Ubley C of E Primary School New Friends! Upcoming Events This week we are thinking about new friends and how we can welcome people in different ways. It is always a pleasure to see how kind and thoughtful our older children are towards the very youngest children, and how all our pupils welcome new friends with ease and confidence. th 15 Sept – After-school clubs start this week th 15 Sept – First clarinet lesson for Years 3 - 6 th 17 Sept – Chew Valley School Open Evening for parents of prospective Year 7 students th th 19 – 24 Sept – Book fair open after school th 19 Sept – Genes for Jeans Day rd 23 Sept – Reception Parents’ Phonics Workshop, 6.30pm th 29 Sept – Class 3 to Bath Literature Event rd 3 Oct – Class 2 to Bath Literature Festival Event th 7 Oct – Open Day for families with children starting school in 2015 th 9 Oct – Harvest Service, 1.30pm Reminders Please return your Data Collection sheet to the office as soon as possible. Thank you. …………………………….. Please ensure your child has a full PE kit at school every day of the week. Our PE uniform consists of: Pale blue t-shirt with logo Navy shorts Daps/plimsolls for Class 1 Daps or trainers for Class 2 Trainers for Class 3 As the weather turns cooler, please feel free to include navy, grey or black tracksuit trousers. For health and safety reasons your child will be unable to take part in PE lessons without the appropriate kit. Thank you for your support in this. 9 th Newsletter 2 September 2014 Chew Valley Beer Festival It is the annual Ubley Beer Festival this th th Friday and Saturday night (12 /13 ) and our PTA are fortunate to be invited for the second time to provide the food. We serve burgers and bacon butties for people to enjoy with their beer and it is a fantastic fundraising opportunity for us as a school. The PTA would be very grateful for some extra help in the kitchen on Friday night from 7.30pm, either cooking or serving the food. Here are the new Reception children who have already settled extremely well and have this week begun enjoying school dinners for the first time! Well done everyone! Many thanks. The Travelling Book Fair th If you are able to spare some time on Friday evening, then please contact the Chair of the PTA Gen Moat, on 07521 702552 or [email protected] th From 19 – 24 September the travelling book fair will be open after school in the playground (weather permitting). There is a leaflet in your child’s bookbag tonight giving you an idea of the sort of books on sale and how the scheme benefits the school. Local Chess Champion Clarinet Lessons for KS2! As some of you may have seen in this month’s Chew Valley Gazette, we have the new British Under-16 Chess Champion living just down the road in Blagdon! Zoe Strong, aged 15, worked extremely hard for her title and has been playing chess since the age of 3. As many of you know we were able to provide violin lessons for every child in KS2 all year last year. I am delighted to say that thanks to the PTA we are able to continue with this BANES supported music scheme and are this year providing clarinet lessons to every child from Year 3 to Year 6! I am sharing this with you because her father is Chris Strong who has been running our afterschool chess club for a couple of years now! He is clearly a talented coach and I know that the children who have taken part in chess club in previous years have really benefited from his teaching. Congratulations to Zoe and to Chris! th These lessons will start on Monday 15 September and will work in the same way as last year. I’m already looking forward to the first performance! Thank you Mr Wilkinson! After nearly 26 years with us Steve Wilkinson, who has provided general maintenance services across the whole school (as well as unending patience and humour!) has taken the decision to retire. We will miss him enormously and I wish to thank him for everything he has done for the school in that time. Enjoy your retirement Steve! Ubley Church News On Sunday some of our pupils helped at Ubley Church Café. Mrs Simnett had written a drama about the history of St Bartholomew’s Church and the children dressed up in Victorian clothes to become the school’s first pupils, under the guidance of certificated teacher Miss Dadsurell (Mrs Luckett). Thank you to Evie, Annabel, Jodie, Katie Charter and Cerys for their contribution to the service. First PTA Meeting of the year! All parents very welcome! This will be the first kick-off meeting of the new school year. We like to keep them fun and informal and would really like to welcome new members on to our very active PTA. We will be catching up, discussing fundraising events planned and any new ideas as well as setting a date for our AGM. Hope you can join us at the Ring O’ Bells in rd Compton Martin, Tuesday 23 September at 7.45pm. Regards, Gen (PTA Chair) After-School Clubs for Y1 – Y6 Thank you for your patience with regard to our clubs, the sign-up letter is in your child’s book bag today. I hope you all have a good week. Victoria Reyes – Headteacher