Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
We have now reached the end of another fantastic term and year, where so much has happened. May we take this opportunity to thank you for all your support and wish you a restful and happy Christmas break.
PTA
We had a special delivery today for our infant playground. With the money raised at the Christmas Fair and funds promised from future events the children were able to play on the first instalment of the Colney Heath School Village. We hope to be able to expand the village as funds are raised at our fantastic PTA events.
Remember we start back in the New Year on Monday 9th January - don't be late!
Please make sure you use our website to check the calendar for events next term and also check holiday dates. Remember the Easter Holiday's for us and other primary schools in the area are different in 2017 to the local secondary schools.
What a wonderful week the children have had. Years 1 and 2 put on a fantastic performance of 'Behind the Stable Door' to a packed house of very proud adults. Nursery and Reception filled the church and performed their Nursery Rhyme Nativity. Years 5 and 6 became Tudors for the day which ended in a traditional Tudor banquet. The children looked really festive today raising money for MacMillan in their Christmas attire . Finally the School Council have organised our annual Colney Heath Has Talent Show, which promises to be a great event. Photographs of these events will be put onto our website as soon as possible.
Next Week
Monday
Nursery/Reception party in the morning
Year 1 and Year 2 party in the afternoon
Tuesday
Carol Concert at St Mark's at 10am
Children will order Christmas dinner for Wednesday (Red - Turkey, Green - Quorn Fillet)
Years 3 to 6 party in the afternoon
Wednesday
Christmas Dinner
Term finishes at 1.30pm
Office News
Music Lessons - We still have places available for Guitar, Violin and Flute lessons within school time. These are paid for lessons but are heavily subsidised by the school. Please contact the school office for more information.
Our Learning Behaviour Champions of the week are:
Reception: Freddie H for Challenge
Year 1: Spencer and Sophia for Stickability and Reflection
Year 2: Samuel for Stickability and Challenge
Year 3: Charlie B for Challenge
Year 4: Edan for Creativity
Year 5: Sasha and Lenny for Creativity and Reflection
Year 6: Phoebe for Creativity
As the end of term is fast approaching, please continue to check the school website for last minute information and take a look at the Children's Page for latest photographs. Over the past week our choir have sang at the Village Senior Christmas Dinner, the children have also been involved in tree planting on the field, Yr5 had a drama workshop with Oakland college students and our doors have been decorated as Christmas carols.
Next week
Tuesday
PTA funded panto will be in school
Wednesday
Yr1/2 Matinee Performance: Behind The Stable Door.
Thursday
Yr5/6 Tudor Banquet Day
Yr1/2 Evening Performance: Behind The Stable Door.
Friday
Christmas Jumper Day - children to wear a Christmas jumper instead of their school jumper. Donations towards MacMillan. (If you don't have a jumper you can wear a top in Christmas colours or a Christmas hat!)
Nursery / Reception performance at St Mark's
School Council Talent Show
School Discos
PTA
Thanks to the Christmas Card scheme we raised an amazing £490.
Our Phil The Bag this year raised £159, which is a huge increase from last time.
With all the money raised we have been able to order a number of items for both playgrounds which should appear in the near future.
Remember the school disco on Friday 16th. Help is always needed.
School Office
If you haven't already done so please ensure milk requests are handed in by Monday (Rec to Yr2 only)
We have the capacity to have more children take music lessons in the Spring Term. We currently offer Violin, Guitar and Flute lessons. If you are interested, please contact the office for more detail.
Christmas Dinner
We will be offering the children a traditional Christmas Dinner on the last day of term (21st December) with crackers and juice, all being served to the children by the Teachers and TA's. This year we have decided not to send out request forms but instead we will be asking the children to place their order the day before (ie Tues 20th) Red - Turkey and Green - Vegetarian Fillet, there will be no yellow option on this day. Please let your children know if they will be having a dinner.
This week's Learning Behaviour Champions are:
Reception: Mark for Challenge.
Year 1: Keira-Lei for Challenge. Marco for Stickability.
Year 2: Emi for Challenge.
Year 3: Ruby for Challenge.
Year 4: Matthew for Challenge
Year 5: Rowan for Creativity and Communication.
Year 6: Matthew for Stickability.
We are now into December and this is becoming a very busy time at school. Over the next two weeks there are lots of activities and events planned. Please keep up-to-date by using our calendar.
This week our Year 6 children sang at the Abbey Carol concert which was a wonderful experience for all who attended. Still to come we have the panto, talent school, carol concert, performances and Christmas dinner.
PTA
A huge thank you for supporting our Christmas Fair, which was a great success. We have raised around £1,500. With this and previous money we are able to buy the first part of our playground project.
A special thanks to Darma Lamont who coordinated the whole event again this year.
You should be receiving a PTA Newsletter today which highlights the events planned. You can also log into our PTA webpage for more information.
Office News
A scooter has been handed into the office. If it's yours please come in to collect it.
Milk - Order forms have been sent out today (Reception - Year 2). Please ensure that these are returned promptly whether milk is required or not.
Next Week
Tuesday
The choir will be singing at the Senior Christmas Lunch in St Mark's.
PTA meeting at 7.30pm - all parents welcome