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Welcome back to Harrington for Term 2.
As it turns colder and darker, a few reminders:
1. Parent lunch tomorrow for Year 3 and Year 6 family members - gates open at 11:45 - 12:05. Y3 families will be served at 11:45, Y6 at 12:00.
Family members should report to the main office to meet their child.
Gates close promptly at 12:05 and anyone who is late will need to access the school via Derby Road.
2. Please ensure your home collection arrangements are clear. We cannot let any pupils leave with persons that we do not know or we have not had your direct permission to allow to collect. Please ensure you ring school to let us know.
3. Attendance regulations have changed. All pupils will now receive a letter stating their attendance rate for last term. The target is 95% or above. These letters will be out this week.
4. School must be notified of any pupil who is to be absent with details as to the reason. Please send a dojo or call between 8:15-9:30.
5. The days are colder so please ensure your child comes in a coat. Gloves and a hat will be useful but please label all clothing items.
6. Inhalers - please check to ensure your child has an in-date inhaler and is bringing it to school every day. The movement between cold outdoors and warm classrooms can be a trigger for asthma issues. This also applies to Y5 swimmers on Fridays. Asthmatic pupils can be refused to swim if they do not have their inhaler with them in line with DCC regulations.
It's going to be a busy term so make sure you are keeping up-to-date with the dojo or news section on the website.
The Year 5 team planned an exciting day this week giving pupils a flavour of Ancient Greece. A fun day was had by all with drama, architecture and ancient maths as some of the activities. Well done on bringing the curriculum to life!
Well, this is exactly what the Year 4 pupils did on Wednesday! It began with a tomb experience and ended with the creation of clay canopic jars. Many of the children dressed up and you can see the photos of the day on the dojo account.
Well done to you all for being part of such a fun learning experience
Thank you for all the Harvest donations.
Our special assembly is due this afternoon, led by our Year 3 pupils.
After this, we will be distributing the Harvest gifts within the community via our local food bank.
Mrs A brought the excitement of Diwali to share with the pupils in Year 5. The children worked with her to paint diva lamps which will be taken to her house to use in her family's celebration. She then spend many a moment with care creating beautiful henna designs for the children and staff.
We wish everyone a Happy Diwali for next week.
Thank you to everyone who supported this charity event - we managed to raise £258! Mrs Willsher has taken this to the post office to pledge on behalf of the school. Our certificate will be put on display in our school foyer as soon as it arrives. Many thanks.
Next Tuesday is our Harvest festival - a lovely celebration led by our Year 3 pupils.
We would like to create a harvest table of food donations. This could be a tin of food, a carton of custard, some apples or veg or even a packet of biscuits. If every child brought bring in just one item, we will be able to provide many lovely hampers to donate to worthy causes in our community such as our local elderly residents, churches and food banks. Any donations can be brought to school for our harvest table from tomorrow.
We will then arrange to have the 'gifts' distributed by the end of term.
Many thanks for supporting this good cause.
We have a really busy week this week.
Parents evening appointments - please make your way to the hall to sign in with Mrs Clarke. Your child's books will be on show for you prior to your appointment. Each appointment is for 10 minutes. If you need a longer time, we will set up an additional meeting time.
There is a very small creche for Harrington pupils - only bring children if necessary and we will need you to collect them as soon as possible after your appointment to make space for others. Small children will need to be kept with you.
We have LOTS of lost property - these will be out in the hall for you to look through over the next 2 evenings.
Wednesday - reminder this is school photographs day. If you want to have a family photo, please arrive to the hall from 8:30 for this to be a completed before school starts. Siblings within Harrington will be done from 9:10. Please send your child in uniform. Any pupils who have PE later on Wednesday can bring their PE kit to change into.
Friday - this is our first Super Learning Day with the focus on teamwork. Pupils need to attend in a school PE kit on Friday (no football kits or casual clothes please). Trainers can be worn
Book fair - arrives for one week starting 8th October. Look for the date of your child's visit in our separate letter or visit in the family time after school on Monday 7th October.
Parent evening consultations - return your slip to book your time to chat about your child at our parents evenings (Tue 15th and Wed 16th October)
Invitation to Lunch - Year 3 and Year 6 families are invited to attend school to have lunch with their child. This event will occur on Wednesday 6th November - places MUST be booked. We will host our next one in February for Year 4 and Year 5 families.
Harvest Festival - a school event led by our Year 3 pupils. Open to Y3 families to attend. A new letter will be with you this week.
Thank you to everyone who supported our cake sale for the Macmillan's coffee morning appeal this evening. Despite the rain, lots of you turned out to buy the cakes and biscuits to raise funds for this worthwhile cause.
Many thanks for all the donations and for our super volunteers (and staff) who helped to organise, sort and sell the cakes.
We'll let you know how much we raise.