Beer C of E Primary School Mare Lane Beer, Seaton, Devon EX12 3NB Tel and Fax 01297 20077 Headteacher: Mr Martin O’Mahony Email:admin@beer-ce-primary.devon.sch.uk www.beer-ce-primary.devon.sch.uk Chair of Governors: Mrs Jean Smith Friday 24th October 2014 Dear Parents, 7 I hope you all enjoyed this morning’s ‘Walk to School’. It is such a great sight to see the whole school walking through the village. They certainly created a great storm today dressed in their full super hero outfits. I did feel a bit of a lemon not being dressed up but am not sure that attending my morning meeting dressed as ‘Wonderman’ would have gone down well! I will be asking Miss Porter to put the photographs on the screen along with the photographs from this week’s key sporting events. Where did that first half term go? Looking back over the ½ term’s newsletters a lot has gone on this year already and that is before we begin the run down to Christmas. In the first newsletter after half term we will outline the key school dates for the festive season so have your diaries at the ready. I hope parent’s evenings have gone well and you feel you have enough information on how your child has settled into school this term and what their targets are. Please remember if any aspect of your child’s education is concerning you or you are a little confused about their work please speak to their class teacher who will hopefully give you all the information that you need to be reassured. This week I have had the privilege of taking the children to two sporting events. This is the part of the job that I really miss. On Wednesday I took the children to Colyton Grammar School for the Year 3/4 Axe Valley Cross Country event. Both teams performed exceptionally well with Harvey Green winning the boys race and Jenny Patchett coming first and Innes FitzGerald in second place. There were also stunning performances from Kaitlyn Flannigan (15th), Meisha Parkinson (25th), and Hannah Bedford (30th). Overall the girls finshed in 3rd place missing out on second by one point. Our boys won the boys team event not only thanks to Harvey but because the boys performed to such a high standard. Second boy home was Jake Paget (7th), followed by Evan Hourihan (9th), Dylan Arnold (11th), Roman Moore (28th) and Adam Clinch (47th). Many thanks to the pupils of Colyton Grammar School and Mrs Harris for being the perfect hosts. Bicton College was the back drop for yesterday’s Sky ride event. This is a brilliant event and all the children did the school proud. The course was its usual muddy self with leaves and long grass to add to the challenge of the undulating course. We are unsure if we qualified for the Devon finals but I will update you all in the coming weeks. Yesterday’s team was Sam Dormor, Jack Dormor, Ethan Gribble, Darcie Morton, Finn Hourihan, Isla Manville, James Doulton and Immie Knivett. Many thanks to all the parents that assisted with transport this week we would not have been able to enter these events without you! The PTFA have setup a Facebook page to promote the work done by parents, teachers and friends for the benefit of our pupils. Please search for 'Beer Primary PTFA' and 'Like' our page so that you are the first to know of our upcoming events." Please can I wish you all a restful half term. On my agenda is a visit to Peppa Pig world with my three year old daughter Bea. With that thought in mind the theme tune is already circulating through my brain continually! Thank You Certificates Congratulations to the following children: Class 1: Farhan Bhuiyan for a fantastic story with finger spaces, Yasmine Kirkham for a whole page of writing for her story, Lulu Thomson for being very eager to finish her story map and telling her story so well and Ella Bond and Maisie Clist for excellent speech bubbles. Class 2: Isabella Green for good concentration and hard work, Sam Fowler and Jasmine Cornell for good Maths work and Eleanor Young for super reading. Class 3: Jamie Douglas for working hard on your repeating pattern, Cerys Young for your really positive attitude towards your work and Innes FitzGerald for achieving the most rungs. Class 4: Ben Banfield for brilliant ideas during guided reading, Megan Fowler for consistent hard and steady work, Kendal Westlake for your mature attitude and helpful nature and Paris Davis for some steady and confident work in Maths. School Photographs Please return order forms and payment to the school office by Tuesday 4th November at the very latest. Swimming Lessons – Year 3 and 4 – Tuesday 4th November – 9th December 2014 A reminder to return forms and the voluntary contribution of £3 per week or a total of £15 as soon as possible. Poppy Appeal The Royal British Legion collection box is now in the school office so please pop in after half term to make a donation and collect a poppy and/or a wrist band. Lost Glasses A pair of blue glasses in a clear case has been lost. Please can everybody check at home and in book bags. Thank you. Beer Late Night Shopping – Friday 5th December Behind the scenes, lots of preparation is going into organising Beer’s late night shopping evening. More details will follow nearer the time but we can already say that exciting plans are afoot. The year, Santa will be bringing 2 of his reindeer and they will be switching the Christmas lights on before heading down to meet the children who visit him in his grotto. With the grotto in mind, we have a very special request from Santa! He would very much appreciate donations of Christmas decorations that are in a good condition to help decorate his grotto – these can be handed into the school office. Also, if any parent could help him coordinating the decorating of the bomb shelter, he would be very grateful. Finally, it would be useful for Santa to have an idea of numbers as his elves need to be organised! After half term we will put a list on the office door so that you can express an interest in visiting him. Zumba There are currently spaces available for additional children to join the class, which is held in the main school hall at the following time: Fridays 3.30pm - 4.15pm (3 1/2 - 7 year olds). The cost of each class is £4 per child, with half termly fees paid upon first lesson. If you would like to book your child a place, please contact Johanna directly on 07739518587 or at johanna@jmdancefit.co.uk Child Registration and Parent Consent forms are available at the school reception. Thank you for your continued support, Martin O’Mahony BREAKFAST CLUB W/C 03/11 AFTER SCHOOL CLUB W/C 03/11 Name: ……………............................ Name: ………………………………… £2.60 per session (8am-8.45am) Tues Thurs Fri Days Required Hockey Thursday evenings at Colyton Grammar Sports Hall (LED) with Mr Simier - 7pm -7.55pm - All Abilities. Ladies and Gents, while the children are playing hockey why not try Kettlebells? 7pm-7.45pm - An excellent workout in 45 minutes. Seaton Majorettes Recruiting now for the 2015 season, meeting in Seaton Methodist Church large hall on Tuesdays in term time 4-5:30pm. Come along for 3 weeks free taster sessions any time after half term, or from Jan 6th 2015. For more information ring 01297 23491 - COME AND JOIN US Tubs4Tablets scheme We are going to take part in Tubs4Tablets for a second year, an exciting school collector scheme from Flora and Stork, in partnership with Tesco. This will provide thousands of pounds worth of FREE Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0’’ Wi-Fi 8GB touch-screen tablets to registered primary and middle schools in Great Britain. Please collect Flora or Stork Tubs4Tablets tokens inside promotional tubs of Flora 500g (Original, Light and Buttery) and Stork 500g and bring them into the school office. Seaton Tennis Club Coaching Programme – October Half Term Tennis Camps and Re-enrolment for term time programme - Tennis Camps – For 10 and Unders (Mini Red, Orange, Green) and Juniors Age 11-16 - Wednesday 29th October 1.30-4.30pm and Thursday 30th October 10am-1pm. £15 for one session £27 for two sessions - Members and Non Members are welcome. Plenty of fun tennis games, technical teaching, tennis drills and matches in a fantastic environment with team of highly qualified and experienced coaches. - Also available – All year round term time programme. New sessions start from Monday 3rd November For all bookings and enquiries please contact the Head Tennis Coach Jason Martin – jas@jasonmartinsports.com or Tel 07931 743168. For more club information go to www.seatontennis.net