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27.11.2020 Dear Families, It was lovely to hear good news about family gatherings at Christmas. Celebrating this special time of year in our Church school is beginning in earnest – Rev. Sherine is sending every child home with a small wooden figure of Baby Jesus today and she hopes that this will be the start of your family’s own Nativity tableau. You could create the other figures out of paper, lego, pegs, fabric; you could even build the stable and light it up in your window. Please send photographs to Rev Sherine, to our Facebook page or to me directly. Let’s see if we can join the other 550 families and businesses in Alford, all making their own windows onto the Nativity. Christmas’ nativities and school plays won’t quite be the same this year but we hope to do something a little different for the children in every class. Thank you already to the families who have generously donated to St Barnabas’ Just Giving campaign for “Rudy’s Run”. I have an inkling Father Christmas is going to make an appearance, children! Christmas parties, bauble decorating, calendar making and Covid-safe carol singing are still going to be part of our celebrations in school. It would be lovely if the children sent their friends Christmas cards and little messages – these can be hand delivered in the children’s “bubbles” rather than using the traditional Christmas post box. We are also going to have a virtual “Do it yourself” Christingle service with Rev. Sherine and Rev Ros teaching us all how to make our own DIY Christingle to bring home on the last day of term. As you can see, we are trying to ensure that this wonderful time of the year is continued in school to the best of our ability. If you have anything that would help us make Christmas this year as special as it can be, please drop in the office and see us. At the same time, please keep letting us know how you are and how we can help your family – email me at [email protected] Please do not send your child into school with a mobile phone. If they are travelling on school transport and you would like them to have a phone with them, please contact Mrs Belton to discuss this. Thank you.
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27.11.2020
Dear Families,
It was lovely to hear good news about family gatherings at Christmas. Celebrating this special
time of year in our Church school is beginning in earnest – Rev. Sherine is sending every child
home with a small wooden figure of Baby Jesus today and she hopes that this will be the start
of your family’s own Nativity tableau. You could create the other figures out of paper, lego,
pegs, fabric; you could even build the stable and light it up in your window. Please send
photographs to Rev Sherine, to our Facebook page or to me directly. Let’s see if we can join the
other 550 families and businesses in Alford, all making their own windows onto the Nativity.
Christmas’ nativities and school plays won’t quite be the same this year but we hope to do
something a little different for the children in every class. Thank you already to the families
who have generously donated to St Barnabas’ Just Giving campaign for “Rudy’s Run”. I have an
inkling Father Christmas is going to make an appearance, children!
Christmas parties, bauble decorating, calendar making and Covid-safe carol singing are still going
to be part of our celebrations in school. It would be lovely if the children sent their friends
Christmas cards and little messages – these can be hand delivered in the children’s “bubbles”
rather than using the traditional Christmas post box. We are also going to have a virtual “Do it
yourself” Christingle service with Rev. Sherine and Rev Ros teaching us all how to make our own
DIY Christingle to bring home on the last day of term.
As you can see, we are trying to ensure that this wonderful time of the year is continued in
school to the best of our ability. If you have anything that would help us make Christmas this
year as special as it can be, please drop in the office and see us.
At the same time, please keep letting us know how you are and how we can help your family –
email me at
Please do not send your child into school with a mobile
phone. If they are travelling on school transport and you
would like them to have a phone with them, please contact
Mrs Belton to discuss this.
Thank you.
Was your child born between 1st September 2016 and 31st August 2017?
If so they are eligible to start school in September 2021.
Online applications from Monday 16th November 2020.
www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions
Take a look at our website www.st-helenascofe.lincs.sch.uk
to see our virtual tour.
Children who attend Little Explorers will still need to apply for a Reception
place for September 2021.
Dear Father Christmas,
You might like to send the children a
“Merge Cube” this Christmas – they are
such a clever technological toy. There are
some excellent books they might like too
– “Santa Jaws”, “A thing called snow”,
“Tinsel, the girls who invented Christmas”, “Where snow
angels go” and “Jungle drop”.
You might like to know that Alyce in YR has donated a big
food parcel to the Alford food bank and Y3 Baillie and his
little sister have got lots of sponsors for “Rudy’s Run”.
Many children are doing little acts of kindness this
Christmas time – I bet you are pleased. It is not just you
Father Christmas who is doing all of the giving
BBC Bitesize Starting Primary School is a helpful toolbox for parents.
Check it out! There are lots of free resources for parents, fact-filled articles and quality videos to support
various aspects of parenting. Some articles are relevant to ALL aged school children.
The website address is - bbc.co.uk/startingprimaryschool
Diary Dates
December
9th Reception children visit Wild Woodcraft
15th Rudy’s Run.
15th 4pm YR Nativity.
17th Last day of term.
January 2021
4th School Opens—Term 3
February
12th Last day of term.
22nd School Opens—Term 4
March
31st Last day of term.
April
1st Staff Training Day
19th School Opens –Term 5
May
28th Last day of term.
June
7th School Opens—Term 6
July
21st Last day of term.
22nd Staff Training Day.
Toby
Chloe
Amelia
