Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4JW 01935 423863
November 2011 Newsletter
Dear Parents, Carers and Friends,
I hope you enjoyed a wonderful half term with your children. They have certainly returned to school looking well rested and happy.
The months of November and December are always lovely and we hope that you will spend as much time as possible in school, sharing every event and activity with us. The class assemblies are proving very successful; it is wonderful to see 4 full rows of parents at the back of the hall. Your children love the fact that you have come in to watch them; thank you for that.
Here are some dates for your diary. I have included as many as possible for December in order to help you plan time off work:
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Thursday 3rd November |
Tag rugby tournament after school. Separate letter to follow |
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Friday 4th November |
St Mungo's woolly hat day. We are collecting 50p donations for the homeless in return for the children wearing a woolly hat |
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Ahlberg class assembly at 2pm |
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Tuesday 8th & Wednesday 9th November |
Cycling proficiency for the 12 x Year 6 children who have returned their consent forms and have the all important equipment |
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Wednesday 9th November |
Family session of Forest school for all parents and children. A separate letter from Miss Clements will follow |
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Friday 11th November |
Morpurgo class assembly at 2pm |
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Monday 14th November |
Year 6 children will be working with an Artist in Residence |
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Tuesday 15th November |
Year 5 children will be working with an Artist in Residence |
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Friday 18th November |
Dahl class assembly 2pm |
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Tuesday 22nd & Thursday 24th November |
Parents' evenings. A separate letter in which you choose your preferred times will follow |
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Friday 25th November |
Cole class assembly 2pm |
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Thursday 1st December |
We are joining together with Pen Mill and Reckleford Infant schools for a joint Carol concert. I am afraid that, due to numbers, we will not be able to invite parents to attend. Thank you for your understanding |
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Friday 2nd December |
All Year 2 pupils from Pen Mill and Reckleford will perform their Christmas Carols in front of their parents. Letters from the Headteachers of Pen Mill and Reckleford will follow |
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Shakespeare class assembly at 2pm |
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Tuesday 6th December |
Our school choir will be singing at Sherborne House residential centre in the morning and Sunningdale Lodge residential centre in the afternoon |
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Wednesday 7th December |
Our whole school Christmas concert at 6.30pm, followed by refreshments and a Christmas singalong |
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Friday 9th December |
Dahl class assembly at 2pm |
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Saturday 10th December 10am - 12noon |
Grass Royal is hosting a fantastic Christmas Fayre. The school will be full of wonderful stalls filled with exciting items to buy for those all important Christmas presents at affordable prices. So come along and get your Christmas shopping off to a great start |
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Tuesday 13th December |
The whole school will be going to the pantomime in the morning. Please send in any outstanding monies as soon as possible |
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Our Grass Royal Christmas Concert will begin at 2pm at St Michael's church. You are warmly invited to attend |
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Wednesday 14th December |
Whole school Christmas dinner. All children will be having a free Christmas dinner today |
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Friday 16th December |
Father Christmas arrives today and there will be a Christmas Karaoke for the children |
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We break up and return to school on Wednesday 4th January |
On our return to school after half term we will be selling poppies in aid of the Royal British Legion. If you would like a poppy they will be available from the office every day for a week. The school council will be responsible for selling them to the children.
Thank you to all of you for helping us to improve our attendance. So far this term we have 100 children who are on full time attendance and quite a number who have only dropped one day. We have had a particularly nasty sickness bug going round, so in light of that we have made a positive start.
Please ensure that you do all you can to get the children into school every day. I know we have a long, cold winter ahead but together we can do a lot to keep them fit and healthy.
Half term is a good time to stock up with all the clothing your children will need to see off the winter chills. They always go outside at break and lunch times unless it is torrential rain. We are happy to have Wellington boots kept in school for those "splash in a puddle," days. They will also need a thick, waterproof coat plus hat, scarf and gloves. Please ensure that all items of clothes are named, as it's easy for things to go astray and it saves a huge amount of hunting around.
Lost property is kept outside the Caretakers room and there are about 20 unmarked sweatshirts hanging there as we speak. Also, if you notice that your child comes home with a sweatshirt that is not theirs please return it. We are seeing a lot of brand new sweatshirts, all named, being taken home by the wrong child and not returned.
If you are having problems paying for any items of clothes or indeed school trips please come and see me and I will see what I can do.
Amazingly, it's only 7 weeks until we break up for Christmas so let's make the most of every single one of those days.
I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on the Parents Evenings.
Judith Barrett
Headteacher
Posted: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
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