No.  43

13^th November, 2009

MORRISONS 'LET'S GROW' VOUCHERS

Have you been saving the Morrisons 'Let's Grow' vouchers.  If so please could you bring them into school this coming week to enable us to exchange them for free gardening equipment so that in the spring the children can grow their own produce.  Thank you for your help with this.

BLUE PLASTIC BAGS

Blue plastic bags can be collected from the School Office.

These bags are a great opportunity to  help the school; help a very worthwhile charity and have a good clear out for winter.

Please could you put all your unwanted clothes, shoes, bedding, belts and handbags, but NO bric-a-brac,  into the bag and bring in to the school on the morning of

20^th November (before 10am).

The contents are sent to people in need and the school receives money, according to the total weight of the bags we collect.

Please do not bring the bags before this date as we have nowhere to store them!!!! 

The collection point for the bags will be the main school door (by the buzzer), on the Junior side.

Thank you.

PTA

Breakfast with Santa

Wednesday 9^th December 8am-9am Main hall

This event will take place in the School hall between 8.00 and 9.00.  This event is an event for the Junior school pupils, their parents and friends. A breakfast of muffins and hot/cold drinks will be provided, along with a visit and gift from Santa.  More details to follow nearer the time.

Christmas Fair

Tuesday 24^th November 3.30pm – 5pm

This will take place in the main hall.  Your donations of raffle prizes, bric a brac, soft toys, toiletries and good quality used toys will be much appreciated.  Also any ideas for stalls and games would be most welcome along with any help on the day you may be able to provide.

Auction of Promises

We are thinking of organising an Auction of Promises.  An event where parents and friends can donate anything from an evenings baby sitting to the use of a holiday cottage (!), a bespoke birthday cake to a ride in a dream car, anything goes.  These 'lots' will then be auctioned and the proceeds will help the P.T.A supply wonderful things for our children.

Please see Donna or Dan if you have something you could promise.

'MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE – SUNDAY,

29^TH NOVEMBER IN THE SCHOOL HALL

7PM TO 10.30ish

The Boarding House will be hosting a Michael Jackson tribute night starring "Mikki Jay", one of Britain's best live vocal professional Michael Jackson impersonators and a hired disco from outside of the school known as "Wizard".  Tickets will be £6.50 each, this will also include food and a drink.  All students, family and friends are welcome to come along and join in this amazing night which is not to be missed.  All money raised will be going to the KMP Church, Bangalore, India for their orphanage. 

All tickets are available from the office.

BE QUICK!!  DON'T MISS OUT AS TICKETS ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY.

FUTURE DATES

Thursday,  19^th November – Year 8 Parents Evening

Please note the following dates for your diary from PTA:

Tuesday, 24^th November – Christmas Fair

Wednesday, 9^th December – Breakfast with Santa.

Thursday, 10^th December – Carol Service St John's Church

DRAMA PRODUCTION 2010

It has been decided that the production this year will be "Annie".  Auditions will start on 26^th November for girls and 3^rd December for boys.  Please prepare a short speech and a song.  If the song is not from "Annie" please bring sheet music.

TRIP TO PARLIAMENT

The new date is (hopefully) 22^nd February, the Monday immediately after half-term; more details to follow.

Mr S Baker

HOT CHOCOLATE CAFÉ FOR THE

BAKER KILIMANJARO EXPEDITION

From the 11^th to the 20^th December I am planning to repeat my climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise money for the Ndubaluba Outdoor Education Centre in the farming heartland of Zambia where I used to live.  I will be accompanied by two members of my family, two neighbours and a friend.  The centre is a marvellous success story where companies and fee paying schools subsidize children from local African schools so that a wide section of the community can benefit from the canoeing, cycling and camping courses that are available all with a strong Christian ethos.  We hope to avoid mountain sickness, elephants and being delayed on the return flight so that we can be home for Christmas.  On this one occasion please feel free to give your children something extra to help Ndubaluba make a real impact on the lives of Zambian young people.  If any parents wish to join the trip at this late stage, please feel free to join us.

Mr S Baker

TIMES BOOKS FOR SCHOOL

We are currently part of a great collection scheme that could provide us with hundreds of new books for the school library, and by collecting the special tokens printed in The Times and The Sunday Times, you can help claim dozens of free books.  Autumn term tokens will be available from 13^th September to 6^th December with four tokens in The Sunday Times News Review, three tokens in The Times on Saturday and one taken each day in Times from Monday to Friday.

Please collect as many tokens as you can and give them to your child to bring to school, marked for the attention of Miss Williams.

Many thanks, in advance, for your support.

Miss Willams (Year 4)

'CHILDREN IN NEED'

On Friday, 20^th November there will be a mufti day in aid of 'Children in Need'.