IMPORTANT NOTICE - ICT SYSTEM FAILURE AT SCHOOL
We are STILL UNABLE TO ACCESS EMAILS which is why we are sending a hard copy of this letter. If you need contact
the school please do so via phone (01728 723354)
JEANS FOR GENES DAY – REMINDER THIS FRIDAY (20
September)
Instead
of wearing normal school trousers or skirts, the children can wear jeans, but
they should still wear their usual school shirts, sweatshirt and shoes. We ask that those who do wear jeans bring in
a £1 donation to the charity.
ADMISSION APPLICATIONS FOR STARTING SCHOOL
2014/2015
If
you have a child born between 01/09/2009 and 31/08/2010 then please collect a letter
and form from the office to apply for a Reception place for September 2014.
YOU
WILL NOT BE ALLOCATED A RECEPTION PLACE UNLESS YOU SUBMIT A FORM.
Please
note they must be returned to the Admissions Team either on-line or to the
address on the form (not to the school office) by WEDNESDAY 15 JANUARY 2014 at the latest.
If
you have any admission enquiries please speak to Mrs Miller in the office.
WHOLE CLASS MUSIC – CLASS PLDD
SCC
‘Wider Opportunities’ scheme apologises that they were unable to fulfil our
request for clarinets for class PLDD, and have delivered flutes instead. These
are slightly harder to play than clarinets, but Miss Cochrane, the tutor,
believes the children can manage them.
IS YOUR CHILD HAVING A SCHOOL LUNCH WHEN YOU HAVE
MADE A PACKED ONE?
Some
children are telling the teachers they have a packed lunch, but are then
joining the dinner queue to have a school meal.
We are regularly finding a discrepancy between what the teachers are
told by the children when doing the dinner registers and the number of meals
the kitchen are serving. Because of this
we will be doing spot checks in the dinner hall. Parents of any children having a school
dinner (when they said they were packed lunch), will be asked to pay the £2.20
for that lunch.
Please
remind your child daily what their dinner arrangements are for that day.
EXCITING NEWS FOR MRS VENTON
We
are delighted to let parents know that Mrs Venton is expecting a baby in
February. We are sure everyone will join
us in congratulating both her and Mr Venton.
PARENT COUNCIL LAUNCH – Meeting for all parents –
WEDS 25 SEPTEMBER
The parent council would
like to invite all parents to join them in the hall next Wednesday between 8.30
and 9.15am where there will be a brief introduction by Mrs Picton, and members
of the parent council. This will be an
opportunity to meet the parent council representatives and understand what role
the Parent Council plays in the school.
A leaflet from the Parent
Council will be distributed next week.
HARVEST FESTIVAL CONFIRMED DATES: THURSDAY 3 &
FRIDAY 4 OCTOBER
Our services will take
place on Thursday 3 October in St Michael’s church for classes KM, CA, LC &
JC at 9:30am and Key Stage 2 at 10:30am. Then on FRIDAY at 9.30am for Nursery
& class CH. All parents are welcome to attend either service. More details
will follow next week.
*****PLEASE REMEMBER*****
TO WRITE YOUR CHILD’S NAME & CLASS ON THE BACK
OF CHEQUES
...and if they are for dinner money, also state the days you are paying
for, thank you.
ROAD PARKING CONCERNS
We have
to remind parents again that you must not park on the double yellow lines in Vyces
Road, College Road or New Road, or in the school driveway, when dropping your
children off. Please find a safe
place to park so that you do not cause a danger to other road users or
pedestrians. Thank you for your
co-operation in this matter.
BACK PLAYGROUND - NO PARKING FOR COLLECTING FROM
CLUBS
Due
to a number of large cracks appearing on the back playground, we are afraid
that parents CANNOT PARK THERE, for the foreseeable future, when collecting
from after school clubs. Parents will
have to park offsite and walk to pick up their child/ren.
We
apologise for the inconvenience.
EMPTY SHOEBOXES NEEDED FOR DT PROJECT
Class
KV are in need of empty shoeboxes for a project they are about to start, please
drop them to class KV over the next week if you have any spare. Thank you.
MEDICAL NEEDS
If
your child suffers from asthma or allergies and you have not completed a
medical form with details of their medication, it is essential that you
ask at the office for a form. The
‘Medical Needs’ policy can be found on the school website.
MORNING ROUTINE REMINDER...
Now
the children are settling to their new class locations, please can we ask parents
to encourage your children to gain independence in the morning, by bringing in
their belongings on their own, wherever possible.
SUGGESTION FROM THE MIDDAY SUPERVISORS
KS1
& Foundation children have to check with the midday supervisors before they
leave the dinner hall. The supervisors
do their best to encourage children to eat their packed lunches, however some
parents are not happy for their child to be asked to try and eat a bit more. It would help the supervisors if
KS1/Foundation parents who are concerned that their child SHOULD eat all/most
of their packed lunch put a card in the lunchbox that says “I expect my child
to eat most of this lunch”, so they know who to encourage, and who not to.
ABSENCE PHONE LINE CARDS
With
this letter please find a wallet size orange card with details of the school
number to call when you need to report your child’s absence, we hope you will
find these helpful.
------------ FRIENDS NEWS -------------
Publicity Help Required
The Friends need help from anyone with design skills. They produce a couple of leaflets per term
and are in need of someone with skills in design and creating printer ready
files. If you can help, or know of
someone who can, please contact the chairperson as soon as possible on rupert@thedurrants.com or call him on
0779 381 255 33.
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