Monday 15 December 2014

Newsletter 20


CHRISTMAS HAMPER DRAW
The draw will take place in the classes on Tuesday 16 December.

FOUNDATION & KS1 CHRISTMAS PRODUCTION COLLECTION
We are delighted to advise parents that the collections at the end of these productions have raised £458 (before expenses) for Save The Children fund.

Christmas lunch on WEDNESDAY - REMEMBER YOUR CHRISTMAS JUMPER!
Wear your usual uniform but with a Christmas Jumper instead of a sweatshirt.
The cost is the same as a normal week (£11.00), the day £2.20 but please bring a small
donation to Save the Children Fund on this day (£1).  NO Nursery Lunch club on Wednesday

LUNCH CHANGES REMINDER - THURSDAY (18 December)
On Thursday the kitchen will be serving Spaghetti Bolognaise & Garlic bread instead of the roast.

CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE – Thursday 18 December 1.30pm
Our Carol Service will take place at St Michael’s Church this Thursday.
Children in classes PLDD, RV & NS will be leading in this service.
Parents of these classes are warmly invited to attend.  A charity collection will be made at the end of the service in aid of Save the Children Fund.

CAKE STALL – THURSDAY 18 DECEMBER
The Friends would like to remind you that classes ES & JA will be baking for their Christmas Cake Sale on THURSDAY this week, in the front playground pavilion.

CLUBS – THIS WEEK
Multi-Sport, Tennis, Holy Horrors (at the Church), Art & Gym WILL run this week.

DINNER MONEY COST FOR SPRING 1st HALF TERM
NEW PRICE £2.30   -   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 = £66.70
6 January – 13 February = 29 days      note: Year 6 = 28 days £64.10 (- London Trip)
Don’t forget you can pay for the whole term for 1/ 2/ 3 or 4 days per week too.
To pay on-line follow the link from the ‘Parent Information’  button on the school website
Weekly  5 days  £11.50 / 4 days  £9.20 / 3 days  £6.90  / 2 days  £4.60  / 1 day  £2.30
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 12 JANUARY.

DON’T FORGET TO COME IN YOUR PARTY CLOTHES ON FRIDAY!
Please remember clothes and footwear must be suitable for a normal day at school & outside.

CLUBS – START OF SPRING TERM
Externally run clubs/lessons starting from 6 January:
    will be MFSF Wind & Brass, CMS Flute/Clarinet and Guitar, Violin (Weds as normal plus Friday9 Jan  lesson for those pupils who will have missed Monday), Premier Sport Gym
Most other clubs will start from 12 January:
    Hockey, Multi-Sports, Reading, Rugby, Tennis, Country Dancing, Holy Horrors, Orchestra, Art and   all lunchtime clubs.

QUIZ NIGHT SUCCESS
The recent Friends quiz night was a great evening.  Mr Brook did a brilliant job compiling & compering the quiz, with the aid of Mrs Hopkins & her daughter doing the scoring.  The Friends would like to thank them for their support of this event, where they raised £210.

STUDENT TEACHER IN PLDD
Just to inform parents that in January, Class PLDD will have Miss Holmes as a student teacher for the first half of the Spring term, she will be teaching the class throughout the term under supervision of Mrs Lord or Mrs Dwyer.

MUSIC LESSONS –INVOICES EMAILED / SENT THIS WEEK
Please note that invoices are being sent by email or hard copy this week.  Payment should be made for these before the first lesson at the start of next term to enable your child to continue with tuition.
Please speak to the office if required.

APPLICATIONS FOR RECEPTION PLACES FOR 2015/16
MUST be returned to the Admissions Team at Ipswich by 15 January 2015.   For information go to:  www.suffolk.gov.uk/admissionstoschools, or apply online  www.suffolk.gov.uk/onlineadmissions.
You will need to complete a Supplementary Information Form to return to the school office.
RECEPTION OPEN MORNING on Friday 9 January from 9.15-11.00am for parents with children due to start school September 2015 (Born between 1/9/2010 – 31/8/2011).

SPRING TERM START
We have a non-pupil day at the start of term,
so the children return to school on TUESDAY 6 JANUARY 2015.
May I wish you all a peaceful Christmas and happy celebrations for the New Year!