Horfield CEVC Primary School

 

Newsletter No.15 - Wednesday 19th December 2007

 

 

Carol Service

 

Thank you to everyone who attended Monday night’s carol service at the church. It really was a special occasion and the church was absolutely packed. I really do think that the service once again reflected the superb community spirit which is such of hallmark of the school and it was marvellous to see so many children from Reception right through to Year 6 taking such an active and enthusiastic part. I am also delighted to announce that the retiring collection raised a wonderful £280 for the St Peter’s Hospice Appeal. Thank you for your outstanding generosity.

 

Church Services

The following services will be taking place at the Parish Church during the Christmas period:

 

·         Sunday 23^rd December 6pm Carol Service

 

·         Monday 24^th December 4.30pm Christingle Service

 

·         Monday 24^th December 11.30pm Midnight Mass

 

·         Tuesday 25^th December 10.00am Festival Mass

 

End of Term Service

 

Our end of term service featured a staff interpretation of the Nativity with Mrs Caporn making a guest appearance as Mary. This was particularly apt as Mrs Caporn expects her baby early in the New Year! It was also very pleasing to have Father John involved in the service too as it is a very significant birthday celebration for him today and we all enjoyed singing him Happy Birthday and presenting him with a candle for every year of his age!

 

Reminders for Term 3:

 

·         The new term begins on Monday 7th January 2007

 

·         Please make sure children are in school on time for registration at 8.55am. There has been an increase in the amount of lateness recently and I do hope that the New Year will bring with it lots of resolutions to be on time for school.

 

·         Please also make sure children come dressed according to the school dress code.

 

·         Most after school clubs will continue as normal in the first week of Term 3 (including Henry's of course).

 

·         We do expect there to be music tuition in the first week.

 

·         Enrichment sessions recommence on Wednesday 16^th January

 

·         The final swimming session for classes 5, 6, 13 & 14 takes place on Friday 11^th January

 

·         Classes 3, 4, 11 & 12 will start their swimming sessions on Friday 18^th January.

 

·         We will be collecting used Christmas cards at the beginning of next term. We use a selection of cards for a variety of art and craft activities, and the rest we will arrange to be recycled.

 

·         Our assembly theme for the first week of Term 3 will be Journeys in which we will develop ideas connected to Epiphany. 

 

Buildings News

 

If you have been near the front of the school during the last two days you will have noticed the scaffold tower which has been erected right next to the front door. The tower will be used by workmen to convert our oil-fired boiler to gas during the holiday period, and we hope this will lead to a cheaper and more efficient heating system as a consequence.

 

You may also remember that we circulated a great deal of celebratory news some months ago to inform parents about our major building project which will replace all temporary rooms with permanent structures as well as create a new ICT suite and library. There is a strong suspicion that contractors might be on site at the beginning of February with a rumour that work will start in earnest after the Term 3 break. It may also be the case that the entire project will be completed by the end of the summer 2008….We haven’t had any of this confirmed in writing… but we are being given increasingly optimistic verbal massages…we will keep you updated with news as it becomes available!

 

Tree Shredding / Grounds Tidy-up

 

During the morning of Saturday 12^th January we are planning to hold our annual Christmas tree shredding session and at the same time carry out some important maintenance jobs in the schools grounds. These will include:

 

• Pruning and tidying up borders and hedgerows

   

• Digging and preparing the allotment

   

• Making paths between borders in the allotment

   

• Creating a path in the conservation area

   

• General clearance and litter picking

   

If you are able to help in any way with these activities and would like to work off some of the Christmas excesses in a worthwhile manner with a keen group of volunteers please let us know in the week beforehand to give us some idea of numbers as we plan the event. You certainly don’t have to be an expert and there will be free coffee and biscuits for all helpers!

 

Achievement Board

 

Congratulations to Christopher Ackerman for achieving his Level 7 in the swimming pool recently.

 

Congratulations also to Antonella Gallacher for building an impressive model of the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car and showing us in school.

 

Congratulations as well to William Webster for winning a medal from Manor Farm Boys Club for good attendance and personal organisation.

 

Finally, on a festive note, congratulations to Steven Field for independently creating the following Christmas shape poem:

 

 

Christmas Year.

 

All the Christmas we remember,

 

Baby Jesus was born in December.

 

The big yellow star,

 

The wise men are looking far.

 

Jesus was born in hay,

 

They let Mary and Joseph stay.

 

The snow is falling,

 

Jesus is crawling.

 

He loves us,

 

His name is Jesus.

 

He won’t forget us so,

 

Jesus do not go.

 

Jesus will stay in my heart,

 

Christmas will almost start.

 

Jesus will look down,

 

He is the one that wore that crown.

 

Stuff hanging from the tree,

 

He will look down and see.

 

The presents are on the floor,

 

The kids are going to run through that door.

 

The snow is white,

 

The star is bright.

 

 

By Steven Field

 

(Class 13)

 

Diary Dates – Term 3

Thursday 3rd January	INSET
Friday 4th January	INSET
Monday 7th January	Term 3 begins
Saturday 12th January	10-12 Christmas tree shredding and general grounds tidy up.