Newsletter No. 3
Autumn 2015
‘Learning for Life, together we discover, nurture, achieve and shine.’
Dates
12 Dec
14 Dec
15/16 Dec
for your diary (*= new date)
FNMR Christmas Fair 12-3pm
Willow Y2 Bronze party
KS1 Performance to parents 2pm
Additional parking at rear of Rate
Payers hall.
17 Dec
FS – Performance to parents
9.30am – additional parking at
rear of Rate Payers hall.
18 Dec
Xmas parties - Non uniform
18 Dec
End of term school finishes
2.15pm for all year groups
5 Jan
In-service training day – school
closed to pupils
Wed 6 Jan First pupil day of Spring term
13 Jan
Y5 Swimming begins
15 Jan
Deadline for applications to WBC
re Foundation Stage Sept 2016
15 Jan
KS1 Perform Drama Workshop
3 Feb
*Y1 Milestones Museum – details
to follow
12 Feb
Last day of half term usual finish
times
15-19 Feb Half term
14 March
*Parents Evening
16 March
*Parents Evening
23 March
Y5 Swimming - final session
22/23 Mar Y3/4 Performance to parents 7pm
24 March
End of term – 2.15pm finish all
year groups
23 Oct
23 Oct
2 Nov
Mail sent out
Y5 Swimming
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Y4 Berkshire Maestros In2Music
hire agreement form
5 Nov
KS2 Athletics Workshops at FBC
6 Nov
9 Nov
Purplemash competition 3
Y6 Homework information
9 Nov
Christmas lunch
9 Nov
11 Nov
11 Nov
Groundforce Day – Thank you
Cool Milk Scheme
Head lice leaflet
24 Nov
25 Nov
Y5 Mr Clarke / Mrs Dee
Y5 Beech class staffing
26 Nov
FS – Production ticket booking
26 Nov
3 Dec
3 Dec
8 Dec
11 Dec
15 Dec
KS1 – Production ticket booking
Purplemash competition 4
Sports clubs - Spring 2016
Oak class staffing Spring 2016
Willow class Bronze party 14/12
Shingles
15 Dec
Xmas party non uniform 18 Dec
Merry Christmas
From all the staff at Nine Mile Ride
Reminder
School finishes for all year groups at 2.15pm on Friday 18th December.
Pupils return after the Christmas break on Wednesday 6th January 2016
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Respect, Resourcefulness, Resilience, Reflectiveness
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Staffing
I would like to take this opportunity to say goodbye to Mr Clarke who has been teaching in Beech
class this term and thank him for all his hard work since joining the team. Everyone at Nine Mile Ride
Primary wishes him well as he moves to his new school in January.
Mrs Penfold has been our Librarian for the last 12 years and she will be leaving us in January to take
on new challenges. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs Penfold for the commitment
that she has shown to the school during her time at Nine Mile Ride and wish her every success in her
new career. We will be recruiting for this role – if you are interested please visit
www.wokingham.gov.uk/jobs for further details and an application form.
From January, we are looking forward to welcoming Mrs Dee to Year 5 and Mrs Sykes, our new
Deputy Headteacher. We are confident that they will settle in quickly and be an asset to the school.
Mrs Sykes will be teaching for two days in Year 3/4 alongside Mrs Osborne.
Charity Fundraising
The NMR school community raised an amazing £443.58 for the Poppy Appeal this year
- £134 more than in 2014! The Royal British Legion has asked me to pass on their
thanks, saying that without your help, they would be unable to continue their vital
welfare and benevolent work.
Really Wild Club – Volunteers Urgently Required
Due to changes in circumstances we are now short of volunteers to help run the Really Wild Club and
we may struggle to continue the club next term. It has proved to be a really popular club this term
and we would love to keep it running.
If you or someone you know (e.g. Grandparent) can spare a Friday lunchtime either weekly, or
occasionally, we would love to hear from you. We also require someone to help planning the
sessions - this generally involves meeting up once a term for an hour and gathering together
resources as needed. We would appreciate any support even if it is only on an occasional basis.
If you are interested, please contact Kathy Geddes email:[email protected] Or Wendy McKeown
email.: [email protected] for further details.
School timetable
KS1 – Register 8.45am – 3.00pm
KS2 – Registration 8.40am – 3.10pm - Junior children can come into the class room from 8.30am so
that learning can start straight from 8:40am.
The expectation is that pupils are in class and ready to start work at 8.40am and 8.45am respectively.
Pupils arriving late must report to the school office on arrival.
Thank you for your support.
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Foundation Stage: doors open at 8.40 Registration 8.45am – 3.00pm. The FS gate will be closed at
9.00am after this time children must be brought to the school office to be signed in.
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Parking
Local residents are concerned about the number of parents who are parking on pavements, double
yellow lines and blocking driveways during the school run and as a result, the parish council and
PCSO’s are monitoring the parking situation very closely. Therefore, I would urge you to park
considerately during drop off and pick up times and walk to school if at all possible.
Thank you in anticipation of your support.
School Reception - safety
A kind request – Please may we ask that pupils and siblings do not play or climb on or around the
new reception entrance including the blue bars. This is to avoid anyone being hurt. Thank you
Scholastic Book Fair
Thank you to all who supported the recent book fair. We received a FANTASTIC £613 in
commission which is taken in the form of books for the school. Many thanks to Mrs Penfold, the
school librarian for organising this event. A big thanks to Mrs Leech, Mrs Beckett, Mrs Murfitt,
Mrs Gunstone and Mr Gough for their help
We hope that you all have a wonderful Christmas and look forward to welcoming you all
back to school on Wednesday 6th January.
Friends of Nine Mile Ride
If you are Christmas shopping online, you can help raise funds for the school by shopping via
www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/friendsofnmr with any of over 2,700 retailers. A percentage of
what you spend is donated to Friends of Nine Mile Ride at no additional cost to you.
Thank you to everyone who supported the Christmas Fair last Saturday we hope you enjoyed it! We
are still totting up the profits but it looks as though we have raised about £3000 which is amazing!
The photo-booth was particularly popular, thank you to Mr Smith and Mr Scurr for dressing up and
posing with the children! Thank you also to everyone who gave their time to do a stall and to those
who helped clear up afterwards.
FNMR would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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In the Spring Term there are more events to look forward to such as Film Friday (22 January) and
Quiz Night (Friday 11th March). Enjoy your holidays!
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