THE SMILER

BUXTON INFANT SCHOOL

Issue 15

November 2017

Welcome Back

History Van

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It’s been a busy few weeks at Buxton Infant School with everyone in-volved in activities for Anti-bullying week and Children in Need. All children took part in activities on Wednesday 15th November to coincide with National Antibullying week. The theme this year was All different All Equal and children were able to work in their mixed aged Animal teams to think about the focus and be reminded about the

schools anti-bullying approach. Art work from a number of schools in Buxton will be displayed in Morrisons and the Swimming Baths so look out for our contribution. We hope that you received you parent and carer leaflet that all children were given. If you have mislaid yours or didn’t receive one please ask in the office where there are some spare copies. On Friday it was Children in Need day and the children all had a lovely day in their pyjamas. Thank you for all your kind donations. We raised £335.60 and it’s a lovely useful reminder for our children to keep our golden rule to be Kind and Helpful.

Year one trip

Year one will be going to New Mills to see a live orchestra play the Music of the Snowman to accompany the

film. Dates are at the end of this newsletter and a letter with more information will follow.

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A s i n p r e v i o u s y e a r s , e a c h y e a r g r o u p w i l l b e p u t t i n g o n t w o p e r f o r m a n c e s o f t h e i r C h r i s t m a s p l a y . F o r c h i l d r e n i n R e c e p t i o n t h e s e w i l l b e i n t h e a f t e r n o o n w h i l s t y e a r o n e a n d y e a r t w o p e r f o r m o n c e i n t h e a f t e r n o o n a n d t h e n p e r f o r m a g a i n i n t h e e v e n i n g o n t h e f o l l o w i n g d a y . I n o r d e r t o e n s u r e t h a t e v e r y o n e g e t s a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o w a t c h t h e s h o w s w e i n v i t e y o u n g e r s i b l i n g s a n d g r o w n -u p s t o t h e f i r s t p e r f o r m a n c e . T h e s e c o n d p e r f o r m a n c e o f e a c h s h o w i s r e s t r i c t e d t o a d u l t s a n d c h i l d r e n f r o m y r 4 ( 8 o r 9 ) u p w a r d s O N L Y . I n t h i s w a y w e m a k e s u r e t h a t t h e c h i l d r e n h a v e a q u i e t a u d i e n c e f o r t h e i r s e c o n d s h o w . C h i l d r e n b e l o w y e a r 4 w i l l N O T b e a d m i t t e d t o t h e e v e n i n g p e r f o r m a n c e a n d t h e s e c o n d s h o w f o r R e c e p t i o n . P l e a s e d o n o t p u t u s i n t h e p o s i t i o n o f h a v i n g t o t u r n p e o p l e a w a y o n t h e e v e n i n g . I t ’ s e m b a r r a s s i n g f o r a l l c o n c e r n e d !

Christmas Performances

We have had very busy this year so far and would like to say a big THANK

YOU to all our wonderful parents and carers who have helped to make our

fund-raising efforts such a success. Our first job was to decide which charity

we would like to support with our harvest collections in October. The unani-

mous choice was “WWF” and we raised a fantastic £190.58

We asked that children what they would like to do for children in Need day and

the vote showed that most people wanted to come to school wearing their pyja-

mas. We are also involved in finding out what makes the children happy at

Buxton Infants and working with children from other school councils around

Buxton. At the end of November we will be meeting Mrs Boyd to talk through

everything that we’ve done this term and what we would like to do next!

Thank you

School Council News Spare Clothing

I f a n y o n e h a s a n y s p a r e c l o t h e s t h e y c o u l d d o n a t e t o u s t o u s e w h e n c h i l d r e n h a v e a c c i d e n t s a t s c h o o l , w e w o u l d b e v e r y g r a t e f u l . W e p a r t i c u l a r l y n e e d p a n t s , k n i c k e r s , s o c k s t i g h t s . A l s o i f y o u r c h i l d c o m e s h o m e i n b o r r o w e d i t e m s c o u l d y o u e n s u r e t h e y a r e r e t u r n e d ? M a n y t h a n k s .

Attendance

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P l e a s e r e m e m b e r t h a t s c h o o l c a n n o t a u t h o r i s e a b s e n c e f o r t e r m t i m e h o l i d a y s a n d b e a w a r e t h a t p r o c e d u r e s f o r f i n i n g h a v e b e e n t i g h t e n e d u p f o l l o w i n g t h e c o u r t r u l i n g w h i c h o v e r t u r n e d a p a r e n t s l e g a l c h a l l e n g e t o t h e l o c a l a u t h o r i t y i n t h e I l s e o f W h i t e . I t i s a p a r e n t ’ s l e g a l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o e n s u r e t h a t t h e i r c h i l d a t t e n d s s c h o o l .

Hello there,

Here’s the latest news from the PTA…

Firstly thank you for your support at the Autumn disco. It was great to see so many of you joining in the

fun, everyone had a fantastic time and we raised over £750!

We are very excited about the installation of the climbing wall, it is just about ready for use, children are

being introduced class by class so they can learn about how to use it safely.

Thank you for all the entries to our competition for class logo designs, they were all super. Well done to our winners,

Green sea – Lyla-Beau

Blue Sea – Lilly

Dolphins – Fraser

Seahorses – Catherine

Sharks – Harriet, and

Starfish – Charlie.

The artwork has been collated and posted off for our bags to be created. Fingers crossed bags will be ready by w/c 11th Decem-

ber. Thank you for all pre-orders – it’s still not too late to place orders.

Our next PTA meet and greet will be held on Tuesday 28th November at The Old Sun pub from 7:30. This will be the perfect op-

portunity for us to get organised for our Christmas event.

Our Christmas Fun time event will be taking place on Monday 18th December, a letter will be sent out next week with all the de-

tails you need. We will be holding a ‘Wear something Christmassy’ event day on Friday 8th December to raise chocolate and

bottle donations for our tombola.

Don’t forget you can join our closed facebook group by searching Buxton Infant School PTA, you can also join our email list by

contacting us on buxtoninfantpta@gmail.com

Many thanks,

Laura Bowers (Chair of the PTA)

PTA news

Dates for the term

Year 2 Christmas play Tuesday 5th December : 2p.m Afternoon All Welcome Wednesday 6th December 6:30p.m : Adults and children from yr4 upwards only Year 1 Christmas play Wednesday 6th December :2 p.m Afternoon. All welcome Thursday 7th December 6:30pm Adults and children from yr4 upwards only Reception Christmas play: Wednesday 13th December: 2.p.m Afternoon All welcome Thursday 14th December 2.p.m Adults and children from yr4 upwards only PTA meet and greet will be held on Tuesday 28th November at The Old Sun pub from 7:30 Wear something Christmassy’ event day on Friday 8th December :Chocolate and bottle donations Year one to See Snowman Film: Monday 11th December Christmas Jumper day Friday 15th December: Wear your Christmas jumper and bring £1 for Save the Children School Christmas Lunch : Friday 15th December Christmas Fun time event will be taking place on Monday 18th December Year 2 Party: Monday 18th December Year 1 Party: Monday 18th December Reception Party: Tuesday 19th December

Christmas Sing: Tuesday 19th December. All parents and carers are invited to join us for our annual Christmas sing in the school hall from 2.30. Term ends on Tuesday 19th December and the children return to school on Wednesday 3rd January

The Eco committee have been busy tidying up the leaves in the playground and planting up some winter pansies to

brighten up the playground. They have begun to plan actions and events towards the renewal of our green flag award.

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Eco News