ST NICHOLAS CE PRIMARY SCHOOL School Road, Hurst, Berkshire RG10 0DR

NEWSLETTER 13 – 12th December 2019

CHURCH SERVICE Sunday 15th December 11:00am Messy Christingle at St Nicholas Church Thursday 19th December 6:30pm St Nicholas School Carol Service

School Calendar

December Thu 12th Infant Nativity 10.45am Dress rehearsal and

2.15pm Main Performance (ticket only) Fri 13th Caterlink Christmas Lunch and ‘Dare to be

Different’ Day Mon 16th Christmas Workshop Tue 17th Final session of ‘Strictly After School’ club Wed 18th Christmas Craft Day Thu 19th Carol Service 6.30pm at St Nicholas Church Fri 20th Christmas Jumper Day to be worn with

school trousers/shorts/skirts. Optional donation to Save the Children charity.

Fri 20th Last day of term 1.30pm Fri 20th Christmas Craft Afternoon, 2:00-3.30pm at St

Nicholas Church. £2.50 contribution per child towards cost of materials (payable on day). Each child needs a designated adult to stay at Church. Refreshments will be served.

Sun 22nd Carols & Readings for Christmas at 4:30pm St Nicholas Church

Tue 24th Crib Service with Nativity Play at 4:00pm St Nicholas Church

Wed 25th Christmas Day with Family Communion at 11:00am St Nicholas Church

January Mon 6th INSET DAY – School Closed Tue 7th School re-opens from 8.35am Mon 13th All Clubs start week commencing 13th Jan Wed 15th TS Eliot Cake Sale Mon 20th PTA Meeting, 7.15pm at The Castle Pub

Attachments this week:

Caterlink Spring Term 2020 Menu

Dare to be Different poster

Bracknell Bees Ice Hockey Festive Games

St Nicholas School Vision Statement Delivering a firm foundation for our childrens’ future

success by celebrating individual and community achievement, built on Christian values.

School Values Respect, Thoughtfulness, Perseverance, Friendship

Lost Property (not uniform items) If you recognise any of these small items as your lost property, please do claim them before the

end of term. There is a wide variety of items including electronic items, spectacles,

sunglasses, earrings, watches, keyrings etc.

GOLD AWARDS Well done to

Oscar Dewey, Maddie Hamblin and Lara Warren

who achieved a Gold Award

Thank you A special thank you to Lady Suzy Watt who very kindly provided our Christmas tree for the Reception area and to The Giles Family for providing the tree in the Hall. Teigan in TS Eliot and Miss Wheeler visited Lady Watt’s residence in Hurst to personally choose the tree, which is in Reception. I think you will agree they both look fabulous!

Whole School Christmas Craft Day, Wednesday 18th December We are asking parents for a voluntary contribution of £3.00 towards the cost of materials. If you do wish to contribute to our Craft day, this can be paid via Tucasi or directly to the school office with cash. We would also like as many parent volunteers to help us on the day! Please let the office know if you can help. Thank you.

Christmas Jumper Day, Friday 20th December (LAST DAY OF TERM) On the last day of term, pupils are very welcome to come to school wearing their most festive jumper to raise money for Save the Children! They should wear jumpers together with their usual school trousers/skirts. Voluntary cash donations are very welcome please. School will close at 1.30pm.

Reminder: Return of Non-Fiction Library Books Please can children return all non-fiction library books to the Office by Friday 13th December at the latest. Thanks! Sad News It is with great sadness that we have received the news that our longest-serving volunteer, Mr Jim Hoskins, has died. Mr Hoskins tirelessly supported our chess players for more than 16 years, offering a high standard of coaching in our lunch-time and after-school clubs. His passion for the game together with his kindness and patience inspired many of our children to enter chess competitions, and Mr Hoskins would often give up his weekends to be there to support them. His coaching skills resulted in many individual and team successes over the years and engendered a love of the game among pupils of St Nicholas school. An enormous number of pupils and parents, past and present, feel so grateful for what Mr Hoskins taught them; they will treasure their memories of such a special educator.

Free Trial Session and £40 discount at Perform

Popular children's drama and dance school Perform is offering a Free Trial Session and a

special introductory discount of £40 for members of St Nicholas CofE Primary School if

they sign up by Saturday 25th January. Parents should quote SNCP250120 when they

book their free session by going to perform.org.uk/try or calling 020 7255 9120.

The nearest classes to St Nicholas CofE Primary School are as follows:

Perform Twyford (Drama for 4-7s) (1.8 miles) Saturdays at 9.30am

Twyford Youth Centre 3 Loddon Road, RG10 9JA

Perform Twyford (Drama for 4-7s) (1.8 miles) Wednesdays at 4pm

Twyford Youth Centre 3 Loddon Road, RG10 9JA

Perform Twyford (Drama for 7-12s) (1.8 miles) Saturdays at 11.15am

Twyford Youth Centre 3 Loddon Road, RG10 9JA

Perform Twyford (Drama for 7-12s) (1.8 miles) Wednesdays at 5pm

Twyford Youth Centre 3 Loddon Road, RG10 9JA

Perform Reading (Drama for 4-7s) (2.8 miles) Wednesdays at 4.00pm

St Nicolas Church Hall Earley Sutcliffe Avenue, RG6 7JN

There are others too. Click to find all the nearest here or view a list of all areas.

PTA NEWS UPDATE

Dinner Dance, Saturday 7th December Everybody had a fantastic time; great food and live music. If you didn't go, speak to those that went to see what you missed so you can book early for the Dinner Dance 2020. Thank you Hurst Village Society for once again running the event with the school. Big thanks to Richard, Darren, Mark, Helen, Vic and Jen for all your help to make the event run so smoothly.

Dare to Be Different, Friday 13th December Please see attached poster. Great fun for the children to come to school wearing festive accessories. All the money will go to the school to buy something, which will benefit our children. Christmas Lunch, Friday 13th December Thank you to all the parents who are helping and to Emma for sourcing the presents and all the parents who helped wrap them.

Bracknell Bees Ice Hockey – Please see attached poster for the games over the festive period. Children go free!

Some Dates for your Diary in 2020: Wednesday 15th January TS Eliot Cake Sale Monday 20th January PTA Meeting, 7.15pm at The Castle Pub Friday 7th February Disco (Infant and Junior session) Tuesday 25th February Pancake Races Friday 28th February Quiz Night Wednesday 4th March Longfellow Cake Sale Thursday 5th March World Book Day (Option to dress up as a book character) Friday 20th March Film Night Easy Fundraising www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/stnicholasprimaryhurst Christmas is coming and I’m sure you will all be doing some online shopping! The PTA benefits when you shop via this link! Nearly all large retailers are there including Amazon, eBay, supermarkets, M&S, John Lewis, Argos etc. If you buy insurance, holidays and large purchases through this scheme, we really get a big pay out! Do join if you haven't already done so! Amazon Wish List Thank you to everybody who has purchased items for the school. Unfortunately, the items arrive without the School knowing who they have come from, thus we are unable to send a personalised ‘thank you’. If you would like to buy something from the selection available, the link is www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/WZSU6HFJ8FGO?ref_=wl_share Thank you for all your support. More ideas for fundraising needed for Spring and Summer terms. The PTA Team