Dear Parents/Carers,
Harvest Festival - Thursday 2nd October
Our Harvest Festival is taking place on Thursday 2nd October in the Village church at 9.15 am and parents are welcome to join us.
We are once again supporting the Parish Church in collecting items for their Harvest Festival. Donated items will be shared between the All Together Community in the village and The Chiltern Foodbank. The children can take donations of tinned or long life foods to church
Specific food requested: Tinned fruit • Tinned meat • Tinned vegetables • Tinned custard • Tinned bolognese • Personal toiletries • Rice (500g) • Sardines • UHT milk • Long life juice • Instant coffee •
Weekly Attendance
Each week will let you know the weekly attendance for the whole school. We are aiming for an average of 96% this year. This week, attendance was 95.4%
Packed Lunches
please ensure that the food supplied follows our usual restrictions of no sweets, chocolates, nuts (including Nutella), sesame, (including houmous), seeded bread or fizzy drinks.
Communication with School
Please note the school office is open between 8:30am and 3.30pm Monday to Friday. Please leave an answerphone message or send in an email if you wish to contact us outside of those hours and we will aim to get back to you within two working days.
Please can we ask that you include your child's class when communicating with us.
Infant School Open Mornings
We are holding tours of the school and nursery on Wednesday 15th October and Wednesday 3rd December. If you know of anyone interested in a place at our school or nursery please ask them to contact the school office to arrange a time.
Junior School Open Days
The Junior School are holding tours of the school on Wednesday 22nd October and Wednesday 12th November. If you or anyone you know is interested please ask them to contact the Junior School office to arrange a time.
Parentpay Scam
Parentpay have alerted us to a fraudulent app in the Apple App Store that mimics ParentPay branding. Please be aware that ParentPay does not have an app available for download from any app stores . To use ParentPay, parents should visit https://www.parentpay.com/ from a mobile phone or computer. After logging in, parents can save a shortcut onto their phone’s home screen
Community & Cultural Events
Please see here for details of events coming up in the community.
PTA Update
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Please join us at the AGM - there's a free drink in it for you!! Thursday 25 September in the school hall.
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Preloved uniform donations - please pass to PTA member or Infant office if you have good quality items to donate, especially any logo'd items!
PTA Key Dates
Monday 22nd September
- Captiv8/PFO Football after school club 15.30 - 16.30 open to all year groups.
Tuesday 23rd September
Wednesday 24th September
- Mini Tennis lunchtime club 12.20 - 12.50pm - open to Years 1 and 2
Thursday 25th September
Friday 26th September
Thursday 2nd October: Harvest Festival in Village Church - parents welcome to attend
Monday 6th October: Individual school photographs
Wednesday 8th October: Year 2 PE festival - more detail to follow
Wednesday 15th October: Infant School and Nursery open morning
Friday 24th October: last day of half term, school closes at 3.15 pm
Monday 3rd November: School closed - INSET day
Tuesday 4th November: School opens at 08.45
Monday 10th November: Infant School Parents Evening 15.30 - 18.00
Thursday 20th November: Infant School Parents Evening 17.00 - 20.00
Monday 8th December: KS1 Christmas Play (siblings invited to watch) 09.00-10.00
Monday 8th December: Reception Christmas Play 14.15-15.15
Tuesday 9th December: KS1 Christmas Play (no siblings) 09.00-10.00
Wednesday 10th December: KS1 Christmas Play (no siblings) 09.00-10.00
Thursday 11th December: Reception Christmas Play 09.15-10.15
Friday 12th December: Nursery Christmas Play 11.00-12.00