Dear Parent/Carer,

Thank you to parents and carers for attending our Curriculum information meetings.  Please remember that if you have any questions, please see the teachers at the end of the day or contact the school email.  We have had some great offers from parents to come into school and be our ‘Curriculum Experts’, although we are still waiting for an astronaut to come forward for Year 1!  We will shortly be sharing our Spring term topics with you and look forward to hearing about your skills and talents that could help our learning journey.

Children in Need

Thanks to everyone for engaging with this fun fundraiser.  We were so impressed – as usual! – with the excellence and variety of the costumes.  Such a wonderful splash of bright, vibrant colours on a dull November morning!  We’ll confirm the amount raised by your generous donations as soon as we’ve counted it.

Anti-bullying week

Children have been taking part in lots of Anti-bullying activities this week, particularly on the theme of Reaching Out – this year’s Anti-bullying Week focus.  Children had an assembly and talked about being Anti-bullying Superheroes and shared an anti-bullying poster which is on display around the school.  The poster is attached.  If you would like more information on this year’s theme, here’s a link https://anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/anti-bullying-week/anti-bullying-week-2022-reach-out

Safe parking

As the weather is getting colder and wetter and more parents/carers are using their cars to drop-off and pick-up, a gentle reminder to park safely and considerately when doing so.  Please be aware of residents’ driveways and of making sure that you leave plenty of room for pushchairs and prams on pavements.  Thank you.

Christmas sharing timetable

	Morning	Afternoon
Monday 12th December
Tuesday 13th December	Nursery AM Christmas sharing	Nursery PM Christmas sharing
Wednesday 14th December	Reception Christmas sharing	Year 3 Christmas sharing
Thursday 15th December	Year 1 Christmas sharing
Friday 16th December	Year 6 Christmas sharing

	Morning	Afternoon
Monday 19th December	Year 4 Christmas sharing
Tuesday 20th December	Year 2 Christmas sharing
Wednesday 21st December
Thursday 22nd December	Year 5 Christmas sharing
Friday 23rd December

PTA News

THANK YOU!!!

Last Friday’s Cake Sale raised a phenomenal £341 – thank you to Years 1 and 5 for all the cakes and to all of you who bought.  Great result!

Upcoming PTA events

• Table Top Sale - Friday 25th November 3.30 - 5pm
• Christmas Fayre - Friday 2nd December, after school

Autumn Nature competitions

The Digital Leaders have judged the competition and the results will be announced in next week’s assembly.  All of us were amazed and impressed by the quality of all the entries – thank you to all who took part for engaging with this lovely competition.  A showcase video of all the entries will be available after the results have been shared.

Poetry Competition

Our next competition was officially launched by the School Council today and they informed pupils about the Greenpeace Poems for the Planet Poetry Competition.  Children aged between 7 and 11 are invited to write a poem of up to 400 words long about anything to do with nature.  The deadline for entering is 23^rd November, to give School Council time to collate the entries for sending on to the national competition. 

Here’s a link to the competition website https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/resources/poems-planet-competition/

Wishing you all a pleasant weekend,

Rachel Mitchell, Headteacher

DATES: 2022-2023 academic year

November 2022

Friday 25^th November – PTA Table-top / Car Boot Sale

December 2022

Friday 2^nd December – PTA Christmas Fair

Friday 9^th December – Christmas Jumper Day (Save the Children fundraiser)

Tuesday 13^th December – Nursery Christmas sharing AM & PM

Wednesday 14^th December - Reception Christmas sharing; Y3 Christmas sharing

Thursday 15^th December – Year 1 Christmas sharing

Friday 16^th December – Year 6 Christmas sharing

18^th – 26^th December – Hanukkah

Monday 19^th December – Year 4 Christmas sharing

Tuesday 20^th December – Year 2 Christmas sharing

Thursday 22^nd December – Year 5 Christmas sharing

Friday 23^rd December – last day of term

CHRISTMAS BREAK         

January 2023

Sunday 22^nd January – Chinese New Year

February 2023

Friday 3^rd February – NSPCC Number Day

Tuesday 7^th February – Safer Internet Day

Monday 20^th February to Friday 24^th February – Half Term break

March 2023

Wednesday 1^st March – St David’s Day

Thursday 2^nd March – World Book Day

10^th-19^th March – British Science Week

Friday 17^th March – Red Nose Day

Wednesday 22^nd March – Ramadan begins (exact dates TBC)

Friday 31^st March – break up for Easter

April 2023

EASTER BREAK

Sunday 9^th April – Easter Day

Monday 17^th April – back to school

Friday 21^st to Saturday 22^nd April – Eid ul-Fitr (exact dates TBC)

May 2023

Monday 1^st May – BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 29^th May to Friday 2^nd June – Half Term break

June 2023

July 2023

Monday 24^th July – last day of term

SUMMER BREAK