SCHOLASTIC LEAFLETS
Please find with this letter the Scholastic leaflets, please complete and return to the office with payment by Friday 23 September. PLEASE NOTE PAYMENT MUST BE EITHER BY CHEQUE PAYABLE TO SCHOLASTIC LIMITED OR BY CREDIT CARD.
NO CASH CAN BE ACCEPTED FOR SCHOLASTIC
Please note that item 216 in the leaflet is now NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
FRIENDS QUIZ NIGHT & AGM – Friday 23 September
Just a reminder about the Friends family event this Friday; the Quiz night has been a great success in the past. Mr Brook is busy preparing an INTERACTIVE QUIZ, where teams, of up to 6, answer multiple choice questions on a variety of themes using Interactive Voting (like in 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire').
This year there will be additional questions the younger team members. This really is a family event, and last time we had 21 teams take part.
There is a licensed bar, tuck shop & soft drinks. Tickets are £2 per player.
Pre-order your tickets, via the office, up until Thursday
The Friends AGM will be held in the interval of the quiz; it is an opportunity for the Friends to let parents know about this year’s fundraising and what the school has used the money for. It is also an opportunity to welcome new members to join. If you are interested in becoming part of this team, which contributes a great deal to school, please do contact
Marie-Therese Walker (Chair) on 07939 265646 or mtwalker666@hotmail.com
HARVEST FESTIVAL – Thursday 29 and Friday 30 September
Our services will take place on Thursday 29 September in St Michael’s church for Key Stage 1 at 9:30am and Key Stage 2 at 10:30am. Then on Friday 30 September at 9.30am for Foundation. 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.
Each child may bring in 1 or 2 small items to present for our Harvest collection. Please no glass jars or bottles as the pupils have to carry them to church.
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.
NURSERY PLACES FOR JANUARY 2012
We will be allocating Nursery places for January 2012 intake in October. If you have a child born BEFORE 31 December 2008, you will need to submit an application form to the school office if you wish your child to be considered in this round of allocations, forms must be returned by 5 October at the latest. Please ask at the school office for a Nursery brochure & application form.
Do come along to our OPEN AFTERNOON on Tuesday
4 October from 1.30pm – 3pm (amended date). Parents are welcome to pop in on this date to look around.
YEAR 6 APPLICATIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOL
Parents of Year 6 will have received a letter from SCC regarding High School Applications. Please be aware that applications should be made on-line or using the form which should be returned to the address on the letter BY MONDAY 31 OCTOBER AT THE LATEST.
CAN YOU HELP US KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE?
Despite widely advertising there have been no applications for the position of Crossing Patrol Officer.
We have been fortunate to receive funding for this post from our local Councillor, Councillor Colin Hart. We have been actively seeking to recruit someone for this post since July – is there a parent, grandparent, relative or friend who would be interested in this job?
It entails a total of 6 ½ hours per week, to cover mornings and afternoons.
The rate of pay is £6.47ph, with a half pay retainer during the holidays – we even supply a uniform! Job share will be considered. Please contact Mrs Hulley at the school office for details.
SHARE SESSION REMINDER – PL/DD
Just to remind parents in class PL/DD the share session is this Thursday at 1.20pm
MEET THE TEACHER REMINDER – Thursday 22 September after school
The meeting in the hall will be no more than 20 minutes, and will give an overview of your child/rens areas of learning including suggestions for helping at home. You may bring your children with you if you wish. KS1 at 3.15pm, Lower KS2 at 3.45pm, Upper KS2 at 4.15pm
UNIFORM DELIVERY DELAYS
The Friends wish to advise parents that we have a delay with the smaller sizes of polo shirts, we are finding a short term substitute, but the earliest this will be available will be 3 weeks.
Mrs Walker will contact parents who have already handed in an order.
CORRECTION – BELLES ON BIKES
The recent flyer for the Belles on Bikes event has suggested that some of the money raised will go towards 'The Mills Charity Community Centre Project Fund’. However, a Mills Charity Community Centre Project Fund does not exist and unfortunately this flyer was produced without permission from The Mills Charity.
MORNING LINE UP
The morning lining up routine is working very well. The children’s readiness for learning has improved as they settle really quickly into their morning tasks.
Even in a short space of time the staff have seen an improvement in the children’s independence in their morning routines. Could we ask that Reception parents wait until the children have entered the building before leaving the fenced off area, as we have noticed a bottle-neck occurring at the lower school doors – thank you.
WHOLE CLASS MUSIC – Classes PL/DD, EM and RV
As part of the SCC ‘Wider Opportunities’ scheme we are receiving a delivery of clarinets for classes PL/DD and EM and brass instruments (Cornets, Tenor Horns & Baritone Horns) for class RV. Over this year the children will receive whole class music lessons on a Friday with teachers from the County Music Service.
After a few weeks the children will be able to take the instruments home on loan to practice. Parents will be required to complete a loan agreement form and return it to the office before your child takes the instrument. These forms will be sent out on Friday.
CONSIDERATE PARKING
Please can we ask parents to be considerate when parking to drop off and pick up and to not park in front of local residents drives, garage or businesses. Thank you.
