Park Street CHURCH of ENGLAND
PrIMARY School
5th October
Newsletter
Dear Parents and Carers,
Thank you to all the Parents and Carers who came to join us in Great St Mary’s for our Harvest
Festival. It was a lovely service and we were very proud of all our children who took part so
wonderfully. It was a great mixture of songs, poems and prayers as well as some thought provoking
ideas. Thank you to everyone who donated items for the Cambridge Food Back. Margaret, one of the
Church Wardens, took our gifts to the Foodbank on Monday afternoon and they were received with
grateful thanks. Great St Mary’s are holding a ‘Blessing of the Animals’ service at 11am on Sunday,
everyone is welcome.
Parents have commented how helpful the section on homework in last week’s newsletter was. If there
is anything else that you feel would be useful to have clarified on the newsletter please let us know
and we will do our best to make it happen. Thank you to everyone who returned the Parent’s
workshop replies. It has been great to have such a positive response. The Senior Leadership Team
will be collating all the responses and planning a programme in the next couple of weeks; watch this
space...
One of the things that I personally think makes Park Street special is Buddy Time. This is a half hour
session each week where Class 4 and Class 1 come together as buddies. It is a time all the children
really look forward to and benefit from. Miss Deelstra took a few pictures this week which I wanted to
share.
Please note, next week there will be no newsletter from me; Class 3 are going to write it for me telling you all about their
trip to Ely Cathedral. There will be a letter and reply slip giving details about Parents Evening, please do come and talk to
your child’s teacher about how they have started the year and what our expectations are for the year ahead.
Further information/requests
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PLEASE return your data collection form and for children in Y1, 2 and 3 their flu vaccination permissions
as soon as possible. I have found several flu vaccination letters in the hall so if you haven’t received one
and your child is in Y1, Y2 or Y3 please speak to Ms O’Malley.
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SAVE THE DATE - Parent Social
Thursday 20th October, Old Spring from 8pm
Please come along to the Old Spring from 8pm and have a drink to celebrate the end of the first half term, welcome the
new parents and catch up with old friends.
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If you’re looking for a family activity on Saturday 15th October go along to Hills Road Sixth Form College
between 10am and 4pm for a free day of biology inspired activities. Have a go at dissecting owl pellets
or make a brain hat amongst other fun activities.
Find out more at www.rsb.org.uk/events_biologyweekbigbiologydaycambridge
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We have no other details but it may affect some people’s journey to or from school.
Cambridge Kids Club @ St Luke’s are running a holiday play scheme with the theme ‘Monsters and
Magic’. Children can attend for full or half days. Check out their website http://cambridgekidsclub.com/
holiday-programme/Oct-2016 for further details.
This week in School
Thursday 6th
October
Mrs Shankland and Mrs Hunjan attending a Headteachers conference
Dates for your diaries
Wednesday 19th
October
Parents Evening - please come and talk to your child’s teacher about the
start of the year and expectations for the year ahead
Thursday 20th
October
Parents Evening
Parents Social - 8pm at The Old Spring
Come along and catch up with old friends and meet new ones!
Monday 24th - Friday HALF TERM - school will be closed
28th October
Monday 31st October Staff training Day - School will be closed to pupils
Monday 14th
November
Individual and family school photos
Wednesday 30th
November
PTA advent tea. Come and do some Christmas crafty activities, win some
prizes and listen to the choirs sing. Get into the festive spirit!
Tuesday 13th
December
KS2 choir concert
6pm
Wednesday 14th
December
Class 1 and 2 Nativity
Time to be confirmed but it will be during the school afternoon
Thursday 15th
December
Class 1 and 2 Nativity
Time to be confirmed but it will be during the school morning
Monday 19th
December
Christmas music concert .
More details to follow shortly
Stars of the Week
Class 1 Amber and Arthur
Class 2 Lily and Clara
Class 3 Theo and Sian
Class 4 Sebastiao and Rebecca
Kindness Cavalier!
Class 1 Mohamed
Class 2 Callie, Sarah and Theo
Class 3 Kai and Indi
Class 4 Yize