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Happy New Year
Many thanks for all your kind gifts at thoughts at the
end of last term. We hope everyone had a restful and
enjoyable Christmas and wish you all the best for the
new year.
A reminder that school start on Monday 6th of January.
We look forward to seeing the children and hearing all
their exciting news.
Rev Rob and Jean Thank you for your donations to Rev Rob and Jean’s
leaving gift. We were able to buy them two meals near
Wells as well as a visit to some local gardens.
Epiphany
We return to school on Epiphany (the day that celebrates the three kings visit to Jesus). As
we take down our Christmas decorations, we are taking the opportunity to have one last look
at the art work that was created throughout the community to make Newnham village’s
advent calendar this year. Please feel free to join us at 2:30 when all the art work will be on
display.
Swimming
Children in Years 5 and 6 will be swimming on Wednesdays, apologies for the error in the
previous newsletter. Lessons will be every other week starting on January 15th.
Toddler Group and PPP discussion / coffee group
Following on from our parenting sessions in the Autumn term we now host a very popular
parent, baby and toddler group every Tuesday morning. If you would like more details, or
know of someone with young children who might like to attend, please contact Kim Knight or
speak to Mrs Nolan.
Following on from the success of this initiative we have been offered the opportunity to host
a Triple P – Positive Parenting Programme and coffee morning on Wednesday mornings
Diary Dates
January
6th Return to school
9th KS2 Curling competition (children
involved to be notified separately)
15thand 29th Years 5 and 6 swimming
24th Year 5 and 6 Knex challenge
February
12th Years 5 and 6 swimming
14th INSET day – no school at start of half
term
Newnham St Peter’s C of E Primary
Newsletter
3rd January 2019
Roots- Growth -Flight
staring on 15th of January. This is a highly successful programme, backed up by research, that
provides a range of practical strategies to support with parenting and is open to parents with
children of all ages. If you are interested in being involved, please speak to Mrs Nolan or Mrs
Harris.
Competition
Our children have been invited to take part in an exciting competition to illustrate a book.
Local Author David Wiggins who wrote the book “The Forgotten Children”, published in 2019,
is holding a competition to illustrate his next books about Eco Joe.
The books bring to the attention of the reader the need we have to protect and value our
local habitats.
If you would like to enter the competition, please read the information below.
The illustrations for the competition are:
1) Plants that are identified with open common land. This can be a painting or colour drawing
of a piece of open land near each school and showing the plants that grow there.
2) Invertebrates that would be generally found on open common land - a painting or colour
drawing of insects, snails, worms, etc.
3) Primary school children getting ready to visit a habitat, either in the playground in a line
with their coats, hats, boots and scarves, etc. A fun painting or drawing of themselves,
teachers and their friends.
4) Animals and birds that might visit the open common land, such as those birds wanting to
eat the insects or rabbits, voles and mice that come to eat the plants.
5) Predators that come to an open common such as foxes, weasels, kestrels, owls, etc.
6) The same primary children in illustration 3 but now on the common investigating what
there is to be found there.
The illustrations must be in colour and not photographs. They can be paintings, drawings or
collages, they need to be landscape and no bigger than A4. In the spirit of an open
competition, the work should be done individually. Your name, your school, your year group
and your age need to be on the back of your work.
There will be 7 winners of the competition over a spread of ages and an outright winner
judged to be the best illustration out of all the entries. The winner shall have their illustration
on the front cover of the book.
Please hand your entries into your school office by February 2nd 2020.
This term’s topics
We have lots of exciting things planned for the children this term and class teachers will be
sending out letters in the first week back.
This week’s value - Hope