Christmas Newsletter

Christmas means different things to different families…

We have had the most fantastic lead up to Christmas in school. With the EYFS Nativity (on the stage this year!), Christmas Dinner, Christmas Parties, our Carols on the yards, our Carol Service in Church and not to mention our Christmas Fair. I can imagine the children (and staff) are exhausted and ready for the Christmas break to spend time with those we hold closest.

After the carol service on Wednesday, I reflected on the ways different people will spend the Christmas holidays. Christians are preparing to celebrate the birth of Jesus however, I know that not all of our families will be celebrating Christmas and hope that whatever the season means to you and your family, you have time to spend with family and friends this holiday and that the children have time to reflect on what they have achieved this term.

Many may have noticed a familiar resemblance in Father Christmas at the Christmas Fair! If you didn’t, look a little closer at the picture above!

I think it is important to not put too much pressure on times of the year like this, enjoy the little things (as the saying goes, as they often become the bigger things). So often, times like this create money worries, and additional stress on families. Please know that we are here to listen and try to help if you are worried about anything.

We would like to wish all of our families a peaceful Christmas and a happy new year and look forward to seeing everyone back in 2025!

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Thank you SO much for the amazing response and support to our Christmas Fair - we raised a total of just over £1600 which will be a fantastic start to our fundraising ventures and support us making the school an even better learning environment for our children and families.

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25 December (Wednesday) CHRISTMAS DAY Christian Western churches (see also 6 / 7 January for Orthodox Church)

Christmas Day celebrates the birth of Jesus, whom Christians believe to be the son of God. Gifts are given as reminders of the offerings brought to the infant Jesus, and Christmas carols, plays and evergreens are associated with this time, while nativity sets are displayed in many churches and in some homes.

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Look at all of the things we have been getting up to in December - what a month!!! Remember to check out Seesaw or Class Dojo for class updates:

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Wow - what a month December has been, with so much going on. I really have been so proud of the children in everything they have done and how many have represented our school. To see the support for the Christmas Fair showed me how much you, as parents and carers want to not only support the school but to hold more community events again like this. Watch this space!

In and amongst all of the Christmas events and fun, the children have been busy doing their end of year assessments and I know from speaking to the teachers, that they are very happy with how the children are all doing this year so far. Seeing the children so proud of their achievements always makes me smile! Although the maths challenges given to me to solve on the yard at lunch are starting to become much more challenging 🤣🙃.

By now you should have received an email about Mr Sharp. As the email said, Mr Sharp has worked at All Saints for 21 years and it will be very sad to say goodbye to him but I am sure he knows he will always be part of the All Saints family and the school’s great history. I would like to say such a big ‘thank you’ to Mr Sharp for all that he has given and done for our school and we hope that he will come to visit the children to say goodbye in the new year.

Many may have noticed that Mr Lane has also been off throughout this last term. Mr Lane has been quite unwell but we hope that he will be back with us at some point in the new year.

I’d like to wish all of our children and families a very happy holidays, whatever you have planned, and look forward to seeing everyone in the new year.

Mrs Flatman

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Christmas Events - December 2024

All of the school have been busy decorating our trees again this year as we spread our Christmas spirit with families and our community - we cannot wait to share our Christmas Fair with our families and community this year too. We have also been decorating the inside of school and our classrooms as we prepare for the Christmas holidays.

Year 3 and 4 have been to Heathfield Church to Experience Christmas today and some Year 6 pupils are joining Christ the King in their Carol Service later this week.

We have lots of things to look forward to this next week in the lead up to Christmas (see below for details). We hope to share many of these with you. 

Friday 13th December

Christmas Jumper Day in School (remember not to worry if you don’t have one, just come in your own clothes)

Christmas Fair after school in our school Hall - Entrance through KS1 Playground - EVERYONE welcome - we are very excited to be sharing this with you and raising money for our children.

