Notre Dame Prep School

Newsletter H6 – 12th December 2014

Dates for your diary  Monday 15th December 2014 Carol Service at St. John's 6.30pm  Tuesday 16th December 2014 Christmas Parties – Non-Uniform  Wednesday 17th December 2014 Term Ends at 3.30pm – No After School Clubs or Care  Wednesday 7th January 2015 Spring Term Begins

NATIVITY PLAYS CAROL SERVICE Congratulations to everyone involved in the Lower School All children from Prep 1 upwards should attend the Nativity plays. The children did extremely well and all Carol Service at St John’s Cathedral on Monday. their hard work was duly rewarded. Special thanks go to Children should be in their seats by 6.15pm and in full Mrs Harsley, who was involved in all three plays whilst at school uniform. Children in Nursery and Pre-Prep are the same time she has been working hard preparing the most welcome and I look forward to seeing you there. children for the Carol Service. Because the Narthex is now run on a commercial basis, Thanks also to Mrs Campbell, Mrs Robinson and their we are charged to use the facility and have to pay a teams and of course Miss Turner and Miss Reynolds commercial price for the refreshments. Therefore, this together with their colleagues. The standard of singing and year’s retiring collection will be used to help defray our acting was excellent. costs and overheads.

GAMES KIT/GLOVES & HATS CHRISTMAS BAZAAR We like the children to get outside for PE whenever Thanks for all your contributions, both time-wise and practical, especially now that we have the all-weather financially that went into the school Bazaar. Although it pitch. Please send your child to school with named green seemed as if there were less people here this year it still gloves and hats and full PE kit so they can get outside and raised in excess of £1700 when the final wreathes and enjoy running about in games lessons. cakes were sold. The most important thing, however, was the wonderful atmosphere and sense of community spirit.

AFTER SCHOOL CLUB 100 CLUB Please note that there is no After School Care on the last December’s winners were: day of term. School finishes at 3.30pm. Bookings must be £50 Mr G. Tibbitts made in order to attend the Holiday Club on Thursday 18th £15 Mrs A. Mancini and Friday 19th December. £10 Harriet Hathway £10 Mrs L. Campbell

CHRISTMAS PARTIES Regards, The children come to school in home clothes for their parties. Please make sure that your child has suitable footwear and a warm coat as they still go outside to play.