Christmas 2014 Newsletter

Christmas time is almost upon us again and we have lots of exciting things planned in school. We are all looking forward to the festive season which will start with the delivery of our school Christmas tree next week.

Christmas Decoration Competition

We are asking the children to make a decoration at home for our school Christmas tree. There will be a prize for each class and decorations should be brought to school from Monday 1st December.

Our traditional Christmas Lunch will be on Tuesday 16th December 2014.

Please join us for carols around the Christmas tree in the school hall on the last day of term Thursday 18th December at 1.30pm. All welcome.

Buddies Club

Please note that there will be no Buddies Club during the last week of term. Therefore the last Buddies Club before Christmas will be on Thursday 11th December 2014.

After School Clubs

The last Football Club and Fun Club will be next week. Both clubs will start again after the Christmas holiday week commencing Monday 12th January 2015

Christmas Jumper Day On Friday 12th December 2014 we are asking all children and staff to join in the national ‘Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day’. School uniform is not required. This does not have to be a shop bought jumper, you can create your very own Christmas Jumper by decorating an old jumper with tinsel, baubles etc. Let your Christmas imagination have fun!

Christmas Class Parties All classes will be having their Christmas parties in their Christmas Jumpers on Friday 12th December.

Christmas Fair This year, we are excited to be holding a Christmas Fair after school at 3.15pm on

Tuesday 16th December 2014 in the School Hall. There will be stalls for the children and we are also expecting a visit from Father Christmas! We are still looking for donations of clean toys, tins, packets and toiletries. Please bring into school, thank you. Also a big thank you to all those parents involved in Friends of Bracebridge Infants (FBI) and Mrs Couling

for all their hard work organising. Please come along and enjoy the Christmas festivities with us.

We invite you to come and join in our Christmas plays this year, the details of which are below.

Due to limited space in the hall there will be an allocation of two seats per family.

Please indicate which performance you would like to attend. We will not be issuing tickets this year. We will be asking for a voluntary donation at the end of each performance and any money raised will go to school funds.

Nursery and Mrs Ashberry’s Class Tuesday 2nd December at 10.00am Thursday 4th December at 2.00pm

Christmas Plays

We invite you to come and join us for our Christmas plays this year, the details of which are below.

Due to limited space in the hall there will be an allocation of two seats per family.

Please indicate on the form attached which performance you would like to attend and return to school. We will not be issuing tickets this year.

We will be asking for a voluntary donation at the end of each performance and any money raised will go to school funds.

Nursery and Mrs Ashberry’s Class Tuesday 2nd December at 10.00am Thursday 4th December at 2.00pm

Miss Sharp and Mrs Longdon’s Classes

Tuesday 9th December at 10.00am Thursday 11th December at 2.00pm

We politely ask that any toddlers/babies are taken out of the performances if they become

distressed or noisy and must please remain seated with their parents. Many thanks.

Wednesday 17th December 2014 Pantomime at the Drill Hall – Aladdin (Reception, Year 1 and Year 2)

We are delighted to be able to take all the children by coach to see this professional performance at The Drill Hall in Lincoln on Wednesday 17th December. This year, we will be attending the morning performance instead of the afternoon as in previous years. We are not asking for any contribution as we hope that it will be a great experience for them all. We will be leaving school at 9.30 and will return to school directly after the performance in time for lunch.

Please sign the consent form at the end of this letter to enable your child to attend. Christmas Entertainment (Nursery)

We have arranged for Rhubarb Theatre to come into school to perform a Christmas Play for our Nursery children as we feel they would benefit from staying in school and having their own show. A separate letter has been sent to parents of Nursery children with the dates and times.

Christmas Productions I require (maximum of 2) seats: Tuesday 2nd December at 10.00am (please indicate number) Morning Nursery and Mrs Ashberry’s Class

Thursday 4th December at 2.00pm Afternoon Nursery and Mrs Ashberry’s Class

Tuesday 9th December at 10.00am Miss Sharp and Mrs Longdon’s Classes

Thursday 11th December at 2.00pm Miss Sharp and Mrs Longdon’s Classes

Name of child ………………………………………………………..…………………. Class ……………………………………………………………………………..……………….. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Aladdin Pantomime at the Drill Hall, Lincoln I give permission for my child …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. to attend the pantomime on Wednesday 17th December. I understand that they will be travelling there by coach. ………………………………………………………………..………signed ……………………………………………………..……………print name .