General Announcements

With the Young Voices concert coming up next Wednesday, we have summarised the arrangements in place / timings for the day as follows:

Wednesday, 23rd January 2019
08:55  Children arrive in school at normal time in full uniform
11:30   Early lunch for children going to Young Voices
12:00  Coach will collect the children to travel to Genting Arena
13:30  Registration, FareShare food collection – child to bring tin of food
14:15  Rehearsal at Genting Arena will start
17:00 Children will break for tea – packed lunch required
18:00  Parents can enter the Arena –Parents to make own way to venue
19:00  Concert starts
21:15  Concert ends
All children will return to school via coach.  Parents to meet children in school hall.  A text will be sent to parents when the children’s coach is near to Coton.

Thursday, 24th January 2019
If your child has been to the concert, they do not have to come into school until 10:30am if this is practical for parents, otherwise they can come into school as normal.  We also open up this option for siblings of children who were at the concert for practical reasons.  This particular absence will not affect their attendance figures.

All other children should be in school by 08:55am.

 

At the start of a new year, it’s always good to reflect upon the previous year and my, what a busy year it’s been.  We can’t quite believe how much we have managed to fit in!  Here’s a little recap: Click here to continue reading… “Time to reflect”

Mrs Abbott has been busy entering our school for various sports events for this spring term.  Events entered are as follows:

Dodgeball (Years 5&6) – 22/01/2019
Kurling (Years 3&4) – 29/01/2019
Table Tennis (Years 5&6) – 31/01/2019
Cycling (EYFS) – 12/02/2019
Gymnastics (Years 1&2) – 25/03/2019
Gymnastics (Years 3&4) – 25/03/2019
Football Wildcats Girls (KS2) – 05/04/2019

Ask your child to look out for when the sign-up sheets are posted on the sports board in the school hall.

Thank you

The school clubs information for this term has now been uploaded onto the website.   Please click here to take you direct to the clubs page.

We are pleased to say that this terms multisport activity is indoor archery, which we know the regulars to this club are incredibly excited about.

All clubs are to be booked / paid for online where possible with the exception of Dance Club.  Please contact the school office for a form.

Thank you

The deadline is approaching fast!  If your child was born between 1st September 2014 and 31st August 2015 you should apply for their primary school place by midnight on Tuesday, 15 January 2019.

For further information on applying for your child’s place, please click here for the Derbyshire County Council website. Alternatively you can apply via phone by calling 01629 533190.

To find out more about our school, please take a look at our prospectus below:

Coton in the Elms Primary School – Prospectus

Thank you

As part of the Key Stage 1 topic for this half term, the children are studying Africa.

Today we held a special Africa Day where the children dressed up in safari / animal costumes and also got the chance to meet some African animals.

 

To say the children were excited about meeting the animals is an understatement.  They got to see or touch/hold the following creatures:

African Pygmy Hedgehog (African four-toed Hedgehog)
Giant African Snail
Sand Boa Snake
Emperor Scorpion
Duprasi (fat-tailed Gerbil)
African Millipede
Hissing Cockroach
Panther Chameleon
Lesser Tenrec (little Hedgehog)
Meerkats

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

The meerkats definitely proved to be the most popular amongst all the children!

This afternoon, the children have been having fun creating different kids of African art too.

As you will have seen from the diary dates and recent web alerts, this Thursday we will be holding our annual Christmas Lunch in school, where staff, children and invited guests have the opportunity to sit together to enjoy this special lunch together.

So we don’t have two roast dinners in one week, the menu for Wednesday has changed to Sausages or Dippers, Chips, Sweetcorn and/or beans, followed by marbled cake or fruit.

Don’t forget that on our Christmas Lunch day, children can also wear their Christmas Jumpers in return for £1 donation in aid of the charity Save The Children.

Thank you

You should have today received your tickets for the nativity performances of Tinsel & Tea-Towels, which is being held at St. Mary’s Church, Coton-in-the-Elms next Tuesday and Wednesday.

We received an overwhelming response for ticket requests which is great and we have issued the guaranteed 2 tickets per child.  We have also managed to meet the majority of additional ticket requests, but not all, due to the seating capacity.

The performances are being given at the church this year, please note that the seating capacity is the same at church as it would be at school due to staging.

The children have been working very hard and we hope you enjoy watching these special performances.

Our Christmas festivities couldn’t have got off to a better start, with our Christmas Fayre last Friday raising an amazing £1,229.20 on the night.

There was a lovely atmosphere throughout the evening as we welcomed all our school families, new prospective parents, members of our local community and even families which left our school in the summer.

A huge thank you goes to the whole of the FPTA for their drive and determination in ensuring a successful event – many hands make light work and a huge difference!

Christmas activities happening throughout the rest of this term are as follows:

18th December 2018, 1.45pm
EYFS/KS1 Tinsel & Tea-Towels Nativity, held at St Mary’s Church
(tickets will be issued prior to the event)

19th December 2018, 6pm
EYFS/KS1 Tinsel & Tea-Towels Nativity, held at St Mary’s Church
(tickets will be issued prior to the event)

20th December 2018
Christmas Jumper Day – Children can donate £1 to wear their festive jumper

20th December 2018, 12pm
Christmas Dinner Day

21st December 2018, 9.45am
Golden Dove Awards and Christmas Assembly (led by the Year 5 children), held at St Mary’s Church. There will be reserved seating at the front for parents of children receiving awards and year 5 parents. All are welcome to join us.

21st December 2018, 1pm
Children’s class Christmas parties – Santa enjoyed himself so much at the Christmas Fayre that he is trying to fit in another visit to us on this day!

Don’t forget, tomorrow is Mr. Smith’s Bacon Buttie and Brew for all parents and friends of Coton School. 9 am in the school hall.  This follows on from last term’s Cuppa and Cake session which was very well attended.

As last time, tomorrow’s session will be very relaxed and a good opportunity to get to know what is happening in school.  There will also be time to ask questions and clarify information.

We will be discussing the following topics:

• Our new provision for Special Educational Needs
• Successes from the first term – including EYFS integration into Coton life
• Year 6, Year 2 and Year 1 preparation for national tests 2019

At this late stage, unless you’ve already ordered, it is too late to order your buttie, but they’ll be plenty of tea and coffee available!!!

We hope to see you there!