Castle View Primary School Newsletter November 2015 Curriculum Afternoons Thursday 18th November Crazy Golf - PE Reward Since the beginning of this school year we have raised the following amounts for charity: Coffee morning - £135.77 for Macmillan Harvest Assembly - £78.20 for Halton Haven Own Clothes day and cake sales £211.53 for Children in Need Thank you all very much for attending these events and for your donations and a big thank you to everyone who baked. Thank you for your continued support. Monday 23rd November Cholmondeley Curriculum Afternoon Wednesday 25th November Peckforton Curriculum Afternoon Friday 27th November Own Clothes Day Thursday 10th December Christmas Bingo Monday 30th November Wednesday 2nd Decamber Book Fair We would like to invite all parents/carers of children in Cholmondeley and Peckforton classes to come to a curriculum afternoon on the following dates next week. Cholmondeley class – 2.00pm on Monday 23rd November. Peckforton class – 2.00pm on Wednesday 25th November. It would be great for you to come and see the children in their classroom environment and see some ways in which you can support your child at home. – Wednesday 16th December Infant & Nursery Disco Christmas Performances Thursday 17th December Christmas Dinner Junior Disco Friday 18th December School closes for the Christmas Holidays. HEADLICE There have been several cases of head lice in school recently. Can we please ask all parents/carers to check their child’s hair at least once a week. Thank you. To help us get ready for our Christmas Bingo we will be having an own clothes day on Friday 27th November 2015. For this we are requesting that children bring in either chocolate or festive items to help us make up the bingo prizes. Thank you. All orders and payment for school photographs should be in school by Friday 20th November 2015. Orders can still be placed after that date but may include a surcharge. Orders can also be placed on line with the photographer. Please visit the blog on our school website to see some of the fantastic work that has been going on at Castle View. Also available on our website are copies of newsletters and parent information. See school website address below: www.castleviewprimaryschool.co.uk On Monday 30th November, Tuesday 1st December and Wednesday 2nd December we will be having a Book Fair after school from 3.00pm until 4.00pm. There will be lots of lovely books for you to buy. A book makes a great Christmas stocking filler. Recently members of staff have received the following training: All Staff Ms Melarangi Mr Goodall Ms Melarangi & Miss Greaves Mr Foster All Staff Mr Worthington & Ms Melarangi Miss Hughes Mrs Jenkins Mrs Atanasova & Mr Goodall English & Maths courses PEP Process Operation Encompass FMS/Finance Training Compromised Care Safeguarding Training Sports Association Asthma & Allergy Training Raise on Line SENCO Health & Safety & Fire Risk Workforce Census Please see overleaf for details of online course for parents to help you keep your children safe online., Many parents have asked for support in this area.