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Staff News

We sadly said goodbye

to Miss Morgan at the

end of last term. We

wish Miss Morgan all

the very best with her

forthcoming wedding

and future new adventures

We have successfully appointed a new

teacher in Year 3. Mr Christon is

currently teaching in a Leicester school

and will be joining us later in the term.

In the meantime Mrs Walker has

temporarily returned to teach her former

class and we warmly welcome her back

to Thringstone.

Christmas Concerts

We were joined by families,

friends and governors for our

fabulous Christmas concerts at

the end of term. In each of our

3 performances, the children

entertained us with clear voices,

fantastic singing and super acting and

dancing. The confidence, enthusiasm and

energy, with which the

children performed was

admired and applauded by an

appreciative audience and it

was also obvious that

performers and audience alike

thoroughly en joyed the

experience.

Donations given at the

concerts have gone this year

to a local charity, LOROS,

in memory of Sandie Colby who sadly

passed away before Christmas. Sandie and

her family benefited from the care and

support LOROS provided them.

Your generosity raised a tremendous

£205.30 for the charity - I have already

received thanks from John, Sandie’s

husband and Loros thanking everyone for

their kindness in support of this cause.

High Tea with Mr Rowell

Children who had achieved 80 Dojo

points or more enjoyed afternoon tea

served by Mrs Hammersley, Miss Jones,

Mrs Concannon and Mrs Gascoigne.

The afternoon started with the children

choosing their headwear from an

interesting selection available!

O u r e f f i c i e n t

waitresses were on

hand throughout

p r o v i d i n g t e a ,

s q u a s h , h o t

chocolate and cake!

Cross Country Event

We have our fingers crossed for the first

cross country event on Saturday 11th

January at Hugglescote Primary School.

The races are open to all from Foundation

Stage to Year 6 (boys and girls race

separately). The first race starts at

10.00am. Members of staff will be there

to organise and support the

children taking part - look for

the Thringstone flag!

Class Assemblies

Dolphins Year 6 Friday 24th January

Polar Bears Year 2 Friday 28th February

Snow Leopards Year 5 Friday 27th March

Skylarks Year 1 Friday 22nd May

Wolves FS Friday 26th June

Parents and carers of the children in the

presenting class will be invited to attend.

Parent Invites to School

Lessons

Parents will have the

opportunity to join the classes again this

term - look out for the dates.

The school looks forward to continuing to

welcome you all into our classrooms.

PTA

Thank you to everyone who supported the Christmas Fair, £920 was raised at the event and the Christmas Raffle raised a further £88!

The next event will be ‘Chocolate Bingo’ on Friday 31st January. Further information will be sent out over the next couple of week and available on our Facebook page.

Our raffle winners.

Santa and his helpers!

After School Club Opening after Easter

We are offering an after-school provision

through a company called K & C Kids Cabins

after the Easter break.

The company already run

several clubs in schools

around NW Leicestershire and

come highly recommended.

They will be offering care for children

between the ages of 3 to 11 years and will be

based in the hall at the school. The club

will run from 3.15pm to 6.00pm each week

day (holiday provision is available at

alternative venues). The cost per child is:

£3.00 per half hour

Children attending a school club first will be

charged from 4.15pm rather than 3.15pm.

They offer a 10% SIBLING DISCOUNT for

families who have more than one child

attending the club.

New Start Time for

Breakfast Club

The school’s Breakfast Club opens from

7.30am each morning.

Cost per child

7.30 - 8.00am is £2.00

8.00am - start of school is £2.00

(please note that costs must be paid in advance or on

the day)

A choice of cereal, fruit juice, toast

and yogurt will be available to the

children and includes activities, games,

table tennis, kurling and the use of the

ICT suite.

Remember to log into

your child’s class dojo

to find out more about

what they have been doing in class.

Please let the class teacher know if you

need a password reminder.

Accessing Learning at Home

Children have access to a range of

online learning subscribed to by the

school to help them with the things that

they are learning at school and to

enable you to support them at home.

These are accessed by going directly to

the website or via our school website

(bottom of the front page). If you are

unsure of the passwords please get in

touch with your child’s class teacher or

the school office.

Uniform

Please remember to clearly name

your child’s uniform. We

collect a large quantity of

unnamed clothing each term.

POLO SHIRTS (RED OR WHITE)

SWEAT SHIRTS

CARDIGANS

FLEECES

JACKET WITH FLEECE LINING

GYM BAG

SWIM HATS

BOOK BAGS

PE T-SHIRTS

£7.00

£9.00

£11.00

£12.00

£17.50

£5.50

£1.00

£6.50

£4.50

Order Your School Uniform Online

You can also order your school

uniform online and have it delivered.

