Dear parents and carers,
Only 2 weeks to go until school closes for Christmas… where has this term gone! Here are a few reminders of events taking place up to the Christmas break. Please keep this letter safe!
On the day of the children’s nativity performances we will open the doors 15 minutes prior to the show (9.45am for EYFS and 1.45pm for KS1) to serve hot drinks and mince pies for parents with a bit of festive music. Please come and join us!
Christmas celebrations at Common Road…
Nursery
- Wednesday 7th December Nativity performance 10am in the school hall No afternoon nursery session Thursday 8th December Story time with Santa £1 at 11.30am for morning session and 3.15pm for afternoon session. Please call in the school office to book a place.
- Tuesday 13th December Christmas party in the morning No afternoon nursery session. Children to come in party clothes, food provided by school
- Friday 16th December Children invited to wear Christmas jumpers Silver coin donation welcomed
Reception
- Wednesday 7th December Nativity performance 10am in the school hall
- Wednesday 7th December Afternoon tea with Santa £3 at 3.15pm. Please call in the school office to book a place.
- Wednesday 14th December Christmas party in the afternoon Children to come in party clothes food provided by school
- Tuesday 13th December Christmas party in the afternoon Children to come in party clothes, food provided by school
Year 1
- Wednesday 7th December Nativity performance 2pm in the school hall
- Wednesday 7th December Afternoon tea with Santa £3 at 3.15pm. Please call in the school office to book a place.
- Wednesday 14th December Christmas party in the afternoon Children to come in party clothes, food provided by school
- Wednesday 14th December Afternoon tea with Santa £3 at 3.15pm. Please call in the school office to book a place.
Year 2
- Wednesday 7th December Nativity performance 2pm in the school hall
- Wednesday 7th December Afternoon tea with Santa £3 at 3.15pm. Please call in the school office to book a place.
- Wednesday 14th December Afternoon tea with Santa £3 at 3.15pm. Please call in the school office to book a place.
- Thursday 15th December Christmas party in the afternoon Children to come in party clothes, food provided by school
Whole school
- Friday 9th December Dress as a colour day. Children in each class invited to come into school in the following colour clothes: Nursery – Yellow, Reception – Red, Year 1 – Green, Year 2 – Blue. Donations for the rainbow raffle (Christmas Fayre) welcomed in the colour of your child’s class. For example – blue you could donate oreos, blue riband biscuits, blue dragon sauce packet, jaffa cakes, blue shower gel, Gillette shaving foam… anything the colour blue for Year 2. Non-perishable please.
- Thursday 15th December Christmas Fayre In the school hall from 3.15pm
- Friday 16th December Children invited to wear Christmas jumpers Silver coin donation welcomed All children will have a Christmas Dinner. Please let the school office know if your child does not want a Christmas Dinner.
- Friday 16th December School closes for the Christmas break and re-opens Tuesday 3rd January
**Please note photographs are permitted at family events such as nativities, however we ask all parents to respect the wishes of others and ensure these photos are for their own personal use and are not posted on social media.**
Santa visits Common Road – Santa will be attending all the children’s Christmas parties this year and hopefully…if they’ve been good, bringing each child a small gift from the school. Once again this year you will be able to purchase a photograph of your child with Santa (these would make a perfect Christmas gift!) If you would like to order a photograph of your child and our special visitor together please complete the form attached to the newsletter and enclose £2.00 per photograph.
I would like to thank author Hilary Robinson, children’s author and Glen at the South Kirkby co-op for their generous gift donations for our children.
Nativity baubles – After their nativity performance next week the children will bring home a small bauble labelled with the name of their nativity for their memory box or to hang on the family Christmas tree. We hope you will cherish these and save them for your child for when they grow up!
Christmas post box – Our Christmas post box will open on Monday. Please can you write the name of the child and their class on the front. The school parliament will give these out daily so please help them by making who they are for clear.
Reminder: There will be no after-school clubs on the last week of term or the first week back after the break.
I, on behalf of all the staff at Common Road Infant and Nursery School, wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs D Edwards
Headteacher
