WHITEHALL PRIMARY SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
OCTOBER 2016
HARVEST FESTIVAL
I would like to thank everybody in our school
community for their most generous
donations of food for our Harvest Festival
held on Friday 30th September. The stage
was filled with food which went to the Centre
Project – a charity in Leicester City that
supports the homeless.
Thank you once again for your incredible
generosity.
CHARITY SUPPORT
On Friday 23rd September we held Jeans for Genes
Day and raised £280.00 where pupils could attend
school in non uniform wearing jeans if possible. Thank
you to everyone who contributed and helped us raise
money for this charity.
HALLOWEEN FAMILY DISCO
The `Friends of Whitehall’ are organising a
`Halloween Family Disco’ for Thursday 3rd
November 5.30 – 7.00pm.
The cost is £2 per ticket for children.
All children in Year 3 or under must be
accompanied by an adult and an adult ticket is
£1. Refreshments will be available on the night.
It will be a fun evening and we look forward to
seeing as many of you there as possible.
Further details will be sent out shortly including
when the tickets are on sale.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
To celebrate Black History Month 2016 we are
holding a series of workshops on Tuesday 25th and
Wednesday 26th October on the theme of `Africa –
My Story’. The workshops will enable our pupils to
explore African and Caribbean story, dance and song.
Our pupils will be working with `Bigfoot Education’
who help to facilitate these highly memorable
experiences for our pupils.
SPORTS NEWS
The Autumn term is now in ‘full swing’ again and the various clubs have
been running since the beginning of term. All clubs have been well
supported and I have been particularly pleased with the basketball group
on Mondays which now numbers over 20 in attendance.
The Year 6 football tournament has started again at Judgemeadow School
and after week 1 we have played three matches, won 1 and drawn 2. This
week is week 2 of the tournament and hopefully our team will continue their
success.
We welcome our new Sports Apprentice, Miss Vardy, who will be working
with Mrs Wynne, Mr Ruperalia and me in assisting with the delivery of PE
in the school and also helping with clubs after school. It is hoped that she
will soon be able to organise some clubs herself to add to the clubs already
in existence. We look forward to her involvement in our sporting activities.
Mike Bull
NUT FREE SCHOOL
We would like to remind parents that we are a
Nut Free School. This is to protect the children
who have nut allergies.
Children should not bring food into school that
contain nuts. This includes packed lunches,
class parties and birthday treats.
Also, boxes of chocolate like Roses contain nuts.
CONTACT DETAILS
If you have changed your contact details such as mobile phone number,
can you please inform the school office as soon as possible. It is important
we have up to date contact information.
In recent weeks, we have had difficulty contacting some parents as their
details were not up to date.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Please find an outline of some of the extra-curricular activities we have
available within the school for our pupils during the autumn term:
Activity
Football
Basketball
Choir
Gym Club
Gujarati
Football
Gym Club
Football
Multi-Sports
Day
Monday 3.00pm
Monday 3.00pm
Tuesday 12.30pm
Tuesday 3.00pm
Wednesday 3.00pm
Wednesday 3.00pm
Thursday 12.25pm
Thursday 3.00pm
Thursday 3.15pm
Year Group
5
5&6
4,5 & 6
5&6
Key Stage 1 & 2
4
4
6
1&2
Leader
Mr Bull
Mr Bull
Mrs Williams
Mr Bull
Mrs Radia
Mr Bull
Mr Bull
Mr Bull
Mr Bull
COLLECTING CHILDREN FROM
SCHOOL
Parents are reminded that children can only
be collected from school at the end of the
day by a parent or someone that has been
agreed with the class teacher in advance.
We will NOT let children leave school with a
stranger or with someone that we do not
know or without an advance message from
parents.
Children must also be collected from any after school clubs by a parent or
someone that has been agreed in advance.
ATTENDANCE CLASS WINNERS
Well done to the following classes for winning the attendance certificates
during September!
w/c 30th August:
Class 13 Foxes (100%) Class 6 Toucans (100%)
Class 14 Badgers (100%) Class 3 Ospreys (100%)
Class 1 Jaguars (100%)
w/c 5th September: Class 10 Dolphins (100%) Class 3 Ospreys (100%)
w/c 19th September: Class 10 Dolphins (99.4%) Class 6 Toucans (99.4%)
w/c 26th September: Class 14 Badgers (97.7%) Class 6 Toucans (99.0%)
Class 1 Jaguars (99.0%)
The attendance has been really positive at the start of the new academic
year and I would like to thank parents for ensuring and helping to sustain
this.
SPECIAL DATES FOR YOUR
DIARY
Tuesday 11th October: Middle Phase Parents’ Reading Workshops
(2.15pm and at 5.30pm)
Wednesday 12th October: Upper Phase Parents’ Reading Workshops
(5.30pm)
th
Thursday 13 October: Whole School Photographs
Friday 14th October: Class 3 (Ospreys) Assembly at 9.10am
HALF TERM HOLIDAY
Our school will be closing at 3pm on Friday 14th October
for the week-long Half Term holiday.
School will re-open at 8.40am on Tuesday 25th October.
Visit our school Website: www.whitehallprimary.co.uk