Tuesday 11 December 2012

Newsletter 17


Please pay for Christmas lunch on Monday 17 December
The cost for the week is £11.50, the day £3.10, or an additional £1.00 is required if you have paid for the whole term but not for the Christmas lunch yet.  
*******Please note there is NO Nursery Lunch club on this day*********

DINNER MONEY MUST BE PAID ON A MONDAY please hand it to the class teacher in an envelope.  If you do not pay on a Monday (unless your child was ill) you will need to provide a packed lunch for your child for that week.
Cheques are the preferred form of payment, rather than cash (payable to SCC) and if possible, it is best to pre-pay for a half term at a time.
Parents can, for example, pay for 2 days a week for the half term, and then the child can choose on a Monday which days they would like lunch for that week.  Any payments not used during the half term can be carried over to the next term, or refunded on request.

CLASS CH, KM & NURSERY REMINDER FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING
Don’t forget to take your child direct to the Church at 9am for the Foundation service.

HOLY HORRORS
Holy Horrors will be held at the Church this week and next week, collection time is 4.15pm.

CLUBS – LAST WEEK OF TERM
There will be NO Violin, Football, Reading club in the last week of term. 
Tennis, Art & Gym WILL run in the last week. Please see note below for Orchestra.
There will be no lunchtime clubs on Wednesday (Christmas dinner day).
CLUBS – FIRST WEEK OF SPRING TERM
Most clubs run by the school will start in the 2nd week of term (from 14 January):
Orchestra, Reading, Rugby, Hockey, Choir, Holy Horrors, & all lunchtime clubs.
However, ART CLUB WILL START IN THE FIRST WEEK BACK FOR Y5 as it is a short term.
Most externally run clubs/lessons WILL start in the FIRST WEEK BACK (from 7 January):
Violin, CMS Clarinet/Brass, CMS Guitar, Premier Sport Gym.
However, MFSF Wind & Brass and TENNIS CLUB will start in the second week (15 January) – tennis letter to follow.

CAROLS ON MARKET HILL – Monday 17 December
The School Orchestra, accompanied by Mrs Armstrong, Mrs Mawson & Miss Ashberry will be performing Christmas Carols outside the Crown Hotel between 3.20-3.50pm next Monday.  Please do wander up to listen and to show your support of our talented musicians.

MILLS MEADOW VISIT – Tuesday 18 December
Some children from Year 5/6 will be visiting Mills Meadow to sing Carols to the residents.

CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE – Thursday 20 December 1.30pm
Our Carol Service will take place at St Michael’s Church on 20 December. Children in classes PLDD, RV & KV will be leading in this service. Parents of these classes are warmly invited to attend.  We would ask that you use the seats at either side of the church or at the back.  A charity collection will be made at the end of the service.

MENU CHANGE – Thursday 20 December
The menu for NEXT THURSDAY is changing to:  Pork & Apple Burgers or Cheesy Jacket Melt, baked beans, sweetcorn, followed by Chocolate Brownie & Ice Cream.

SORRY, BUT NO MORE CERTIFICATES PLEASE
Due to time constraints with assemblies until Christmas, we are afraid we will not be able to hand out any certificates other than the ‘Star of the Week’, until the New Year.
PHONICS WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS – Tuesday 15 January 2013
There will be a Phonics Workshop from 1.30 – 3.00 on this date for parents with children in Foundation and Key Stage 1.  This, we hope, will help you understand the ‘synthetic phonic’ approach.  We will also be introducing you to an exciting new scheme which includes access to on-line e-books for the children.

PROCEDURES FOR CHILDREN WITH SICKNESS BUGS
We would like to bring to parent’s attention that if your child suffers from a sickness or diarrhoea bug that they should be kept off school until 48 after the last bout of diarrhoea  or vomiting. 
If you bring your child back too early they are likely to pass on the bug to other children.  These are guidelines from the Health Protection Agency.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF ANY BUGS.
ABSENCE MESSAGES ON ANSWER-PHONE
If you are leaving a message in the morning regarding an absence, please can you keep the message short – just the child’s name, class and the reason for the absence?  There is no need to leave contact details etc. At this time of year we tend to have a larger number of absences and this can be a lengthy process to take them all off the machine.  Thank you.

KV, NS & CA CHANGE TO SOME DATES FOR 2013
CA Share session has had to move to a new date of Tuesday 29 January.
KV assembly has moved to 22 March and NS assembly has moved to 1 February.
KV Share Session in April has moved to Tuesday 23 April.

ADMISSIONS POLICY FOR 2014/2015
The draft admissions policy for the academic year 2014/2015 is available on the school website for an 8 week consultation period.  Any comments should be passed to the school office please.

COUNTY MUSIC SERVICE – BEGINNER PERCUSSION TUITION
The County Music Service have vacancies at the Framlingham Music School for KS2 Pupils in Year 5 & 6, to begin learning in groups to play orchestral percussion.  The sessions take place at Thomas Mills High School on Saturday mornings. To find out more please ask for a letter from the school office or email to county.musicservice@suffolk.gov.uk

BAD WEATHER ARRANGEMENTS
We make every possible effort to ensure that the school remains open, but many of the staff live a long way away which involves difficult cross country journeys.  In the event of bad weather conditions, please listen to the following radio stations for information with regard to whether the school has to be closed or not:     
Radio Suffolk     95.5/ 95.9/ 103.9/ 104.6FM -  updates at 10 past and 20 to each hour
Broadland Norfolk  102.4FM     SGR FM   97.1-96.4FM    Beach Radio   103.4 and 97.4FM