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Dear Parents/Carers
As the mornings and evenings grow darker each day we are
approaching
the end of the first half term of the year. Although it has been
an 8
weeks term it has passed so quickly! All the children have
settled into
their new classes and classroom routines have been established.
Each
teacher provides a newsletter for their class which gives
useful
information for the coming half term and how you can support
your child.
We said goodbye to Mr Rhodes, who worked in the Reception class.
He is
now training to be a qualified teacher. We will miss him and
wish him
every success in his career!
Harvest Appeal
Our Harvest Appeal this year is to support local charities that
are helping
people who are less fortunate than ourselves. Together we have
collected
boxes and boxes of food that will be used to make a cooked meal
forpeople who are homeless around the Batley, Dewsbury and
Heckmondwike
areas. The food is also distributed to people to eat whilst
living on the
streets. This is such a worthy cause and once again I need to
thank you
for your kind generosity.
Shoebox Appeal
Class 2 and Miss Callow have been working very hard to wrap and
fill the
shoeboxes that have been donated for the appeal. Once again you
have
been so generous with your donations. We have enough boxes
and
contents now but we just need to raise the cost of the posting.
Eachshoebox costs 3 to send to a child. Some parents have already
filled one
or more shoeboxes and given the cost of the postage too! This
is
fantastic! To raise the rest of the postage costs the children
in Class 2
have made soup from our garden produce and marrows donated by
Emily
Hardys Grandad. You have never seen marrows as big in your life!
Our
Soup kitchen sale took place on Thursday after school and we
sold 76
cartons of soup! We could have sold more! We managed to raise 42
from
the sale of the soup and 48 from donations. So almost there!
The School CouncilThe elections for the new School Council have
been held and the new
members are in post. The members are selected solely on
childrens votes
and the children vote for a boy and a girl from each class from
YR1-6.
The School Council members for this year are:-
Class 1: Holly Grey and Alex Hainsworth
Class 2: Isabella Redman and Oliver Thornton
Class 3: Helena Wilkinson and Alex Wilkinson
Class 4: Emma Tierney and Corben Marshall
Class 5: Morgan Hudson and Smarth PatelClass 6: Tecian
Dransfield and Jack Bownes
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The School council have already met and roles and
responsibilities have
been allocated. The council have been looking at jobs for
classroom
monitors including power busters to turn lights off, composters
to
collect fruit skins to be composted and cloakroom monitors
etc.
Breakfast Club
Our Early Birds breakfast club is as popular as ever! Can we ask
that
parents leave their children at the door to the main entrance
and not gointo classrooms please? The children in Reception have
settled into school
and having parents and younger children in school can present
issues
regarding health and safety. If the fire bell went off we would
not know
how many parents and younger children would be in school. Thank
you for
your co-operation.
School meals
The new meal system appears to be working really well. There has
been an
increase in the numbers of children having a school meal. We now
have
126 each day and 145 on Fantastic Friday. Just a reminder that
childrenon packed lunch can have a school lunch on Friday and also
on a Thursday
after half term. On Thursday it is Roast Dinner day so no
choice
available on that day. Cost per meal is 1.90. Please order at
the
beginning of the week.
After school clubs
These will begin in the first week back. If you are already
signed up for a
club we presume they will continue. The cost for 5 weeks is 7.50
per
club. We still have places available for both football Clubs:
Tues is for YR
1 and 2, weds for YR 3-6. Sports coaches from Tong High School
areproviding the coaching. The club will run for the full year. I
know some of
our children attend Tong already and their coaching is of a very
high
standard! We really would like to get a team together so we can
compete
with other schools.
Reminders
PE kits: All children will need an indoor PE kit as the focus
inPE is Gymnastics for the coming term.
Parents with younger children please check that your childsname
is down for a Nursery place
Children can only bring WATER to school- no juice allowedDates
for your diary
Fri 25th October 2013 School closes for half-term
Mon 4th November 2013 School opens
Enjoy the Autumn break with your children!
Mrs Scott
Headteacher
