Tuesday 22 October 2013

Newsletter 10


REMINDER INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS – THURSDAY
This Thursday photos of all individual children and family groups will be taken.
The children will be photographed in their school sweatshirts.  
If you wish to bring pre-school children into school to join your family group photo, please come to the hall at 8.30am with your children.

REMEMBRANCE POPPIES – hopefully on sale in school this week!
We hope the Poppies will be delivered this week so we can take them to the classes
 for  the children to purchase one if they wish to. 
If they arrive late we will sell them after half term instead.

REMINDER CAKE STALL – Friday 25 October (PASB & DB)
There will be cakes for sale this Friday after school in the front playground pavilion.

YEAR 6 APPLICATIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOL
Applications must be made on-line or using the form by MONDAY 31 OCTOBER.

DINNER MONEY COST FOR AUTUMN 2nd HALF TERM
*******Dinner money should be paid on Mondays******
Half term payments are due by the first Monday after each half term.
The cost for lunch every day will be = £74.80
5 November-20 December = 34 days
Don’t forget you can pay for the whole term for 1/2/3 or 4 days per week too.
Weekly payments:               
   5 days  £11.00          4 days  £8.80           3 days  £6.60    2 days  £4.40         1 day  £2.20
Cheques should be made payable to Suffolk County Council (SCC) with your child’s name and class WRITTEN ON THE BACK please.
DINNER MONEY MUST  BE HANDED TO THE TEACHER IN AN ENVELOPE THAT STATES:       Child’s Name + Child’s Class + Which days dinner money is for.
DEADLINE FOR HALF-TERM PAYMENT IS MONDAY 11 NOVEMBER.

CHRISTMAS DINNER SLIPS TO RETURN PLEASE
Please return the slip for the Christmas lunch choice for ALL CHILDREN, ideally by the end of this week, but please DO NOT PAY yet.  Thank you.
If we do not receive a slip from you we will assume that your child WILL BE having a Christmas lunch which will need to be paid for on 16 December .

SPORTS DAY - CHANGE TO DATE
The new date for Sports Day is Tuesday 24 June (with the reserve date on Friday 27 June). The change is due to Framlingham College theatre only being available in the week of 30 June for the Year 5 & 6 production.

NO HOLY HORRORS & NO ORCHESTRA THIS WEEK
Just to advise parents there is no HHH this Wednesday or Orchestra on Thursday.

LAST GARDENING CLUB WAS THIS WEEK
Gardening club has finished now until after February half term when new letters will be sent out.

CHESS CLUB STARTS AFTER HALF TERM
Mr Byer will be running chess club for Year 5 & 6 children.  It will be held on a Thursday from 12.30-1.15 in Mr Brooks classroom.

BAG TO SCHOOL COLLECTION – 21 November
We would like to give you advance notice of this charity bag collection, in case you are having a clear out over half term.  They accept good condition clothing, bedding, belts & shoes (in pairs!). A letter and donation bag will be handed out shortly from the Friends.

READING WORKSHOP – FEEDBACK PLEASE
Your feedback from the workshop held earlier in the month is very useful to us.  If you haven’t already handed in your feedback sheet, please do so before half term so that Mr Vaughan can review and take action from your comments.  Thank you.

BONFIRE LUNCH – Tuesday 5 November
On the first day back after half term the catering team are providing a Bonfire Lunch of Hotdog Sausage in a roll or Cheddar Cheese Catherine Wheel, Curly Fries, sweetcorn and BBQ beans, with Fire-Cracker cupcake for dessert.

MORRISSONS VOUCHERS
The closing date for this scheme is very soon, so if you have any vouchers please drop them in to the box outside the office by half term.  Thank you for your support.

FILM NIGHT – FRIDAY 8 NOVEMBER
The Friends film night after half term will be Monsters University, the booking letter is being handed out today.

CHRISTMAS SHOEBOX APPEAL – FRIDAY 8 NOVEMBER
Please return the filled shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child by Friday 8 November, don’t forget to include the £3.00 cash/cheque in the envelope or pay on line (apologies that we previously stated £2.50 in error).   Thank you.

DON’T FORGET!

Half term is next week,

and we have a Non-Pupil Day on Monday 4 November

(Note: Thomas Mills High School are in school on that day).


KS2 pupils remember to sort your Victorian Costume ready for Tuesday 12 November.


Over half term why not take a look at the school blog for photos

and reports of school events from the last half term?