The Christmas Fair is only one week away, and we have lots planned! There’ll be games stalls, including a lucky dip, elf on the shelf, human fruit machine, along with selling Christmas stock, books, crafts, and refreshments (mulled wine and hot chocolate will be ready to go!).
Entry into the raffle will close NEXT Thursday 27th. You will not be able to enter the draw after this day. Please make sure you fill in your details on all the ticket stubs you wish to purchase and return those with the correct cash in an envelope to the school office.
If you would like any additional booklets then you can get these from the office on a first come, first served basis.
Cake donations
We are asking Year 1 and 2 parents for cake/biscuit donations to be brought into the school office from Wednesday 26th, with homemade items in the morning of Friday 29th.
***Please ensure that the donations are nut free, which includes marzipan and almond***
Volunteers
If you are able to help, even if just for 30mins at set up or to run a games stall, ladle mulled wine into cups etc, then your help is really appreciated! Please let us know: friendsoftannerydriftschool@gmail.com
Tokens
We will be running a token system alongside card payments. Tokens can be used at all the games stalls as well as refreshments and to purchase stock. Tokens are valued at 50p each with a minimum of 10 tokens for £5.
To minimise queues on the day, there will be an opportunity to buy your tokens from outside the school office at drop off on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th (as well as at the Fair itself).
A reminder that our Parent Coffee Mornings, led by our wonderful Family Support Worker, are recommencing on Wednesday 26th November, from 8.50-10am in the New Building.
Upcoming Sessions:
Wednesday 26th November 8.50-10am
Please join our Family Support Worker alongside Children’s Wellbeing Practitioners for a session focusing on children’s self-esteem, wellbeing and resilience.
Wednesday 10th December 8.50-10am
This will be a social Christmas session run by @wearecraftedconnections, and for £5 (cash on the day), offers a chance to craft Christmas baubles, whilst connecting, chatting and enjoying a mince pie!
As part of Children in Need, children in Year Reception to Year 4 have absolutely loved taking part in ‘Bounce Beyond’ trampoline workshops.
Each child had their own trampette, and followed bounce choreography led by Laura, our incredibly energetic workshop leader.
Each session ended with a bounce disco, complete with disco lights!
On Wednesday 12th November, from 3.15 - 3.45pm, we would like to welcome parents of children in Years R-4 to join us for Open Classrooms. This is an informal opportunity to pop into school to see your child’s work and learning environment.
Parents of children in Nursery to Year 4 are also invited to our Art Gallery, which will be held in the hall on the same afternoon. The gallery will showcase some of the fantastic work that children have created during Arts Week.
We look forward to sharing some of this with you in an Arts Week special Noticeboard next Friday too!
We regret that we cannot extend the hours of the session to accommodate Afterschool Club attendees on this occasion.
We look forward to seeing you all when we return to school on Monday 3rd November.
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On Thursday 2nd October it was National Poetry Day.
Children across all year groups enjoyed all sorts of poetry writing and reading activities in their classrooms, including poetry challenges.
As part of the day, Miss Baker, our English lead, arranged for us to join in with Simon Mole’s Gigantic Poetry Workshops!
This was a huge success and children really enjoyed getting involved in this virtual event.
Last week, children in Reception met their Year 4 ‘buddies’ for the first time.
The buddies scheme involves all children in Reception being paired with a Year 4 buddy – someone to talk to, play with, and to be a familiar face around the school for the younger children as they settle into Tannery Drift.
There was much excitement in both year groups on their first meeting, and the children are looking forward to spending more time together this term.
Choosing a Nursery or Reception place for your child?
On Tuesday 23rd September, parents and carers are invited to join us for Year Group meetings.
Each Year group will hold 2 meetings; one at 6–6.30pm and one at 6.30-7pm, and you are welcome to attend either time (please turn up, there is no need to book). Meetings will be held in the relevant Year Group areas and entrance will be via external classroom doors. Unfortunately, on this occasion, children cannot be accommodated during the meetings.
We are looking forward to seeing lots of you at the meetings. We encourage in-person attendance if possible as we know how crucial home-school partnerships are to educational success.
Presentations will be shared on the class pages of the website the following week.