The link is:

www.your-schooluniform.co.uk/schools/ThringstonePrimaryLE678LJ

First Time School Admissions

If your child will be four years old before

1st September 2020 and starting school for

the first time, the closing date for

applications is 15th January 2020.

School Logo

Children, staff and governors have been discussing ideas and

opinions in lessons, assemblies and meetings about what makes

Thringstone Primary School, Thringstone Primary School. We have

also been looking at our current motto; ’enjoying achievement together’

and considering whether it needs reviewing and changing to better meet our aims and

vision.

We have also been looking at renewing our school logo as our current one has been in

place for a long time and perhaps needs updating.

Any changes to the logo and/or motto would be implemented over time and there would

be some considerable time when both are used.

We recognise that children are likely to wear uniform with our current logo on for quite a

while; this could be a few years. Once agreed, the logo used on letterheads,

correspondence, signage etc can be changed much quicker, however there will be no

expectation that new uniform must be purchased.

Everyone must apply for a school place, as

there is no automatic entry for any school

Working Party

Miss Kinsey, our

Forest School practitioner is looking for

some willing volunteers to help her

continue to develop our outdoor learning

environment.

If you are able to give some time on one

of our planned working party days we

would be very grateful. If you are

interested or would like to find out more,

please contact the school office and Miss

Kinsey will get in touch. No special

skills or experience needed!

Tuesday 4th February 9.30 - 12.00

Tuesday 3rd March 9.30 - 12.00

Tuesday 2nd June 9.30 - 12.00

Parent Lite

Remember to use Parent Lite to access,

review and request changes to the data

held on you and your children. This can

be done directly from your phone. You can

access the parent app and website via

smartphone, tablet or PC - anytime,

anywhere.

What you will find in SIMS Parent:

School term, inset dates and contact

details available at the click of a button

Access to update your contact details, so

we always have the most up-to-date

information in case of emergency

If you have more than one child at

school, you’ll have access this information

for all your children, from the same app.

For help or information please contact the

school office.

Providing up to 30 hours provision for 2 to 4 year olds.

For more information or to arrange a visit contact our Pre-School Manager

Lisa Hickman on 01530 222489 or email

littleacorns@thringstone.leics.sch.uk

The Sun - Books for Schools

Remember to send in any

vouchers from The Sun for

Books for Schools campaign. We

need to collect 3500 tokens. The

campaign runs through to 18th

January. We can then claim free

books for the school.

Diary Dates

Saturday 11th January Cross Country Event at Hugglescote from 10.00am

Tuesday 14th January Boccia Event Years 1-6 at Ibstock

Thursday 16th January School Bank

Saturday 18th January Cross Country Event at St John Moore

Tuesday 21st January NSPCC Assemblies

Year 5 & 6 Basketball Event at Castle Rock

Friday 24th January Year 6 Class Assembly

Tuesday 28th January NSPCC Year 5 & 6 Workshops

PTA Bring Chocolate for Dress Down Day

Friday 31st January PTA Chocolate Bingo - 6.00pm

Monday 3rd - Friday 7th February Year 5 & 6 Aylmerton Residential Visit

Tuesday 4th February Forest School Working Party 9.30 - 12.00

Friday 7th February Year 3 Vocal Ease Workshop at Castle Rock

Thursday 13th February School Bank

PTA Valentine Disco

Monday 17th - Friday 21st February Half Term

Monday 24th February Whole School Development Committee - 5.30pm

Friday 28th February Year 2 Class Assembly - 2.30pm

Monday 2nd March Year 5 & 6 Swimming Gala

Finance, Audit & Premises Committee - 5.30pm

Tuesday 3rd March Year 4 Collaborative Life Skills Day - Castle Rock

Forest Schools Working Party - 9.30 - 12.00

Kurling Event at Forest Way - 9.15 - 11.00am

Kurling Event at Ibstock College - 1.15 - 3.00pm

Week beginning 16th March Shakespeare Week

Monday 16th March Full Governors Meeting - 6.30pm

Thursday 19th March School Bank - 2.30pm

Year 3 & 4 Quicksticks Event- 3.00- 6.00pm

Friday 20th March Mothers’ Day Tea

Thursday 26th March Year 3 Vocal Ease Performance - Hermitage

Year 5 & 6 Quicksticks Event- 3.00- 6.00pm

Friday 27th March Year 5 Class Assembly - 2.30pm

Tuesday 31st March Year 5 Orienteering Event - Donisthorpe

Badminton Event at Ibstock - 3.30 - 5.30pm

Friday 3rd April School closes for Easter Break