15 Oct 2007 - October newsletter

 

Keeping Safe
For the safety of all our children, all external doors are locked at 9.15am other than at the main reception. If you are late leaving the building during the morning, please do not unlock the doors, but use the main reception ones instead. If your child is late into school, please ensure that they are escorted into the building and not left to make their own way into school. At the end of the day, the school playground gates are also closed and parents are requested to stay beyond these gates until 3.10pm by which time all children will be back in their classrooms. Please understand that while we want to be welcoming to all parents and visitors, the safety of all the children must always come first.


PTA Shopping Trip
This coach trip to Drake?s Circus, Plymouth is on Saturday 17th November. This is for adults only
( or senior school children). Please see a PTA member for more details. There are only a few seats left.

Ink cartridges
Just a small reminder for to all parents, we collect and recycle old cartridges and the North Devon Hospice benefit from this. We shall be continuing with this scheme, so if you have any cartridges you would like to recycle then please bring them into school. Thank you




PE T-Shirts
For anyone interested, T-shirts with the school logo can now be bought for £2.50 from Maritime Motifs. There is a sample hanging on the notice board.


Books For Babies
The dates for the next half-term Books For Babies sessions are:
5th November
19th November
3rd December
17th December.
These are free sessions for all pre-school children and parents in the school hall on alternate Monday afternoons from 2.00pm.
No need to book-just turn up.

Children in Need
Children in Need this year will be Friday 16th November. If your child would like to join in, the theme for this year will be Mr Men and Little Miss, so please come dressd along as your favourite book character.
There will be a pot in every classroom for donations.


Christmas Pudding Pots
The pupils at South Molton Community College are collecting empty, plastic, Christmas pudding pots to make Christmas puddings. If you have any spare pots in your cupboards at home, please could you either bring them into the infant school and pass to Mrs Alford or take direct to the senior school. Thank you.


Community Apple Day
Sunday 28th October is Community Apple Day and the children are learning songs for this occasion. There will be events in the Pannier Market from 10.30am ? 3.30pm and we would like to have some children singing the songs they have learnt at 11am.
Why not come and join the fun?

National Film Week
As part of the school national film week, we have been able to take advantage of a free screening of the film ?Flushed Away? and will be taking all of the children to Barnstaple Cinema on Thursday 18th October. Please ensure you have returned your permission slip. This was a very successful event last year and the film will be used as a focus for literacy ad other subjects.
The PTA have generously agreed to fund the coaches for this trip.
Please be at school by 9.00am as we have to leave promptly because the film starts at 9.45am.

Parent /Teacher Consultation
Individual meetings with class teachers will take place after half-term. Details of dates and times will be sent home on a separate letter.


Christmas Performances
Although it is only October, you may find the following dates useful for the busiest time of the year!
The performances will be Thursday 13th and Friday 14th December both in the afternoon
Further details nearer the time.


Vegetarian Meals
The vegetarian option on the menu can be provided for any pupil, provided these are ordered in advance; Jacket potatoes can also be ordered. A note to the school office on Monday morning with the dinner money, will suffice. If the vegetarian option will be required every day then just let us know in writing and these will be provided.