Just to confirm that children are welcome to bring Christmas Cards into school!

There are post boxes in each year group for children to place their cards in: please can you help your child to ensure they are clearly labelled with the recipients full name (and ideally class) so we can ensure they get to where they need to go!

Thank you for your support.

The Reading Agency is teaming up with the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), to launch a Winter Mini reading Challenge.

Following the success of the summer reading challenge, the winter challenge encourages children to continue reading over the winter holidays with a free, digital platform offering rewards and prizes. The Reading Agency previously collaborated with WWF, ​one of the world’s largest independent conservation organisations, and came up with the summer reading challenge’s theme of Wild World Heroes.

The Wild World characters will be going on an Arctic adventure to explore and celebrate the natural world. Following the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, the theme aims to inspire children to explore ways of helping to save the planet and tackling environmental issues.

The Winter Mini Challenge is run through The Reading Agency’s digital platform and to complete it, children read three or more books of their own choice, add it to their Challenge website profile and leave a short book review. The challenge will launch on 1st December and run until 16th February.

https://readingagency.org.uk/

As you are aware we have pantomime visits arranged for next week to Oakengates theatre to see Aladdin.

Wednesday 8th December: Year 3 and 4J

Thursday 9th December: Year 5 and Year 6

As 4NJ and 4P are aware where a class has a number of COVID cases the Health Hub will not allow us to take part in such a visit.  At the moment all classes can attend but 4P and 4NJ (we have planned a fun day in school for them instead and they have a separate letter with details of this).

panto letter

The letter above, that you received earlier in the term, explains some details you need to know.

COVID arrangements for the visit:

*Bubbles will not mix on coaches.

*Bubbles will not mix in the theatre: Oakengates are creating a seating plan so that class groups sit together.

*We will not mix with other schools or audience members: we have staggered arrival times and seating appropriately spaced.

*Adults will wear face coverings throughout the performance.  (Children are not requested to wear a face covering however if this is your preference we advise that this is kept in your child’s coat pocket and that you direct your child as to when you want them to use it: staff will not oversee this.)

*Anyone with COVID symptoms must not attend.

*We recommend that staff and children attending the pantomime take an LFT on the day of the visit.

*Hand sanitiser will be used throughout the visit.

If you do not want your child to attend this visit please let your class teacher know: we will accommodate them in school and they can be collected at 3.15pm as usual.

The PTA are kindly providing snacks for the visit which will be given to the children in the interval: a small bag of Haribo and a small bag of mini cookies.  If you have a concern about allergies please contact your class teacher.  All children will be asked to take their own water bottle.

Thank you for your support.