November 2019

Newsletter 3

Dear Parents / Carers,

This year is flying by so quickly, it’s hard to believe that Christmas is just

around the corner!

Your children have learned so much about Remembrance Day and

have undertaken some very poignant writing and painting activities.

They also observed a one minute silence impeccably. Our House

Captains represented the school at the Remembrance Day service at the

Church at Perton and laid a wreath at the memorial stone. We received

many comments about their calm and dignified manner. We are so

proud of your children, who are wonderful ambassadors for our school

wherever they go.

Best wishes,

Mrs Anne Bennett & the Team

Website: www.perton-first.staffs.sch.uk Follow us on Twitter: @pertonfirst

DIARY DATES—(please sync your mobile phone calendar with the school website calendar — that way you won’t miss anything!)

29th November—**Last day for clubs** 2nd December—**Last week for music clubs** 3rd December—9.30-11 Little Duckling Toddlers in hall—come and join the fun! 3rd December—11.15am or 2.30pm 2 Year Olds Christmas Stay & Play! 4th December—Reception visit to Weston Park 4th December—11am Nursery Christmas Singalong in the hall 5th December—PTFA Christmas Shop in mobile 5th December—2.30pm Nursery Christmas Singalong in hall 5th December—Football match @ Codsall High School 5th December—PTFA Christmas Shop 6th December—PTFA Add a ‘splash of green to your uniform’ and bring a jar to school 9th December—9.30am Reception Christmas Concert (no crèche) 9th December—2.15pm Christmas Crafts Workshop for Nursery parents 10th December—9.30-11 Little Ducklings Christmas Party 10th December—1.45pm Reception Christmas Concert (with crèche) 11th December—9am Christmas Crafts Workshop for Reception parents 11th December—2.15pm Christmas Crafts Workshop for Reception parents 12th December—Y1 Christmas Concert (no creche) 12th December—Christmas Dinner (MUST be pre-ordered) 13th December—9.30 Y2 Christmas Concert (no creche) 13th December—PTFA ‘Wear a Christmas Jumper & bring a bottle day’ 13th December—1.45pm Y1 Christmas Concert (crèche) 13th December— 5pm—7pm PTFA Christmas Fair 16th December—1.45pm Y2 Christmas Concert (with creche)

Our vision is to create a school that unlocks the potential of every child. Our school is a special place, where all children are happy, safe, valued and nurtured. We inspire a love of learning through creativity, challenge, wonder and fun.

STAFFING From January Mrs Vazquez will be teaching Parrot Class every Wednesday to cover Mr Wylde’s leadership time. Many thanks to

Mrs Rogers for covering this term.

NOVEMBER ATTENDANCE CHAMPIONS!

Snowy Owls 98.9% - ATTENDANCE CHAMPIONS!

Parrots 98.6%

Swans 98.6%

Nightingales 98.1%

Tawny Owls 97.4 %

Eagles 96.5%

Woodpeckers 96.2%

Kingfishers 95.3%

Robins 94.5%

Penguins 93.9%

MOST classes are above our whole school target of 96% which is excellent!!

MAX APPEAL

Thanks to your generosity, we have raised a whopping £316 for the Max Appeal Charity on National 22q Awareness Day.

Well done to our fantastic Y4 children who organised and

hosted the tea party in school!

GOVERNOR CORNER Welcome to this months Governor Corner where I will outline a couple of the schools priorities and what as Governors we will be strategically evaluating over the next year and more. Firstly the school will be continuing to develop its bespoke and broad curriculum inspiring childrens learning journeys in preparation for Ofsted's new curriculum focus. Secondly Governors will evaluate pupils progress in writing ensuring each pupil achieves a good progression from their personal starting points. We will evaluate and strategically question Teachers and Leaders as well as hear reports in committee meetings throughout the year so parents can be ensured each pupils journey is a high achieving personal one. I hope you enjoy the PTFA Fair and the wonderful singalongs, nativities and Christmas Concert during December.

Best Wishes Estee Griffin

CHRISTMAS CONCERTS—(Reception—Year 4) I know it’s a shock, but Christmas is coming! All of our Christmas concerts are listed within the ‘diary dates’ section of

this newsletter and in the calendar section of our website. Order forms for tickets have already come home in your

child’s book bag—spare copies are available on our website.

As you know, we have very limited capacity within our school hall and regrettably, children are not admitted to

performances, so this is a time for you to call in your babysitting favours! To help you, we do operate a staff run

crèche for one performance per year group. Please ensure you book your tickets for the performance with a crèche

if you need childcare during the performances.

The Y3 and Y4 Christmas Concert is held at the Church at Perton. Unfortunately there is no space for us to operate a

crèche there, so parents will need to make alternative childcare arrangements for these performances.

Many thanks

NEWS FROM THE PTFA

Our Christmas Fair is on Friday 13th December from 5pm—7pm. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year. Please come

along and join in all the Christmas fun! There will be stalls with gifts for sale made by your children, singing from our

choir, tombolas, a host of stalls and, of course, a visit from Father Christmas himself! We would love to see you there!

Remember that your children can wear a Christmas jumper on Friday 13th December as a thank you for

bringing in a bottle!

Are you planning on doing any Christmas shopping online? Please could we ask you to go via

www.thegivingmachine.co.uk and selecting Perton First School PTFA. Any purchases you make won’t cost you

a single penny more but the PTFA receive generous donations as a result.

Fancy winning the lottery and helping local good causes at the same time? Please consider supporting us by

purchasing lottery tickets at www.southstaffslottery.co.uk/support/perton-first-school-ptfa

Many thanks for all your support—we really do appreciate it

MARVELLOUS ME MarvellousMe has upgraded their Parent app this week. This new version delivers a 30-day News Centre (the number one feature parents have been asking for!), fixes notification bugs and includes other improvements. You may have already seen an email from MarvellousMe however, if you haven’t already done so, it is

essential that you follow the instructions below:

Check your device is running the latest operating software.

Update the MarvellousMe app via the App Store or Google Play.

To do this, type ‘MarvellousMe’ into the search bar, click on the ‘MarvellousMe for Parents’ icon and select

‘update’.

Your phone may have already updated MarvellousMe automatically in which case it will just have an ‘open’

button.

Open the MarvellousMe Parent app then tap ‘Settings’

Toggle the ‘Get device notifications’ switch off and back on again. Even if it shows as ‘On', you must switch it

‘Off' and ‘On’ once. This step is particularly important to ensure you receive MarvellousMe notifications going forward and benefit from the upgrade.

Many thanks