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Edition No: (15) 16 December 2019 Dinner Menu: Week 3 (Winter Menu)

“TOGETHER WE LEARN FOR LIFE”

SICKNESS

Please note that if your child is poorly could you please call to advise

the school office before 9am each day. This applies for every day that

they are unable to attend school. Please note that any child with sick-

ness or diarrhoea must be clear for at least 24 hours before returning

back to school – Many thanks for your co-operation.

CHANGES TO NEWSLETTER: Please be advised all new additions/changes to the newsletter will be highlighted by a green box or text, urgent and important mat-ters will be in red, to bring this to your atten-tion and any information relating to The Friends will be in blue.

SCHOOL CLOSURE: INFORMATION FOR PARENTS In the event of school closure due to bad weather or other unforeseen circumstances we will do our best to notify parents and carers as soon as possible at the start of the day via email & text through PMX ParentMail. If you are registered please remember to update your details, such as new mobile phone numbers, by logging onto your account and changing this information. In the event that we are unable to send out a PMX ParentMail notification school closures will be updat-ed on the Essex County Council website mentioned below. ECC School Closure Notification System This allows parents to keep up-to-date about unplanned school closures (due to bad weather for example) faster and more effectively via the internet. Notifications from schools are added to a live feed on the emergency school closures page on the council’s website. Please click on this link to go directly to the page: http://www.essex.gov.uk/education-schools/schools/dates/pages/emergencyschool-closures.aspx or copy and paste it into your browser. This feed will continue to update as notifications of school closures are received. The page will refresh at 6pm each evening and closure lists for the next day will then go live. Local radio stations will continue to support local schools in getting vital school closure messages out in as many ways as possible, including signposting listeners to the school closures page on the council’s website.

PARENTMAIL When paying for school trips or music lessons for your child, please go to the payment tab and then shop and the item will appear. If you need to respond to a Parent mail, for example to confirm menu choices for school trips or participation in sporting events, please send an email to ad-min@lyonshall.essex.sch.uk

EARLY YEARS NATIVITY

Many thanks for your kind donations at the Early Years Nativity perfor-mance. £105.86 was collected for WWF. CAROL CONCERT Thank you to everyone who attended our Christmas Carol Concert on

Wednesday 11 December and enjoyed the perfor-mances by our choir, orchestra and steel band (as well as the turkey rolls and mulled wine!). £72.24 was collected for WWF. CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY The children looked fantastic in all their Christmas jumpers! We collect-ed £355.10 for Save the Children.

SCHOOL TIMES Please note the main gates open at 8.40am. Any children on the premises before 8.40am need to either attend Breakfast Club or a School Club. Breakfast Club opens at 7.45am. The reception children’s day ends at 3.05pm, KS1 chil-dren at 3.10pm and KS2 at 3.15pm. The school gates will open at 2.50pm. Children attending Breakfast Club must be registered in the hall by 8.20am if they would like breakfast. We would like to remind you that any food brought into school must be nut free.

NUT FREE SCHOOL Please note we are a nut free school. The Nut Awareness policy is displayed on our website which can be found under policies w.lyonshall.essex.sch.uk. We would be grateful if you could read it carefully and ad-here to the lunchbox/snack requirements including Break-fast Club.

Photography at Events Please note that we are happy for you to take photographs at school events such as assemblies for home and family use but we would like to request that the recordings/pictures DO NOT get posted to social media sites under any circum-stances. We would also request that photographs are not taken away from the school premises, eg class trips, sporting events and swimming lessons. Many thanks for your co-operation — Mr A D Smith Headteacher.

BREAKFAST CLUB A full English breakfast will be served at breakfast club on Thursday 19 December 2019.

