Newsletter November

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November

Mon 6th Staff training day

school closed

Tues 7th School opens 8.55am

Tues 7th Y6 Whitby deposit due

£50

Wed 8th – Fri 10th Book Fayre in

school hall – see posters

Fri 10th Year 4 1st swimming am

Tue 14th YR, Y1, Y2 Florence

Nightingale Day

Fri 17th Children in Need bun

sale and dress down day

Mon 20th YR 2018 application

process opens

Thurs 23rd production of Aladdin

in school am

Fri 24th PTA movie night 5.30pm

– 7.30pm

December

Fri 1st PTA Advent Fayre 6pm –

8pm

Mon 4th, Tue 5th and Wed 6th

PTA Secret Shop

Tues 12th KS2 trip to Chester Zoo

Wed 13th YR – Y4 Nasal flu

vaccines

Fri 15th Star of stars assembly

9.05am

Tues 19th 1.45pm KS1 Nativity

Wed 20th 1.45pm KS1 Nativity

Thurs 21st Christmas dinner and

Christmas jumper day

Fri 22nd 1.30pm Carols around

the tree in church

Fri 22nd School Closes

January 2018

Mon 8th School opens

Free School Meals

Please note: Anyone who is in receipt of

Universal Credit is also entitled to Free

School Meals – please apply on-line

following the link below.

https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals Any information received by school is

kept strictly confidential.

Harvest

Many thanks to all the children, parents

and staff who attended our Harvest

Festival in Church and for the numerous

back pack donations received.

Cross-country success

Well done to all the children who took

part in the inter-school cross-country

competition before the holiday. St

John’s came 1st! Thank you to all the

parents who came to support and who

helped with transport – please see

overleaf for a full report.

Book Fayre

Our book fayre will be held from 8th

November to 10th November in the

school hall before and after school.

Watch out for the dates and times

detailed on posters around school.

KS2

A quick reminder that all Y4 pupils will

be cooking every Friday afternoon from

10th November to 15th December.

Y4 pupils will need to bring £1.50, a tea

towel and an oven proof container each

week.

Y4 pupils will also be swimming on a

Friday morning for this ½ term from

Friday 10th November to Friday 22nd

December.

Remembrance

We have poppies and other small

related items from The British Legion for

sale in school. We recommend a

donation of 20p for a poppy. Other

items range from 50p to £1. Year 6 pupils

will be selling the items each day at 1

o’clock.

Florence Nightingale

On Tuesday 14th November, EYFS and

KS1 will be having a special curriculum

day to learn all about Florence

Nightingale. The children will enjoy

special activities to explore her life and

the times she lived in. Children should be

in school uniform please.

Children in Need

The school council will be leading

fundraising for Children in Need on

Friday 17th November. They will be

holding a bun sale in school with a

spotty theme! Children are also invited

to come to school in non-uniform with

the theme of spots or Pudsey. Please

see the letter from the school council.

Y6 Whitby residential trip - the first letter

has been sent home. Please make a

note of the dates in your 2018 diary,

Tuesday 19th June – Friday 22nd June

2018. Please complete the permission

slip and return to school with the initial

deposit of £50 by Tuesday 7th November.

EYFS & KS1 Nativity play

Ticket request letters will be sent home

later in November. Tickets do go very

quickly, so please fill in your request

(max 3 tickets) and return to school to

avoid disappointment! Extra tickets will

be available from the office on Thursday

14th December.

The Christmas dinner week menu will be

sent home for those children who have

packed lunches, but would like to order

a Christmas dinner. Please return any

order with payment of £2.30 by Monday

20th November.

Darker nights

Now that the afternoons are much

darker after school, please ensure your

child can be seen, wearing

bright/reflective colours.

Individual Photos

Please remember to return your child’s

individual and sibling class photos to

school or alternatively you can

purchase them online following the

instructions on the back of the order

form.

Bad weather and texting

With the winter approaching it is vital

that all mobile contact numbers are up

to date, as we will use the texting

service to notify parents of any closure.

Bad weather can disrupt traffic and

cause school closure; however the

school will only close if there are

insufficient staff to supervise the children

safely. We appreciate that some St

John’s families live on the hilltops in

isolated places, and that conditions

here can be quite different from the

lower ground. Safety is always our

priority, so if during a snowy spell you

feel that it would be prudent to avoid

travelling or you want to collect your

children early, please keep us informed.

Can parents/carers please visit the

school and Calderdale’s websites;

www.stjohnsrishworth.org.uk OR

www.calderdale.gov.uk/emergencysch

oolclosures and listen to BBC Radio

Leeds 92.4 fm / 774 am and The Pulse

102.5fm where up to date information

will be found.

Reception intake 2018

If you are aware of any siblings or

children due to start school in

September 2018, please ensure that the

school office has their details so they

may receive the Calderdale information

pack and school prospectus due to be

sent out in the late Autumn.

Portacabin

Aftercare are now fully operational in

their new home! Thank you for your

patience during the building works.

PTA AGM – 27th September

A big thank you to everyone that came

along. The minutes are available from

the school office. We would like to say a

huge thank you to Donna Rhodes for

everything that she has done for the

PTA. She has sadly decided to step

down from her role as Chair due to work

commitments, but we are delighted

that she will be continue as a PTA

member.

The new Chair, Nicola Criscione was

voted into this role, Nicola Daniels will

continue as Vice-Chair and Sarah

Crossley as the treasurer. Natalie Irwin

will fill the vacant role of the secretary.

The PTA Newsletter will be out after half

term with further details of the events

coming up and what everyone can do

to support the PTA.

St John’s CE Primary School

Please remember

to ensure all uniform is clearly named

to have indoor & outdoor PE kits in school

to have long hair tied up at all times

not to wear ear rings for swimming or PE

no nail varnish

to fill your child’s water bottle with water – no juice please