Dear Parents/Carers,
Christmas Disco
This event will take place on Wednesday 7th December. Infant children will have their disco from 3:15pm to 4:15pm and Juniors will be from 4:30pm to 6:00pm. Entry to the disco will be tickets only and will cost £1.00. Tickets are being sold each morning and at the end of the day, at the rear entrance to the school, by Kim Porter (Mum of Declan in Reception).
Pop-Up ‘Cop Shop’
Local police have asked us to let you all know about a forthcoming pop-up ‘cop shop’ on the 1st floor of the Mall Galleries, Broadmead, Bristol City Centre, near WH Smiths and Boots.
The theme of the ‘cop shop’ will be crime reduction and there will be a “Who Stole Christmas?” themed crime scene for members of the public to visit and try and solve the crime looking at all the clues. Correct answers will be entered into a prize draw and is suitable for all ages.
Prizes will also be awarded for winning posters brought along in person as follows:
1) Primary Children are asked to design a poster about reducing crime at Christmas. It needs to be A4 sized with name, age, school and a contact number on back please. Bring it down to the cop shop between dates below.
2) Secondary school students are asked to design a poster about internet safety. It needs to be A4 sized with your name, age, school and a contact number on the back please. Bring down to the cop shop between dates below.
The cop shop opens on Fri 25th November until the 21st December and follows normal shop opening times.
There will be lots of prizes for children to win!
School Lollipop Crossing Patrol
Lollipop crossing patrols could soon be a thing of the past as Bristol council looks to cut ALL jobs.
If you would like to sign the petition to save the lollipop crossing patrol please log onto: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-the-school-crossing-patrols-in-bristol
Online Payments
We are delighted to announce that we are now in a position to offer the facility for parents to make payments online for school activities such as school dinners, school trips, school book bags and photos etc!
There is an immeasurable amount of valuable time spent on collecting and keeping track of what payments have been received for the numerous events that take place. This, combined with the burden that you may endure in either finding the correct change or writing a cheque to pay for your child’s activities can at times be frustrating.
The new schoolmoney.co.uk facility will allow for both parties to experience a more streamlined, cost-effective and efficient payment collection system in a secure and safe environment.
If you do not have access to a bank account or online facilities, payments can be paid by Paypoint – please contact the school office for further details.
From time to time you will receive a text message from the school inviting you to access a website as an option to make a payment for an activity. We would appreciate your support in this matter.
To ensure that we all experience maximum benefit from this service, we would ask all parents to notify us if you have recently changed your mobile number and/or email address.
You will receive a welcome text from school money with details of how to log-on and your unique password.
The on-line payment facilities will go live from Saturday 15th October.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Headteacher Award - Being an Effective Participator
Each week we will be having a special focus for our Headteacher Awards. This week, our focus is for Being an Effective Participator.
Headteacher Awards for Monday’s Assembly are:- Kaleb (YR), Taylor L (Y1), Miliswa (Y2), Marni-Rae (Y3), Filip (Y4), Logan M (Y5), Mason (Y6) and Ester K (Y6).
Attendance
Well done to the following classes who had attendance at over 97% this week:
- Year 6 - 99%
Year 6 will have a special non-uniform day on Friday 25th November.
Primary School Admissions
Reception admissions for September 2017 are now open on www.bristol.gov.uk/schooladmissions. Children born between 1st September 2012 and 31st August 2013 must apply for a school by midnight on 15th January 2017
Key dates for Diaries
- 29th November - Year 6 Trip to London
- 7th December - Year 1 and Year 2 trip to Colston Hall
- 7th December - School Christmas Disco
- Friday 9th December - INSET Day (School Closed)
- 12th December - KS1 Nativity performance - 2:00pm
- 13th December - KS2 Carol Concert at Church - 2:00pm
- 16th December - End of Term 2
- Term 3 3/1/17 - 10/2/17
- w/c 8th May 2017 - Y6 SATs week
- 6th January 2017 - Y6 to visit Create Centre
- 10th January 2017 - Y3 trip to Bristol Old Vic to see The Snow Queen
- 9th - 12th June - Year 6 camp to Manor Adventure
- 5th April - Year 5 trip to SS Great Britain
- Term 4 - 20/2/17 – 7/4/17
- Term 5 - 24/4/17 – 26/5/17
- Term 6 - 5/6/17 – 21/7/17
Yours sincerely,
Matt Condon, Headteacher
