Christmas Fayre  

The Christmas Fayre on Friday 4th December from 3.30pm – 5.30pm was again a well attended event. Thank you to all who helped to make this event a success. Despite the credit crunch we have managed to raise a whopping £1.9K          to date.  The Parents Association will be sending out a questionnaire soon to ask you what you think the money raised should be spent on.  Our thanks go to all the members of the Parents Association who have given many hours of their time to support the development of the school.  I sincerely wish them all and their families a happy Christmas.

  “The Shining Signing Star” 

Many heartfelt thanks to all the children, parents and staff who contributed in any way to create such a wonderful nativity.  Gary Slack was touched by the performance.  He attended the dress rehearsal and the evening performance.  Both were every evocative.  He passed on his thanks and generous compliments about how as an ex-pupil his Nativity was performed.  The school featured in Wednesday December 9th’s Evening Post.  Photographs are apparently on the website.

Arts group Music for Everyone is also putting on a performance of the nativity at the Albert Hall in Nottingham on Sunday.  Tickets from £2 - £8.  Visit www.music-for-everyone.org call 01780 767398 or e-mail g.slack@sausagedogpublishing.com

If children would like to be part of the day phone quick!  They want our children!  Especially in their costumes!!

Christian Club

The Christian Club did an adaptation of the Christmas story in assembly today, based on a news team reporting on the events.  The children did very well considering they didn’t have much time to rehearse.  I’d like to say a big well done and thank you to all the children who took part – Annabelle Allen, Kelsey Neilson, Liberty Avery, Raeesa Shah, Ilona Sawicka, Georgie Brocklehurst, Clarissa Pang, Lauren Crane, Katty Brocklehurst, Sophia Hastings, Bhumkia Goel, Jasmine Blatherwick, Jordie Avery, Alex Brocklehurst, Tamai Buchanan, Sofia Shah, Chloe Beaumont and Jodie Breen.
Report by Andy Harris

Playground Partnership

The recent weather has been especially wet after a protracted dry spell. This series of downpours has saturated the ground especially under the new playground membrane.  I have been liaising with Playground Solutions who installed our adventure playground and they have begun remedial work to ease the water logging. The children have all been consulted and have demonstrated good levels of patience and understanding about losing playtimes over the next couple of days whilst the work is being completed.

       B J Owens
       Head Teacher

Mon 14 December
11am – KS1/2 Choir and Recorders to Coffee morning at Leahurst Road
12.15pm I.T. Club
3.30pm Animal Club

Tue 15 December
12.15pm School Council
FS & KS1 Christmas Parties

Wed 16 December
12.30pm – FS/KS1 Trip to Lakeside – Flat Stanley

Thurs 17 December
9.30amXmas Assembly
Xmas Lunch
12.15pm Eco/Gardening Club – Years 3 – 6
Years 3/4/5/6 Christmas Parties
3.30 - 4.40pm Dance Club – Yr 1 – Y6

Fri 18 December
LAST DAY OF TERM
10.30am Assembly – Sarah Summers
12.30pm Christian Club (Lime)
Lunchtime – Year 3/4 Art Club

SCHOOL DINNERS
Please note the price of a school meal will increase to £1.95 per day from 5th January 2010

INSET DAY

TUESDAY 5TH JANUARY

SCHOOL RE-OPENS WEDNESDAY 6TH JANUARY

A temporary safety roadway is being constructed on the playground tomorrow afternoon and being removed on Monday morning. This is to enable flatbed trucks to deliver the sections for the mobile classrooms early on Saturday morning.  The double mobile classroom works programme will continue after the delivery.  As such, no parents or children can enter our site on Saturday.  Trish Gilbert has made alternative arrangements for the animal feeding on Saturday.  There are no football fixtures.
 

End of Term Xmas Assembly with Mark Fraser
9.30am – Thursday 17th December

The school Christmas assembly will be held on Thursday 17th December at 9.30am.  During this whole school celebration the KS1 and KS2 choirs will be singing and the children from Ash class will perform the traditional nativity.  Parents are most welcome to join us for this special assembly.

Parents Evening

Thank you to the Parents Association who set up the refreshments at the Parents Evening and also special thanks to Lisa Beck, Joy Thompson, Judy Phillips, Tina Birch and Kally Dhaliwal for all of their help during the evening  serving coffee, tea and biscuits.

    School Dinners  - New Menus

From January 6th 2010 the price of a school meal will increase to £1.95 per day.  £9.75 for the week or £54.60 for the half  term.

A sample of what’s on offer this coming half term:

Tuna Macaroni Cheese Roast Beef & Yorkshire Pudding Breaded Fish  French Bread Pizza
Beef Lasagne Sausage in Gravy

all served with a choice of 2 vegetables, salad and potatoes and to follow for dessert ...

Banana Chocolate Sponge with Chocolate Sauce Butterscotch Tart  Cornflake Tart  Marble Sponge

Cheques to be made payable to Nottinghamshire County Council please.

There will be a themed menu day week commencing 8th February which Marion and School Council will organise. The theme will be decided after Xmas.  More details to follow.

 Basketball Coaching

If your child is interested in the basketball coaching sessions available for Year 3,4,5 and 6 children please return your slip to the office as soon as possible.

TALES FROM THE GLOVEBOX: The Magic Library
Courtesy of the National School Partnership we are able to provide a CD, one per family, that is a resource pack and contains four extracts from different classical books. The CD in your computer will directly link to the website www.talesfromtheglovebox.co.uk. There is a special area for parents with help and advice from the National Literacy Trust on how to get their children engaged with books and discovering their creativity. Further, there are games and activities for children to enjoy. I hope that this may encourage some children to think about using audio books as a way into or an extension of reading.

 Swimming

The children in Lime, Maple, Elm and Willow have been swimming this term and there are still a number of outstanding contributions.    I realise that this is a difficult issue for all of us during theses ‘credit crunch’ times but we are trying to balance our books.  Please would you send a voluntary contribution towards the cost of the swimming as soon as possible.