Family Letter number 12
10th December 2009
Dear Parents,
Thank you to everyone who supported the Christmas Fayre on Friday, and especially to everyone who helped to organise the event. It was lovely to see so many people at the Fayre.
Google Art CompetitionCongratulations to Evie Burns who has had her work entered in the Regional Finals of the Google Art Competition. This is fantastic, Evie should feel very proud. Remember to vote for her if you have not already done so.
Years 3 and 4 ProductionYears 3 and 4 will not be doing a Christmas Production as in previous years they will be having their own ‘Easter Special’. We will advise you of the date nearer the time.
Christmas LunchIf your child wishes a Christmas Lunch and you have not yet returned the slip please do so now. There will be a vegetarian option on the Menu. Mark your slip Vegetarian Option if this is your choice.
Christmas Holiday ReminderSchool closes Friday 18th December at the normal time and reopens for staff and pupils on Monday 4th January 2010.
December 17th 2009 - Year 5 and 6 Christmas Disco
The children in Years 5 and 6 will be having their Christmas Disco at Main School on Thursday December 17th. All children will be dismissed from Main School on this day.
The Foundation and Key Stage 1 Christmas Parties will be in the afternoon of Monday 14th December.
Years 3 & 4 Disco will be in the afternoon of Tuesday 15th December.
We would like to thank everyone who helped walk the Years 5 and 6 children from the Annexe to St. Mary’s for our annual Advent Carol Service, which was greatly enjoyed by all
P.T.A. News
Children’s Christmas Decoration Competition
Thanks to all the children who made a decoration for our school Christmas Trees. They look fantastic as I’m sure you’ll agree. Our congratulations to following children for their winning designs:
Foundation - Josh Butler
Key Stage 1 - Sophie Thompson
Lower KS 2 - Alicia Burke
Upper KS 2 - Rhianna Cleverley
Christmas Fayre – Cake Donations
Thank you to everyone who donated cakes last week for the cake stall.
Christmas Fayre Success.
Thank you to everyone who supported this event.
It was a bit chaotic at times, but we’re sure you’ll all agree it was a fabulous Christmas Fayre. The children seemed to have a good time.
Thanks to everyone who stepped in to run stalls and help us set up and clear up afterwards. Special mentions for Ashley Horsley and Lee & Sarah Stringfellow for the time and resources they donated to transform the library into a glorious Christmas Grotto. Thanks also to Mike Harbourne, Martin Thompson and Richard Taylor for all their assistance setting up and/or clearing away.
And finally a big Thank You and lots of appreciation for our fantastic Year 6 children who designed and ran their own stalls for the Christmas Fayre. We will update you more about this and their profits on next weeks family letter.
Together we raised around £2300- although there may be some expenses still to deduct.
If you have any feedback -positive/ neutral/ negative then please let us know so we can bear this in mind next time we organize a Fayre.
Raffle Prizes- Still to be claimed.
Thank you to everyone who took part in the Christmas Fayre raffle and congratulations to the various prize winners. There are still a number of prizes to be collected from the office so dig out your tickets and check to see if you’re a winner!
All are Blue Tickets with the serial number AC 192290
Tickets 41-45: A Tin of “Celebrations” Chocolates
Tickets 116-120: Esporta Family Day Pass
Tickets 146-150: Esporta Family Day Pass
Tickets 291-295: Family Ticket to “Conkers”
Tickets 481-485: A Christmas Cake made by “Oggys Cakes” of Lichfield
Thank You to ‘The Plant Plot’
Thank you to ‘The Plant Plot’ of Lichfield, for supplying the St. Michael’s Christmas trees, and for supporting the PTA at St. Michael’s by giving us a terrific deal on them.
Storage- Can you help us store a Bowling Lane ?
One of the Year 6 Stalls was a Bowling Lane which was handcrafted by a parent and kindly donated to the PTA for use at future fayres. Unfortunately we have nowhere on site to store it. Does anyone have any spare storage space? Or a storage facility? Mezzanine etc? In which we could store the bowling lane, until it is needed again. If you can help- please supply your contact details marked for the attention of the PTA, into the main school office.
Easyfundraising.org.uk/stmichaelslichfield - FREE prize draw
Just a quick reminder that you can still enter the free prize at the above website every day from now until Christmas. You get a free entry each day but 2 extra entries for every purchase made through the site, which also results in donations to the school PTA.
Yours faithfully,
Miss H. McKay
Headteacher.