Weekly Update Friday 13th December
We started our week with an assembly from Bishops Waltham Dynamos Soccer School. They came to our assembly to tell us all about their exciting Saturday morning football/ball skills sessions at Priory Park. Finlay Taylor leads the soccer school, and he brought along Aiden Clohessy, a Personal Best Sports Coaching Coordinator and Tom Withers, Number 6 - Centre Back for BW Dynamo's First Team. The children were very excited to see them. All children are welcome at Soccer School, and whenever I see them on a Saturday, the boys and girls look like they are having lots of fun! The children learn through playing different activities, and they often tell me how they did when I see them on Monday morning. If you would like your child to attend/have a go, please go along and talk to Finlay Taylor and his team. Some grants are available with the club, so please enquire with Finlay if this is something you may need to access.
On Tuesday, our brilliant PTA, parents and staff pulled together in a flurry of wrapping paper, Christmas music and stalls to make a special Christmas Bazaar and shopping event for our children. The children's faces lit up as they came in to shop, and they chose their gifts thoughtfully and carefully. They had a great time and I would like to thank everyone for their contribution to making the event so special. It run like a well oiled machine! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Our PTA had another Christmas jumper sale this week. This is a fantastic initiative to recycle Christmas clothes that get so little wear. They will be having another Christmas jumper/dress/costume donation day in the new year, where you can donate any Christmas clothes you do not need any more. Please bring any raffle tickets back as soon as possible, and also bring back any unused books, as some parents have asked for more books to sell. We will be calling the raffle after the performance on Tuesday. We are still accepting raffle prizes, if anyone has a new gift at home that isn't needed. Please look at the PTA social media page for a full list of prizes.
We had our dress rehearsals earlier this week which were performed to children in our school, the Year 2 children at BWJS and Lilypads Pre-School. They were all amazed at the singing, dancing and acting! Our first parent performance was today, and the parents all went home with some Christmas cheer. This year, we have Mr Coker playing the piano. Mr Coker leads our choir club with Mrs Moth our music lead, and the singing and music is fantastic! The parents who are coming next week are in for a real treat! Please remember all children under 11 need to be booked into the creche in the morning performances. Unfortunately we have been unable to run a creche in the afternoon performance due to staffing, and alternate arrangements will be needed for childcare.
We have our special Grandparent only service at the church on Monday morning. as with all our performances this year, we are making a collection for the Starlight Foundation that bring play to children who are in hospital, and support their families. The Starlight Foundation is our chosen charity this year, and the link to their work is below. We will be making collections all week, including our Christmas jumper day.
Please remember, only Grandparents will be in the church, and we have no room for carers/parents. This is due to the number of adults who come along.
We also have our Christmas lunch next Wednesday and our parties. Children can come to school in their party clothes and sensible footwear for outside. The school lunch option closed last week, so please contact the office as soon as possible if you are requesting a lunch that day for your child.
We are collecting all reading books and library books in over the Christmas period. Please have a look at home for any that need to come back, and we will make sure they go back in the right place, ready for the new year.
As the whole country goes on snow watch for a white Christmas, it is looking unlikely we will have snow in the south. We will keep you updated if we do have a weather warning. Hopefully this weekend will be storm free!
Best wishes
Mrs Riches
Headteacher
