Whitley Abbey Primary School

1. Newsletter No 4 13th November 2009 Dear Parents/ Carers IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:- November Wednesday 18th at 5pm – 7pm Fun for Fathers Sunday 15th November at 5.30pmSt James Church Shoe Box Service Sunday 21st November 11am – 2pm St James Church Xmas Bazaar Sunday 29th November- Thursday 3rd Dec Year 6 - Dol Y ‘Moch December Tuesday 8th Final Acorns before Christmas Wednesday 9th at 2pm and 6pm Carol Concert Thursday 10th Final Supertots before Christmas Wednesday 16th at 10am Church Service Friday 18th PM Pantomime and Eats! Break up for Christmas Friday 18th – usual time 3.30pm CHILDREN RETURN TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY 4th JANUARY 2010. January Tuesday 5th Acorns Restarts Tuesday 5th at 3.30pm Uniform Shop Friday 8th pm Year 6 Cycling Proficiency Starts Fun for Fathers (and granddads and other male carers) Back due to popular demand, Wednesday 18th November 5 – 7pm Bring your children to meet the GRUFFALO! Make a Gruffalo puppet, an owl, a snake, a mouse and a fox. Hear the Gruffalo story at 6pm For more details please contact Mrs Holland at the School Cycling Year 6 cycling is due to start after Christmas, could all Year 6 parents please return the forms to the office as soon as possible. DVDs Needed The dinner staff are asking for donations of U rated DVDs for use during wet playtimes. We particularly need things suitable for Key Stage 2. We would be grateful for any donations. Thank You SuperTots Looking for something to do on a Thursday afternoon? Why not come to Supertots? Babies, toddlers and pre-school children welcome. 50p per child. Fruity snacks provided. For more details see Mrs Holland Whitley Abbey Primary School

2. Primary Admissions and Year 6 Transfer Forms Thank you to all the parents of Y6 children, all Secondary Transfer Forms were handed in on time The closing date for Primary places is 15th January 2010. Please make sure you get your application in, to ensure your first choice of school, citywide there is a shortage of places and unless you apply by the deadline, you may not get the school you would like. You can apply online at www.coventry.gov.uk/admisssions. Y6 Dol-Y-Moch Year 6 go to Dol Y Moch at the end of the month. We all hope they have a great time and come back ready to enjoy the last 2 weeks of term. We hope that parents found the meeting useful but if there are any individual concerns please contact Mr Woods, Miss Rowe or myself here at school. Christmas Concerts We will shortly be sending letters home regarding the Christmas concert that takes place on Wednesday 9th December. We will be issuing each family with two tickets for each performance. Unfortunately, due to Fire Regulations we are not able to allocate more tickets than this. Thank you for your co-operation in this matter. Christmas Shoppers Do you need to do some late night shopping but don't want to take the children? Abby Oaks are available to help……We are allocating extra spaces to make this possible for you. Charges will apply. Please call Louise on 07957339753 (Play Leader) St James Church St James will be holding their Annual Shoe Box Service on Sunday 15th November at 5.30pm. Please join them for mulled wine and mince pies. Although we are not participating in this at school Church will be open every day from 12 – 2pm for you to take your shoes boxes if you wish. The Church Christmas Bazaar will take place on Sunday 21st November from 11am until 2pm Ice Skating We have some family Ice Skating passes for the Sky Dome. Valid until 21st December 09 for 2 adults & 2 children or 1 adult & 3 children, including skate hire. For sale for £5 each ( Worth over £30) We will sell them on a first come, first served basis. Please see Mrs Holland for more details. Whitley Abbey Primary School Happy Birthdayto all our children who celebrate their birthday during December Year 2 – Rilegh-Morgan, Benjamin, Spencer Year 3/4B – Natalia, Lorcan Year 3/4R – Ella, Louis, Sophia Year 5/6E – Dannielle, Lauryn, Shannon Year 5/6W – Josh, Chloe F Yours sincerely Mrs N A Starritt Head Teacher