Dear parents and carers,
Willow Class Nativity – Wednesday 9th December
Willow class will be having their virtual nativity recorded on this date. In keeping with tradition, we are going to hold a Christmas raffle open to the whole school. To enable us to do this, we need your support. If you are able to donate a prize, please could you leave it with the office or with one of the Willow staff members before next Monday 7th. Tickets will be on sale in the playground on Monday 7th in the morning and afternoon during drop off and pick up. Tickets will be £1 a strip, and there will be multiple prizes on offer, so please make sure you bring your spare change that day. We will do the draw on Wednesday 9th December and the winning tickets will be announced in the newsletter on Friday 11th December, so please keep your tickets safe. Winners can claim their prizes from the Willow classroom anytime from Monday 14th December. Thank you in advance for all your support, and Good Luck!
Lavender Sale – Saturday 12th December
Stuck for ideas for Christmas presents? The will be a sale of lavender products from The Jacobs’ Field from 11.00am to 3.00pm on Saturday 12th December up at the field. Do try to support this – all the money raised from the sale of these products comes back to the school through the Lin Cooper Teaching Bursaries which pay for the staffing for Forest School. We are immensely grateful to the trustees for this funding and it would be good to support this venture in return.
Ash Class Nativity – Tuesday 15th December
Parents of children in Ash Class should have been informed separately about this. We will film the nativity on this day, and this will be spliced with songs ready to go on the school website (password protected) for the end of term.
Children’s Bazaar – Wednesday 16th December
As we do each year, we are holding the children’s bazaar, but arrangements this year need to be slightly different. A separate letter has been sent regarding this, and gifts need to be in school by next Friday 11th to enable them to be put into quarantine. If you have any questions, please ask at the office.
Christmas Dinner – Wednesday 16th December
We will hold the traditional Christmas dinner on this date in the two bubbles. All children are able to have a cooked dinner that day; you do not need to book in advance. The cost (£2.30) will be added to ParentPay on the day. We are also using the day as a Christmas jumper day in aid of Save the Children. If your child wishes to take part, they are invited to bring £1 (£2 per family) to donate. Please do not buy a jumper just for the occasion, but, if necessary, decorate one you already have with something suitably festive.
End of term – Thursday 17th December
We finish for Christmas at the usual time on Thursday 17th December (i.e. no early closure). The carol service will have been recorded during the final week, and we hope to release it in time for you to watch over the holidays. We restart on Tuesday 5th January.
This week we congratulated:
Willow Class: Rosie, for superb work in subtraction;
Ash Class: Samuel, for persevering with his maths; Jack, for great contributions in English;
Oak Class: Harrison, for perseverance in computing; Jake J, for a beautifully presented poem with excellent rhymes;
Beech Class: Phoebe, for fantastic work in science when learning about light; Bella, for excellent work on multiplying and dividing fractions;
Cookery: Alice, for great knowledge about cooking and where food comes from.
Our Christian Value this term is Thankfulness. Ask your child about the parable of the Good Samaritan. How important is it that we show thanks to those who have helped us?
Future events (w/b 7th December)
Cookery: Ash Class
Monday 7th Year 5 Forest School
Tuesday 8th Oak Class Group B Forest School
Wednesday 9th Mrs Watson is away – the class will be taught by Mrs Barnhill
Thursday 10th Miss Goater is away
Dates for the year
09/12/2020 Willow Class Nativity
10/12/2020 Reception to Year 6 flu immunisation
16/12/2020 Children’s bazaar, Christmas dinner and jumper day
17/12/2020 Carol service
End of term
18/12/2021 INSET Day – school closed
04/01/2021 INSET Day – school closed
05/01/2021 Start of term
12/02/2021 Soup Lunch and Talent Show – provisional
15/02/2021 Half term week
10/03/2021 Reception and Year 6 Heights and Weights measurement
31/03/2021 Stations of the Cross service – provisional
End of term
19/04/2021 Start of term
03/05/2021 Bank Holiday – school closed
10/05/2021 Year 6 SATS
28/05/2021 May Day – provisional
31/05/2021 Half term week
07/06/2021 Beech Class residential – provisional
01/07/2021 Sports Day – provisional
07/07/2021 Ash/Willow production (afternoon) – provisional
15/07/2021 Oak/Beech production (evening) – provisional
21/07/2021 Leavers’ Service
End of term
22/07/2021 INSET Day – school closed
01/09/2021 INSET Day – school closed
02/09/2021 Start of term