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Beer C of E Primary School
Mare Lane
Beer, Seaton,
Devon EX12 3NB
Tel and Fax 01297 20077
Headteacher: Mr Martin O’Mahony
Email:[email protected]
www.beer-ce-primary.devon.sch.uk
Chair of Governors: Mrs Jean Smith
Friday 21st November 2014
Dear Parents,
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It has been another busy week in school with lots of different events taking place. Firstly, I’m delighted to announce
that last Friday’s Children In Need event raised £332 so a big thank you to our school community for your support.
The Theatre Alibi production of ‘Mucky Pup’ went well – the children clearly enjoyed it and the acting really
brought the story to life. It definitely provoked a mixture of emotions amongst children and staff! It was also a great
follow up to Monday’s anti-bullying assembly.
On Tuesday, children from across the federation competed in the Axe Valley year 5/6 swimming gala. We had 11
swimmers from Beer taking part and they swam a mixture of individual and team races. Scores were then collated to
give an overall result for the school. The final standings were Beer 5th and All Saints 2nd. Congratulations to our
swimmers (Sam & Jack Dormor, Finn Hourihan, Callum Priestley, James Doulton, Evie Rodgers, Lily Chapple,
Darcie Morton, Mollie Wilkins, Kendal Westlake and Imogen Knivett) for their energy, enthusiasm and
sportsmanship.
On Thursday morning Class 3 took part in a dance mat competition with Musbury Primary School. Hannah Oxley
from Axe Valley Community College organised the event, which took place in our school hall. Each child had the
opportunity to follow the steps, projected onto a large screen, in order to collect as many points as they could. After
an exhausting hour, Musbury won the overall challenge. The children had a really good time and enjoyed exercising
in a new way.
On Thursday afternoon 6 boys from Class 3 ran in the East Devon Cross Country Finals at Bicton Arena. We had
some stunning performances in a highly competitive race. Unfortunately we did not progress onto the Devon Finals
but all children should be incredibly proud of their efforts. First home was Harvey Green in 12th followed by Jake
Paget 22nd, Evan Hourihan 44th, Dylan Arnold 53rd, Roman Moore 57th and Adam Clinch in 72nd. Many thanks to
Natalie Green and Susie Moore for providing the transport.
Next week, on the afternoon of Wednesday 26th November, we are privileged to be welcoming GB Paralympic
Triathlete David Hill to the school. David will be leading a sponsored fitness circuit with all pupils, followed by a
question and answer session, to inspire pupils to take up sport generally and encourage them to discover and pursue
their passion in life. As stated in the sponsorship form attached to the letter last week, much of the money that is
raised will be used to buy sports equipment for the school, while also supporting Team GB and Paralympic athletes.
If you need another sponsorship form, please contact the school office.
Please make sure that children come to school on the Wednesday morning wearing their PE kits.
Next week I will be in school on Monday morning and all day Wednesday. On Tuesday Miss Porter and I will be
attending the Devon Association of Primary Heads meeting.
Christmas Production – ‘Rock Around The Flock’
The School Christmas Production ‘Rock Around The Flock’ will be taking place on Monday 8th December at
2:15pm and Tuesday 9th December at 5.30pm in the Mariners Hall.
The cost of the tickets is £2.00 for adults, £1.00 for senior citizens and 50p for children. Initially, each family will
be allowed 4 tickets only. Please return the slip below as soon as possible, stating how many tickets you require
and for which day. Also state the number of extra tickets you require and which performance you would like them
for. It is doubtful that there will be extra tickets available for the evening performance as this is very popular
so please bear this in mind. Please place your requests and the correct money in an envelope marked ‘Rock
Around The Flock’ and hand them in to the office. Please keep it separate from any dinner/breakfast club/swimming
money!
May I remind all parents that videoing on phones is permitted but its content is for personal use only. If there
are any parents/carers who object to their child being filmed then please notify the office.
Head Injuries
Currently it is common practice in school to put an ice pack on all head injuries and to send a ‘head injury’ letter out
when your child has bumped their head. We will be replacing this letter with a bumped head wristband to try and
improve the efficiency of the system, but all of the current advice will still apply. However, should you require any
further information as to how the incident occurred, then please do not hesitate to contact us.
SOS for School Crossing Patrol
I am issuing an urgent plea for parents or villagers who would be able to commit to one morning or afternoon a week
to become a member of the School Crossing Patrol Team. We are at crisis point as we only have 5 or 6 regulars.
Full training would be provided. Please pop into the office to put your name forward so that we can continue this
essential service.
Thank You Certificates
Congratulations to the following children:
Class 1: Silas Moore and Laila Hosking for making a lovely dinosaur out of shapes, Farhan Bhuiyan for being
very resilient, Sammy Grant for trying very hard with his writing and Ruby Dack for being patient.
Class 2: Isabella Green for being a star in Maths, adding and now taking away 21p, Lily Bowker for singing all
the months of the year, Lilly May Gribble for making a speedier start to your work and Jack Westlake for being a
little more patient and waiting for me.
