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Helping children be the best they can beDear Parents, Governors and Children,

OUR NEXT HOLIDAY CHRISTMASOur next holiday is Christmas. We break up at 3.30 p.m. on

Friday 21st December and we return to school at 8.45 a.m. on Monday 7th January2013.

NO BREAKFAST CLUB 6TH DECEMBERAs we need to set up for the Festive Showcase in the hall on the 6th December, there willbe NO BREAKFAST CLUB on this morning. After this, Breakfast Club will be operating

as normal on the Friday and until we break for Christmas.

CHRISTMAS SHOWCASEWe are organising an event for the children to showcase their work to parents on the morning of

the 6th December and we hope to give this event a Festive theme. We are still promoting ourraffle which we will draw on this date and very much welcome your support in purchasing thetickets along with donations of raffle or tombola prizes. More information will be sent outshortly but please save the date so you can come and support our Showcase.

MINCE PIES PLEASEWe hope to serve mince pies and refreshments at many of our Christmas activities but without the kitchenwe are struggling this year! If at all possible, could you donate a box of mince pies for our events, from 6th 14th December. Please drop your donation in at the school office. Many thanks for your support.

SCHOOL MEALSThank you to everyone for organising your childs meals for the term this will be a greathelp. The work starts on our kitchen next Monday (3rd December) which will mean ourmeals will be transported from another kitchen for a short while. This will not affect thequality of the food served and it is guaranteed to be up to its normal high standard. Theonly issue we will have is we will only be able supply a school meals to those children whohave signed up for the term as there is no capacity to adjust the numbers or cook on site so please stickto your planned preference.

NATIVITY PERFORMANCES FOR RECEPTION, YEAR 1 AND YEAR 2We are aware that many parents need to book time off work for our nativity performances, sowe thought we would give you an early notice of these. Details are on the Christmas event

sheet, sent home separately, but our nativity performances are being held on Tuesday 11th

December for Reception, Wednesday 12th for Year 1 and Thursday 13th December forYear 2. All performances this year are in the morning, will start at approximately 9.30 a.m.and last for about 45 minutes. Tickets for these performances will be available from

Monday morning, 3rd December and they are priced at 20p each, although there will be a limitednumber of tickets for each performance, owing to space in the Hall, and you will not be able to attendwithout a ticket for security reasons. We hope to see you there.

EARLY NOTICE OF YEAR 6 SATSWe thought you would appreciate early notice of the Year 6 SATs week. In 2013 it will befor the whole week, commencing 13th May 2013. If your child is in Year 6, please dontbook your family holiday during this week. Thank you.

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HELP US RAISE FUNDS WITH LITTLE EFFORTWe are registered with The Giving Machine which is a website that if you login into youcan then do your usual online shopping at many of your favourite major stores such asAmazon , ebay, major supermarkets and department stores. All purchases directed throughthe site then give commission at varying amounts to school. We are not asking you to

purchase anything you would not normally buy just use this site initially and every purchaseyou make from any of the stores will donate a percentage of your sale to school. Please use www.thegivingmachine.co.uk then find Balby Central Primary School on the menu bar and start shopping as normal.Many thanks every little helps

SING THE WORLD EVENT

Janet Wood, a teacher from The Point, has been coming in doing Sing The Worldworkshops with some classes and would like to invite interested parents to aFestive Sing The World family event at The Point on Saturday 15th December.

The event is free but people need to book, so please contact The Point, 16 South Parade,Doncaster directly on 01302 341662 in order to book your place at this exciting event and for

further details.

GO GET EM FM SCHOOL RADIOWe are very short of listeners to our school radio station, Go Get Em FM. We would likeparents and children to listen to the radio station at home in their free time, because if wedont get enough listeners then it may have to close. You can access our radio stationthrough our website. If you Google Balby Central and follow the link to the radio station.Thank you.

30 MINUTE RULE - COLLECTING CHILDREN EARLY FROM SCHOOLMany thanks to those parents who are trying to make appointments out of school hours. We

do appreciate that this is not always possible, but taking children out during lesson isdisruptive to the whole class and interrupts the childrens learning. Please remember,

however, if an odd occasion should arise when you do need to come to school and collect yourchild from class during lesson time, this is not a problem but please phone the school office least 30minutes before you arrive to collect your child - this way we can have them ready at reception for you,causing less disruption to lessons and saving you from unnecessary waiting.

CROSSING LITTLEMOOR LANE AND PARKINGWe now have a Crossing Patrol Warden, so please impress on your children that they

should use the warden when they try to cross the road. Again we are askingthat you park sensitively when you bring and collect your children, bearing inmind not blocking our neighbours drives or double parking and causingproblems for children trying to cross the roads. Additionally, please do not park ON thepavement, as buggies and wheelchairs need the space on the footpath, as well as it being

dangerous for children if you try to drive on the path. Thank you for your co-operation.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR NEWSLETTERWe are encouraging the children to contribute to our weekly newsletter with stories, picturesand items of interest they have done in the classroom our outside school. The contributionsthis week are from Year 1. Look out for more class contributions in the coming weeks

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Our visit to Cusworth Hall

First we went on the big yellow coach to visit

Cusworth . After that we played with an old wooden

yoyo. Then we had our photo taken. Next Mrs

Parkinson dressed as a Victorian teacher. In the old

days if your hands werent clean she hit your bum or

your hands. Then we washed the clothes and we dried

them in a machine. Then we had our dinner. Then we

had activities outside We went on a walk.

By Suzanne Sharma Year 1

Our visit to Cusworth Hall

First we went on a big yellow coach, it was fun. Then

we arrived at Cusworth Hall. Next I went into a 100

year old kitchen. We had a look around in it. After

that we got dressed up and the girls wore white

dresses and the boys wore jackets and hats. Finally

we had dinner and went back.

By Briar Swift. Year 1