Dear Parents/Carers,
Staff Training Day - 3rd January 2017
Our 4th INSET Day will be on Tuesday 3rd January. This means that Term 3 will begin for children on Wednesday 4th January 2017.
Prospective Parent Tours for Reception 2017
New Parents’ Tours for children starting in September 2017 are Monday 28th November at 10:00am and Monday 5th December at 10.00am.
These tours will last one hour and will include:
- A brief meeting with the headteacher.
- A tour of the school led by some Year 6 children.
- An opportunity to spend some time in Reception and informally ask the teacher any questions.
Please contact the school office if you would like to attend as tours will only take place when parents have confirmed attendance.
Parent Helpers for School Trips
We would like to create a small team of parents who are avaialble to help out with school trips. We would offer some simple training and a full DBS clearance to ensure safety. Parent volunteers would not nesecarily be on trips with their own child’s class but would have a great opportunity to support the school and our children. Please contact the school office if you are interested.
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
Headteacher Award - Public Speaking
Each week we will be having a special focus for our Headteacher Awards. This week, our focus is for Public Speaking..
Headteacher Awards for Monday’s Assembly are:- Cheyenne (YR), Deniro (Y1), Moshii (Y2), Wiktoria (Y3), Chloe L (Y4), Kenzie (Y5), Esther A (Y6) and Sian (Y6).
Attendance
Well done to the following classes who had attendance at over 97% this week:
- Year 2 - 99%
- Year 6 - 97%
Because of their 99% attendance, Year 2 will have a special non-uniform day on Friday 2nd December..
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 - 4/1/17 - 10/2/17 (INSET on Tues 3rd January)
- 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 Adventur
- 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
