also has photographs of our first assembly and this week’s workshop.
There are also photos
of activities in each classroom and our recent farm visit. Many parents find
it’s a great way to keep family members who do not live locally in touch with
what the children are doing.
If anyone doesn’t have
internet access and wants to see the site I am sure we can organise a viewing
in our ICT suite.
School Council
We have recently
decided which children from Years 1 and 2 will serve on our school council this
year.
Yellow Class Keanu Thompson and Anna Digby
Purple Class
Blue Class Kenton Newman and Lauren Midgely
Orange Class Elliot Sobey
and Lily Knight
Reception
representatives will join in after the holiday.
Next week the Y2 school
councillors will be helping us to interview candidates for the vacancy to cover
Miss McKenzie’s maternity leave.
The Year 2 children who
wanted to be on the council had to explain why to their classmates before an
election took place. Some of their ideas are displayed inside the ‘blue doors’
by the small group room.
After School
French Classes for Year 1
All Year 1 children are offered the opportunity to
start French classes with La Jolie Ronde on a Wednesday after school from 3.15 to 3.45pm after
half term. The exact start date is yet to be confirmed. A letter with further
details is available from the office or you can contact the organiser, Maria
Antonio on 0775 123 5959.
Out and About In
the Local Community
Pregnancy Awareness Evening
The Bath Home Birth
Trust is holding a Pregnancy Awareness evening for all mothers and their
partners to be with advice and information about pregnancy, birth and beyond. Its on Sunday 28th October from 7.00 to 9.00pm at
New Oriel Hall, Larkhall.
For information contact Rachel Stacey ; Telephone : 01225 868961 email : bathhomebirth@aol.com / www.borninwater.co.uk
Hallowe’en
I attach a letter from
the police re trick or treating for your information.
Autumn Half term at Bath City Farm
Details of activities
are on the reverse of the police letter.
Please see over for important PTA news.
Please also read our Food For
Life Gold ‘Special’.
Yours sincerely,
Jo Claridge
Headteacher
PTA News
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Cake sale: Friday 19th
October
Don't forget to bring in your homemade or shop bought
cakes in the morning to the canteen. Also please remember to end 20p in a
named envelope or purse so your child can buy a cake at afternoon break.
Any cakes left over will be sold in the playground after school.
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Secretary - Thank you to Steph who has Nemone in Yellow
class for taking up this position.
Treasurer - This vacancy is still
available if anyone wants to come forward.
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Ladies Night
: Friday 9th November (6.50pm - 10pm)
Just under a month now, the tickets are now on sale
at £3 each. They include a glass of wine
or soft drink and a goody bag full of treats. There should be a parent
from each class selling these tickets.
It will be a wonderful evening of relaxation,
treatments range from £5 to £10, which include: Indian
Head Massage, Foot & Leg Massage, Henna Tattoos, Facials and much
more. We do however have one other treatment that costs £17, this is for a full body SiennaX
spray tan. If anyone is interested in having this treatment please see a
PTA member before the night as we will need to give you some more information.
There will also be stalls to browse which include:
Help:
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I would like to ask if any of you can help us
with spare tea light holders or christmas
fairy lights to set the atmosphere. Please let a member
of the PTA or the Office know if you can help.
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I would also like to ask if any of you have babies or
know of anyone that does whether the PTA could have your baby food jars and
lids, they are needed for the Christmas Fayre and I
would be glad if they could be handed to a member of the PTA or the Office.
Thank you.