13/12 Newsletter

Attendance

Heron Y1C (98.52%), Ephemeroptera (97.78%), Otter Y4R (96.73%) and Otter (96.73%) were the classes that met the target of 96% attendance this week.

Overall our school attendance was 93.5% this week.

You can now report your child’s absence using Studybugs by clicking on the link on the school website.

Clubs

Letters have been given out for clubs to start on 15^th January 2025. Please ensure that all letters are returned no later than Wednesday 18^th December.

Events this week

Our Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children did a fantastic job with their Christmas show. We are all very proud of them all.

Thank you for the donations for Curry On The Street. Children in Y3, 4, 5 and 6 had a talk from one of the organisers to explain how their donations will benefits other people.

Reception Donations

Miss Hume has asked me to thank everyone who has brought in donations of used toys and games. If anyone has any further items to donate, we are always happy to receive them.

In particular:

-Matchbox cars, trains, planes, boats

-Role-play resources and dressing up costumes

-Small world toys such as little people and animals

-Orchard games and board games

-Jigsaws

-Building toys such as Lego

Christmas Fair

A million THANK YOUs to everyone who contributed to our Christmas Fair yesterday.

Thank you to the people who donated prizes, or encouraged others to do so.

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the fair or bought raffle tickets on the day or in advance.

Thank you to our AMAZING staff for working hard for weeks to plan the event and pull it all together on the day.

Sincere thanks to everyone for supporting the school in this way!

It was wonderful to see so many people enjoying themselves, playing games, eating nice food, taking part in activities and enjoying seeing our special guests!

Christmas Dinner

The children had their Christmas dinner today.

Our wonderful kitchen staff excelled themselves with a fabulous lunch and amazing desserts.

Christmas Crafts

There are a few places left on the Christmas crafts afternoon on Thursday from 1.15pm to 3.15pm.

This is free of charge and you will make a range of items linked to Christmas with your children.

Please ring the school office if you wish to take part in the event.

Key Dates

·         Friday 20^th December – Christmas themed non-uniform day. Please bring a donation for school.

·         School will be closed from Monday 23^rd December for the Christmas holiday, and reopen on Tuesday 7^th January.