St Nicholas News! Newsletter - November 2018

Mission Statement “To maximise the learning potential of every pupil within the love of God.”

Thank you for your recent support with both the Peter Pan in school and for your generosity fundraising for Children in Need. The children loved the Panto and it inspired great writing across the school—I hope you took the opportunity to come into school and see some of the fabulous work created.

If you were unable to make either of the Parents Evenings’ held last week, please contact your child’s teacher to have a conversation about your child’s learning in school.

Also, a huge thank you to those who came to school on Saturday morning to help plant trees. It was a fantastic morning—team work at its best!

St Nicholas C of E Primary School , School Road, Blackpool , FY4 5DS Tel : 01253 966150 [email protected] .sch .uk Twitter: @stnicholas14

Farewell Mrs Harris!

The school said a fond farewell to Mrs Harris, one of the welfare assistants, after over 30 years of service to our school.

St Nicholas in Strictly! On Friday 9th November, 12 Y5 children spent a fabulous morning at the Tower Ballroom learning and performing the fast step. They did the school proud by achieving straight 10's from the judges.

School trips: Year 2 classes had a great morning at Stanley Park.

They improved their geography skills by using maps and compasses to find human and physical features around Stanley Park. They enjoyed being in the outdoors and it created a real buzz about learning through geography.

Dates for your diary in November & December

Friday 23rd November: 9am- Class 2SJ Worship on the hall

Wednesday 5th December: 6pm—Christingle led by Y3 at Church

Thursday 6th December: St. Nicholas Day

Friday 7th December: Non-Uniform Day—bring a bottle for the tombola stall at the Fair. 3:30pm—5:30pm — Fair

Tuesday 11th December: 2:30pm & 6pm—Reception Nativity

Wednesday 12th December: 2pm—Y1&Y2 Nativity 5.45pm – Carols around the Campfire in the Forest School area.

Thursday 13th December: 2pm & 6pm—Y1&Y2 Nativity

Friday 14th December: Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day (Non-uniform with a Christmas jumper—all donations to Save the Children).

Monday 17th December: Music Extravaganza Evening! 6pm onwards

Tuesday 18th December: School Christmas Lunch

Thursday 20th December: 9am—Whole School Eucharist Service 3.30pm—Finish for Christmas holiday

School Uniform Christmas Lunch It is really important that the children This year’s school Christmas have full school uniform and this Lunch will take place on includes PE kit. Tuesday 18th December. Our PE kit is plain navy blue shorts and All children can join in, the school PE T-shirt. Children can including those who usually also wear a school tracksuit on their PE have a packed lunch; they day with PE kit underneath. just need to tell their Alternatively, they can come to school teacher on the day. in their usual uniform and get changed Lunches are free to into their T-shirt and shorts for the PE children in Reception, Y1 lesson. & Y2 and the usual price Please note that only official school for all others, tracksuits are permitted; children payable on should not be wearing any other ParentPay. tracksuit or leggings, etc. to school.

Dogs on site Please respect the ‘No Dogs beyond the school gates’ rule. Even small cuddly ones! There are strict health and safety rules we need to follow regarding keeping the school and its grounds a dog-free zone.

Attendance Champions! Our top classes for attendance so far this year are:

1st 3JG 2nd 2SJ 3rd 4DE 4th 6SW 5th 1SM Every day counts!

Carols around the Christmas Performances Camp fire Just to confirm dates for performances are as follows:

Year 3 Christingle Service at Church 6pm on 5th December

Reception Christmas Performance 2:30/6pm on 11th December

Year 1 & 2 Christmas Performance

2:pm—12th December

2pm & 6pm—13th December

Advent is a special time for us as Christians as we prepare for the birth of a baby who will change the world. Each week in worship we will be preparing for Christmas. W/c 26th November we will remember the prophets who foretold the birth of many years before. W/c 3th December we will remember W/c 10th December we will remember Mary, the mother of Jesus. W/c 17th December. In our final week we will remember God’s People and on our final day before Christmas we light a candle for Jesus.

GDPR update An updated version of our privacy notice for parents and families is available to read on our website here: https://www.st-nicholas-blackpool.org.uk/info-for-parents/other-useful- information Christmas Fayre

Friday 7th December 2018 3.30pm — 5.30pm

Non-Uniform Day on the 7th December—please bring a bottle for the ‘Bottle Tombola’.

Cake stall— any cakes you can donate to the cake stall would also be gratefully received on the day!

Special guest … Santa! He will make sure every child gets a special .