24th September 2009                                                                Newsletter No: 03 Dear Parents, Well done to the netball team who played so well in the local small schools tournament. Thank you to Mrs Jones for training them so well they won a match. Thank you to all the mums who came to support them. Please can we have the remaining image consent forms back as soon as possible. I am trying to finalise the new school prospectus and finding suitable photographs of pupils. I am delighted to say we have been successful in our bids for two projects funded by the local authority. Miss Brooks will be running the “Josie project” with years 4 and 5. This is a very exciting new initiative and we have been chosen as the first pilot school. It is a structured program where a mother brings her baby in and the pupils use this as a focus to explore a variety of emotional and social issues. A separate letter will be going out parents in year 4 and 5 explaining the project in more detail. Secondly we will be joining with Pucklechurch and the Tynings schools to share a modern foreign languages assistant. Her name is Beatrice Freasey and she will be coming into each class on a Wednesday to support the teaching of French. Advanced dates:- School photographs Tuesday October 6th - you are welcome to bring in younger siblings at the start of the day. Harvest Service on Wednesday 7th October at 1.45 p.m. We would be grateful for any donations of produce. We will start by auctioning some of the larger items and then year 6 will have tables of produce for sale. (The sale will not start until after the auction has finished). The money raised will go to charity. We have an ongoing commitment to support Maria in Uganda. The rest of the money will go to charities chosen by the pupil school council. There will be slips of paper available at the auction for you to nominate a charity and explain why you feel we should support it. Friends meeting Wednesday 30th September after school in class 3 all welcome. Stars of the week Class 1          George          working hard at his reading Class 2        Leah               amazing effort Year 4/5     Shannon         being focussed on every task Year 6         Jack T          being focussed on his work Yours sincerely  Mrs J Bendeaux Dates for your diary 2009-2010 2009   6th October School photographs 7th October Harvest Festival 14th October Parents’ evening 6-8 pm 15th October Parents’ evening 4-6 pm 11th December Christmas play dress rehearsal 2pm 14th December Christmas play 6pm 15th December Christmas play 6pm 17th December  Christmas lunch and Christmas parties 18th December Church end of term service 2010 4th January Swimming commences for years 3, 4 and 5 10th – 14th May SATs week – no holidays will be granted this week for children in any year group 7th – 11th June Year 6 residential trip