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St Francis C of E (VA) School LONGFIELD FALMOUTH TR11 4SU CORNWALL
Telephone: 01326 211910 Fax: 01326 211020
Email: [email protected] www.st-francis.cornwall.sch.uk
Headteacher - Mrs Hannah Stevens
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Newsletter No 15
Thursday 20th December
Dear Parents,
I can’t believe it is time for the last newsletter of 2018! What a fantastic, busy and successful Autumn term it
has been here at St Francis. The children have made great progress, showed good enthusiasm with their
learning and enjoyed many trips and visitors. It was lovely to read their highlights on the Autumn Term on
their end of term reports.
This week’s highlight for me was the Year 5 and Year 6 Christmas Carol Service which took place at All
Saints Church on Tuesday. The church was full to absolute capacity and the children did us all proud with
their confident reading and singing. A special mention must be made to our 3 soloists: Herb who played his
clarinet, Malachi who entertained us on his saxophone and Lewi who finished with a rendition of Little
Donkey on his flute. It is such a courageous thing to do; stand up and play a solo in front of such of huge
crowd – well done boys.
I would like to say thank you for all your continued support and help over the last year and I look forward to
seeing you all in 2019. I wish you all a very merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year.
Best wishes,
Hannah Stevens
Headteacher
Sports Day will be Friday 6th
July. Classes A-F will be from
9.30am and G-N will be from
1.45pm. In the case of bad
weather the reserve day will be
Monday 9th
July
Have a lovely Christmas break. Reminder: We are back to School on
Monday 7th January 2019
IMPORTANT REMINDER
Admission to Reception classes for Sept 2019
(Children born between 1st Sept 2014 and 31
st
Aug 2015). The closing date for applications is 15 January
2019. Applications can be made online at
www.cornwall.gov.uk/admissions. A leaflet
regarding the application process is available from
the school office. Please remind any relatives,
friends and neighbours who have children in this
age group.
Thank you.
Well done to all our competitors at the Swimming Gala last
Friday, the determination and effort shown by all was superb. Our
Year 5 boys, (Ben N, Tom N, Isaac B and George H) won their
group and have qualified for the Finals at Carn Brea on the 18th
January. A big ‘Thank You’ to Kim H for helping them train
For those children who attend Nessy club, this will resume as normal from Weds 9th
January
School Lunch Reminder
To reduce the amount of debt for School
lunches, from January, if no money is paid
for a lunch, a phone call home will be made
for a packed lunch to be brought in. If your
child will be in late into school, please can
you phone the office or leave a message to
order a lunch.
At the end of this term we are bidding a fond farewell to Mrs
Elvans, who has been a teaching assistant at St Francis school for
the past 14 years. I'm sure you, like us, wish her every happiness in
her next adventure.
School Menu Change
On Thurs 17th & Fri 18th Jan, there will be a menu change. On
Thurs 17th it will be ‘Build a Burger’, choices will be Beef or
Quorn burger, and top with choices of Lettuce, Tomato,
Onion, Cheese, Mayo or Ketchup. Chocolate Brownie or Fruit
Wedges for dessert, please note there will be no Jacket Potato
options on this day. On Fri 18th, choices will be Pork Ragu with
Rice, Vegetable & Cream Cheese Crumble with Mashed Potato, and
Brownies for dessert. Jacket Potatoes will also be available,
please note there will be no Fish and Chips. If your child is not in
receipt of free school meals, lunches cost £2.30 per day and
money is to be paid every morning to the class teacher
Spring Term 2019 - Week ahead7th January 2019……
Reception – We will be having a winter themed week - don't forget to send in a wintery Tapestry photo or
video
Year 1 – We will be sharing our Christmas stories with each other.
Year 2 – We will be starting our new topic Flying High.
Year 3 – We will be starting our new topic, Source to Sea.
Year 4 – We are looking forward to starting our new topic, Dragons: Fact or fiction.
Year 5 – Our new topic will be about recycling, with a beach clean trip to be plan.
Year 6 – We're looking forward to starting our new topic 'A Voyage of Discovery' (Darwin)
The January dates are available for the Wrap around Care.
Parents/carers need to book your child’s place, and make
payment online. If you wish to use our Wrap around Care
for the first time, pop into the office and see Zoe, or visit
our website for more information
Sampson Luke and
Reggie D want to say a
big thank you to
everyone’s generous
donations to the
Homeless Shoebox
Appeal. We collected
over 18 boxes
Don’t know if you want
to include a photo with or
without boys-
ATTENDANCE: Please be reminded that holidays cannot be authorised in term time. Therefore we provide
term dates well in advance so that holidays can be appropriately planned. Thank you.
Please note: dates are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change. Where change is necessary we will
endeavour to give you as much notice as possible.
*This list replaces all previous.
DATES EVENTS
Thursday 20th December LAST DAY OF TERM, NORMAL FINISH TIME
Monday 7th January 2019 BACK TO SCHOOL, SPRING TERM STARTS
Monday 7th January Y3 Swimming continues every Monday
Thursday 10th January Key steps gymanstics final at Penryn Gym Centre
Friday 11th January Year 5 & 6 Fustal at Falmouth School
Friday 18th January Swimming finals at Carn Brea Pool
Tuesday 22nd January Year 3 & 4 Athletics at Falmouth School
Friday 25th January Cross country at Falmouth School
Monday 28th January Year 3 last swimming session
Monday 4th February Year 2 Swimming to begin every Monday for 6 weeks
Tuesday 12th February Cross country finals at Pool School
Monday 18th– Friday 22nd February HALF TERM
Monday 25th February BACK TO SCHOOL
Friday 5th April LAST DAY OF SPRING TERM, NORMAL FINISH TIME
Monday 8th – Monday 22nd April EASTER HOLIDAYS
Tuesday 23rd April BACK TO SCHOOL, SUMMER TERM STARTS
Monday 6th May BANK HOLIDAY-SCHOOL CLOSED
Monday 13th – Wednesday 15th May Y5 Barton Hall Camp
Monday 13th – Thursday 16th Y6 SATS Week
Monday 20th – Thursday 23rd Y6 Bristol Residental Trip
Monday 27th – Friday 31st May HALF TERM
Monday 3rd June BACK TO SCHOOL
Monday 17th – Friday 21st June Whole School Musical Dress Rehearsals
Monday 24th – Friday 28th June Week 1 Whole School Musical Performance
Monday 1st – Friday 5th July Week 2 Whole School Musical Performance
Friday 12th July Y6 LAST DAY
Friday 19th July LAST DAY OF TERM
Monday 22nd July START OF SUMMER HOLIDAYS
