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Poppy Appeal 2022
Tue 25 Oct 2022Dear parent / carer,
As a school, we are once again delighted to support the Royal British Legion with their Poppy Appeal and, with your help, raise money for a very worthwhile cause.
If you would like to support this year’s Poppy Appeal, please send cash in with your child and they will be able to make their donation and pick an item which will be available to buy from tomorrow (poppies, zip pull, wristband, poppy reflector and the very popular slap-band!).
All donations gratefully received with a suggested minimum donation of £1 for a Poppy and slap-band and 50p for all other items.
Regards,
SB
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Update 18.10.2022
Tue 18 Oct 2022Dear parent carer,
Please note the following:
- Individual / sibling school photographs
- Individual and sibling school photographs will be taken on Thursday 10th and Friday 11th November.
- All children will have their photograph taken on their own either on Thursday or Friday, and also with any siblings that attend our school during the school day.
- The photographer will be available after school on both days should you wish to include younger or older siblings that are not in our school. If you would like to have this type of picture taken, please email Mrs Hughes on kirsty.hughes@torfaen.gov.uk with your preferred day and approximate time.
- Images should be ready for Christmas.
- Harvest
As part of our Harvest celebrations, children are invited to bring in selected food items which will then be donated to the Woodland Road Food Share (bank). We hope this will give our pupils a real opportunity to share our Harvest Festival with those in the community who may be struggling at the moment.
The Food Share are desperately in need of any donations of long life food items and toiletries – shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, angel delight type desserts, instant mash, tins of custard, packets of rice (plain or savoury), tinned rice pudding, long life milk, bottles of squash, coffee, teabags etc.
Please send your donations into school week beginning Monday, 24th October (next week)
In the past we have been really impressed with the response to our appeal and so would like to thank you in advance for supporting this very worthwhile cause.
- Pantomime
Your child has the wonderful opportunity to visit The Riverside Theatre in Newport to see the professional production of the pantomime Robin Hood on Friday 9th December 2022.
Children will leave school at approximately 9.15a.m. and return to school in time for lunch.
As the trip is being subsidised by the school and PTA, the total cost per child will be £12.50, which includes a goody bag.
You will need to pay by via the Torfaen County Borough Council website. Select ‘Make a School Payment’ under popular tasks (as per school meals) and select Pantomime 2022.
We will take payment as permission for your child to attend.
- Young Carers
Is anyone that lives with you undertaking a caring role? Perhaps helping to look after you or an elderly relative or sibling? If so, we can access support for them – let me know.
- Parking
I have received a letter from the community council representing the views of local people and highlighting some of the concerns around inconsiderate and dangerous parking:
- Please don’t block drives.
- Please don’t park such that the bus can’t get through.
- Please don’t park on the pavement or mount the pavement at all – this is dangerous to pedestrians.
- Please don’t park on the zig zags – they are there to improve visibility and help keep your children safe!
- Schoop
Please remember to update your class choices etc on Schoop. If you need details of how to sign up, let me know.
All the best,
Simon Bates