Harrison News – November/december
Christmas Post Box
Will be arriving soon! You can post letters to Santa in our Christmas post box (just inside the front door). All letters welcome – even from brothers and sisters!
Visit to Joyce Clarke Estate Agent & posting our Christmas cards
It has now become an annual event to visit Joyce Clarke Estate Agent. The children get to hear all about the role of an estate agent and we get to buy our school for £1 million pounds!!
Mrs Hunter’s class will be going on Thursday 26th November & Mrs Edwards’ class will be going on Friday 27th November.
We will be stopping off at the Royal Mail sorting office at Craigavon to post our Christmas cards.
Keep an eye out for a decorative envelope coming through your letter box!
Trip to Brownlow Library
Both classes will visit Brownlow Library on Friday 4th December where we will be read a Christmas story.
Cinema visit
As our special Christmas treat we are going to Craigavon cinema on Thursday 10th December to see ‘The Good Dinosaur.’ Please collect your child from the cinema at 11.45am.
W5 Trip
We will be visiting W5, including a trip to meet Santa on Friday 11th December. The trip will cost £8 – please include this with your snack money at the start of December. On the day we will be leaving school at 8.30am and returning at around 1.15pm. Please send a healthy packed lunch with your child.
Let us know if you can help with this trip. We will have a consent for you to sign for all the trips.
PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOUR CHILD IS AFRAID OF SANTA.
Harrison Nursery School
Open Day
for September 2016 intake
This year our open day will take place on
Thursday 10th December
from 2-4pm.
Please spread the word!
Please encourage friends and relatives to look at the school Facebook page for updates.
**This is the day we will be taking the children to Craigavon cinema for the morning. You can collect your child at the cinema at 11.45am. There will be no school dinner on this day. **
Christmas Cards
You are welcome to allow your child to bring in Christmas cards next month for his/her friends – use the information wallets in the entrance hall to distribute them. Please do not feel it is necessary to send a card to every child in the class but allow your child to suggest a few names of those they play with most often and send cards to those children only.
Christmas Concert
Preparations are in full swing for the concert on Wednesday 16th December. Children should be dropped off at Harrison at 10.30 am (there will be no breakfast club on this morning). The concert starts at 11am and is taking place in Lurgan Junior High. Your child will go home with you after the performance. More details will follow closer to the time. EVERYONE WELCOME.
If you have any objections to the use of video cameras or cameras on the day of the concert please submit them in writing by 1st December.
Christmas Hampers
As part of our fundraising efforts for Newry Hospice we are organising 2 Christmas hampers to be raffled at our Christmas concert. Look out for a list of 26 items (one list for each class) in the entrance hall. If you can provide one item on the list to be added to the hamper, please write your name beside it and bring it to school on Monday 14th December. Raffle tickets will be sold at the door on the day of the concert.
OTHER EVENTS:
World of Owls
World of Owls is visiting school on Wednesday 9th December. They will be bringing some owls with them and allowing them to fly in the classroom.
Calamity Jane at Lurgan Junior High School
We have been invited to watch Calamity Jane at Lurgan Junior High on Monday 14th December.
Christmas Dinner & Jumper Day
Our school Christmas dinner will be on Thursday 17th December.
On that day the children (& staff) can wear something festive e.g. a Christmas hair band, a special Christmas jumper or some tinsel!
We will have a basket to collect £1 donations for Newry Hospice for wearing your festive outfit.
December Fund & Dinner Money
December Fund - £15
W5 Trip - £8
December Dinner Money - £24.20
(for the month of December)
11 dinners @ £2.20 each
TOTAL - £47.20
Last day of term 1
The last day of term 1 will be on Friday 18th December. School will finish at 11am & there will be no school dinner on this day. We will be celebrating with a Christmas party and Santa will be calling in to see us.
Emergency closure due to severe weather
We will endeavour to remain open at all times. However, if there was very severe weather which would make transport to school dangerous for staff and pupils, we may be forced to close.
In this event you will be informed using the following methods-
· Our text message service
· Notice will appear on the school website: www.harrisonnurseryschool.co.uk
· Notice will appear on our school Facebook page
· We can also inform BBC Northern Ireland
Should heavy snow begin to fall during school hours, and be persistent, we would appreciate it if parents/carers collect their children from school as soon as possible. The roads soon become very dangerous and some staff have quite a distance to travel. We will contact you via text if we feel this measure is necessary.
IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ENSURE YOUR CONTACT DETAILS ARE UP TO DATE TO MAKE THIS SYSTEM WORK.