Monday 16th December 3pm

Carols on the KS1 Yard for Parents of Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2

Tuesday 17th December 10am

EYFS Nativity (supported by Years 1,3,5) - spaces are limited to EYFS parents / family members and Narrators

Tuesday 17th December 2pm

EYFS Nativity (supported by Years 2,4,6) - spaces are limited to EYFS parents / family members and Narrators

Some Year 6 children to go to join Christ the King at their Carol Service with Mrs Casey and Mrs Tierney

Wednesday 18th December 9.30am

Carol Service in Church led by Year 6

Christmas Dinner Day

Wednesday 18th December 3pm

Carols on the KS2 Yard for Parents of Years 3-6

Please don’t forget to order you child’s Christmas Dinner on Orian’s SchoolHub as soon as possible.

Thursday 19th December - Party Day!

Children invited to wear Christmas Jumpers and Outfits.

Friday 20th December 

School closes at 1.30pm. Children may come in their own clothes.

Please get in touch if you have any questions at all.

Thank you,

Mrs Flatman

Newsletter 29.11.24

Sad to say goodbye and saying welcome back and welcome…

Over the next few weeks, and into the new year, there are going to be some key changes to some classes.

I am sorry to say that we will be losing Mrs Bloor (our Year 1 teacher) from our Teaching team on Friday 13th December. Mrs Bloor is getting ready for a very exciting adventure for herself and her family as they move to Australia for a new adventure and new beginning for their family unit. We will all miss Mrs Bloor incredibly but wish her and her family an amazing time on their travels.

We are very happy to say that Mrs Marsden will be returning from her Maternity Leave on Monday 16th December and will be taking over the Class Teacher role for our Year 1 class with the help of Mrs Percival on a Wednesday. Mrs Marsden has been in for a number of days over the last few weeks to get to know the class well.

We also welcome Miss Heffernan to our teaching team. Miss Heffernan will be starting with us in December and will be taking over Miss Tanner’s teaching responsibility in Year 3 from January 2025. Miss Tanner will be moving to share the teaching or Year 6 with Mrs Casey from January 2025.

It is quite unusual to have so many changes mid year but I can assure you the children are at the heart of every decision we make and we have made sure that the change over of staff mid year is able to be as seamless as possible. If anyone has any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to get in touch through the school office or grab me on the yard.

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Next Friday will be another own clothes day and we ask that children can bring in a bottle (either a non-alcoholic, an alcoholic drink or shampoo, bubble bath, etc.) for our bottle tombola for our Christmas Fair on 13th December at 3.15pm! All bottles will be collected from children and stored in a safe place.

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Please be aware that our gates are locked a few minutes after 8.50am, which is the latest time one of our classes starts the school day. If your child arrives at 9am, then they are already between 10-15 minutes late.

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Please be aware that our gates are locked a few minutes after 8.50am, which is the latest time one of our classes starts the school day. If your child arrives at 9am, then they are already between 10-15 minutes late. 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨

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Place of Welcome Thursdays 10am - 12pm

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30 November (Saturday) ST ANDREW’S DAY National

The patron saint of Scotland since the 8th century. Andrew was an apostle and brother of St Peter. In the Anglican communion he is associated with missionary activity.

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Nursery have been busy counting frogs this week - remember to keep an eye on Seesaw or Class Dojo for news and events for each class:

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A couple of things have really stood out this week for me - the first was a Year 3 child coming to show me some amazing maths work and being so impressed with the perseverance and determination in their approach to problem solving and another was our first Advent Assembly speaking about Kindness - it made me really reflect on the notion of ‘kindness’ and that if everyone’s approach was that of kindness, the world would be a wonderful place to be.

That takes me to an ask. Please could I ask that if there is something that you are worrying about that staff are approached kindly, we are all here to fix it together and our staff care just as much about all of the children as I know you all do. It is difficult when staff are approached in a way that is on occasion confrontational and not in the best interests of working together for the best for your children. Please remember, no member of staff would work in a school if they did not want what is best for your children and no member of staff comes to work to be shouted at. I feel very fortunate to work in a school with so many amazing professionals as well as children and families. As always, if there is anything that you ever would like to discuss, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Three weeks now in the lead up to Christmas - we can’t wait to share the Christmas Fair with everyone on Friday 13th December and hope it will become one of many again.

