December 2018

Wood Ley CP School Lowry Way Stowmarket

Suffolk, IP14 1UF

Tel: 01449 616038 Fax: 01449 672261

Email:

admin@woodley. suffolk.sch.uk

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www.woodley. suffolk.sch.uk

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Friends of Wood Ley

e mail:

fowls1989@yahoo.co.uk

Dear Parents, We are all looking forward to the next few weeks in

school with all the festive fun planned. We hope to

see lots of you at our outdoor carols by candlelight

service on Tuesday 11th December. Refreshments

will be available in the school hall from 4.45pm, Mrs

Paddy will be serving hotdogs, Christmas biscuits, mince pies and

drinks. A menu will be sent home via parent mail nearer to the

event. The gates to the playground performance area will open from

5.30pm where you are welcome to wait for the performance to

begin. As previously communicated with you, a Christmas bell will

sound and the children performing will go to their classes to take

their starting positions. We hope you enjoy the singing and join in

with the songs you know.

.Road Safety Officers Super Hero Campaign raised £ 262

The super hero dress up day on Friday 2nd November was extremely

successful, the road safety officers raised £262 which will enable them

to buy safe parking signs for the area around the school gate. We are

continuing to work with the police to ensure the safety of our

children. Please could we remind parents not to walk across the

school car park with their children as this is unsafe with vehicles

entering and leaving the school premises.

James Campbell Inspiring Writers

The children thoroughly enjoyed the visit from the author James

Campbell on Friday 23rd November, laughter could be heard across

the school. He gave the children an insight into

the writing world which inspired lots of them to

begin collecting ideas to write stories of their

own. He was very impressed with the enthusiasm

shown by the children and parents. Thank you

for supporting this event.

Wood Ley Stars The stars of the week for November were: Elm Class: Jack, Dexter Oak Class: Elsie, Kira, Layla, Jo Cherry Class: Benji Beech Class: Bella Maple Class: Amy, Ruby, Poplar Class: Druhan Acer Class: Elsie Cedar Class: Chloe Hazel Class: William, Ollie .School Values Co-operation Tokens We have introduced co-operation tokens this half term, which are awarded to children who have been caught co-operating with their peers. The children are given a ticket which they use to attend a special “Best Seats in the House,” reward session. Well done to the following children for demonstrating the school value of co-operation Co-operation Tokens have been awarded to: Elsie, Meredith, Lily, Katie, Leo, Calvin, Connor, Ashden, Zara, Benji

SEN Drop In .Thursday 24th January 2.30

Mrs Spinks is looking forward to meeting parents

at the next SEN drop in session in the library on

Thursday 24th January at 2.30pm. If you have

issues you would like to raise with Mrs Spinks at

the drop in please could you e mail her to enable

her to prepare for the meeting.

Children In Need raised £287.20

Thank you for your kind

donations for the

Children in Need day at

school. The children

enjoyed the dress down

Friday and your contributions raised £287.20

which will go towards this worthwhile charity.

A huge thankyou to everyone who helped and

supported the events organised by the Friends of

Wood Ley ( FOWLS). This year they are

continuing to raise funds to further develop the

extended forest school area.

News from FOWLS

Thank you to everyone who

attended the quiz night organised

by the Friends of Wood Ley School. The event was

enjoyed by all and raised £352.63 .

The Festive Fun Night will be held on Friday 7

December at 5—7.30pm Please start saving jam

jars and tombola items for this very popular event.

We hope to see

lots of you there

to enjoy the

festive activities.

Whole School Book Advent

A huge thank you to Miss Kay

for organising the Christmas

book advent again this year. She

has worked tirelessly with her

band of helpful UKS2 pupils,

collecting, sorting and wrapping

books for the launch of the

Christmas Advent Calendar.

Every child in the school will

receive a book, labelled with an advent number, which we hope they will enjoy sharing at home.

Once your child has finished reading the book, if they wish, they are able to place the book in

the book swap box in each key stage and select another book to take home. We hope this will

enable you enjoy sharing lots of books with your child .

Library Project and Writing Competition

The school library favourite book display has been opened this week, lots of the children will be

visiting the library to find out about staff favourite books. This coincides with the launch of a

school writing competition, in KS2 the children can enter the Lighthouse Writing Competition

to win a signed copy of Letter From a Lighthouse . In KS1 the children have been invited to

submit a story written by themselves to win a Christmas story book.

Year 5 and 6 Enterprise Event

The children in UKS2 have been busy planning their enterprise event, which will be held in the

atrium and school hall on Friday 14th December. The children will be invited to attend the event

from 2pm with their class teacher, this will remain open after school until 4pm. If you wish your

child to take part and visit the stalls run by the year 5 and 6 children, please could they bring the

money they wish to spend into school in the morning. I am sure the UKS2 children would like

to see lots of you there after school.

Term Dates 2018 / 2019

Autumn Term 2018 Wednesday 5 September – Wednesday 19 December 2018 (Half Term – Week commencing 22 October 2018) Spring Term 2019 Wednesday 2 January – Friday 5 April 2019 (Half Term – Week commencing Monday 18 February 2019)

Summer Term 2019 Tuesday 23 April – Wednesday 24 July 2019 (Half Term – Week commencing Monday 27 May 2019)

Please note that from within the above dates, five non-pupil days will be determined by individual schools. The non-pupil days for Wood Ley School will be:

Wednesday 5 September 2018 Thursday 6 September 2018 Wednesday 2 January 2019 Thursday 3 January 2019 Tuesday 23 April 2019

December

Tuesday 4th December— 6pm Christmas Tree Festival at St Peter and St Mary’s church ( school choir)

Friday 7th December 5pm - 7.30pm Friends’ Festive Fun Night

Tuesday 11th December— 4.45pm refreshments served, 5.30pm gates open for Whole School Carols

By Candlelight

Friday 14th December - UKS2 Christmas Enterprise Event.

Tuesday 18th December—Christmas Lunch for children

Wednesday 19th December—9.30 am Pyramid Productions Pantomime in the school hall

Wednesday 19th December— Last day of the autumn term

January

Wednesday 2nd January 2019 - PD day , no children in school

Thursday 3rd January—PD day , no children in school.

Friday 4th January—First day back for children

Tuesday 8th January—1.40pm open Afternoon for September 2019 foundation intake

Monday 14th January - GV Sports clubs commence for 8 weeks

Tuesday 15th January—Wood Ley Staff run clubs commence for 5 weeks.