Knights Templar Church School
Newsletter No. 2
18th September 2015
email:office@knightstemplar.somerset.sch.uk
www.knightstemplarfirst.co.uk
SEPTEMBER
Monday 21st ~ Cherry individual parent meetings from 11am
Wednesday 23rd ~ Maple class information parents meeting at 3pm NEW
Thursday 24th ~ PTFA AGM at 4pm in Silver Birch
Friday 25th ~ Non-school uniform (wear something gold/yellow) and after school cake sale
in aid of ‘Cancer Awareness for Children’ (contributions welcomed) NEW
~ Cinema club at 7pm
Monday 28th ~ Silver Birch individual parent meetings from 11am
Wednesday 30th ~ vision screening for Year 1 children
~ Sycamore and Willow information class meeting from 1.30 to 3pm
OCTOBER
Thursday 1st ~ Parent Forum to discuss the reviewed Behaviour Code at 3pm
Friday 2nd ~ Family Reading at 9pm
Friday 9th ~ visit from NSPCC about keeping safe
~ Cinema club at 7pm
Monday 12th ~ Harvest Festival at 10.30 am at St Decumans (all welcome) NEW
~ Ash class individual parent meetings from 1pm
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Tuesday 13 ~ Ash, Silver Birch and Y2 Maple to ‘@Bristol’ NEW
Thursday 15th ~ Individual photos by Tempest
Tuesday 20th ~ Diversity day with Gloria Lawrence NEW
~ Parents meetings (all classes) from 4 to 6pm
Wednesday 21st ~ Parents meetings (all classes) from 4 to 6pm
Thursday 22nd ~ Inset training day (no school for children)
Friday 23rd ~ Inset training day (no school for children)
NOVEMBER
Thursday 5th ~ Oak Class trip to Taunton Museum NEW
Friday 6th ~ Family Reading at 9am
~ Maple Class visit to Taunton Museum NEW
~ Cherry Class Celebration Assembly at 2.45pm
Tuesday 10th ~ Year 2 Fire Safety talk
Wednesday 11th ~ Year 4 to Remembrance Service
Friday 13th ~ Cherry Class visit to Taunton Museum NEW
~ Children in Need day – dress up in Pudsey Bear theme of the year NEW
~ Maple Class Celebration Assembly at 2.45pm
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Friday 20 ~ Oak Class Celebration Assembly at 2.45pm
Wednesday 25th ~ Sycamore and Willow parent meeting to explain Christmas events (3pm)
Friday 27th ~ Ash Class Celebration Assembly
~ Christmas disco from 5.30 to 7pm NEW
DECEMBER
Friday 4th ~ Secret Room
~ Silver Birch Celebration Assembly
Wednesday 9th ~ Christmas Play for Sycamore, Willow and Ash (9.30 and 2pm)
Tuesday 15th ~ Christmas Play for Silver Birch, Maple, Cherry and Oak (2pm and 6pm)
Three Stars and a Wish
It has been great to see many parents coming to the class meetings. Letters with the
information shared will be coming out over the next week.
Last year, we had many people helping out at the various PTFA events. We are very
grateful for all their help and ideas. We hope to see lots of you at the AGM next week
with maybe some new ideas for this new year.
We’re having great feedback from parents in the Home School diaries about their
home readers and wow moments – it’s great to see that so many are making a great
start in their reading this year.
Please can you make sure your child does not ride their bike or scooter until
they get to the little gate in the afternoons and that in the mornings, your child
gets off when they arrive at the little gate. This is for everyone’s safety as the
pathway is very busy and a collision with a bike or scooter is painful for both
young and old. (Please don’t wait until I ‘catch’ them – let’s all try and prevent accidents!)
Clubs
There are various clubs on offer this term and we are still in the process of organising more.
Lunchtimes:
Young Museum club (once a month) and Bookworms for Y2, Y3 and Y4 on Wednesdays.
Thursdays:
Indoor football for Y3 and Y4 will start on Thursday 1st October. This is open to any number
of children. Please can your child have daps and if possible, shin pads. The club finishes
at 4.30pm and parents are asked to wait for their children in the front entrance.
Fridays:
Multisports (being organised by 1610). An opportunity to try a range of different sports
each week including netball, basketball, cricket, dodgeball, hockey, football, etc.
£3.00 per week payable as a course for each half term. This is for Y2 to Y4s from 3.30 to
4.30pm. Information on how to pay, etc will be given at the first session on Friday 25th
September. (Gymnastics should be returning in January.)
