VACANCY FOR MORNING PLAYGROUND SUPERVISOR
We have a vacancy for a morning Playground Supervisor; the hours are 8.30am – 8.50am for 5 mornings per week during term time. The rate of pay is £6.38 per hour.
The applicant for this role would also be required to take on any emergency cover for the Crossing Patrol in case of absence (which will be from 8.15am). Full training will be given.
For details and an application form please contact Mrs Hulley in the school office on 723354.
Deadline for applications is 20 January.
CLASS ASSEMBLY SWAP – DB and RV
Reminder that class DB assembly will now be on 10 February and class RV assembly will now be on 24 February.
CROSSING PATROL – STARTS NOW
Our new Crossing Patrol, Mrs Hann, has been trained and is now in position to cross the children over College Road.
If you are allowing your children to walk alone to school please can we ask that you remind them of the Green Cross Code and keeping safe near the busy road.
REMINDER - BUILDING WORK IMPACT ON SCHOOL ENTRANCE
During building works the front entrance will be closed off.
To access the school from College Road a temporary alternative path has been laid down and a door bell fitted to the door to the right of the current entrance.
This door will only be open between 8.30–8.50am and between 3.00–3.20pm.
At all other times please ring the door bell and wait for one of the office staff to come round and open the door. Whenever possible please use the main entrance by the hall while the front entrance is out of order. All clubs should be collected via the hall entrance. Thank you.
CHESS CLUB ERROR
The club list should have said Years 4-6 not Years 3-6, sadly we do not have enough Chess sets for all of KS2. We are sorry to get the hopes up of any Year 3 children.
SHORTAGE OF SOCKS, TIGHTS & SWEATSHIRTS
Thank you to those who donated old unwanted tights etc – we now have plenty!
BAD WEATHER ARRANGEMENTS
We make every possible effort to ensure that the school remains open in the event of bad weather conditions, please listen to the following radio stations to hear whether the school has to be closed:
Radio Suffolk 95.5, 95.9, 103.9 and 104.6FM (updates at 10’ past and 20’ to each hour)
Heart FM 97.1-96.4FM Beach Radio 103.4 and 97.4FM
You can also look at the County Council Website at http://schoolclosures.suffolk.gov.uk
GRANDPARENTS TO LUNCH DAYS
We will be running 2 ‘bring a grandparent to lunch’ dates on 7 and 8 March. Letters will be sent out in early February.
BAGS 2 SCHOOL COLLECTION
Thank you to all who had a good clear-out for the Friends charity bag collection – about 80 bags were collected and we will let you know shortly how much this has raised.
AFTER SCHOOL DRAMA & MUSICAL THEATRE CLASSES
Fiona McAlpine has been teaching after school drama to children for over ten years.
These classes take place at St. Michael’s Rooms and help with confidence-building, voice, comedy and acting skills. Children interested are welcome to try out any of the drama classes.
There is also a new Musical Theatre class for children interested in singing and dancing, and who don’t necessarily study dance or singing elsewhere.
New Musical Theatre class for 7-11 year olds. Wednesdays, 18th January – 6th February
Learn to sing and dance a musical number! This class is for children who enjoy singing and dancing, and want to be able to put over a song confidently. They will be learning songs from musicals and pop songs. £4 per lesson or £15 for 4 lessons in advance.
Timetable January 16th to February 8th 2012
Mondays 3.30 – 4.25 Drama Ages 5-7 (Spaces)
Mondays 4.30 -5.30 Drama Ages 14-17
Tuesdays 3.20 – 4.15 Drama Ages 7 - 10
Tuesdays 4.20 – 5.15 Drama Ages 12-14
Wednesday 3.20 – 4.15 Musical Theatre Ages 7-11 (Spaces)
Wednesday 4.20 – 5.15 Drama Ages 10 – 12 (Spaces)
Contact Fiona for more information and to secure a place for your child:
fiona@allegraproductions.co.uk 01728 638471 07779 060 717
ADMISSIONS CONSULTATIONS 2013/14
On the County Council website - www.suffolk.gov.uk/consultations - proposed 2013/14 arrangements for admissions to Suffolk Community & Voluntary Controlled schools are available for consultation. Parents who are interested (ie those with children who are due to start in Reception or who are due to move to High School in September 2013) are able to use the online reply form to comment on the proposed policies. The deadline for consultation is 28 February 2012. There are also hard copies of the arrangements and forms at the school office. Our Voluntary Aided school proposed admission policy for 2013/14 is on page 149 of this document - any comments regarding our policy should come back directly to the school.
Page 161 of the document indicates that Thomas Mills High School (as an Academy) has adopted the County policy for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools.
