NEWSLETTER
NEW INN PRIMARY SCHOOL AUTUMN TERM 2007


WELCOME!
Welcome to all new and returning New Inn Primary School pupils and staff! We hope you had a great summer! We look forward to an exciting year of learning!
Currently, we have 561 pupils on roll. Junior—305, Infants—211, Nursery—45.

EMERGENCY CONTACT FORMS
It is imperative that parents of new pupils ensure that a green emergency contact form has been submitted. Forms can be obtained from the office.
Will parents who submitted an emergency contact form last year, please inform the office of any information to be updated, such as:
*Change of name (accompanied by legal documentation)
*Change of address
*Change of telephone number
*Change of doctor
*Change of medical issues
*Change of emergency contacts
*Change of consent given for
Trips
Milk (infants only)
Photography and video
Supervised internet access
*Separated parents who require individual newsletters, reports etc.
*Notification of persons with court orders (accompanied by legal documentation).


PARENTAL CONSULTATIONS
Reception Consultations
Year 1 and 2 Consultations
Start at 3.30pm on 18th October and 23rd October
Consultations for infant children only will be held in your child’s classroom. Please make an appointment with the class teacher.
Each consultation is scheduled for 10 minutes. Children are not required to be present at the consultation, however, if you need to bring your child with you, supervision will be arranged in the infant school hall.
Nursery Consultations
Group consultations will take place during the week commencing 15th October. Full details will be displayed on the whiteboard in Nursery.

Junior School consultations will take place in November and will be announced soon. Please do not attempt to make appointments at this time. Creche facilities will not be available.


ANNUAL PTA MEETING
All parents are invited to the annual PTA meeting on 20th September at 7.30pm in the infant school hall. New members are always gladly welcomed to help in fundraising activities for the school.

NO DOGS PLEASE
Please do not bring dogs with you on to school premises (unless working dogs for people with disabilities) when dropping off or collecting your child from school.

FOOT TRAFFIC
The school grounds must not be used as a thoroughfare. The security of your children is important. Gates at the main entrance to the junior school and to the Year 3 block will be unlocked at 3.30pm each school day. This security measure is to minimize disruption to lessons and prevent adults and siblings from entering the school at the end of the day.

JUNIORS ONLY
AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Commencing the week of
17th September 2007
MONDAYS
Years 5 and 6
Rugby - 3.30-4.30PM
Netball — 3.30-4.15PM
TUESDAYS
Years 5 and 6
Football—3.30-4.15PM
Commencing 27th September 2007
THURSDAYS
Years 4 and 5
Modern Dance—3.30-4.15PM


PARENTAL CONSULTATIONS
Reception Consultations
Year 1 and 2 Consultations
Start at 3.30pm on 18th October and 23rd October
Consultations for infant children only will be held in your child’s classroom. Please make an appointment with the class teacher.
Each consultation is scheduled for 10 minutes. Children are not required to be present at the consultation, however, if you need to bring your child with you, supervision will be arranged in the infant school hall.
Nursery Consultations
Group consultations will take place during the week commencing 15th October. Full details will be displayed on the whiteboard in Nursery.
Junior School consultations will take place in November and will be announced soon. Please do not attempt to make appointments at this time. Creche facilities will not be available.


ANNUAL PTA MEETING
All parents are invited to the annual PTA meeting on 20th September at 7.30pm in the infant school hall. New members are always gladly welcomed to help in fundraising activities for the school.

FOOT TRAFFIC
The school grounds must not be used as a thoroughfare. The security of your children is important. Gates at the main entrance to the junior school and to the Year 3 block will be unlocked at 3.30pm each school day. This security measure is to minimize disruption to lessons and prevent adults and siblings from entering the school at the end of the day.


NO SMOKING
In compliance with current legislation, smoking is not permitted in the school building or grounds.


LABELLING CLOTHING
Please make sure that your child’s clothing is labelled clearly with their name. When school uniform items are lost, it is impossible to tell who their rightful owner is unless it is labelled.


IMPROVEMENTS
During the holidays, work has been carried out in the junior building. The hall has new flooring. Some classrooms have new window blinds and sinks and the toilets have been refurbished.


MORNINGS
Junior children should not arrive more than ten minutes before the start of school. After this time, staff are on yard duty. We politely ask that parents of junior children leave their child at the school gate. Please do not wait on the yard until the children have gone into school.
From Tuesday, 18th September, parents of infant children must vacate the playground when teachers come on duty at 9.00am. For security purposes, it is important that staff can easily see the children. Please use this week to get your child accustomed to this change.


Dates for your Diary
We are trying to reduce the number of trips this year to cut the cost to parents, while still attempting to maintain an interesting curriculum for pupils.


20 Sept PTA Annual General Meeting, all parents/carers invited
- Infant school hall, 7.30pm
24 Sept Photographer taking junior children’s portraits.
Families wishing to have group pictures taken may come to the junior hall at 8.15am
25 Sept Photographer taking infant children’s portraits.
Families wishing to have group pictures taken may come to the infant hall at 8.15am
2 Oct Year 3 trip to St Fagans—details to follow
11 Oct Infant children celebrate Harvest Festival
15 Oct Parental Consultations begin for Nursery children-details to follow
18 Oct Parental Consultations— infants from 3.30pm
23 Oct Parental Consultations— infants from 3.30pm
26 Oct School closed for training day
29 Oct-2 Nov Half term
5 Nov School closed for training day
18 Dec Christmas Concert—Reception. Infant school hall, 10.00am
18 Dec Christmas Concert—Year 1. Infant school hall, 2.00pm
19 Dec Christmas Concert—Year 2 . Infant school hall, 10.00am
21 Dec-3 Jan Christmas holiday
3 & 4 Jan School closed for training days
7 Jan Back to school


All dates are correct at the time of printing, some dates may be subject to change and some are yet to be arranged.
PTA events are issued in a separate newsletter.


Holiday Dates for 2007/2008




Term
Begins
Half Term
Begins
Half Term Ends
Ends

Autumn
Monday
03.09.07
Monday
29.10.07
Friday
02.11.07
Friday
22.12.07

Spring
Thursday
03.01.08
Monday
11.02.08
Friday
15.02.08
Thursday
20.03.08

Summer
Monday
07.04.08
Monday
26.05.08
Friday
30.08.08
Friday
18.07.08

School closures for training days
26 October 2007
5 November 2007
3 January 2008
4 January 2008
20 March 2008
May Day
Monday
5th May, 2008