Class 3: Christian Pinnock and Lewis Gorman for their fantastic story writing, Samuel Banfield for working
really hard on a sentence activity, Millie Prior for achieving the most rungs and Isaac Smith for being really
respectful.
Class 4: Evie Rodgers for responding well to feedback, Jayne Rodgers for responding to your literacy work so
well, Robert Wolfreys for being so polite and having superb manners, Finn Hourihan for being loving and sharing
it so articulately and Melissa Aris for being so kind when Mrs Robertson fell down the stairs this week.
Christmas Dinner
The children’s Christmas Dinner will be on Thursday 11th December and the cost is £2.20. There will be a choice of
traditional roast turkey with all the trimmings or roasted Quorn slices with all the trimmings and either Christmas
pudding and custard or ice cream and chocolate sauce. Key Stage 1 children, who are currently on Universal Free
school Meals, have already made their selection but all Key Stage 2 children must complete and return the menu
slip at the end of the flier with the correct money in a named envelope to the school office by Friday 5th December
and please keep it separate from any dinner/breakfast club/swimming money!
Please note that it will not be possible to provide a dinner for any child who has not returned this slip by
Friday 5th December without exception.
Beer Late Night Shopping – Friday 5th December
Thank you to those that have already returned forms expressing an interest to bring children to Santa’s grotto and to
help with the decorating. Please bring in your forms soon if you have not already done so. Santa would also be very
grateful for more helpers to decorate his grotto and for donations of any Christmas decorations. Thank you.
Dates for Christmas – At a Glance!
05/12 Beer village late night shopping
11/12 Christmas Dinner
08/12 School Matinee Performance 2.15pm
09/12 Evening Performance 5.30pm
18/12 Carol Service 2.30pm
Thank you for your continued support,
Martin O’Mahony
BREAKFAST CLUB W/C 24/11
AFTER SCHOOL CLUB W/C 24/11
Name: ……………............................
Name: …………………………………
£2.60 per session (8am-8.45am)
Tues
Thurs
Fri
Days Required
The People’s Millions - Vote ‘Flamingo Pool’ on 25th November 2014
Each vote will only cost 15p (you can vote 10 times on one phone number). Your vote will help us to win lottery funding
to help the elderly, disabled and our community. The voting telephone number will not be publicised until the morning of
25th November and can be found on the People’s Millions or the Flamingo Pool website.
Dance Fiesta – Friday 21st November – Mariners Hall – from 7.30pm
Salsa, Rock and Jive dance evening. £5 tickets available on the door. Come along and have fun, dance the night away and
raise funds for the Mariners Hall roof.
Raising The Roof – Saturday 22nd November – 10am – 1pm
Mariners’ Hall Fundraiser - Activities Fair/Table top sale. An open morning and opportunity to meet Mariner Hall user
groups and help raise funds for the roof. Bacon butties, tea, coffee, activites for the children etc.
St Michaels Church Beer – Cleaning Morning – Monday 1st December – 10.00am
The church would very much appreciate any help with cleaning following the recent redecoration and reordering work that
has been carried out. Please come along for as long or as little as you can to help out. Many thanks.
U6 Football Training – For Reception and Year 1
Seaton Football Club are running an Under 6’s football training (for Reception and Year 1) on Monday evenings at
Colyton Grammar School astroturf. 5.30 – 6.30pm. £1.00 per session. Children to wear trainers, shin pads and bring a
drink. Parent/Guardian must stay at training. To book a place and for any further details please contact either Christian
Vine or Christopher Driver on 07966 374497.
Tubs4Tablets scheme
We are going to take part in Tubs4Tablets for a second year, an exciting school collector scheme from Flora and Stork, in
partnership with Tesco. This will provide thousands of pounds worth of FREE Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0’’ Wi-Fi 8GB
touch-screen tablets to registered primary and middle schools in Great Britain.
Please collect Flora or Stork Tubs4Tablets tokens inside promotional tubs of Flora 500g (Original, Light and Buttery) and
Stork 500g and bring them into the school office.
‘Rock Around The Flock’
Name of Child/Children_____________________________________________
Class ______________
(Tickets only released with payment)
No. of Adults
@ £2.00
No. of
Senior C’s
@£1.00
No. of
Children @
50p
Extra Tickets
required:
Adult
Extra Tickets
required: Child
Extra Tickets
required:
Senior C’s
Monday 8th
December
2:15pm
Tuesday 9th
December
5.30pm
Total Money Enclosed ___________
KEY STAGE 2 (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6) - Christmas Dinner – 11th December 2014.
Name of child ………………………………….Class……. would like/not like Christmas Dinner
(Please delete as applicable)
Please state choice by ticking the meal your child requires
Roast Turkey with pigs in blankets and sage & onion
stuffing.
OR
Roasted Quorn Slices with a vegetable sausage and
sage & onion stuffing.
Both come with Roast potatoes, peas, carrots, brussel sprouts and a Yorkshire pudding.
Christmas Pudding & Custard
OR
Ice Cream & Chocolate Sauce
£2.20 enclosed