Nether Green

Nether= Green Infant School

= Newsletter No. 222 24^th January 2008

Reception

All our new Reception children have started school now. We are really pleased they have joined us= and look forward to getting to know them and their families. Welcome.

Absence

If your child has an appointment during the day e.= g. hospital, doctor etc please collect an absence pass from the school office before you go. You may get stopped if you are seen out and about with a sch= ool aged child during school hours and asked why your child is not in school. Y= ou may be asked to produce an absence pass. Thank you.

Recycling Plastic 2 Lit= re Bottles

Do you have any unwanted clear plastic 2 litre bottles? If you do, please hold on to them ready to pass on to the School Garden Group who have an exciting project ahead. There will be a prize for = the child you is able to collect the most bottles – we need at least 1500! Look out for more information soon on a notice board in the hall.

Eco Week

We are busy organising a special week of Eco activ= ities for the children and on some occasions the grown-ups too. We will let you k= now more nearer the time but you might want to book Friday 29^th Febr= uary into your diary now. This will be the last day of the week when the School = will be open in the afternoon for parents to come and see what we have been doing and join in all the fun.

We are also organising a recycling of clothes collection day. On Wednesday 27^th February you will be asked to bring along any unwanted clothes and shoes. These are collected, weighed an= d a payment made per tonne to the school and any money raised will go towards o= ur new school garden funds.

You will receive a letter about the clothes collec= tion nearer the time but please start saving now. Thank you.

Spanish Students

We welcomed a teacher training student from Spain = this week. She is working in Class 3 for three weeks. Two more Spanish students arrive after half term for four weeks. We always look forward to them joini= ng us and hope to learn a little bit of Spanish as well as give them an insight into the English educational system.

Pennies for Plants

Well done and thanks! We have just banked £6= 0 of pennies from the bottle in the entrance. It is great to see it filling up again. All this money will really help us buy plants for our new garden for= all the children. Thank you.

Curriculum Meetings for Parents

Don’t forget you are invited to a meeting ab= out Maths next week. They all start at 9.00am and finish at 10.00am.=

Tuesday 29^th January = Year 2

Wednesday 30^th January &= nbsp; Year 1

Thursday 31^st January &= nbsp; Reception

Staff Professional Development

Wednesday 30^th January am – Miss = Clarke and Mrs Wyatt on Assessment Course

Mrs Hibberd teaching class 3, Mrs Adams teaching c= lass 7.

Warm Clothing

Please can parents ensure that children have enough warm clothing for playtime and lunchtime i.e. hats, gloves etc. Thank you.<= o:p>

PTA

There will be a PTA Meeting on Wednesday 30^th= January at 7.45pm in the school foyer. All parents are warmly invited to the first PTA meeting of the term. They will be discussing plans for the next f= ew months in an informal meeting over coffee. Please come along, make some new friends and find out more about the PTA and what they do for the school.

Snow Watch

We are now in the season when, for reasons beyond = our control, we may have to close our school because of snow, burst pipes or heating problems etc.

If we find ourselves in a position where we have no alternative but to close our school we can get a message to local radio stations. So you are advised to tune in to either:

BBC Radio Sheffield who will schedule schools̵= 7; information every half hour during their breakfast programme. Radio Sheffie= ld broadcast on 88.6 FM or 103MW,

Hallam FM and Magic AM who send out several traffic and travel bulletins on their breakfast programme. Hallam FM broadcast on 9= 7.4 / 102.9 / 103.4 KM. Magic AM broadcast on 990 / 1305 / 16548 MW.=