Newsletter 4: 3rd October 2014

Dear Parents/ Carers,

We have had another fun week at Dame Tipping. It was lovely to see the children in non-uniform yesterday, having a great time and taking part in special activities. Lots of us ate and enjoyed the special school lunch and we had fun singing along to ‘Happy’ in assembly.

Well Done, Year 6

Year 6 organised, advertised and ran a book sale yesterday. It raised £61.60 for the school. This will go towards buying new books and equipment. I was very impressed by their organisational skills and their enthusiasm.

New Books

We have recently bought new ‘Bug Club’ books for your children to read at home. I am sure you and your children will find them engaging and attractive. All of the books are also available on- line. Watch this space for information on how to log on. We will also run a parents’ event later in the term to explain more.

Harvest Festival

Next Thursday is our Harvest Festival at St John the Evangelist Church. Please bring your Harvest food gifts to the back of the church, where they will be organised and later distributed to the elderly and needy in the village. Please arrive at the church at 9am for registration.

Parent Voice

I am keen to hear your opinions about your child’s school life and am therefore going to run a ‘Parent Voice’ event. You will be able to discuss issues in groups and feed back to me. I hope that as many of you as possible will be able to join me at 9.30am or 4.30pm on Tuesday 21^st October.

If you are not able to make the event, I will ask for written feedback at a later date.

Polite Request

The school office is very busy and Mrs Wakeman has many jobs to do throughout the day. Although she would never complain herself, I have noticed that a lot of her time is taken up answering questions from parents. Please make sure you check the newsletters, website and check days for clubs and trips etc... before calling the office. If you cannot find the information elsewhere, of course it is fine to call. Thank you for your co-operation.

Commendations

Max Rider, Taylor Moss, Albert Gilbert, Kerys Walton, George Torres-Blanks, Elaina Goodison, Sapphire Hagon, Kai Boorman, Hermione McCormack, Kai Davis.

Well done, everyone!

Attendance

Well done to Class 2- Mr Drury’s class for achieving 99% attendance, the highest in the school and a very impressive percentage.

It would be great if we could all have 100% attendance next week. We can do it!

                       

Email of Newsletters

We are still working on email newsletters. Sorry for the delay.

Dates for the diary:

·         1^st October- Start of Black History Month

·         Thursday 9^th October- Harvest festival at the church. 9am

·         Friday 10^th October- Individual and Sibling school photographs. 8.30am onwards

·         Monday 13^th October- School Nurse Drop ins. 8.30am onwards

·         Monday 13^th October- Class 1 Village Survey (all day)

·         Tuesday 21^st October- Parent Voice Event 9.30am and 4.30pm

·         Monday 17^th November- Parents’ open afternoon Years 1, 3 and 5. 1.15pm-3.00pm

·         Tuesday 18^th November- Parents’ open afternoon Years 2 and 4. 1.15pm-3.00pm

·         Wednesday 19^th November- Parents’ open afternoon Year 6. 1.15pm-3.00pm

·         Monday 8^th December- ‘Aladdin’ pantomime in school.

·         Thursday 11^th December-‘Danny, Champion of the World’ at Brentwood Theatre 9.15am (KS2)

·         Tuesday 16^th December- Reception and KS1 Nativity 9.30am and 1.30pm

·         Friday 19^th December- Christmas Church Service 1.30pm

·         Tuesday 10^th February 2015- Parent consultation evening 2pm-6.30pm

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Kathryn Waters