East Huntspill Primary School
New Road, East Huntspill, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 3PT
Telephone:
01278 782453
Autumn Term – Number 6
Week beginning Monday 5th October 2015
HARVEST SERVICE
Our harvest service this year will be on Wednesday 7th October,
2.15pm at All Saints Church in East Huntspill. Parents are welcome
to come along to hear the children sing beautifully & make us all think
about the importance of the food we eat.
At harvest time we try to get the children to
think about how lucky we all are to have
enough to eat & to remember that there are
others who are not so lucky & therefore will go hungry. This term we
would like to support the Highbridge Area Foodbank by collecting
donations for them. The Highbridge Area Foodbank is part of ‘The
Trussel Trust’ & works in partnership with local churches &
organisations to bring foodbanks to communities across the UK.
The Highbridge Area foodbank rely on food donations to feed local
people in crisis. From pasta to puddings, please give in-date nonperishable food.
So if you would like to help us support this wonderful organisation
then please send in your donations (see the shopping list) tomorrow.
Many thanks in anticipation of your support with this.
For more information about the Highbridge Area
Foodbank please check the website –
http://highbridgearea.foodbank.org.uk
PARKING
I would like to remind parents of the importance of not parking on
the yellow zigzags outside school. I would like to thank parents in
anticipation of their support in keeping all our children safe.
CHILDREN’S FLU VACCINE
In the autumn/winter of 2015/16 the annual nasal spray flu vaccine will be
available for children aged two, three & four years old plus children in
school Y1 & Y2 as part of the NHS childhood vaccination programme.
If your child is in Y1 or Y2 you will have received a letter directly from the
NHS about this & if you would like your child to be vaccinated then you
must return the permission slip to school.
Over time, as the programme rolls out, potentially all children between the ages of two &
sixteen will be offered vaccination against flu each year with the nasal spray.
The flu vaccine for children is given as a single dose of nasal spray squirted up each
nostril. Not only is it needle-free (a big advantage for children), the nasal spray works even
better than the injected flu vaccine. It’s quick & painless & will mean your child is less likely
to become ill if they come into contact with the flu virus.
DATES FOR THE DIARY
12/10/2015:
14/10/2015:
16/10/2015:
20 & 21 /10/2015:
21/10/2015:
23/10/2015:
26-30/10/2015:
02/11/2015:
04/11/2015:
09 & 10/11/2015:
18/11/2015:
27/11/2015:
30/11/2015:
02/12/2015:
16/12/2015:
18/12/2015:
Small schools football tournament @ Robert Blake School, Bridgwater
Assembly: Rev Tonya
PTA committee meeting (2.15-3.15pm)
Outdoor & adventurous challenge day @ West Huntspill School
Parents’ Evenings
School photographs
Festival of rugby @ North Petherton RFC
PTA Hallowe’en Disco
Half-Term
Fire Brigade talk – ‘Keeping Safe’
Assembly: Rev Tonya
School closed – INSET days
Assembly: Rev Tonya
PTA cake sale
‘Wear Something Wintery’ Day – in support of the PTA
PTA Bingo
Assembly: Rev Tonya
Assembly: Rev Tonya
Last day of term
2015 – 2016 TERM DATES:
Autumn Term 1:
2nd September – 23rd October 2015
Autumn Term 2:
2nd November - 18th December 2015
Spring Term 1:
4th January – 12th February 2016
Spring Term 2:
22nd February – 24th March 2016
Summer Term 1:
11th April – 27th May 2016
Summer Term 2:
8th June – 20th July 2016
2015 – 2016 INSET DAYS:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Tuesday 1st September 2015
Monday 9th November 2015
Tuesday 10th November 2015
Monday 6th June 2016
Tuesday 7th June 2016