Family Letter number 3
21st January 2010
Presentation of Shugborough Certificates
Presentation of Shugborough certificates to Year 6 pupils will be on Tuesday 26th January at 9.00 a.m. in St. Michael’s Church. Parents, Grandparents and carers are welcome to join us.
Parents’ Tea/Coffee ‘Drop in’ Friday 5thFebruary – 9.00 a.m.
Our next informal tea/coffee morning with two of our Governors, Nik Ellis and Jenny Bryant will be at Main School on Friday 5th February at 9.00 a.m. to which all parents are invited. We look forward to meeting you.
Clothing and other personal items
Please ensure all items of clothing and other personal items are clearly marked with your child’s name. Lost property can be returned if named clearly.
Mrs. Culverwell will be starting a Recorder Club for children in Year 3. This will begin on Thursday at lunchtime more details next week.
Parental ConsultationsThese are due to take place on Wednesday 24th February and Thursday 25th February from 3.30 – 6.30 p.m. Please return the consultation appointment time slip to your child’s class teacher.
Puffin Book Club
Due to some classes just receiving this catalogue we have extended the date by which items may be ordered by a week. If you wish to order items from this catalogue please return details with payment by Friday 29th January 2010.
Holiday Dates on School Website
It has been pointed out that a couple of last year’s dates had been left on -
Monday 29th June - Training Day
Tuesday 21st July – End of term.
The Web Manager has been instructed to delete these errors as soon as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
School closes at the normal time on Friday 12th February and reopens on Monday 22nd February.
Visit in school from ‘The Animal Lady’.
On Wednesday 3rd February the children will experience seeing an assortment of animals and a talk from a member of the Natural History Presentations. This is always a popular event on our school calendar.
We’re collecting for FREE cooking equipment!
Flora has launched another Cooking with Schools project with the aim of putting cooking and healthy eating at the heart of the classroom. The project allows primary schools to collect tokens from special packs of Flora and exchange them for FREE cooking equipment! Tokens can be found on the coverleaf of special packs of Flora. Please send any you collect into school. Thank you.
P.T.A. News
PTA Meeting AGM
Thanks to everyone who attended Monday’s PTA Annual General Meeting (AGM). We have had another very busy and productive year and the PTA would like to thank everyone for their support.
It was lovely to see so many people attend the meeting, bringing lots of suggestions for new fundraising ideas.
As many of the positions had naturally come to the end of their term, there have been some changes to the main PTA committee. The newly elected committee is as follows:
PTA Chairs |
Louise Hurcombe |
Beth Hancox |
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Cathy Gass |
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PTA Treasurer |
Alison Edwards |
PTA Secretary |
Cathy Fellows |
If you have some fundraising ideas but are not able to make the meetings then please feel free to drop us a note, via the PTA tray in the main School Office.
PTA Meeting Monday 1st March
The next PTA meeting is on Monday 1st March from 7:45pm-9:00pm, and we are going to the pub! We propose to hold the meeting in the newly re-opened ‘Duke of York’, on Greenhill (by Tesco’s).We will be discussing and planning future fundraising events. All welcome.
And finally…
Here are a few of dates for your diaries:
Wed 3rd February |
Children’s Disco’s, Main School Hall, |
Monday 1st March |
PTA Meeting, at The Duke of York Public House, 7:45 - 9pm |
Saturday 6th March |
‘Adults’ School Disco, Boley Park Community Hall, 8:30-11:30pm |
Friday 19th March |
PTA-organised School Non-Uniform Day |
Friday 26th March |
Family Event, Chocolate Bingo, Main School Hall, 6-8pm. |
Yours faithfully,
Miss H. McKay
Headteacher.