December Newsletter

December 2020 Newsletter

School Nurse

The School Nursing Team will be in the school tomorrow (Tuesday 1^st December 2020) to administer the flu vaccinations.

Spellathon

Thank you so much to everyone who donated to the school Spellathon. £2,613.50 was raised.

School Website

Please continue to check the school website / app for information and news from the school. A video has been uploaded from our Christmas Jumper Day when we had a special visitor in school!

School Dinners

The price of the school dinners remains at £2.60. Please send money in on a Monday for the week ahead. If you have paid for a dinner and your child is absent from school, this can be carried over to another day. Holy Trinity have sent out a new dinner menu and it started on Monday 30^th November. We have started on Week 2. This has been put up on the school website.

School Mass

There will be a special mass taking place on Tuesday 8^th December at 11am. We will be watching this Mass in class via the Webcam from the Church of Immaculate Conception Tempo. Everyone is welcome to join in.

Raffle

As you are aware every year we put on two nights of a Christmas Show along with a matinee performance. Unfortunately, we are unable to have our big Christmas Shows which is usually our biggest fundraiser of the school year. We are however, still doing our Christmas Raffle. It would be wonderful if we could avail of your help to supply us with goods for our hampers or donations of raffle prizes. As we are unable to welcome you into the school, we will set up a table at the front door beside the Christmas Tree where you can leave your donations. The items will be lifted in the morning and in the afternoon and left in a safe place. We have included a list below of items which can be left on the table:

• Red/white wine / Shloer / Any other alcohol of your choice/ other non-alcoholic drink
• Tea/Coffee
• Crackers / Crisps / Pringles
• Cranberry Sauce / Apple Sauce / Jams / Other Preserves – pickles & chutneys / Honey
• Biscuits / Chocolates / Sweets
• Jellies / stuffing
• Christmas Pudding / Cake
• Christmas Crackers
• Tinned fruit / Tinned vegetables / Other dried fruits & vegetables

• Any other non-perishable goods of your choice

We would appreciate anything else you would like to donate as a raffles prize:

• Gift sets
• Vouchers
• Toys
• Boxes of biscuits / tins of sweets
• Alcohol

• Anything else of your choice

Thank you so much for your help. Anything that you provide for us will be so much appreciated.

Raffle Tickets

The raffle tickets will cost £1 each and will be on sale from Wednesday 2^nd December. The raffle will take place during the last week of school.

School Closures

The school will close on Friday 18^th December at 12 noon. We will be closed from Monday 21^st – Friday 1^st January. We have two Staff Development Days on Monday 4^th and Tuesday 5^th. The school will reopen to all children on Wednesday 6^th January 2021.