29th September 2011

Dear Parents/Carers,

School clubs will begin next week - thank you all for your patience! If the children have not got all their hoped for clubs, then we have made a waiting list for each club and they will get a place after Christmas.

If you are parking at the rear of the school, can we please ask that you keep your car’s speed to a minimum as you drive through this area. Often, children are walking and running around the cars and it is very easy to not see them. A near miss was reported this morning.

When your child has school meals and is sent “dinner tickets” home, please would you ensure that their name is written on each ticket. Drinks are available from the school kitchen at a cost of 30 pence. These should be bought when you purchase a meal ticket. However, until half term, children may purchase a drink for 30 pence directly from the kitchen. Children bringing a packed lunch may pay our cook directly if they wish to purchase a drink.

Could the Reception children’s parents please use the menu sheet and discuss the meal for the next day with your child and write the colour - red, blue or green - of the meal option they would prefer. As you can imagine, this is proving to be a lengthy process each morning for the teacher and teaching assistant as the children decide exactly what they would like to have! (Thank you!!!!)

The African Dance Workshop has moved dates from Tuesday, 18th October to
Friday, 21st October. On Friday, October 7th, Years 3/4 will be participating in a Hindu workshop as part of their R.E. Studies.

September 23rd 2011

Dear Parents/Carers,

We have been overwhelmed by the number of applications for places for the after school clubs this term!

In order to give as many children as possible the clubs that they have chosen, we will need to juggle the times and adults running these clubs. Please bear with us for a
little while longer and we will send out the allocated places early next week,
hopefully with as many satisfied “customers” as possible!

Also, you may have noticed that the last official day of this school year - July 23rd 2012 - is a Monday. With the governing body’s permission, we intend to use this day as one of our allocated teacher training days, so that the children’s last day of term will be Friday July 20th 2012.

In case you miss any of our school letters, from now on we will be posting the
general school news letters on our blog and you will be able to read them online at:

http://www.dametipping.blogspot.com

September 20th 2011

Dear Parents/Carers,

Gadzooks! Thank you so much for sending in such a motley crew of medieval mayhem for last Wednesday and Thursday’s special “Here be Dragons” sessions. The children had a great time and so much super work was produced. We would like to thank Mr. Stanley for helping every pupil to make a wooden shield, Mrs. Buckley and Mrs. Allen for assisting with the sewing of the medieval pomanders and Mrs. Marshall for
working with the children making dragon cakes!

On Friday, it was so nice to see so many of you visiting to look at the children’s work from these two days and also the work produced by the children during the last two weeks of term when we had Naomi - our “artist in residence”.

Some dates coming up this term:

Monday 26th September a.m. “Rainforest Adventure” by Zoolab:
“Rainforest Adventure

Where are the rainforests? How can we get there? What will it be like when we arrive? Hear tales of what it’s actually like in these very important, disappearing parts of the world. For children aged 5 - 11
(Please see attached letter)
Monday 17th October p.m. - Individual Photos (lovely gifts for Christmas!)

Tuesday 18th October a.m. - African Dance Workshop led by Mrs. Bimpong

Thursday 20th October a.m. - Harvest Festival at St. John’s Church

Tuesday 1st November to Thursday 3rd November p.m. - Parental Interviews(Interview times will be available in the covered way nearer the time.)

Thank you for your continued support!

Yours sincerely,

 V. A. Morris (Headteacher)

September 6th 2011

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome to the new school year!  We hope you all had a very pleasant holiday.

From the beginning of this term, school meals will be charged at £1.95 per day. Drinks are also available at a cost of 30p.

Children do not have to “stay to dinners” for a complete week.

SCHOOL MEALS ORDER LINE - 01708 433119 - 9am-5pm daily. 

School dates for the coming three terms are:

Autumn term 2011	5 September to 16 December 2011
First half	5 September to 21 October	35 days
Half Term	24 to 28 October
Second half	31 October* to 16 December	35 days

Spring term 2012	3 January to 30 March 2012
First half	3 January to 10 February	29 days
Half Term	13 to 17 February
Second half	20 February* to 30 March	30 days

Summer term 2012	16 April to 23 July 2012
First half	16 April to 1 June	23 days
May Day	7 May
Half Term	4 to 8 June
Second half	11 June* to 23 July	30 days

In addition, the following days have been agreed for Staff Training:

* Monday, 31st October 2011

* Monday, 20th February 2012

* Monday, 11th June 2012