Monday 11th December

Goodness - we have a very busy and very festive week ahead of us. It's hard to believe it's only two more weeks and it will be Christmas! A big thank you to everyone who came to the fair on Saturday and to all those involved inorganising it and making it such a success.

Pantomine: don't forget that the children need to be in school for 8:15 am on Monday. The whole school are lucky enough to go to the Chester Gateway theatre to watch 'The Wizard of Oz' - I'm sure it will be magical and an experience the children will thoroughly enjoy. You may want to pack them some snack in a small plastic as they won't be back at school for playtime. They arrive back in time for a late lunch.

The children are so excited about performing this year's Christmas musical to you and I am sure you will not be disappointed at all. The children have worked their socks off and we are all very proud of them. We performed a dress rehearsal to the rest of the school on Friday afternoon and it went down a treat! Thank you so much for getting costumes ready (the children look fantastic!), and helping your child learn lines or dances. And thinking of all things theatrical please try to remember to bring your tickets with you to the Year 3/4 performances this week. There are strict fire, health and safety rules and so entrance can only be with a ticket.


After the incredibly busy start to the week we will be starting to think of all things to do with Christmas, so have a look at some of these links:

http://www.north-pole.co.uk/advent_calendar/index.htm

http://www.santasjournal.com/journal/

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/xmas/crafts.html

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/xmas/games.htm

In R.E. we are exploring the advent stories from the Bible. Please feel free to use the sites mentioned last week to share the story of the nativity with your child or check out:

http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Christmas_Story/xmas_hmpg.html

http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/christmas/nativity/nativity.html - build your own nativity scene

It's that creative time of year with lots of glitter and paper strewn across floors and we'll be no different! We will be doing lots of crafting this week so if you could send your child in with any cardboard tubes (not toilet rolls) that would be fantastic.

And finally a letter will be coming out later on this week about the Year 3/4 Christmas party in the last week so do keep an eye out for it.

Have a safe and happy week.

We look forward to seeing you all at the performances of 'Tinsel and Tea-towels'

Year 3/4 team