WOW! What a start to our Christmas events. Year 3 put on a wonderful show over the last few days to their peers and their families and I am really proud of how well they did! A parent requested the option to donate online which has been set up on School Gateway for anyone who would like to donate. This will stay open until Wednesday 11th December. A big thank you to everyone who donated on the night and we really hope you enjoyed the show!  I would also like to thank all the staff involved for the efforts and staying at school two late evenings this week. 

I hope children are looking forward to their Christmas dinner and class party days! This will start w/c 9th December with each year group having their own day! Children can wear Christmas jumpers and/or Christmas accessories on their year group’s day if they would like to. Please don’t feel you need to buy anything for this! If you don’t have anything Christmassy at home (or your child doesn’t want to dress up) non uniform or school clothes is absolutely fine! Please do help our cook to prepare for this very popular event by pre ordering your child’s lunch in advance via SchoolGrid.

Our FOAH present room will open its doors on Tuesday 10th December. Online orders have now closed but cash will be accepted on the day. All gifts cost £2.50 and there is no limit to the number of gifts purchased. A big thank you to FOAH for organising this event. 

Families of children in Years 4 and 5 are invited to join us for Christmas Carols on the evening of Tuesday 10th December starting at 6.00pm. We will be selling mulled wine and mince pies so please bring along some cash. Some of you may remember we hosted this a few years ago and it was a lovely, festive event enjoyed by everyone. This will take place outside in the quadrant with Mrs Cleaves leading the vocals. As this is outside, there is no need to book a place just turn up, wrap up warm, enjoy a festive treat and sing some carols. A bucket for volunteer donations will be present.  Please note, all children should be accompanied by an adult to this event. Parents can enter the school site via the school drop off zone.

We are looking forward to welcoming parents to this term’s Rocksteady concert on Wednesday 11th December. The concert will start at 2.15pm and we would ask parents to come into school via the main reception gate to sign in.  Children can have up to 3 guests to come and watch them perform.

Year 6 children and our school choir will go to St Nicholas’ church on Tuesday 17th December for their carol service which is one of our favourite Almond Hill traditions. It is always a lovely service and a real pleasure to be a part of. If you are attending, please remember, space in the church only allows for two parents per child. Please don’t arrive until 1.30pm to allow children to arrive and get organised. We would also ask, to ensure all children are kept safe, that you allow children and staff to leave first and return to school and where they can then be collected from the school in the usual way. They will need to be signed out but may be collected slightly earlier depending on the finish time.  We are expecting the service to last for approximately 1 hour.

We end the final week with another Almond Hill tradition – our talent shows will take place during the school day on Wednesday 18th December. Teachers will be running auditions for children who want to take part and they will be informed by their class teacher if they have been successful. They may bring special props or chosen outfits for their performance. Children in the upper school will perform in the morning and the lower school in the afternoon.

We are starting to think about clubs for the spring term and I am pleased to tell parents, after a successful dance club this term, this will be continuing after Christmas. Please follow the link below if you are interested. We are also looking at offering a cheerleading club before school (run by the same dance company) and will be having a taster session at lunchtime on Wednesday 18th December. Please encourage your children to come along if it is something they would enjoy. If enough people are interested, we will introduce this as a new club in the spring term. 

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