SULIVAN PRIMARY SCHOOL
Newsletter 12
Friday 11th December
What a wonderful time of year ….
I am always proud of the children at Sulivan but at this time of year they really do shine!
The children in Foundation Stage have delighted us this week with their performance in the Snowmen at Sunset.
We watched over eighty children sing beautifully, dance and join in together to tell a special story. The Foundation
Stage team have worked incredibly hard to create a special experience for the children and to present to you. I
always like to watch the parents’ faces and they were all full of admiration and pride!
RE Day – Christmas
We held a special RE (religious education) day on Thursday where the children learnt all about the traditions of
Christmas around the world. In the classes children were learning about Advent and Year 6 designed and made some
traditional Christmas wreaths.
Eden Christmas Lunch
The children and staff also enjoyed a delicious Christmas lunch – roast turkey, stuffing and all the trimmings,
followed by a tasty Christmas cake and ice cream. I would like to say a special thank you to all our wonderful team
who work so hard to prepare the children tasty, nutritional lunches throughout the year, but went the extra mile on
Thursday. Next week is a special fun menu for the last week of term with items including Santa’s favourite meat
feast pizza, snowy white macaroni cheese, Rudolf’s roast chicken and winter wonderland chocolate cake!
Christingle Service
We were delighted to be invited to the Christingle Service at St Matthew’s church. It was another special event for
our families and the church was packed! William led the service with some helpful additions of a camel and a
surprise appearance of a life size Christingle orange! Our Christingle choir performed two carols and received
rapturous applause from the audience. Well done to the choir who sang so beautifully.
Attendance News
The whole school attendance last week was 96.1%. Excellent news for Sulivan, particularly at this time of the year.
Well done to the classes who are staying above our school target of 96%. We are looking forward to seeing lots of
children attending the 100% disco next Thursday afternoon!
1W
97.1%
3/4R 95.2%
5M
96.7%
1/2G
3/4G
6M
99.3%
95.5%
92.9%
2GJ
99%
3/4W 92.9%
6W
94.5%
Next week:
TUESDAY 15TH Key Stage 1 and 2 Christmas Concert at 9.15am (babies and toddlers may attend this performance)
WEDNESDAY 16TH Key Stage 1 and 2 Christmas Concert at 9.15am and 6pm.
Please see the back of the newsletter for information about the evening concert.
FRIDAY 18TH TEXT SANTA Christmas Jumper Day
The children have asked if we can take part in Text Santa Christmas Jumper Day. So on the last day of term can
children come to school and pay 50p to wear a Christmas jumper (or a red, green or sparkly one will work too!)
Let’s have a fun last morning and raise money for a very good cause.
School closes for the holiday on Friday 18th December at 1.30pm
The Spring term starts for Reception to Year 6 on Tuesday 5th January 2016
Nursery children start on Thursday 7th January 2016