No 3 – Friday 19th September 2014
Dear Parents and Carers
COMPUTER MOUSES WANTED!
STAFF NEWS
Congratulations to Mrs Keay, who is expecting a
baby in the New Year! I am pleased to be able to
tell you that Mrs Kennedy, who teaches in the
Foundation Stage unit on Thursdays and Fridays,
will be able to cover most of Mrs Keay’s
maternity leave. We will shortly be advertising
for a part-time teacher to cover the remaining
days in the unit. Given Mrs Keay’s condition, could
you please inform the school office if your child
has any exposure to rubella, chicken pox or
hepatitis.
PARENTS’ FORUM POSTPONED!!!
The first Parents’ Forum of the year will now take
place on Monday 29th September at 2.45 pm in
the hall. All parents are welcome to come along
and have a cuppa and a chance to air their views
with me and the other parents on anything in
school – good or bad. We would particularly
welcome feedback from our new parents on what
they think of the school and on anything that
they think could be done better. We hold these
meetings once a term and they finish by 3.15 pm.
TRAVELLING BOOK FAYRE HERE NEXT WEEK
Do you have any unwanted computer mouses?
The school would be grateful for any donations,
as some of the younger children are struggling to
use the built-in mouses on our new laptops.
BIKEABILITY
Well done to the 12 children in Years 5 and 6 who
successfully completed their Bikeability course
earlier this week! We hope to offer more
Bikeability training next September.
FREE PUPPET SHOW
Saturday 4th October
3:30pm at The Laverton
The event is free but there is a £1.00 deposit
per ticket which will be refunded at the show.
Tickets are available from the school office.
The Travelling Book Fair will be in school from
next Wednesday 24th September until Tuesday
30th September. It will be open in the main
corridor or the hall after school every day
between 3.15 pm and 3.45 pm. The school will
get commission (to be taken as books) for any
books you buy.
STAFF TRAINING DAYS THIS YEAR
The school will be closed to pupils on:
Mon 3rd November 2014 - first day of Term 2
Mon 5th January 2015 – first day of Term 3
Weds 22nd July 2015 - the last day of Term 6
CLASS ASSEMBLIES TIMETABLE
This year class assemblies will take place on
Wednesday afternoons from 2.45pm to 3.15pm
in the hall. Each class will hold 2 assemblies per
year and parents and carers of children in the
class are invited to come and watch.
The
timetable for the first round of assemblies is as
follows:
Weds 1st October
Mrs Robertson/Mrs Brisland
Weds 8th October
Mr Wood
Weds 15th October Mr Slater
Weds 22nd October Mrs Sinnott/Mrs Clinch
Weds 12th November Mrs Roff/Mrs Woodward
Weds 19th November Miss Barnett
Weds 26th November Mrs Lowe
Weds 3rd December Miss Cooper
Our youngest children’s class assemblies will take
place later in the year.
SCHOOL PLACES FOR SEPTEMBER 2015
It’s time for parents of Year 6 pupils to apply for
a secondary school place for their child for next
September. Applications for school places for
September 2015 must be received at County Hall
by noon on Friday 31st October 2014.
Children
born
between
1/09/2010
and
31/08/2011 are due to start primary school next
September, so parents need to apply to County
Hall for a school place for them by noon on
Thursday 15th January 2015.
Application forms are available from the school
office,
or
you
can
apply
online
at
www.wiltshire.gov.uk.
GYMNASTICS CLUB
There are still a couple of spaces for children
who would like to attend Mrs Creese’s Gymastics
Club for 6 sessions in Term 2. The cost is £12
for 6 sessions, so please send the money in with
the slip. Gymnastics Club will run all year and
children will be able to apply for a place on a term
by term basis.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES
September
Weds 24th
Mon 29th
October
Weds 1st
Thurs 2nd
Mon 6th
Tues 7th
Weds 8th
Weds 22nd
November
Mon 3rd
Tues 4th
David Ross
Headteacher
Travelling Book Fair in school every
day until Tuesday 30th September.
PARENTS’ FORUM – postponed
from Monday 22nd. All welcome!
FOBBS informal get together for
parents – coffee and biscuits
served. 3.30 pm – all welcome!
David Wiltshire Photographers to
take individual pupil photos and
photos with school age brothers
and sisters.
Sycamore Unit to ‘Ten Pieces’
event – details to follow.
FOBBS Annual General Meeting –
all welcome!
Wiltshire Times to take group
photograph of the new children.
End of Term 1 at 3.15 pm.
Staff Training Day – school closed
to pupils.
Term 2 begins.