FRIENDS Diary Dates 17/12/2019 School Discos Year 1, 2 and 3 4pm—5.30pm 17/12/2019 School Disco Years 4, 5 and 6 5.45—7.15pm 07/02/2020 Cake Stall & New2U, info to follow 22/05/2020 Cake Stall & New2U, info to follow 19/06/2020 Non Uniform Day-Tombola, info to follow

NOTICEBOARD—COMMUNITY EVENTS

We will be displaying community event posters in the outside display board on the left-hand side wall as you come into school and also on the noticeboard in the side entrance foyer to the car park. Barracudas Activity Day Camps

PE KITS Could you please ensure the children have their PE kit in school at all times, including warm clothing for outdoor PE.

PARKING We would be grateful if when dropping and col-lecting children from school that we are mindful of our residents and neighbours where we are parking, including the Fairview Estate. The park-ing restrictions on the yellow lines are in place from 8—9.30 and 2.30—4.00pm everyday. Please do not block our residents driveways or car park areas.

Certificates and Awards were presented by Mr Smith in Celebration Assembly on Friday 13 December 2019: Bethany Evans – Rainbows Badge, Kaitlyn Capper – Rainbows Badge, Skye Hopkins – Swimming Certificate and Badge, Lillian Lawrence – Swimming Medal, Bobby Joyce – Football Trophy, Wyatt Beard – Football Trophy, Noah Marston – Football Trophy, Sophia Sale – Irish Dancing Trophy and Medals, Savannah Clift – Irish Dancing Trophy, Sash and Medals, Isabelle Mcnamara – Irish Dancing Trophy and Medals, Gabriella Longobardi – Irish Dancing Trophy and Medals, Olivia Mar-shall – Irish Dancing Trophy, Amelia Marshall – Irish Dancing Trophy, Layla Brand – Irish Dancing Trophy, Sash and Medals, Lucy Crouch – Irish Dancing Trophy, Sash and Medals, Luke Bradshaw – Karate Trophy and Medals, Nathan Bradshaw – Karate Trophy and Medals, Jay Bradshaw – Karate Medal. PANATHLON CHALLENGE – Medal and Certificate: Grace Pitt, Roxana Row-shangohar, Zach Ovel, Conner Adams, Annabelle Harris.

If you wish for your child to be presented with their certificate and awards in the Friday celebration assembly, please ensure they are given to Mrs Clarke in the office clearly labelled no later than 9am on Friday.

CHILDREN’S MEDICINE If you child requires Calpol while in school, please could you bring a bottle into the school office and complete a blue form.

FLU VACCINATIONS If your child did not receive a flu vaccination in school on 4 December and you would like them to have one, Essex Partnership University Trust- Immunisation Service are holding further ses-sions in Dunmow on 17 December and 13 Janu-ary. If you would like to book an appointment for your child, please contact them on 01371 877417.

LUNCHTIME ROTA: Menu Week Year Please note that following rota will Week 1 Year 3 apply for children going straight into Week 2 Year 4 the Hall at 12.15pm for their lunch. Week 3 Year 5 Week 4 Year 6

SEPTEMBER 2020 INTAKE We will be having another open morning on Wednesday 8 January 2020 at 10.30 for the September 2020 intake. If you would like to book a place, please email ad-min@lyonshall.essex.sch.uk

DINNER MENU Please note that on Thursday 19 December the main meal will be Spaghetti Bolognese with snowman ice cream for dessert.

BABY & TODDLER GROUP

Please note there will be no Baby & Toddler Group this week. It will resume on Thurs-day 9 January 2019, 10am-11.15am.

Diary Dates 2019: 16 December 2019—Non pupil day 17 December 2019—School Discos 19 December 2019—Last day of term 06 January 2020—First day back after Christmas Holidays 08 January 2020—Open morning for September 2020 intake 10.30-11.30am January 2020—Year 5 Swimming Lessons, info to follow 28 January 2020—EYRS Height, Weight and Vision Checks 17– 21 February 2020—Half term 04 March 2020—Non pupil day 05 March 2020—Non pupil day 06-17 April 2020—Spring Break 20 April 2020—First day back after Spring Break April 2020—Year 3 Swimming Lessons, info to follow 23 April 2020—Kingswood Meeting for Year 4 parents, 5pm in the hall 11-14 May 2020—KS2 SATS week 25-29 May 2020—Half term 22 July 2020—Last day of term 7 to 11 September 2020—Year 6 Aylmerton