Parrot Club:
Parrot Club is now open until 5.30 every evening and 6pm on a Wednesday. The
programme of activities this term is:
Mondays - cooking
Tuesdays - games
Wednesdays – outside play & cooked tea
Thursdays – sewing, knitting, crafts
Fridays – chill-out or homework time including computers
The club is also open every morning from 7.45 with a range of starting time options. To find
out more about the different rates, ask for a leaflet from the office.
Triple P Positive Parenting Programme
Has your family life become a bit chaotic? Are your children ruling the
roost? Do you want to turn things round? Maybe we can help you find
the solutions. This course is run over 8 sessions and each session lasts
for 2 hours with refreshments. It is starting on Monday 28th September at
10am and is being run at Williton Children’s Centre. Contact Sue Burt if
you are interested and would like to know more: 07807015236 or 01984 635980.
Spark!
You may have noticed that we are starting the term with lots of sparky activities to inspire
and enthuse children. So far, we have had a Viking visitor, a ‘missing’ Humpty Dumpty
mystery and planned visits to @Bristol, North Hill and Taunton Museum. The spark these
activities have given to the children’s thinking has been great. As well as enthusing the
children, we will use the different experiences to promote descriptive and technical
vocabulary as well as learning about history, science and geography.
Discounted vegboxes
Knights Templar and Little Vikings have partnered with local, organic vegetable farm,
Plowright Organic to offer reduced cost vegboxes each week.
The scheme is open to anyone in the community.
How to order:
Please order vegboxes by 11pm on Tuesdays via Plowright’s
website: www.plowrightorganic.co.uk, using the offer codes:
SchoolS
for a small box
SchoolM
for a medium box
SchoolL
for a large box
SchoolXL
for an extra large box
SchoolSFR for a small box, with fewer root veg
SchoolMFR for a medium box, with fewer root veg
SchoolLFR for a large box, with fewer root veg
Using the codes will get you a £1 discount on standard vegbox prices if you are having
your box delivered to the school. Please write KNIGHTS TEMPLAR COLLECTION POINT in the
delivery notes. The boxes will be delivered before school on Friday, and left outside Little
Vikings Nursery for you to collect. You can call the farm on 01278 734580 if you have any
queries. Plowright Organic does accept Healthy Start vouchers. Please return the boxes
for reuse each week.
Tinderbox Production
AsOne Theatre Productions has an exciting invitation for a group of our children
(7 to 9 years old) to be directly involved in a magical new play by award winning AsOne
Theatre Company this autumn 2015. They are performing a much anticipated production
of 'Tinderbox' - a captivating twist on a much loved Hans Christian Andersen’s story, with
puppetry, shadow play, animated image and wonderful story-telling on Wednesday 28
October 1.30 pm (for 3 pm curtain-up) at The Regent Theatre, Minehead. They would be
delighted if a group from our school could help open the performance for them. This
wonderful, confidence building opportunity for our children to actively perform with a
professional company is a great opportunity.
Our group will learn a short song ahead of the show and the company will then rehearse
them during the day of the performance. They will choreograph the children’s entrance
through the auditorium, into the performing space, on the day at the theatre. They will also
provide each of our group with a cardboard lantern template to make (with a battery
candle) to carry during the opening sequence – affecting atmosphere and great fun all at
the same time! The children then of course can become part of the audience, alongside
paying friends and family, to enjoy the rest of the show.
Let us know asap if you would like your child to take part. It’s a wonderful opportunity for
children to work alongside professionals in a magical piece of quality family theatre.
PUPILS OF THE WEEK
Sycamore Willow Ash - Matthew Wendt
Jayden Langdon
Silver Birch -Jayda Swaby-Halls Jamie Dodd
Maple -Olivia Davis Finley Kidner
Cherry - Jacob Walsh Hollie Hooper
Oak -Alastair Prescott Jacob Ruddy
Kindness Cup ~ Alfie Filer
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Reply slip:
Name of child …………………………………………………….
Class ……………………………..
My child would like to attend the football and/or multisports club (please
delete as appropriate). I understand that the clubs finish at 4.30pm and that I
should pick up my child from the front entrance.
My child would/would not like to take part in the production of Tinderbox on
Wednesday 28th October at the Regal Theatre, Minehead. I understand that I
would be responsible for transporting my child to and from the performance.
Signed ………………………………………………………. (parent/carer)