8 December 2017
Dear Parents
What an Achievement!
At the end of this term, Pauline Forster (lunchtime supervisor) will leave Front Street after 31 years of service. That is incredible!! I hope you will join me in wishing her the very best for the future and help make her last couple of weeks enjoyable.
Christmas Fair
Thank you for all the donations and all the help. Details to follow next week with the amount raised etc.
Christmas Productions
You will all have the dates when your child is performing. Please can I ask that families limit spectators to 2 per child due to health and safety reasons. Little ones in pushchairs are welcome, but can I request that if they start to make a noise or cry you take them out, so no pupils’ lines are missed. Thank you.
Feel free to take photos etc. but please do not upload them to Social Media.
Christmas Jumper Day
This is on the LAST DAY of term. Children may wear anything they wish with their jumper but will need sensible shoes/boots as we are walking upto the church in the afternoon.
Wanted!!!
Do you have any Christmas jumpers lying around in your child's wardrobe that no longer fit? We are holding a Christmas jumper sale on Wednesday 13thDecember after school on the yard. The jumpers will be for sale for £1 and all the money will go to Save the Children alongwith the money collected on our Christmas jumper day on Friday 22ndDecember. This is great chance to pick up a bargain for your child and they can proudly show off their new jumper on the last day of term. Please ensureall donationsare in school for the morning of Wednesday 13thDecember.
Santa at the Hermitage
Our Rotakids will be helping out with Santa at the Hermitage tomorrow 10am – 2pm.
Christmas Cards, Coasters, Tags and Mugs
Thank you so much for your amazing support with this FOFS fundraiser. With the profit from the sales we have been able to purchase a globe for each classroom. The children are enjoying using them already. Any outstanding orders will be delivered soon. Thank you again and I hope this is something we can do again next year as I am sure you will agree the end products were just amazing.
Thought Foundation Art Competition
A huge well done to Mila from 1S who came first in the ‘The World Around Us’ competition and Beth from 1G who came second. They beat off competition from other local schools and Mila’s beautiful work has won her class a ‘School of Thought’ workshop in the New Year! Well done girls! Their artwork,as well as other entries, is on display at Thought Foundation. Why don’t you head over and have a look! It’s free to pop in and you can get a cuppa and a cake! Thought Foundation, Clarity House, Durham Road, Birtley DH3 2TB
On-line payments
Due to some essential work, the on-line payment system SIMS Agora will be unavailable on Monday 11th December. During this time you will be unable to make payment. The system will be back up and running Tuesday 12th December.
Year 1 and 2
On Wednesday 13th December we have a company coming into school to do some fantastic Christmas science experiments with us - the things that they haveplanned for us look superb and I am sure the childrenwill tell you all about it after school. Look out for pictures on the school website that day. Mrs Gladstone has kindly offered to pay for all the KS1 children to take part in the workshop.
Year One
Spellings - Please keep practising the Reception and Year One Key words ready for tests over the next two weeks.
Maths - We have been using some ICT games in Numeracy and the children asked us to tell you so they could have a look at home! Shappard software - Fruit Shoot Number words, Maths-games.org - Number word memory
Christmas Play - We sent a notehome last night about clothing needed for the Christmas play (if any!!), we highlighted the relevant part for your child, could any clothing please be in school by Tuesday...with a name on...Thank You.
Year 5
Swimmer of the week – this week Aryian, Brandon, Ellie and Alishawere awarded swimmer of the week during the school swimming lessons. This is awarded by the swimming teachers at Dunston Leisure Centre. They receive 3 dojo points for this recognition. Well done. Article 28 – You have the right to a good quality education. Article 29 – Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities.
Harry Potter Day – Please can all payments be made by Wednesday.
Year 6
Booster club will not operate anymore this term. It will resume Wednesday 17th January 2018.
Reminders
Christmas Lunch is next Thursday 14th December. There is no spudbuster option that day.
Music Tuition – Please ensure all payments for this term are made by Wednesday 13th December. Thank you
Dinner Money – Please ensure all outstanding dinner money is paid in full for the term by Tuesday 19th December so everyone starts with a ‘clean slate’ for 2018!
Child Protection
Please check our website for our updated Child Protection Policy.
I hope you found the digital parent magazine helpful that was sent home last week.
Just to remind you this is a Safeguarding School and we have a duty to pass on any concerns to Children’s Services. We use a system in school called CPOMS to record information where it is stored for future reference. For more information see
Our staff are also trained in Team Teach techniques in order to ensure the safety of everyone involved.
Yours sincerely
HJ Gladstone
Headteacher