Hope that you all have a lovely weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone back on Monday!

Mrs Flatman

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Newsletter 22.11.24

Past - Present - Future

Well, we’ve had a ball celebrating 60 years of learning in our school building. Monday was 60 years since our current school building was officially opened on 18th November 1964. 60 years on, we are preparing for the possibility of moving into a new school building within the next 5 years and with the possibility of many more memories to be made and learning to take place in a brand new building. The idea is so exciting at the same time as being quite humbling that this will be the next part of our All Saints Story.

Our school’s history is so rich and full with so many memories, many of them some of our school council were lucky enough to hear about from some of the pupils that started in our Nursery 60 years ago when we first moved from the old building. One of the main stories that stood out was that the old building wasn’t seen as fit for purpose because the toilets were outside and that the playground was the street behind the school!

We are SO proud of our school and our children. They have had the best time learning about the different decades that we have been in our school building and they all enjoyed sharing this in Assembly this morning - I am sure they will have told you some stories!

Here’s to looking forward to the future and being thankful for all our school has done for so many in the past.

Thank you to ALL who have been involved in making All Saints the special place it is.

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Next Friday will be own clothes day and we ask that children can bring in chocolate (either a big bar, small bar, box of chocolates, etc.) for our chocolate tombola for our Christmas Fair on 13th December at 3.15pm!

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Please be aware that our gates are locked a few minutes after 8.50am, which is the latest time one of our classes starts the school day. If your child arrives at 9am, then they are already between 10-15 minutes late. 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨

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Services and Events

Parish Sung Eucharist Sundays 10am - 11am

Sermon, music and Holy Communion

Place of Welcome Thursdays 10am - 12pm

Time for a brew and a chat

More information from Father Andrew can be found here

Click here to visit the church website

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24 November (Sunday) MARTYRDOM OF GURU TEGH BAHADUR (1675) Sikh

Under orders from the Moghul emperor, the ninth Guru was executed in public opposite the Red Fort in Delhi, so sacrificing his head rather than his faith, on behalf of Kashmiri Hindus, who had turned to him for help.

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Our decade outfits and some of the things we have been getting up to this week - remember to keep an eye on Seesaw or Class Dojo for news and events for each class:

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I think this week has been one of my most enjoyable weeks in the 20 years I have been teaching. Seeing the children so engaged about celebrating our birthday and learning about the different decades has been amazing, on top of the fantastic learning that is going on every day as it is. Our Decade Assembly this morning was definitely a huge highlight for me but then, it is so hard to pick out just one this week with party day on Monday, our Afternoon Tea and meeting past pupils on Wednesday and then today’s decade assembly and finishing off the week with the Pantomime! I am sure there have been some stories told at home!

I really would like to thank all of the staff and families for the fantastic effort that has been put into making this week such a success.

It has certainly been a change in temperature this week and we have been sent quite a few challenges our way. Please make sure you are safe this weekend when you are out with the reports of a storm coming and the remains of the ice / snow. Take care.

Hope that you all have a lovely weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone back on Monday!

Mrs Flatman

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Newsletter 8.11.24

Remembrance

This weekend marks Remembrance Sunday with Remembrance Day following on Monday 11th November. Children at school will mark it by a 2 minute silence and some Year 6 children will be heading over to the Peace Garden to lay a wreath and take part in the Remembrance Service.

It is such an important part of our history and one that should never be forgotten. Teaching the children about reliance, patience and hope is important for every day life and to remember the sacrifice all who lived through the World Wars and many wars after and their ‘hope’ of a better tomorrow.

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Next week is also Anti-Bullying Week. On Tuesday children are invited to come into school with odd socks on to celebrate the uniqueness of us all.

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Sermon, music and Holy Communion

Place of Welcome Thursdays 10am - 12pm

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10th (Sunday) to 17th (Sunday) November INTER FAITH WEEK

Begining on Remembrance Sunday and running until the following Sunday each year, Inter Faith week seeks to strengthen good inter-faith relations, increase awareness of the different and distinct faith communities in the UK, and increase understanding between people of religious and non-religious beliefs. Visit www.interfaithweek.org for more. Inter Faith Week is led by the Inter Faith Network for the UK.

