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24 November 2017

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Children in Need Friday 17 November Thank you for all your fundraising efforts. We raised the fantastic total of £473. It was impossible to pick a winning Pudsey teddy, so everyone who had taken part enjoyed a celebration chocolate. Parking Thank you to all those parents who have been making the effort to park considerately in Kennedy Gardens, what a difference! We have, sadly, been alerted to more inconsiderate parking, this time at our Bayham Road entrance. Please stop parking on the double yellow lines or zig-zag lines. Again, I must stress this is the minority of parents and thank all of you who are parking considerately and spending the extra time walking to deliver and collect your children. Please can parents also take care when children are exiting their cars as there have been recent near misses when children have stepped out in the road in front of oncoming cars.

own clothes and bringing their good quality tombola prize for the school fair on Saturday. Christmas Fair –Sat 2nd Dec - 12.00noon-3.00pm Please come along and enjoy all the usual fun of the Christmas Fair! The PTA has worked to ensure there is plenty to amuse as well as presents to buy. The grotto meetings and planning have been extensive - I am sure we can expect another St John’s spectacular! Raffle tickets will be on sale on the door from Mrs Quirk and Mr Oatley, so come ready to buy at £1 a ticket or £5 for a strip. KS1 Nativity Tickets and Arrangements There will be two performances of our Nativity on Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th December at 2pm. We are so lucky again, to be able to use The Ship Theatre at Walthamstow Hall. In order to comply with safety arrangements, and guarantee a seat for everyone, we will be selling tickets at £2 each. Our outstanding costume department uses some of these funds when creating the spectacular nativity outfits. Initially we must restrict families to a maximum of 4 tickets which will be on sale from the school office from Wednesday 29th November.

High Viz Tabards It was reassuring to see Year 1 leave for their outing to the Stag Theatre yesterday dressed in their high viz. The mornings and evenings are so much darker now it would be advisable for all pupils to be wearing their school high viz. New tabards are available from Horncastles.

Your ticket price includes tea and Christmas refreshments which we will serve in The Hub across the way from the theatre after the show. Please then return to school to collect your child from the playground in the usual way at 3.15pm.

Swimming Hats Swimming hats are required for swimming lessons but are no longer available through the school office. Again these are stocked at Horncastles as well as Bat and Ball Sports.

Sarah-Jayne Wagstaff and her band have very kindly offered to play and organise a special evening to raise money for our school PTA.

Book Fair 22 Nov – 28 Nov 3:15pm-3:45pm The book fair will beheld in the school hall from 3:15pm3:45pm. nd

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Wagstaff Disco- Fri 15th Dec

Timings, cost and arrangements are available from the PTA. This should prove a very special family event to celebrate just before the Christmas holidays start.

Book Club This term Mrs Williams’ group are reading The House that The book fair is packed with over 200 titles of the best Sailed Away and Mrs Quirk’s group The Explorer. Copies children’s books for all ages – from award-winners and the of the books are in school for children to borrow. The newest titles to pocket-money pick-ups and treasured meeting to discuss the books will be on Thursday 14th classics. The range includes picture books, early readers, December 5.15-6.15pm. Happy Reading! chapter books, books for reluctant readers, older fiction, non-fiction, home learning and lots more; with prices Film Night Friday 12th January 3.15-6.00pm starting from only £2.99, there’s sure to be a book for Year 6 have money to raise for their exciting trip to Seville everyone. This is a great opportunity for you to browse next June. Each child is tasked with raising £60 which they books with your child – and for you to find stories to read, manage best through collective projects. love and share together. There will be 3 films shown on film night with children Every book you buy helps to earn FREE BOOKS for our grouped according to age. The Year 6 will be well classrooms and library. (As an example, for every £10 that supported by the staff and will be sending out full details you spend, our school can earn up to £6 back in Rewards of the evening soon. This is advance warning for parents to to spend to refresh the range of books in the classrooms.) book themselves a full day out! Own Clothes Day – Thursday 30th November Don’t forget to send your child in to school wearing their

When Wed 22/11/17 – Tues 28/11/17 3:15 – 3:45 pm| Fri 24th Nov evening

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY What Who Book Fair Whole school

Where School hall

Mrs Casewell Mr Quirk

London

Thurs 30th Nov

Primary Science Quality Mark GOLD Award Ceremony Own Clothes Day

All pupils

Fri 1st Dec 2:45pm

Baby Assembly

Wed 6th Dec Sat 2nd Dec 12.00noon-3.00pm Thurs 7th Dec 2.45pm Wed 13th Dec 2.00pm

Christmas Lunch Christmas Fair

All pupils and invited guests All pupils School Community

Bring a tombola prize for Christmas Fair School Hall

Thank You Tea

Volunteers

School hall

Nativity

Ship Theatre Wally Hall

Wed 13th Dec 5.30 for 6.00pm

KS2 Carol Service

Reception and KS1 families (tickets available Wednesday 29th) School Community

Thurs 14th Dec 2.00pm

Nativity

Ship Theatre Wally Hall

Fri 15th Dec

Parents and Children Wagstaff Band Night Disco (information from PTA) Pantomime Trip

Reception and KS1 families (tickets available Wednesday 29th) School community

Reception and KS1

Stag Theatre

KS2 Pupils

School hall

Tues 19th Dec 10.00am Tues 19th Dec morning 1:30pm

Inter-House Christmas Fun and Games End of School

First day of term: Thursday 4th January 2018

All pupils

School hall School

St John’s Church

St John’s Church hall