MOTHER’S DAY SERVICES – THIS Friday, 8 March
THIS FRIDAY, 8 March, we are holding Mother’s Day Services at St Michael’s for Nursery and Reception (CH & KM) at 9.30am, which will be followed at 10.30am with a service for children in KS1. Parents are welcome to attend. Please note the Nursery will need lots of parent volunteers to help walk the children to and from the Church, please see Mrs Cooper in the Nursery to offer your help if you can. Thank you.
SNAPE CONCERT SUCCESS
What a truly remarkable experience the ‘School’s Celebration of Music’ at Snape Maltings was for our children yesterday! From the moment we arrived at the Maltings and were shown to our dressing room the musical journey began. Our children had been rehearsing their selection of songs and orchestral pieces for some time at school. Mrs Armstrong, Mrs Mawson and Miss Ashberry had prepared the children thoroughly and all that was left to do was to perform it on the Maltings stage. The technical rehearsal went very well and there followed further rehearsals to prepare for the Grand Finale with children from other schools – Primary, Middle and High. By 6.00pm all was ready for the performance in front of a packed audience.
The stage was transformed into a magical array of brightly coloured birds as our children entered and the music began. I have never been more proud of our children as they sang and played a selection of bird songs and music, beginning and ending with Benjamin Britten’s ‘The Cuckoo’ which was both beautiful and haunting. Their performance was quite simply stunning.
It is certainly an experience I will never forget, and from the faces of the children I believe they won’t either. We are so grateful to Mrs Armstrong, Mrs Mawson and Miss Ashberry for their time and dedication and to all the children who performed so beautifully giving us all an evening to remember.
SCHOOL BOOK FAIR – Friday 8 – Tuesday 12 March
The Travelling Book Company is visiting the school and will be in the hall (or in the foyer by the hall) for parents to visit with their children on:
MONDAY 11 MARCH 3.15pm Whole School
TUESDAY 12 MARCH 11.50pm & 1.30pm Nursery
3.15pm Whole School
If you are unable to visit at opening times but would like to order a book, please complete the order form on the leaflet. Payment must be sent in with the order, cheques should be payable to ‘Framlingham Sir Robert Hitcham’s CEVAP School’,
with your child’s name and class on the reverse.
PLEASE NOTE: The children WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE THE BOOKS AWAY ON THE DAY, but all orders will be returned to the children by w/c 18 March.
Children will visit in class between Monday & Wednesday; they can choose and pay then also.
All purchases made will help the school obtain more books for our library and classrooms.
WORLD BOOK DAY THANKS
We raised a brilliant £250.95 for dressing up on World Book Day, the children (and staff) looked amazing; there are some great photos on the school BLOG. The money will go to Mrs Elphick in Liberia for the work of SIM (Serving in Mission) who will use it to purchase school books for the Liberian children. Thank you to everyone who took part.
RED NOSES ONSALE UNTIL FRIDAY 15 MARCH
Red noses can be purchased from the office in preparation for Red Nose Day NEXT Friday (15 March). They cost £1 – don’t leave it till the last minute, as we are selling out fast!
When you call the school (01728 723354) you will hear a choice of 4 new options:
1 – to leave an Absence message about your child
3 – to hear any changes to club arrangements for the day/week
4 - to speak to the office
CROSSING PATROL - SAFETY
May we remind parents that children & parents need to WAIT for the Crossing Patrol to tell you it is safe to cross. Parents or children should NOT go around the wrong side of the barrier - this is for safety reasons. Thank you for your co-operation in this matter.
SPARE CLOTHES FOR NURSERY
If you have an old Nursery age (3-4yrs) clothes, we could do with a few spare outfits (especially trousers) to keep for emergencies. Please just drop them in at the office, thank you.
SUFFOLK YOUTH MUSIC
There are leaflets available at the school office describing Suffolk Youth Music Activities on offer in the area. If you are interested, please collect one.
The 2012 Waiting for Christmas project has now reached their target of £50,000 for Tearfund. The organizers would like to say a massive ‘Thank you’ to everyone involved.
PARENTING PAGES ON THE SCC WEBSITE
There is now a quick link to the parenting pages on the SCC website:
www.suffolk.gov.uk/theparenthub. This takes you to the information and advice for parents page; other pages cover parenting programmes on offer, with booking form and timetable for professionals making referrals, as well as links to local and national sources of support on a range of issues parents of both younger children and teenagers may face. Links include a range of DVD clips of family scenarios with parents talking about what they found helpful.
AUTHOR VISIT AT SAXMUNDHAM LIBRARY – SAT 9 March
The author Terry Tarbox will be reading to children age 7-11 from his book ‘The Willigrews’ at Saxmundham library on Saturday.
LETTERS BY EMAIL – WE WELCOME ALL PARENTS SIGNING UP FOR THIS.
We would like to continue to reduce the amount of paper copies of newsletters that we produce, so please complete the slip below if you have not already signed up for receiving whole school newsletters by email.
(Letters for trips or ones that are relevant only to some classes will still be produced in paper format as many of these have reply slips that need completing & returning.)
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