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Some of the things we have been getting up to - remember to keep an eye on Seesaw or Class Dojo for news and events for each class:

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It was fantastic to see so many happy parents this week at our first Parents’ Meetings of the year. I am sure there were many treats given following the meetings. We are so proud of all of the hard work that the children are putting in and know that so much of that is also with the support of you at home.

I am really looking forward to our birthday celebrations starting on the 18th November. Remember to check last week’s Newsletter for any details about your child’s class decade (EYFS can choose any decade or come in their own clothes).

Quick reminder about the Parents’ and Guardians’ Meetings this Tuesday for Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 - please make sure you book your meeting time and contact the school office or your child’s class teacher through Class Dojo or Seesaw (EYFS) if you are struggling to book it.

Hope that you are having a lovely weekend.

Mrs Flatman

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Newsletter 1.11.24

It’s Our Birthday!

On the 18th November 1964 our school was officially opened on the site we are on now - which means we’re 60 this year!!!! Woohoo! AND… it would be rude not to mark this by learning about our school and the decades that it has been through!

This means that we’re going to be having a PARTY and celebrating our school and the 60 years of education it has given (not forgetting the very many years before that on the old school site!).

On Monday 18th November, all children are invited to come into school in their party clothes and we are going to have a party to start the week off. On Wednesday afternoon, we will be inviting guests from the Church, Governors and past pupils to come and have afternoon tea served by some of our older children.

Throughout the week the classes will each learn about a decade since the 60s when our school building was built.

EYFS - Looking at toys across the decades

Year 1 - 2000s

Year 2 - 2010s

Year 3 - 1980s

Year 4 - 1960s

Year 5 - 1990s

Year 6 - 1970s

On Friday 22nd November, children are welcome to come dressed as their decade (or in their own clothes) and each class will do a presentation on their decade, ending our week with a Pantomime in the afternoon!

We’re very excited and can’t wait to share our celebrations with you!

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After listening to parent views and taking these into consideration, we are going to extend our policy to letting children bring in flavoured water as well as water for in class. It is important to us that children stay hydrated however, I must stress that sugar free juice will only be allowed in exceptional circumstances and we will not allow any kind of fizzy or energy drinks in school.

All children have access to water throughout the day and milk in school at lunchtime also.

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Please be aware that our gates are locked a few minutes after 8.50am, which is the latest time one of our classes starts the school day. If your child arrives at 9am, then they are already between 10-15 minutes late.

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Please be aware that our gates are locked a few minutes after 8.50am, which is the latest time one of our classes starts the school day. If your child arrives at 9am, then they are already between 10-15 minutes late. 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨

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Services and Events

Parish Sung Eucharist Sundays 10am - 11am

Sermon, music and Holy Communion

Place of Welcome Thursdays 10am - 12pm

Time for a brew and a chat

More information from Father Andrew can be found here

Click here to visit the church website

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1st November - All Saints Day (Our School Feast Day) - Christianity

This day provides a chance to offer thanks for the work and witness of all saints, recognising that not all are known or specially celebrated. Many churches stress this day by holding events especially designed for children.

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Some of the things we have been getting up to - remember to keep an eye on Seesaw or Class Dojo for news and events for each class:

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It has been great to welcome the children back again this week. I have had the absolute pleasure of watching learning in some classes and seeing some fantastic learning being brought to me. It has certainly been a week where I have remembered why I love working in a school with so many fantastic children.

This term promises to be a busy but exciting one, with our 60th Birthday Celebrations taking place, Christmas preparations, the return of our Christmas Fair (more details to follow!), Year 5’s Class Assembly and that’s only some highlights, not to mention all of the fantastic learning going on, day in, day out in all of the classes.

Quick reminder about the Parents’ and Guardians’ Meetings this next two weeks - please make sure you book your meeting time and contact the school office or your child’s class teacher through Class Dojo or Seesaw (EYFS) if you are struggling to book it.

Hope that you are having a lovely weekend.

Mrs Flatman

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