Wednesday 20th December 2023
We would all like to wish you all a very ‘Merry Christmas!’ We hope you all have a safe and healthy Christmas holiday.
Thank you to all who have helped and supported our school this term:
- Thank you to all children who have worked incredibly hard this term.
- Thank you to the staff that support and lead learning.
- Thank you to those that lead early birds and night owls as you always give time to make these sessions enjoyable.
- Thank you to visiting teachers including Mr Nagy.
- Thank you to those that volunteer to listen to readers and help on school trips.
- A huge thank you to the School Circle who dedicate time and effort to raise money for our school.
- Thank you to our governors for their ongoing support.
Have a lovely Christmas and all the best for the New Year.
Mrs L. Edgerton
First Day Back
Please be aware that Wednesday 3rd January is a PD days.
Term begins for children on Thursday 4th January.
End of Day January
Please complete your child’s end of day form for January by Wednesday 3rd January 2024. Many thanks
https://forms.gle/ocUXZYKnnQbqa5NeA
Office Hours
Please note the school office will be closed from 3.15pm on Wednesday 20th December until 8.30am on Thursday 4th January. The emails will be checked weekly over the holidays and urgent matters will receive responses. Lisa, Emily and Lucy would like to wish all families a very happy Christmas.
Thanks from School Circle
What an amazing start to the academic year with all the fundraising support from the Longnor community! We are truly thankful for all the help that has been given so far and once the sums that have been raised from this autumn’s events have been tallied up, we will let everyone know the total raised so far.
The Frost Fayre was an incredible night and very well attended again, thank you to the following volunteers who made the night run so smoothly:
Alex Croft and family, Zara Wrisdale, Lynne and Richard James, Amanda Evans, Alison Jordan, Krista Price, Lizzie (and mum Phylis) and Elliot Starkie, Felicity and Lee Kienstra, Jenny Blackhurst, Daria Shavkova, Ben McMillan, Sara Marais and family, Cherie Wilkes and family, Jess Waller, Rachel King, James Hurrell and family, Mrs Edgerton, Mrs Lewis, Mr Helliker, Mrs Reece, Ms Offland and of course Santa himself. As always, please forgive me if I have missed anyone off this list.
Thank you also to all the children who performed so beautifully during the evening and to Eagles class who ran their own stalls, as well as everyone else who helped decorate the school in the run up and donated to our fundraiser. This is a huge team effort and wouldn’t have been possible without each and everyone’s input however small.
The movie night was very well enjoyed by the children as well as the adults who helped out during the evening – we aim to hold another movie night in early spring so please keep an eye out for that. School Circle are planning to finish the year off by hosting a Christmas party for the children in school on Wednesday 20th after lunch, if you are free and able to volunteer an hour or so to help run the event, please can you let the school office know.
On a sad note, we say goodbye to our long standing Treasurer Richard Hall who will be handing over to Mrs Stekic and Alison Jordan at the end of this month. Rich has been an incredible (and patient) team member taking on the treasurer’s role for such a long time, on behalf of School Circle, we would like to wish him and his family the very best of luck with their new beginnings in the new year.
I’d like to wish everyone within the Longnor School community and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and look forward to hitting the ground running in 2024 with plenty more events and activities for the children.
Very best wishes
Tina Aljan
School Circle Chair
ParentPay Arrears
As we approach the end of the year, could we please ask that you settle any arrears outstanding on your ParentPay accounts. We would appreciate if you would give this your immediate attention.
Birmingham Trip – 7th February – Additional Details
Your child should have brought home a letter yesterday with details about a trip to Birmingham on Wednesday 7th February.
Please note that children will be returning late to school from this trip. The bus company are aiming to arrive back at school for 4.30pm, but we will update parents on the way back via Seesaw. Thanks
Applications for Reception Class 2024
Parenting helpline
BEAM sessions
100 Club – November and December Winners
Thanks to everyone who supports our 100 Club Draw – details of November and December’s winners are below.
November draw:
1st prize £25 – number 55, Liz Starkie
2nd prize £10 – number 64, Sheena Bell
3rd prize £5 – number 38, Jo Stephens
December draw:
1st prize £25 – number 62, Juliet Hurrell
2nd prize £10 – number 33, Hannah Higgins
3rd prize £5 – number 80, Rachel King
Numbers were drawn independently by a member of School Circle.
Many thanks for your continued support.
Non-Uniform Day – thanks
Jessica Brown from Class 3 would like to say a big thank you to everyone who supported the non-uniform day last Friday 15th December.
You all raised an amazing £94.22 which will be rounded up to £100 and sent over to The Harry Johnson Trust in the New Year.
The charity does amazing work to support local children with cancer. To find out more, please click on the logo below and scroll to the bottom of their homepage to watch a short video about charity.
