Last night Year 6 performed with the Choral Society at the Crickhowell Community Carol Concert in St Edmund's Church. Singing with the choir as well as performing songs from their own Christmas production the children were, once again, fantastic ambassadors for the school.

Christmas Performances

Our Christmas productions have been a great success this year and we have been very grateful for all the positive comments and the thanks that we have received from parents and grandparents. Thanks too, to the Friends of the School for their work in fund raising to pay for the new stage lights which made such a difference to the quality of the productions this year.

Weekly Diary Sheet for 19th December

School Clubs are now cancelled until the week of 16^th January

Monday/Dydd Llun 19^th

Carol Service at St Edmunds, 10am – all welcome

Year 6 singing at Greenhill residential home

Tuesday/Dydd Mawrth 20^th
Last day of term – school finishes at the normal time of 3.20pm

Monday/Dydd Llun 9^th January/Ionawr 2012

Children return to school

School Dinners this Week (Please note that the cost of school dinners is now £2)
Monday – mini-grill
Tuesday – chicken pie

Weekly Diary Sheet for 12th December

This Week’s Diary

School Clubs are now cancelled until the New Year.

Monday/Dydd Llun 12^th

Year 5/6 Christmas Party

Tuesday/Dydd Mawrth 13^th
Open the Book Assembly

Infant Party

Wednesday/Dydd Mercher 14^th

Year 6 singing at Maes-y-Ffynnon

Years 3/4 Christmas Party

Thursday/Dydd Iau 15^th

Christmas Dinner

Friday/Dydd Gwener 16^th

Non-Uniform Day in aid of the School Council

Grounds afternoon
Saturday/Dydd Sadwrn 17^th

Year 6 performing at the Community Carol Concert in St Edmunds

School Dinners this Week (Please note that the cost of school dinners is now £2)
Monday – Pasta bolognese                 Thursday – Christmas dinner
Tuesday – Roast turkey                       Friday – Salmon and chips
Wednesday – Casserole

Bottle Tops…We only need 170 more plastic bottle tops to be able to claim our free sports kit. If every child brings in one on Monday morning we will have enough!

Please can we have!...Mrs Anthony would welcome the donation of a small fridge-freezer for use in the Nursery/Reception classes. She is also looking for donations of buttons, ribbon and wool. If you can help with any of these items please get in touch.

Community Carol Concert…Year 6 will be taking part in this year’s event at St Edmunds which takes place next Saturday at 6pm. Tickets are available from the school office at a cost of £5.

Christmas Dinner…takes place on Thursday. Please let us know if your child will not be wanting a Christmas dinner. No other meal options are available on this day.

News from the Friends… The Friends raffled one of the Class Hampers at each of the concerts this week, thank you for your contributions and congratulations to all the winning families! Year 4's 'Going for Gold' hamper won the 1st prize at the Christmas Fayre and this hamper is still available to be won. McCarthy's hair salon in Crickhowell have kindly agreed to help us raffle the last hamper, so if you would like another chance - please pop in and buy a ticket. All the money raised has gone towards the new stage lighting in the hall.

Weekly Diary Sheet for 5th December

This Week’s Diary

School Clubs are now cancelled until the New Year.

Monday/Dydd Llun 5^th

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Tuesday/Dydd Mawrth 6^th
Foundation Phase dress rehearsal in the morning

Foundation Phase performance 6pm

Wednesday/Dydd Mercher 7^th

Year 3/4 dress rehearsal in the morning

Foundation Phase performance 2pm

Year 3/4 performance 6pm

Thursday/Dydd Iau 8^th

Year 5/6 dress rehearsal in the morning

Year 3/4 performance 2pm

Year 5/6 performance 6pm

Friday/Dydd Gwener 9^th

Nursery/Reception taking part in the under-five’s Christmas service at St Edmunds

Year 5/6 performance 2pm

School Dinners this Week (Please note that the cost of school dinners is now £2)
Monday – Pizza                       Thursday –Roast beef
Tuesday – Sausages                Friday – Fish and chips
Wednesday – Chicken curry

Bottle Tops…please send in any remaining plastic bottle tops by Monday. If we collect enough we can claim a free set of team kit for the school.

A message from the Fun Factory…School doesn't start back until 9^th January so the Fun Factory Holiday club will run from 3^rd – 6^th Jan, 8.30 am - 3.00pm for children aged 2yrs - 10 yrs at a cost of £12 per day. All children welcome.

To book tel 07840328292, email funfactory.asc@live.co.uk or pop in to see Emma Williams or Charlotte Williams at Allsorts Playgroup

Arrangements for Christmas Concerts

In order to ensure that the Christmas productions run smoothly and that the safety of the children is maintained there are a number of points parents can help us with:

For the evening performances:

·      Infant children should be delivered to their classes via the infant entrance on the main playground at 5.30pm (not before, as there will be no members of staff to supervise them)

·      Junior children should enter the building via the main entrance at the front of the school.

·      Doors open at 5.30pm (not before!) and entry will be via the external hall doors only.

·      For child protection reasons only staff and pupils are allowed in the main building.

Collecting children following both the evening and afternoon productions
Parents should remain in the hall following the end of the performance. Your children will be brought to you when they are changed and ready to leave. As always, children will only be allowed to leave with a parent or known carer.

Concert Tickets

Additional tickets will be available on a first come, first served basis on the morning of the relevant concert.

Photography and Videoing
To comply with Powys County Council guidelines parents/grandparents and other members of the audience must have completed a form to seek permission to take photographs or video during the performances. This form was sent home with your child’s tickets. More forms are available from the school office.

Due to a specific child protection issue no videoing will be permitted at the Y5/6 afternoon performance and photography will only be permitted at the end of the performance when the children will be on stage at the end of their finale. The school will take photographs during the performance which will be available to parents electronically, free of charge. Please feel free to contact Mr Wright if you have any concerns over this.

Younger Children
We do ask that parents have consideration for others, use their judgement, and don’t allow younger brothers and sisters to spoil the production by becoming noisy or disruptive. Children of school age will already have had the opportunity to see their brothers/sisters perform during the dress rehearsals.

With so many children to organise and supervise it would help us greatly if parents would adhere to these requests. Many thanks.