MORNING/AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS Monday: Girls Football 8.00-8.40am, Year 4, 5 & 6 cancelled until 13/01/2020 Irish Dancing Club 3.15-4.15 in hall Braintree Town Girls Football 3.15-4.15pm on the astro Years 1-6 Minecraft Computer Programming 3.15-4.15, Year 4 Tuesday: Boys Football 8.00-8.40am, Year 5 & 6 cancelled until 14/01/2020 Chess Club 3.15-4.15pm, Year 3-6 24/09/2019-10/12/2019 SCS Football 3.15-4.15 on the astro, years 1-6 14/01/2020-31/03/2020 Little Voices 3.15-4.15 in the hall Years 3-6 Wednesday: Netball 8.00-8.40am, Year 4, 5 & 6 cancelled until 15/01/2020 Dance Club 3.20-4.00pm, Year 5 & 6 cancelled until 15/01/2020 Steel Band 3.15-4.15pm Year 5 & 6 cancelled until 15/01/2020 Thursday: Tag Rugby 8.00-8.40am, Year 5 & 6 cancelled until 16/01/2020 PASS 3.20-4.20pm on the astro 16/01/2020-02/04/2020 Orchestra Club 3.15-4.00pm in the hall cancelled until 16/01/2020 Friday: Cross Country 8.00-8.40am, Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 cancelled until 17/01/2020 Self Defence 3.15-4.15pm in the hall 10/01/2020-14/02/2020 If for any reason the teacher running the club wishes to cancel the session due to adverse weather conditions (raining/ice) the children/parents will be informed on arrival at 8am. If at this point you wish for the children to stay on site until class registration the children will be taken to a classroom for club registration and stay in that class until 8.40am. If your child arrives at the club on their own they must not leave the school premises and go back home again – they must register with the teachers who are running the club at that time.

Class Open Mornings These class open mornings will be taking place from 8.50-10am on the following dates: 3J 27/04/2020, 3K & 3L 29/04/2020, 4N 04/05/2020, 4O 06/05/2020, 4M 07/05/2020, 1F 18/05/2020, 1E 20/05/2020, 5R 01/06/2020, 5Q 04/06/2020, 5P 05/06/2020, 6T 08/06/2020, 6S 12/06/2020, 2B 15/06/2020, 2D 17/06/2020, 2A 18/06/2020 The open mornings may be subject to change but will give advance warning where possible.

CLASS ASSEMBLY Detailed below is the dates of class assembly which take place in the hall from 9—9.30 am for parents/carers to attend. 2D 16/01/2020, 3K 23/01/2020, 5P 30/01/2020, RI 13/02/2020, 4M 27/02/2020, 5Q 12/03/2020, RH 02/04/2020, 3L 23/04/2020, 2A 30/04/2020, RG 21/05/2020, 4O 11/06/2020, 2B 25/06/2020 The assembly maybe subject to change but will give advanced warning if these dates change.

NON PUPIL DAYS The remaining non pupil days - Wednesday 4 March & Thursday 5 March 2020 The remaining 1 non pupil day is to be agreed at a later date.

Family Support Worker Drop in Sessions We have booked in some drop in sessions with Mrs McCormick these are being held from 8am—9am on: Tuesday 17 December 2019

PLANNED TRIPS: We would like to keep you updated on trips that each year group have booked for this term and for next year: January 2020—Year 5 Swimming Lessons, info to follow April 2020—Year 3 Swimming Lessons, info to follow

GUITAR LESSONS For those children who have guitar lessons please note that Mr Hayes will be making missed lessons up on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings next week. Please can your child bring in their guitar on both days to ensure that they have the correct amount of lessons (10 per term) before the end of this term.