5 Sep 2008 - Newsletter 1
Hello Everyone,
Welcome back to the new school year 2008 - 09. Where does the time go?
I hope you had a good Summer despite the weather. Sorry to even mention the ‘W’ word….. but where’s the Indian Summer we were promised? I was hoping we could continue to use the field during September but there’s little chance of that! Ah well….
Early Years Building – this is on track and starting to look good. So sorry for any inconvenience caused to you when dropping off or collecting children. Please bear with us. It will be completely ready for our littlies to start on the 25th (hopefully).
Safeguarding Children – As the Child Protection Officer, one of my key roles is to risk assess the safety of all of our pupils. I’d like to make it clear that there are no times when workmen are in contact with our pupils without supervision. If they need to walk through school, they are accompanied and staff are vigilant supervising them in the playgrounds. If you have any concerns about child protection, please speak to me, Mrs Jones – my deputy, or Tracy Kerley – Pastoral Support, in complete confidence.
Bicycles and scooters – We currently have 2 bike racks in the playgrounds. The one at the School Lane front entrance is just for staff use. The one on the back of our school (Kinson Road side) may also be used by pupils who ride to school providing that:
- they are already aged 10 or older,
- they have a Cycling Proficiency certificate and
- they wear cycle helmets and high visibility jackets/tabards.
No other bikes or scooters may be left on school premises whatsoever.
The majority of children have come back ready to learn and eager to do their best. A credit to you!
Can I please remind you that pupils need to have sensible and appropriate hairstyles, clothing and shoes for school? They can keep their fashion gear and funky hair-dos for weekend and holidays…we are here to concentrate on learning together, developing skills and becoming good citizens.
With kind regards,
Liz Thomasson
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SCHOOL NURSE DROP-IN – The new date for the next School Nurse drop in, Alison Mathiot, is Tuesday 9th September. You can come in and see her from 9.00 – 9.30 am. Thanks. |
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Year 6 parents – Your child will hopefully be bringing home today an envelope with their Secondary Transfer information. Please have a read through at your earliest convenience. Thanks. |
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INSET DAY – Just to let you know that the possible INSET day for the 5th January 2009 is now definitely an INSET day, so the children will not be in school that day. Many thanks. |
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PFA News CARBOOT – Our final Carboot of the year is on Saturday13th September (weather permitting), so please come along and bag yourself a bargain! EASYFUNDRAISING - There’s now a new and easy way for you to help us raise funds for Kinson Primary School PFA - simply by shopping online! Easyfundraising is a shopping directory that features some of your favourite online stores, including Amazon, NEXT, Debenhams, John Lewis, Toys’R’Us, HMV and over 500 others. All you have to do is use the links on the Easyfundraising site whenever you shop online and, at no extra cost to you, we'll receive a free donation of up to 15% from every purchase you make. It really is that simple! It’s completely FREE to register and use and you still shop with each retailer in exactly the same way. Many retailers even offer additional discounts and money saving e-Vouchers when you shop using Easyfundraising. If you shop online anyway then why not raise valuable extra funds for us by using this fantastic scheme. All you need to do is visit http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/kinsonsch and when you register, select Kinson Primary School PFA as the organisation you wish to support. EASYSEARCH - ONCE YOU REGISTER WITH EASYFUNDRAISING.ORG.UK YOU CAN HELP US RAISE EXTRA FUNDS FOR FREE WHILST SEARCHING THE WEB JUST BY USING THEIR SISTER SITE EASYSEARCH.ORG.UK Use Easysearch every time you search online and they’ll give 50% of the fees paid by their advertising sponsors to our chosen cause; Kinson Primary School PFA. Easysearch is powered by Yahoo!, the world's 2nd largest search engine. It works just like any other search engine, bringing fast, accurate results every time, but Easysearch gives us something back! When you search the web with Easysearch you'll generate around a penny for Kinson Primary School PFA with every search you make. It doesn't sound like much, but the pennies soon mount up and you can raise £25.00 a year - or more - just by switching your normal searching to Easysearch! http://kinsonsch.easysearch.org.uk/
FORTHCOMING EVENTS PFA Meeting 11th September (All welcome from 7.00 in Staff Room) Car boot 13th September (Sellers from 10.30/Buyers from 12.00) PFA AGM 15th October (Open Meeting, new committee members welcome – details soon) XMAS Fayre 6th December (Any offers of help gratefully received)
CONTACT: If you would like to speak to me with respect anything the PFA does or about helping with any events please call me Kerry on 07968 043468, I would love to hear from you. |
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