Newsletter 20

Wednesday 15th July 2015

Dear Parents and Carers,

We hope you managed to attend our Open Evening and enjoyed looking around the school. We received lots of positive comments from visitors. The art work was particularly admired and I am pleased to report that we received an additional arts trophy from the Christchurch Culture & Learning Arena for our “Long, Long Ago” exhibition. Well done to everyone for their efforts. Congratulations also to the following pupils for participating so well at the Mini Olympics competition with other local schools. The Year One and Year Two children came first! and represented the school so well, showing good behaviour and great sportsmanship!

Well Done to our champions!

1DK: Lucie & Jamie, 1LC: Layla, 1MB: Haydn & Nicola, 1SL: Alisha & Macey, 1DW: Oliver G. & Jacob

2JC: Lewis & Ella, 2RM: Aimee & Billy, 2JK: Lucas, 2DG: Phoebe G. & James

SEN Update

By the end of term, Mrs Darch will be posting our Annual Report regarding our SEN provision on the school website.

Lost Property/ Medicines

Anything unnamed will be disposed of at the end of the term so please make sure you have claimed your items before Friday. Also please ensure all medicines are collected from the school office before the end of term.

Scooters or Bikes

Please note that any scooters or bikes left on the school site at the end of term will be disposed of.

Universal Free School Meals for Infants

Hopefully all families requesting free school lunches have now placed their online orders. If you have any concerns please contact Chartwells on 01202 695965.

Sports Premium Spend

Details of how the school has spent its Sports Premium money and the impact it has had is available on the school website. My thanks to Mrs Green and Mrs Ladyman for all their hard work in organising all the additional clubs, activities and teacher training this year.

Waitrose Tokens

Thank you to everyone who supported our collection in the local store – this has raised a magnificent £436 to go towards musical equipment.

Congratulations to the following children for receiving Fabulous Friday Stickers:

Year 1
Week ending 3rd July 2015
1DK Joe, Barnaby, Kate & Samuel
1LC Alfie, Oscar, Amelia & Mikey
1MB Iesha, Will, Charlie H., Lily & Isaac
1SL Ashton, Bethany, Arthur, Millie & James
1DW Jacob, Lucas, Chloe H. & Eva
Week ending 10th July 2015
1DK Thomas, Kate, Molly, Charlie, Jamie & Lucie
1LC Finley, Amelia & Lewis
1MB Lana, Alfie M. & Katy C.
1SL Rachel, Dylan, Katie & Hattie
1DW Rowan, Maddison, Milo & William / Year 2
Week ending 3rd July 2015
2F Lewis & Daniel
2JC Ava, Euan, Lily & Harry
2RM Rhys & James
2JK Nadia, Louis & Daniel
2DG Sam & Leo
Week ending 10th July 2015
2F Arun & Owen
2JC Max, Lucas, Ted, Imogen & Ella
2RM Megan & Annelise
2JK Poppy, Maya & Bobby
2DG Carlos & Chloe W.

Dorset One World Festival “Bringing People of all Cultures Together”

This free event is being held on Saturday 1st August at Borough Gardens, Dorchester.

For more information, follow these links: www.facebook.com/Dorset.One.World.Festival

Twitter - @DorsetOneWorld or www.visit-dorset.co.uk

Special Farewells

This is a very unusual time in the life of Christchurch Infants. We are saying goodbye to so many staff,

14 in total, leaving due to retirement, resignation, redundancy or relocation to a new school. So as the

academic year comes to a close we say a special thank you to Mrs Barker, Mrs Bell, Mrs Fernand,

Mrs Firth, Mrs Henshaw, Miss Kelly, Mrs Long, Miss Taylor, Mrs Turner and Mrs White.

An extra special mention should also be made of Mrs Clark, Mrs Rann, Mrs Wellings and Mrs Whitehorn, who have worked in Christchurch Infants for a significant period of time and given much to the school and the pupils. Between them they have worked in school for 82 years! We thank all the staff who are leaving for everything they have done for the school. They shall be greatly missed and we wish them all the very best for whatever the future holds.

Thanks also to Penny, Amy, Lisa, David and the PTFA team for all their hard work on behalf of the children of CIS. We are also saying a fond farewell to all our Year Two helpers who have supported the PTFA over many years. Special thanks go to Becs Garner, Ed Dearlove, Rachel Phipp and Sarah Puttick for all the support they have given the school.

And finally, a fond farewell to all our Year Two pupils and the children of classes 1DW and FL. We have been very proud of having them at Christchurch Infants and we wish them every success in their future school careers. We hope they will keep in touch and let us know how they are getting on.

We wish all our families a happy and safe holiday. School for Year One and Year Two reopens on Wednesday 2nd September.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs JS Ashenden

Headteacher