Newsletter 7.11.18
Date: 7th Nov 2018 @ 1:47pm
07 November 2018
Dear Parents & Carers
Parent Governor
I am delighted to inform you that Mr Nathan Ollier has been duly appointed as a parent Governor. Following the closing date for nominations, he was the only parent to have submitted an application, so he has therefore been appointed to serve on the governing body for a 4 year term. I am sure that you will join with me in congratulating him on his appointment.
Unfortunately Mrs N Dormer has had to step down from her role as Parent Governor due to work commitments. We therefore have a further vacancy for a parent governor. Should you wish to apply for the post you will need to complete the nomination form and return it to the school office by 12.00pm on 26th November 2018. If we have more than one applicant then there will be a ballot to determine the successful candidate. Further details and application forms will be available from the school office and on the school website from Monday 12th November. Please note that we are specifically looking for nominations from parents who have a financial or industry background.
School Friendship Discos
These will take place on Thursday 8th November and will be run by members of the PTA.
Disco 1 (Year 1- Year 3) 5.00pm – 6.15pm
Disco 2 (Year 4- Year 6) 6.30pm – 7.45pm
As with previous discos entrance and collection will be via the children’s class entrance.
Tickets are still available from members of the PTA who will be selling them before school in the morning. The cost will be £3.50 which includes entrance and refreshments.
Parent / Teacher Meetings
It was lovely to see so many parents / carers at our parent / teacher meetings the week before the break. We hope that you have gained a clear understanding of how well your children are doing in school. Many thanks to the members of the Y6 school council who guided parents to classes during the evenings. Should you need further guidance regards your child’s progress before the next parents evening please don’t hesitate to speak to your child’s class teacher.
No Pens Day
As part of our drive to promote speaking and listening skills the children participated in a variety of learning activities on the day before we broke for half term which involved no writing. These have involved drama and dance activities. This supported the development of the spoken word and was great to see. Well done to all children and staff.
Children in Need
This year’s Children In Need day will take place on Friday 16th November.
I have asked the school council to consult with as many children as possible to consider an appropriate fundraiser for the day. They have now reached a decision and would like all children to come to school wearing bright odd clothing. For doing so we would like all involved to make a donation of a minimum of £1.00 to this worthy cause.
Extreme Read
It has been lovely to see so many pictures of children from each age group participating in our ‘extreme read’. It is our intention to run this throughout the academic year and during the next summer holidays, so please encourage your child to take part. Photographs can either be handed into the school office or emailed to extremeread@highstreet.cheshire.sch.uk.
Please can you indicate on your email if you are happy for the photographs to be posted on social media; this will be done with no more than the initial of your child’s first name. To see some of our extreme reads please visit @HighStPrimary on Twitter. Well done to all concerned!!!
Payments for Residential visits
Please note that the third payment is due shortly for the London residential visit.
School Photographer
Please note that the school photographers will be visiting school on Tuesday 13th November. As in previous years they will start before school at 8.30am to take photographs of preschool children with their older siblings. They will then take family groups at the start of the school day before taking individual photographs of the children. If you would like to attend the early morning session with your preschool child and siblings please contact the school office to register your interest before lunchtime on Monday 12th November.
SIMS Agora (children in Years 3-6 only)
Winsford High Street Primary School now has an online payments system which we would encourage parents to use to pay for school meals for your children.
The system we use is known as SIMS Agora which is very easy-to-use and will offer you the flexibility to make online payments whenever and wherever you like, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - safe in the knowledge that payments are secure and use the highest level of card security and that funds will reach the school safely.
Getting started with SIMS Agora online payments
If you have a child in Key Stage Two (Years 3-6) you will shortly be receiving an email which includes your child’s unique registration reference for SIMS Agora. If you have not got an email address you will receive a letter which contains your child’s registration number.
To access SIMS Agora you will need an email address and a Microsoft Account.
You can use an existing account if you already have one, or create a new one online – they are free, very easy to setup and you can use any email address and password – to get a Microsoft Account please go to https://signup.live.com.
You can create a Google Account at: https://accounts.google.com/SignUp
- Please login to SIMS Agora - https://www.simsagora.co.uk
- When prompted you will need to enter the Invitation code and then your child’s date of birth.
- Follow the simple online instructions to register your account.
- Please register your new account by 19th January 2019.
- You will receive a confirmation email – once you have activated your account by clicking the
link in the email you will be able to make payments for school meals straight away.
If you have any difficulties in registering or using the online payment system please contact the school office who will be happy to help you.
Dates for the remainder of the term:
8th November: Y6 River Visit
8th November Friendship Discos
9th November: School Remembrance Service: School Only
13th November: School Photographer to visit.
14th November: Y5/6 Kings School Cubic Challenge
16th November: New parents Tour of the school at 9.15am
21st November: Open Evening 6.00-7.00pm for Prospective Parents (Nursery and Reception)
28th November: New parents Tour of the school at 2.00pm
3rd December: Winsford Partnership Choral Event @ Lifestyle Centre Y4
4th December: Winsford Partnership Choral Event @ Lifestyle Centre Y4
10th December: Nursery Nativity PM
10th December: EYFS to Delamere Forest all day
11th December: EYFS Dress Rehearsal am
11th December: Y1 Dress Rehearsal pm
12th December: EYFS Nativity am and pm
12th December: Y2/3 Rehearsal at URC am
13th December: Y1 Nativity am
13th December: Y2/3 Carols at URC pm
14th December: Y5 / 6 Rehearsal Carols by Candlelight at St Andrews am TBC
17th December: Year 5 /6 Carol Concert at St Andrews, 6.00pm TBC
17th December: Y3/4 Theatre Visit: Grange Hartford
17th December: Y5/6 Carol Service @ United Reformed Church, Over.
19th December: Y5/6 Christmas Party am
19th December: EYFS Christmas Party am
20th December: Y3/4 Christmas Party am
20th December: Y1/2 Christmas Party am
20th December: Y5 / 6 New Vic Theatre Visit
Should you have any issues which you wish to discuss, please don’t hesitate to contact me via the school office.
Kind regards
Mark Joule
HEADTEACHER