HARVEST FESTIVAL – FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER
Our services will take place on Friday 10 October in St Michael’s church. The services will include our usual harvest singing and prayers. These are Thanksgiving services in which classes have chosen items such as poems or songs to be presented by some of the children. All parents are welcome to attend. The KS1 and Foundation service will be 9.30–10.15am and the KS2 service at 10.30–11.30am.
Each child may bring in 1 or 2 small items to present for our Harvest collection. Any food donations will be passed on to the West Villa Homeless Families Unit in Ipswich and any money raised will go to the Soup Kitchen in Ipswich.
SCHOOL MEALS PRICE INCREASE
Please note that school meals for pupils will be increased by 10p from Monday 3 November 2008.
New Costs £1.90 per day £9.50 per 5 day week
Please make all lunch money cheques payable to ‘Suffolk County Council’.
WE ARE DESPERATE TO FILL THE FOLLOWING VACANCIES:
LUNCHTIME SUPERVISOR
Hours: WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS 12.00pm to 1.20pm
RELIEF LUNCHTIME SUPERVISOR
Hours: 12.00pm - 1.20pm on an occasional basis when the need arises to cover regular staff
Rate of Pay: £6.37 per hour plus 12.99% holiday pay = £7.198 per hour
For further information please contact the school office: 01728 723354
TRAVEL PLAN UPDATE
I am pleased to announce that our ‘Travel Plan’ submitted earlier this year, has been successfully approved by County who have awarded us a grant. This grant is to be used by the school to support the objectives laid out in the Travel Plan. These are as follows:
1. Make Children aware of and give them the skills required for Road Safety
• We are currently producing a Road Safety DVD specific to the difficult roads and junctions in Framlingham. Those parents who completed our Travel questionnaire last year identified these places of danger. With the support of the Road Safety Team at SCC we have been able to ensure that the children can be taught skills that are relevant to their daily life. We will use the DVD for in-class training for all year groups and we may make it available for purchase for home.
• In addition to the DVD we will be continuing with the physical ‘Traffic Trail’ - taking Year 1 – 4 year groups ‘out and about’ in Framlingham.
• We will be ensuring that Year 5 & 6 children all have the opportunity to do Cycle Training course by the time they move to High School.
• We will give Foundation children practical sessions in Pedestrian Behaviour.
• Year 6 children will have lessons on planning safer journeys and making safer choices.
2. Create a safer pedestrian environment for the large % of pupils who walk and provide additional safety where feasible in Framlingham and catchment area
• Many of you will have used the new footpath form the Elm’s Car Park to New Road. This was our first major success for the Travel Plan, following the identification of this issue by parents, we successfully put pressure on SCDC to make this area safer.
• We are dealing with SCC Highways regarding suggestions for safety improvements on College Road and New Road – but as expected decisions seem to move very slowly.
3. Encourage more parents and children to walk all year and promote the benefits of Walking/Cycling
• We are all well aware of the issues excessive road travel makes on our planet, from its impact on the environment to the cost implications of fuel.
• Health wise walking and cycling are some of the best and most cost effective ways to improve the health of our families. Walking to and from school gives parents opportunities to talk to their children and learn about their day.
• Wherever possible we would encourage families to walk to school.
• For those of you not within a safe walking distance of school how about considering car share arrangements with friends; travelling by bus; or parking on the outskirts and walking the rest of the way?
• Part of the grant is being considered for a shelter in the playground to protect parents and siblings in wet weather - to hopefully encourage more walkers.
OCTOBER IS INTERNATIONAL WALK TO SCHOOL MONTH
If you can - why not try to walk to school more often?
CHAIRS FOR SALE
We have 5 light green upholstered chairs that are a bit grubby but sound (from our old staff room). If anyone would like any of these please pop to the office – we are suggesting a donation of about £5
