BURBAGE PRIMARY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN 2014 1 st December 2014 Dear Parents, Thank you to everyone for supporting the ‘Christmas Dress-up day’ on Friday. The children looked very festive and the gifts they brought in for the PTA Tombola will ensure the stall is a popular destination at next Thursday’s Christmas Fair. We look forward to seeing many of you there! Our thanks also go to Mrs McGarry, Mrs Renshaw, Mrs Smith and Mrs Ashbrook for putting on the excellent ‘Nativity 2’ Film Club on Thursday. It was enjoyed by all the children who attended. As this is such a busy time of year in school, we have put together this list of events for the rest of term. We hope you find it useful. (The information is also held on our website on the CALENDAR tab: http://www.burbageprimary.org.uk/wilts/primary/burbage/site/pages/calendar ). Christmas Countdown 2014! The month of December – Burbage Primary School Christmas Postal Service is running. Children may post Christmas cards for their school friends and staff in our school post box outside the school office. (Please ensure they have the child’s full name and class on the envelope). Year 6 children will work on a rota to empty the box at lunchtime each day and deliver them. Final day for posting is Thursday 18 th Dec. The month of December – POSADA – Mary and Joseph – Classes will take it in turns to look after Mary and Joseph as they journey towards the Nativity service in Church on Christmas Eve. If your child offers to bring these special visitors home for the evening, please encourage them to write in the book what they did whilst having a sleepover at your house. A Children’s Society Christingle savings box is being sent home this week. http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk - We hope families will put in spare change and either send them in to school for Wednesday 17 th , or bring them to the Service that evening. Wednesday 3 rd December – last day for Woodpecker swimming Thursday 4 th December – Y5&6 School Trip to ‘The Wansdyke’ – see separate letter for details. Wellingtons, warm coats and packed lunch required. Thursday 4 th December - 6-8pm – Burbage Primary School PTA Christmas Fair Come along to our annual Christmas Fair, where you will be able to purchase gifts and crafts from stallholders whilst enjoying a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie. There will be: A fabulous Tombola, a number of class stalls and the school choir will be singing some festive songs. Thanks to Mrs Taylor’s letter, we are expecting Father Christmas to visit the school’s wonderful Grotto between the Kite and Kestrel classrooms. Thank you to families of children in Y5&6 for supporting them in their ‘enterprise projects’ this term. Help with setting up and clearing away would be much appreciated. Don’t forget to order Christmas Lunch from Sue Brady for next week… Don’t forget – no Maths Club today. Friday 5 th December – Choir visit to Jubilee Centre, Marlborough. Some members of our choir will be singing at the Jubilee Centre in Marlborough accompanied by Mr Max More from St John’s. This is an annual event that is always much enjoyed by the visitors to the day centre. The children will eat lunch before they go. Infant Classes – Nativity ‘A Christmas Recipe’ Friday 5 th December – Costumes in to school in a named bag please Tuesday 9 th December- 9.45am Dress Rehearsal – Preschools have been invited to join the rest of the school to watch the dress rehearsal of the Nativity. Thursday 11 th December – 2.15pm and 6pm – Infant Nativity Performances Letters have gone home to the families of infant children with details of arrangements for the performances. Children may wear costumes home after matinee. They should be back in school by 5.30pm. Tickets will be available from the school office from Thursday 4 th December, 2 per family per performance; any extras will be available on Wednesday 10 th . Saturday 6 th and Sunday 7 th December- 9am onwards - Burbage Christmas Tree Sale Burbage Village Christmas Tree Sale and Market from 9am – this is a big annual village event held on the green outside the church; all proceeds go towards Church funds. The choir have been invited to sing at the Christmas Tree service on Saturday at 4pm. Please let Mrs Coupe know if your child cannot attend. See choir letter. http://www.savernaketeam.org.uk/burbage-and-tidcombe/burbage/#timetable