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2006 / 07 Number 7 . December 7th 2007
Dear Parents,
We have had a
wonderful start to the Christmas season in school over the past week. All the
children have placed a decoration on the tree and we have lit the first candle
on our advent crown. We have enjoyed our Christmas Fair and most importantly
shared the children’s retellings of the story of that first Christmas long ago.
Quite an eventful start to the month !
Christmas Fair.
Yet again this was a highly successful family event enjoyed
and supported by so many of you. A huge thank you is due to Maria Coles, and the P.T.A.
Committee who worked really hard in the run up to the fair and on the day
itself. Thank you also to those of you who ran the stalls and helped with the
catering. Thanks also to Mandy for giving up her precious Saturday to prepare
and cook lunch. The final amount raised
was about £1200, an amazing sum of money some of which is already earmarked to
help pay for our lovely new staging.
Christmas Celebrations.
Our Celebrations have taken place this week with all the
children involved in telling the nativity story to family and friends of the
school. I am sure those of you who were at the reception performances will
agree that this first Christmas in school was an occasion to be remembered and
a wonderful way to be reminded of the true meaning of Christmas.
Years 1 and
2 have also been hard at work performing ‘The Nativity’ to parents and friends
of the school. Their celebration included great acting, singing and a variety
of dances to tell the Christmas Story. By the time you read this Y2 will have
just returned from performing ‘The Nativity’ at the egg theatre which will have
been a very special occasion for both performers and audience. We are very
lucky to be able to perform there for the second year running and really appreciate
this amazing opportunity. We will tell you more about their special day in the
next edition. Once again thank you to all the adults who helped the children
with their acting, speaking, singing, dancing and costumes.
Group Christmas Photos
Once we
return from the Christmas break we will offer you all the opportunity to buy a
group photo of your child’s class in their nativity costumes.
In the
meantime check out the website for plenty of photos of Christmas events in
school.
Christmas Lunch and
Payment
PLEASE make sure that if you have ordered Christmas lunch for next week
that the money is sent in a named envelope on Monday morning, 10th
December.
Please hand the envelope into your child’s class and not to the office.
The cost is
£1.70 per child and £2.30 per adult meal.
If your
child is having lunch on other days next week then the payment can be made in
one envelope.
It would really help
us at this busy time of year not to have to chase late payments.
If you are
joining your child for Christmas Lunch please arrive at 11.50am.
Christingles : Thursday December 13th
If you have a child in Year 2 (Blue and Orange Classes) please remember to
bring in an orange (rather than a Satsuma) and a small candle on this day to make christingles. We will then be holding a Christingle
procession at
Christingle Carol Service
Please come along and support this new event on Friday 14th
December at 10.00am at
Please enter the church by the main doors on Triangle East.
We would appreciate a few parents to walk with us to the
church and back. We will be leaving just after 9.30am. Please let your child’s
class teacher know if you can help.
Christmas Parties. Monday December 17th.
These will take place during the afternoon. There will be
fun and games in each classroom, a visit from Father Christmas and a treat of food
and drink . We will finish the afternoon with a whole school get together in
the hall.Your child may wear ‘party clothes’ on this
occasion however please remember that the normal activities of a school day will
be taking place so nothing too fancy please - just a change from uniform if you
wish.
Your P.T.A. needs you !
The money raised by the P.T.A. makes a huge difference to
what we can provide for your children in school. Many of the special events,
trips, visitors and theme weeks are paid for or heavily subsidised by the funds
we raise and I know that it is these activities that help to make our school ‘buzz’ and make learning memorable for the
children.
Although the fair was very successful this was mainly due to
a few people working incredibly hard and we really do need more of you to come
forward in the New Year. In fact we were desperately short of help on the day
and several parents gave up the opportunity to go round the stalls with their
children in order to keep things going. Every parent is automatically a member
of the P.T.A. and if just a few more of you could help it would make all the
difference and be truly appreciated.
The end of the last school year saw lots of our long
established families leaving as their youngest child went up to the juniors.
This year we have many new families where the oldest child has just started
school. We do need you to become involved if you possibly can. Perhaps it’s a
good idea for that New Year’s Resolution ~ it could be more fun than a diet or
the gym and almost as good for you !!
Medicines in School
Please can I remind parents that we can
only give prescribed medicines to
children, and then only if a form is completed.
For health and safety reasons no other
medication should be brought to school including cough sweets and other cold
‘cures’ such as Tunes, Lockets etc.
Food For Life Gold
Thank you to all those who completed the questionnaire about
school dinners that we sent out earlier in the term. The responses have been
collated and are available on the website.
Our next Food For Life meeting is
on Thursday
January 10th at 1.15pm in school. Any interested parents are
welcome to attend. We are particularly looking for people who would enjoy
gardening or cooking with the children. Please note this is a change of date
from the one we originally set.
Southside Food Co-op
Offering fresh locally grown produce
to people in
We are looking for two more runners to enter the marathon on
the school’s behalf. So if you want to run but haven’t yet registered we have a
place already reserved just for you. Please see Mrs Claridge if you are
interested.
School Uniform
After Christmas we will be changing the way that school
uniform is sold. Further details will be available in January. In the meantime
if you require new uniform for the new school term please order it now in the
usual way.
Lost Sweat Cardi
Please can you check any school sweat cardis
that you may have. One has gone missing from Red
Class, size 26/28 and named ‘Hope Hammond’. If you have it by accident Hope’s
mum would really appreciate its return.
Two Tunnels Project
Big Lottery Bid ~ Vote Now !
Some time ago I mentioned this project which aims to open up
two railway tunnels between Midford and
44th
If you are interested in either of these groups contact
Sarah Lewis on
07795106668. The unit is celebrating its 20th
anniversary next year and has some exciting projects planned.
Back to School Date (Oops!)
School
starts again on Thursday January 3rd..
Sorry for the confusion created .
Yours sincerely
Jo Claridge
Headteacher