Friday, 9 October 2015

Friday 9th October, 2015.

Dear Parents/Carers,

Foodbank

A reminder about the Foodbank donations for Monday’s Harvest Assembly: Items needed are tinned carrots/peas/sweetcorn, tinned meat, tinned soup, tinned rice pudding, custard, rice, UHT (long life) orange and apple juice, sugar, instant coffee, sponge puddings and chocolate bars.

Items not needed are opened, old, out of date or very dented items as Foodbank have to throw these away.  Foodbank also have plenty of pasta, baked beans, breakfast cereal and tinned tomatoes.

Please bring in any donations for Year 2’s Harvest Assembly on Monday when we will be presenting Andy from Foodbank with all the food.

Parents E-Safety Training

We will be running some E-Safety training for parents on Wednesday14th October. It will be held in the computer room after school and will involve a short online activity. We will be providing childcare if needed. We expect the session to last about half an hour.

Attendance

Well done to Y2 with 100% last week, as well as Y6 with 99% and Y1, Y3 and Y5 with 98%. Well done to Year 2 who will have a special non-uniform day on Friday 16th October.

Celebration Assembly

There will be no celebration assembly next Monday as it is Year 2’s Harvest Assembly.

Booking a place at Extended School Club

An increasing number of our Extended School Club sessions are now full.  Therefore we want to remind you that we cannot accept a child to an Extended School Club session if they have not booked in advance.  Booking forms can be collected from the office and should be returned as soon as possible. 
We are sometimes able to accept short notice bookings by phone but this will depend on spaces available and cannot be guaranteed.  For late bookings of morning sessions you must have confirmed if a space is available with Mrs Martin by the end of the previous day at the very latest.  For afternoon sessions please ring before 2pm on the day to see if there are any spaces available.  The more notice we have the more likely we will be able to find a space for your child.

If you know in advance that your child won’t be able to attend a pre-booked session then please let us know as soon as possible as this may free a space up for someone else’s child.  We will not charge you for sessions that are cancelled in advance but if your child doesn’t attend a pre-booked session and we are not informed then you will still be charged.

Reception 2016

The Additional Form for Reception 2016 will be available from the office on Monday 28th September. The closing date for applications is January 15th 2016. It is very important that if you apply online, you wait for online confirmation of your application. Also, the remaining New Parents’ Tours for children starting in September 2016 are in the dates for diaries.

Newsletters by email

We are spending over £500 a year printing out Newletters.  We also find lots of Newsletters never find their way home as they end up on the playground or pavement.  In order to save money and the environment we would like to encourage parents to receive their weekly newsletter by email.  We will be able to spend the money saved on extra resources for your children to use in school (e.g. an extra 100 books for our library)!  If we have your email address we have therefore emailed you this week’s newsletter.  If you haven’t received a copy then it may be that we don’t have a correct email address for you, if this is the case the please fill in your details below. 

We will continue to print a few copies of the newsletter and will leave them in reception each week or if you still want to request a paper copy then please let us know by filling in the slip below and returning it to the school office.   Thank you.

Dates for Diaries

Monday 12th October                                                 -           Year 2 Harvest Assembly
Tuesday 13th October                                                   -           Parents Evening – 4-6.00pm
Tuesday 13th October                                                   -           Choir performing St Georges Brandon Hill
Wednesday 14th October                                             -           Y6 Synagogue visit
Wednesday 14th October                                             -           Parents E-Safety session after school
Thursday 15th October                                                  -           Choir performing at St Mary Redcliffe
Thursday 15th October                                                  -           Y2 trip to Westonbirt Arboretum
Thursday 15th October                                                  -           Y3 trip to Bristol Museum      
Thursday 15th October at 2pm                                    -           Prospective parents tour
Wednesday 21st October                                             -           End of Term 1
Monday 2nd November                                               -           Start of Term 2
Monday 2nd November                                               -           Mass for All Saints in school hall
Tuesday 3rd November                                                 -           Y1 Playspace trip
Friday 6th November                                                    -           Y2 Playspace trip
Thursday 12th November                                              -           Reception and Y1 trip to @-Bristol  
Friday 13th November                                                  -           INSET (school closed)
Wednesday 2nd December                                          -           Choir to Cabot Circus
Wednesday 16th December                                         -           Carol Concert in church at 2pm
Friday 18th December                                                  -          Christmas Mass in Church
Friday 18th December                                                  -           End of Term 2
Thursday 26th May 2016                                                -           INSET (school closed)



Yours sincerely,


Matt Condon
Headteacher

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