EMMER GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOL

‘The EGsPress ‘- CHRISTMAS 2013

Annual Parent Questionnaire

You should have received one Parent Questionnaire for each child

you have in the school. Thank you so much for taking the time to

complete the form and return it, we are very interested in the

responses and the information is vital to us to learn about parent

perception, what we are doing well and areas that we should look

at improving. It’s not too late to hand the questionnaires back,

the deadline is 4th December and we will analyse the results

ready for Term 3.

Madejski Stadium Visit

On Thursday 28th November Sandy took 5 children from Years 5

and 6 to Madejski Stadium. The trip was organised by Chartwells

as a treat for those who have shown aptitude and enthusiasm for

cookery along with good manners and diligence when preparing

food. Bethan, Alfie, Albert, Holly and Finn were shown how

nutritious smoothies are made for the football players. They

were then given a tour of the stadium and tried out the seats in

the dugout.

Dates for the Diary:

Tues 3rd Dec

2HM trip to Pizza Express

Yrs 5/6 football at Downsway School

Wed 4th Dec

Secrets Room

Fri 6th Dec

Friday Club (FULL)

Mon 9th Dec

9.30 am Year 2 Christmas Production

10.45am Foundation Production

7pm Carol Concert

Tues 10th Dec

2SR trip to Pizza Express

Foundation to St Barnabas Puppet Show

Wed 11th Dec

9.30 am Year 2 Christmas Production

10.45am Foundation Production

7pm Carol Concert

Fri 13th Dec

Chartwells Christmas Dinner

Wed 18th Dec

Whole school trip to panto

Fri 20th Dec

Non uniform Day/Whole school party Lunch

Term ends 3pm

Mon 6th Jan

Staff In-Service Day

Tues 7th Jan

Term 3 starts for children

Please help us to make sure that children stay safe by letting us know well in advance if you are going to be late picking up - even just by a few minutes, or if someone else is picking up your child. We are happy to send a message to your child to remind them and to the teacher to inform them. Please also help us by re-enforcing the message that we regularly pass on in assembly that if children cannot find their parent/carer at 3pm that they should return to the school office where there are always adults who will help out.

Emmer Green

Primary This Christmas we would like to pay

tribute to the group of people who

work throughout the year coming up

with fundraising ideas, making them

reality, pulling off some major events

and countless smaller ones. .

We are so lucky to have such a

dedicated PTFA who work entirely

voluntarily, without complaint and

with cracking results.

These pictures from the Saturday’s

Christmas Fayre capture the spirit

and essence of the PTFA’s objective -

a jolly experience for all attending

alongside the raising of much needed

funds for the school.

School PTFA We would like to thank every person

involved in the planning, co-ordinating and

helping with the Fayre and all other

events this year. We would love to

mention names but this would involve

another double page spread!

Thank You PTFA for

all the material

items and

experiences you

have given the

children.

Here’s to a well earned Christmas break

and another great year of fun and

fundraising!

EMMER GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOL

EGsPress - DECEMBER 2013 – BACK PAGE

Years 3 & 4 Hampton Court Trip

This term the lower juniors

have been studying The

Tudors. To consolidate all

the learning they have done

in a most memorable way,

three coach loads of

children and teachers set

off for a day at Hampton

Court. The children took

part in workshops and got

hands on experience of life

in Tudor times.

Maths Week

What do you get when you cross “Maths Week” with “The Circus”? This

question was well and truly answered 2 weeks ago when our annual week

of focusing on maths took place. The Circus theme meant that angles,

calculations, symmetry and plotting (amongst many other techniques)

were used to make circus models, devise magic tricks and create

effects. We will never forget the thrills and spills - who thought Maths

would be such fun?!

Children In Need

This year we all wore pyjamas or onesies to school and we raised money

for Children In Need in the process. We are delighted to report that

we collected £859.58 in total. In addition to our own efforts, Holly,

Amber and Rebecca made their own collection of £150 by keeping

silent ALL MORNING! And some very athletic Year 3 boys - Finley,

Aaron, Edward, Leon, Joey and Joseph - ran a sponsored 3 laps of the

school field and raised a further £156. Well done!

Christmas Party Lunch Day – Friday 20th December

Friday 20th December is the last day of this term and we will be

following our tradition of wearing non-uniform and having a whole

school Christmas party lunch in the hall. All children need to bring in a

packed lunch (no school dinners), we lay out rows of tables and have

crackers, hats and Christmas music. Staff, Governors and children all

eat together and celebrate the end of a very busy term and the start

of the Christmas holiday.

Victorian Day The Upper Juniors came

dressed as Victorians last

Wednesday. They experienced

a Victorian school day and for

most it was a relief to get

back to the Year 2013! There

was a dunce cap to be worn if

you didn’t meet the Victorian

teacher’s high standards (they

were so strict!). The teachers

had canes! There was horrible

gruel in the morning but luckily

lovely mince pies later when

the parents came in to see the

children in all their finery or

rags. As always we were

overwhelmed by the costumes

- there really was everything

from rags to riches.