School Email

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!

 

In Friday’s school rewards assembly the ‘special mention’ awards were presented to:

Dorothy – Reception
Zachary – Year 1
Theo – Year 1
Jessica – Year 2
Willow – Year 3
Lochlann – Year 4
Jayney – Year 5
Riley – Year 6

Attendance Award for the week goes to the Dazzling Dragonflies for a fantastic 99.2% Attendance

 

It’s that festive time of year when the Christmas wishes and messages are written and sent to each other.

This year, we took delivery of a new school post box, courtesy of a friend of Mrs Baldock – thank you so much for thinking of our school.

For those parents not aware, the children can bring in and post Christmas cards they’ve written to school friends and staff, then later in the day the Year 6 children will make the deliveries to each class.  The children really enjoy posting the cards themselves, making them feel quite independent.

The post box is situated in the school library area, next to the ‘Big Questions’ board.

Coton-in-the-Elms Primary School is very much a part of the local community and we would like to bring to your attention to a community event which we’re sure you’ll enjoy.

On Sunday, 2nd December 2018, starting at 5pm, there will be the switch on of Coton Christmas Lights, which has been coordinated by the Village In Bloom team.  Everyone will gather on Mill Street in the centre of the village, where there will be carol singing, live music, mulled wine, mince pies and a prize draw.

Don’t forget to wrap up warm.

 

This Friday, 30th November 2018, we will be holding our non-uniform day in return for donations for our Christmas Fayre this year.

We often have parents ask what type of things we need, so below is a guide for each class – we hope this helps:

Learning Ladybirds – Items for the children’s tombola

Dazzling Dragonflies – Items for the adult’s tombola

Curious Caterpillars – Christmas craft items, i.e. glitter, stickers, packs of blank cards, craft packs etc.

Busy Bees – Bottles, including Mulled Wine

Obviously you are not restricted to this, so if you have other items as well, please send them in.  All donations are gratefully received.

Thank you

The Dazzling Dragonflies court reconvened last Friday to hear the verdict from the ‘case of the mystery intruder’.

Mrs Harris kept the court in order, playing the key role of the Judge. The Jury Members consisted of Amber, Saffie, Hughie and Rocco, whilst Mrs Abbott played the role of the Usher.  The rest of the children represented two very important groups; the Prosecution and the Defence.

The whole of the Dazzling Dragonflies class were gripped, wanting to know the outcome of the trial for Goldilocks – the verdict was in.

The Judge announced that Goldilocks must go to prison for two weeks and also write a letter of apology to Coton-in-the-Elms Primary School.

 

Standby for this Monday’s Collective Worship, where Mr Smith will be selecting a few children at random, to have lunch with him this Thursday.

The selected children will be able to show him what they have been learning in Maths this week and start a whole-school love for Maths!

Will your child be chosen?