Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Christmas Fair is coming!! 3rd December

  Tue 23 Nov 2021

  Dear parents/carers,

                               Friday 3^rd December is the Christmas fair. It has been a long time since we have been able to raise any money for the school and we are hoping this goes ahead if we can do it COVID safely.

  Thinking about this we are proposing that the classes have time slots and that you could come into school during the day and visit the fair with your child or children. Alternatively, you could send your child in with a big pot of money to spend on their own. There will be an opportunity for after school for those parents who work, and the fair will carry on until 4. I am just trying to stop the after-school squash that the fair normally is.

  If you have multiple children come to the slot that suits you the best and you can have all your children go round with you on this day but please make sure they go to class afterwards.

  All parents will need to wear masks whilst inside the school please. Do not come if you have COVID, have been in contact with someone who has COVID or have symptoms associated with COVID. If you do not want to wear a mask please on this occasion do not attend.

  We will be having a:

  £2 book sale stall

  Adults’ tombola

  Chocolate tombola

  Child’s tombola (we like a tombola!)

  Sweets stall

  Cake stall (donations for this would be very welcome on the day. If homemade please remember we are a nut free school and also to write the ingredients on the top of the tub please.)

  Raffle

  Times for the day

  Foundation children - 8.30-9.30

  Year 1 9.30-10.15

  Year 2 10.15-11.00

  Year 3 11.00-11.45

  Year 4 1-1.45

  Year 5 1.45-2.30

  Year 6 2.30—3.00

  The raffle will be drawn on Wednesday 8^th December and winners will be notified either by text or your prize given to your child.

  Any help on the Thursday night (2^nd) to help set up or on the Friday is most welcomed. Either call in the office or message us.

  You are also welcome to join the existing members of the PTA in the mobile classroom on a Thursday morning at 9.00am after drop off. They have been busy getting all this ready and always welcome a hand or just a new face. Thanks you so much for your help with all of this.

  Now get baking, see you on the third

   

• Christmas Dates

  Tue 16 Nov 2021

  Just a reminder of our Christmas dates - we know it gets ridiculously busy this time of year (when pandemics don't cause everything to be cancelled!). Obviously we are very hopeful that all of this can go ahead but will be subject to how safe things are nearer the time. 

   

  Friday 3rd December                      

  Christmas Fair - parents can come to our hall from 2pm

  
  Monday 6th December                                         

  9:30 KS2 Christmas Singing @ church - adults welcome

  
  Wednesday 8th December                                

  9:30 FS KS1 Xmas Performance. 13:30 FS KS1 Xmas Performance. A separate letter about tickets will be being sent out soon but it will initially be a maximum of 2 per family.

   

  Friday 10th December

  Non-uniform to raise money for school funds. Children to bring in a £1 donation if they wish to wear non-uniform please.

  
  Monday 13th December (children can wear party clothes on their party day). Further details about Christmas Parties will be coming soon.

  Foundation Stage Christmas Party 

  
  Tuesday 14th December                                      

  KS1 Christmas Party 

  
  Wednesday 15th December                                

  KS2 Christmas Party

  
  Thursday 16th December                                    

  Parents invited in to join in with making Christmas crafts with their children:
  9:00 – 9:30 Foundation
  9:30 – 10:00 KS1 (Years 1 & 2)
  10:00 – 10:30 KS2 (Years 3, 4, 5 & 6)

  Also - this is Christmas Dinner day for the children (a text will be going out to parents to request a dinner soon)

  
  Friday 17th December                 

  Christmas Jumper Day (or non-school uniform) and last day of term - happy holidays everyone. There is no charge for this non-uniform day.
   

• Football News!

  Mon 15 Nov 2021

  Our second game of the season is tonight and will be AWAY at Abbey Primary. Families are still welcome to come and watch.

  

• Children In Need 2021

  Fri 12 Nov 2021
  

• Residential @ Robin Wood

  Fri 05 Nov 2021

  There are now only a few places left on our Year 5 & 6 residential at Robin Wood (Todmorden, Lancashire). We’re so pleased with the number of children who are already going! If your child is wanting to attend and you haven’t yet signed up, it’s not too late. Information can be found on Parentpay. Go check out their website for more details!

   

  https://www.robinwood.co.uk/

  

• Football News!

  Mon 01 Nov 2021

  Our Year 5/6 football team (A) will be playing their first league game of the season tomorrow at home. Kick off is at 3pm against Wynndale Primary School. Families are more than welcome to come and support but should remain socially distanced. Hope to see you there!

  

• Photo Day!

  Fri 22 Oct 2021

  It is photo day on Tuesday 2nd November. You should have received a text message with the details and a form if you want your child to be in a group photo.

  Please only respond to the form if you want a group photograph.

  Hope you are having a lovely half term!

  

• Half Term Events!

  Sat 16 Oct 2021

  Mansfield Town Football in the Community are hosting a variety of events over half term. Details are on the flyers if you’re interested!

  

• Free Reading App

  Sat 02 Oct 2021

  A great reading app to encourage your child to read for fun! It is free for a limited time!

  

• 'Warn and Inform' letter received by Church Vale from PHE

  Thu 23 Sep 2021

  Due to rising numbers, we have now received a 'Warn and Inform' letter from Public Health England due to our current rising numbers of confirmed positive PCR results. The link to this is here: https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/churchvale/UploadedDocument/a514f446-bade-41b5-bba2-14fedfd43ea1/warn-and-inform-letter.docx