Mark Chapter 12 verse 33
And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbour as yourself.
We are all so very proud of Year 2, Year 1 and Reception for their three amazing performances of A Midwife Crisis this week to the whole school and their families. Thank you to everyone who was able to come and support their children but also for supplying costumes and helping with the learning of lines and songs. Thank you as well to the staff team for their commitment to putting on the performance as part of our Expressive Arts Curriculum. The feedback after the shows was extremely positive and it was clear how proud you were of the children too. We raised £179.73 through your very generous donations. Thank you so much. This will be shared with the charity ‘Open Hands Reigate’.
Our now annual Christmas Concert will be held on Tuesday 16th December. As part of our preparations Mrs Rutter and Mrs Cordey have asked the children to design a Christmas poster which would be used for the concert’s front cover for the programme. I am very pleased to announce that Obi (Year R) and George (Year 5) won the first prize. I think our Expressive Arts Team judges received a very high standard of entries this year. Well done to everyone who took part. You can see the winning pictures on our website soon! .
We are looking forward to celebrating the joy of Christmas at our Christmas Church Service. This will take place at Christ Church on Thursday 18th December at 9.30am. This is always a very special service where you are warmly invited to join us..
A big thank you to all of those children that brought in a Christmas bauble to add to our school Community Christmas Tree. The tree looks wonderfully festive! Your child’s bauble will come home with them on the last day of term.
This term, Barnardo’s visited to man a stand at parents’ evening and were on hand to talk to parents about ADHD. If you would like any further information please email the school office. They also delivered a collective worship to the children on the same subject. In January, they are returning to deliver two staff meetings all about ADHD.
Dates for your diary:
Monday 12th January – coffee morning at 9am ‘Autism – masking and regulation’ by the Autism Outreach team
Friday 6th February – coffee morning at 9am ‘Digital Wellbeing’ presented by the YMCA
Thank you to all those Parents and Carers who have completed the Spring Clubs form, which was sent out by the School Office last week. We are currently collating responses and will be in touch to confirm places early next week.
Thank you to all those Parents and Carers who make their school dinner payments promptly. The cost is £14.50 per week or £87.00 for the 1st half of the Spring term. We look forward to receiving your payments.
Due to staffing numbers, unfortunately the Ark team are not able to accompany children to the Christmas Fair on Thursday 18th December.
Thank you to all of our Parent and Carer volunteers that help with Trinity Farm at the weekends and during the school holidays. If you would like to help with the farm, please do email the school office. Alternatively if you are one of our current volunteers but no longer wish to continue to help, please do let us know. Thank you for your ongoing support!
The Surrey Immunisation team visited the school on Thursday 11th to administer the Nasal Flu Vaccination. If you missed the opportunity to consent, the team have re-opened the portal for our school which will allow Parents and Carers to submit a Flu vaccination consent form. Further details can be found on the attached letter. Any Parent or Carer queries should be emailed to the team at scfh.contact@hcrgcaregroup.com.
Twelve15 will be offering a New Year Celebration Menu on Thursday 15th January. Please see attached the menu.
Father Paul warmly welcomes children and their families to St Peter & St Paul, Nutfield, over the Christmas period. Please see the attached leaflet detailing the Christmas Services that will be held. The Christingle & Nativity is on Tuesday 23rd December this year, and doors will open at 5pm for a 5.30pm start.
Come and have a lot of fun (dress up as your favourite character). Here the Christmas story anew. And be generous towards the Children’s Society through our collection. See you at 3 pm on Christmas Eve in St. Mary’s Church.
Home-Start East Surrey are running a 10-week Nurturing Programme which starts in January. There is a strong focus on emotional and mental wellbeing as well as positive behaviour strategies and relationship skills. Please find attached more information.
Due to popular demand, Dunottar school are holding an additional open day for those children in Year 5 to secure an offer for Year 7 entry. Please see the attached leaflet for more information.
As I approach the end of my first term at Nutfield Church C of E Primary School, I find it hard to believe how quickly the time has flown, a true sign of a positive and fulfilling start. I have thoroughly enjoyed the extracurricular activities and the quality time spent with Year 6 during booster classes. I am incredibly proud of our Reception children, who have all settled in beautifully and are beginning to flourish.
This term, we also welcomed a very special new member of staff, “Barley,” our therapy dog. It has brought me immense joy to witness our children engaging in reading to Barley, and we are fortunate that he accompanies Reverend Len to Collective Worship, where the children absolutely adore him.
Each morning, I have been filled with joy standing at the gate, welcoming our wonderful pupils and sharing brief but meaningful conversations with parents.
As we celebrate the birth of Jesus this holiday season, I wish everyone happiness and peace. I look forward to continuing our partnership and working together to enhance the outcomes for all children here at Nutfield Church C of E Primary School.
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:11
I wish you and your families a restful weekend.
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