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PARENTS NEWSLETTER
AUTUMN 2008 ISSUE 2
CHRISTMAS WILL SOON BE HERE!
This is a really busy half-term but also one that is great fun. We have already begun the build up to Christmas and I even spotted some glitter in a classroom last week! Amidst all the preparations and excitement we are keen to ensure that the children continue to make progress and appreciate your support at home particularly when things are so busy.
Thank you for supporting our recent sponsored skipping event which took place during Healthy Living Week. £1031.18 was raised and this money will be used to support the Christmas events and also to help us with the purchase of new books for the classroom book boxes.
This week the children will have their individual photographs taken and also we have been able to arrange for siblings in school to have theirs taken together. Due to the success last year of the family photograph session we have now arranged a session on Tuesday 10 February. On this occasion the photographer will be able take informal photographs with children of all ages and I can really recommend them as the quality is excellent.
You may well have noticed that Jacki Greenwood is expecting a baby! Her new addition is due over the Christmas period so she will be leaving for her maternity leave on Friday 5 December. I am pleased to inform you that Frankie Scully who worked with us in Y2 last year will be working with Class 4. She has already been visiting the class on Friday mornings and she will be in school full time from Monday 1 December. We wish Jacki all the best and look forward to her visiting us in school with her new baby in January.
I hope we will see you all over the Christmas period.
Janet Foster
Christmas Productions
The children have now begun practising their Christmas productions which I am sure will delight their audiences in December. As in recent years we will initially allocate 2 tickets per family and there will be 2 performances of each production. There will be a nominal charge of 50p a ticket for each ticket and the numbers will be restricted to comply with our health and safety regulations. Tickets will be on sale from class teachers from Monday 1 December and any spares will be available once everyone has had the opportunity to purchase their entitlement.
Each production (not Nursery) will this year be filmed by FLICKS media on the day of the dress rehearsal. By filming on that occasion it will allow more flexible filming, less background noise and an even higher quality of DVD. The PTA are also going to take still photographs of the children that day which will be on sale at the Christmas concerts providing all parents give their permission.
Look out for the letters coming out to you very soon and order your copies if you would like them.
DVD Cover Competition
Due to the success of our Christmas production DVD cover competition last year FLICKS media would again like the children to design the cover for this years edition.
The two winners will have their design printed on to the DVD cover and the actual disc and win a DVD.
If your child would like to enter the competition they need to collect paper from their class teacher and return their design to school by Friday 28 November. If they are able to they need to put the title ‘Kirk Sandall Infant School, Christmas Productions 2008’. The company are able to add the title later for the younger children.
Christmas Fair
Friday 5 December
Plans for the fair are well underway. The parents group are working really hard and doing a fantastic job. They are meeting on Thursdays in the Skittles room and would welcome any additional help. They are also looking for extra help on the evening of the fair if anyone else could help.
On the evening there will be a great variety of stalls and games ranging from raffles to wonderful balloons to buy and we have again produced a school calendar which will be on sale on the evening. Tickets to see Santa will be on sale before and after school on Thursday 20th November.
All the monies raised over Christmas will be used to enhance the education and school life of our children.
The Beak
Our Children’s Centre, ‘The Beak’ is now fully open. The link corridor to our school will be completed over the next few weeks and that is the final part of the building project. All the staff will also be in post by December and there is a timetable of activities and support services in place. All families that are registered with the centre will continue to receive information about it’s work as it develops. If you are not registered and have a child in your family that is under 5 please call in anytime and complete the forms. This centre is for all families and we welcome any feedback about what services / activities you would like to see delivered. The centre funding is essentially for families with under 5s however we have the flexibility to consider other needs if there is the capacity and they are not funded through the Sure Start monies.
Helathy Living Week
Our Healthy Living Week was again a great success. The children (and staff) really enjoyed a fantastic range of activities including ‘Circus Skills’, Tai Chi, Tennis, Tae Kwondo, Skipping, Healthy Living workshops, Yoga and Multi Skills. They developed their physical skills and also their knowledge about healthy lifestyles.
The children participated in the week very enthusiastically and I am really pleased that many of them are now talking very knowledgably about how to keep healthy.
Jacki Greenwood, Claire Griffiths and Natalie Howe have put a lot of information, photographs and video clips on to the Life Channel that is running on the screen in the hall if you would like to see the children enjoying and benefiting from the activities.
50th Anniversary of Kirk Sandall School
This year is the 50th anniversary of the school in Kirk Sandall. We are intending to celebrate it during the first week of March and are planning a local history week beginning on March 2. If anyone knows of anyone who could contribute to the week or if you have any ideas of activities I would welcome the chance to talk to you about them.
The Times Book Tokens
Claire Robertson who is our Literacy co-ordinator has asked me to request that anyone who has the Times newspaper saves the vouchers for free tokens that will soon be found in them. The first set of tokens will appear in The Times and Sunday Times every day for a period of 12 weeks from January. At the end of this period, all registered schools will be asked to count up the number of tokens collected and we can select free books from the catalogue. There will be a box in the hall for you to place them in.
Thank you
Would you like to try one of our healthy school meals?
If you would like to join us for a school lunch you are most welcome. All you need to do is book a meal at the beginning of the week for the day you would prefer and pay in the school office. An adult meal costs £2.60.
The only day it will be impossible to accommodate additional adults will be Christmas dinner day. If your child would like to have Christmas lunch you must book and pay for the meal on Monday 15 December.
Kirk Sandall Gala Committee
I would like to say a big thank you to the Kirk Sandall Gala committee who recently donated £50 to our school. We have used the money to order some new outdoor learning resources.
