Thursday, 12 November 2015

Dear Parents/Carers,

A reminder that the school is closed tomorrow for a staff training day.

Parish Christmas Fair – Saturday November 28th

St Joseph’s will be holding our Parish Christmas Fair on Saturday 28th November. The school will running its usual stall, so next Friday (November 20th) we will have a non-uniform day and ask children go brink in a packet/box of sweets/chocolate for the stall.
We also encourage families to attend - not only are there lots of great things to do and win, but Father Christmas will also be there!

St Luke - Team Point Winners

St Luke’s Team won last term’s team points competition and Y6 will be planning a special event for Friday 20th November.

Book Fair

The book fair will be in school from Monday 30th November until Friday 4th December.  This is an opportunity to buy great Christmas presents. The commission we receive from sales goes straight back into the school, providing books for our newly refurbished school library.
To help make it an even greater success, we would really appreciate any parents who are available to run the Book Fair for 20 minutes after school.
Super Science £10,000 Giveaway
St Joseph's has registered with the Super Science giveaway with the Bristol Post and Renishaw. Our school is in with a chance of winning £10,000 towards science equipment. Please start collecting the tokens in the Bristol Post between Wednesday 4th November and Tuesday 8th December. Remember to tell friends and family to save their tokens too!
Extended School Club – School Gateway Improvements

Parents using the Extended School Club will be able to see their child(ren)’s bookings for the current term on the School Gateway from Monday (16th November).  Please remember to let us know if you no longer want a pre-booked space - you won’t be charged and we can then offer it to another child which is particularly helpful on days when the sessions are full




Cash/Cheques in School

In order to improve school efficiency and avoid possible confusion, please could any cash or cheques coming into school be sent in with your child in a sealed envelope marked with your child's name, class, amount and reason for the payment and put into the school box situated in the porch.  Could I also ask that all payments, including dinner money payments, be sent into school on Monday morning of each week. We will only accept money on this day in a marked envelope. Thank you for your co-operation.

Payment Envelopes

We have payment envelopes for sale from the school office - £1.50 for 50 or £2.50 for 100.

Admission Policy 2017 Consultation

This policy is available on the school website or from the school office for consultation until 31st January 2016. Can any feedback be put in writing addressed to the School Governing Body via the school office.

Attendance

Well done to Y3 with 100% attendance last week, as well as Y4, Y5 and Y6 with 98%. Year 3 will have a special non-uniform day on Thursday 19th November.

Celebration Assembly

There will be no Celebration Assembly next week.

Dates for Diaries

Friday 13th November                                -                       INSET (school closed)
Friday 20th November                                 -                       Non-uniform for Parish Fair
Friday 20th November                                 -                       Team point winners event – St Luke
Saturday 28th November                            -                       Parish Christmas Fair
Wednesday 2nd December                      -                       Choir to Cabot Circus
Tuesday 8th December                               -                       Y5 trip to St Fagan’s
Wednesday 9th December                                    -                       Christmas Lunch
Thursday 10th December am                     -                       Infant Nativity Performance
Thursday 10th December pm                     -                       PTFA Disco (details soon)
Friday 11th December am                          -                       Infant Nativity Performance
Wednesday 16th December                     -                       Carol Concert in church at 2pm
Thursday 17th December                            -                       Christmas Infant Party
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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