Family Letter number 12
15th July 2010
Dear Parents,
Lost Property
Please could you check your child’s St. Michael’s blue coat name label to ensure you have the correct one. If you find you have the wrong coat please contact the school office.
Congratulations to our Achievement Award winners this week:
Gold - Holly Maher.
Bronze - Ted Boyle, Jessica Bryant, William Cook, James Huang, Ellie Peaker,
Lauren Raftery, Aidan Taylor, Connie Wadlow, William Cook, Seth Bates,
Jamie Cooper, Sophia Khan, Alesia Goss, Gabriel Plume, Jacky Ye.
Sports Day for Foundation and Key Stage 1 is tomorrow, Friday 16th July at 1.30 p.m. on the main school field.
Sports Day for Key Stage 2 is Wednesday 21st July at 1.30 p.m. also on the main school field.
Children may come to school dressed in their sports wear (of the colour of their house teams if possible) on these days.
Children will be dismissed from ‘class stations’ on the field at the end of the afternoon. We would be grateful if children could bring as little as possible with them on this day.
Please be considerate - Parking on Housing Estate near Frenchman’s Walk
We have had many telephone calls from residents how are increasingly concerned by parents parking on their numbered parking spaces in this area. Please be courteous as these are in fact people’s drives. Please do not park there. We do know that Lichfield Police and Traffic Wardens have been consulted.
Beach Day – Nursery and Foundation Classes
Our Nursery and Foundation Classes are looking forward to their ‘Beach Day’ on Thursday 22nd July. Children may come dressed in their clothes for the beach.
Transition Days
Children will be spending Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th July in their new classes
Friday 23rd July is the last day of term. Children will be dismissed at the normal time. The Autumn Term for pupils begins on Wednesday 8th September.
Open Evening – Tonight – 15th July 2010Please come and join us at the Open Evening tonight, Thursday 15th July between 4.00 and 6.00 p.m. Please feel free to look around the whole school, not just your child’s class. It is a wonderful opportunity for you to see your child’s classroom for next year and celebrate their ‘STAR Week’ work from this term.
Walking Bus Update
First of all we would like to say a big thank you to all the parent volunteers who have manned the bus this year and well done to the children who have been participating. We would also like to thank parents who have been mindful of the bus when it is moving down Frenchman’s Walk into the school playground – it really helps!
From September the Boley Park bus will continue to operate on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays and the Shortbutts Lane route on Tuesdays and Fridays. For further information please contact Alison Edwards for the Boley Park route (07969 523076) and Emma English for the Shortbutts Lane route (07961 987208).
New PTA e.mail address
We have a brand new email address so if you have any suggestions or comments for the PTA you can now contact us direct at stmichaels.pta@hotmail.com
Victorian photos
This is just a quick update to let those of you who had your victorian photos taken at the school fayre that your photos are being processed at our victorian lab (hence the slight delay) & we will be getting these to you as soon as possible.
Easy fundraising.org.uk/stmichaelslichfield
win £250 in holiday vouchers- FREE to enter
Please don’t forget that making online purchases via easyfundraising.org raises funds for the PTA at no cost to you. And as a special bonus, every sale via the site this month gets you a free ticket in the monthly prize draw for £250 of holiday vouchers.
Next meetings
Thank you to everyone who attended our meeting on Monday. After a fantastic year of fundraising for a new PA system & play equipment for our younger children, we are now in the process of planning our events for the next academic year which will be going towards play equipment for the older children. Watch this space for more information next term.
Our next meetings will take place in the new academic year and are planned for Monday 18th September & Monday 18th October.
Vouchers & Ink Cartridges
Please continue collecting any vouchers for school & do keep your old ink cartridges for us over the summer holidays for our recycling scheme.
Many thanks!
Yours faithfully
Miss H. McKay
Headteacher.