Friday 25^th November

Dear Parents and Carers,

Every Friday for the past four weeks I have had the pleasure of speaking to prospective parents and showing them around our wonderful school. I just wanted to share this with you today as it reminds me how fortunate I am to work with such amazing staff and how happy and confident our children are.  They were not fazed by large groups of adults coming into their classrooms and were so articulate when telling them about their learning. It made for a very happy Friday morning!

Yesterday we had our first Class Assembly of the year and Tiger Class gave us a snapshot of their learning this term. We were so impressed with the creativity they demonstrated with their sketches of Victorian houses and Islamic clay tiles. In English the children are basing their writing on the text ‘The Disgusting Sandwich’ by Gareth Edwards. They retold the story with such confidence. We look forward to reading their versions of the story in the coming weeks. Thank you to all of the parents who joined us. I am sure you were as proud as we were.

I can’t quite believe how December has crept up upon us and when looking in the diary realised that we have the Year 2 dress rehearsal next week. So, the stage is now up and preparations have begun. Our choir have their Christmas debut tomorrow when they will be performing at the winter fair at St Mary’s Church. I’m sure they will be wonderful. A huge thank you to Mr Copsey who has been leading choir for our year 2 children this term.

We hope you have an enjoyable weekend and look forward to another action-packed week ahead.

Tanya Mooney

Key Dates

Wednesday 30^th November           Whole school - Burglar Bill, performed by Pied Piper

Thursday 1^st December                   13:15-14:45- School Choir to visit Signature Living

Saturday 3^rd December                  PTA Pantomime-Booked in advance  

School Office Hours

Please can we remind parents that the school office is maned from 8.30 am and 4.00 pm Monday to Thursday and 8.30am to 3.30pm Friday.

Christmas Art Fundraiser

We have received most of the Christmas art fundraiser orders, cards, tags, wrapping paper and mugs, and they will be going home today.  If you are missing items, it is because they are still being made and will arrive soon.

Oatlands Church Winter Fair- Saturday 26^th November

Please see the flyer attached to this week’s news. Oatlands Church are hosting a winter fair this Saturday 11am -2pm. Oatlands School Choir will be performing at 11:30 in church.

Christmas Performances – Charity Collection

This year we will have collection buckets at the end of our Christmas shows to raise money for our chosen charity ‘Children of Watamu – Happy House’ (https://www.childrenofwatamu.net/).  This is an amazing charity caring for and providing education to needy children. 

So please have any loose change ready as your kind donations help to sponsor a child every year. 

Christmas Performances

The festive season is well and truly underway at Oatlands and Christmas performances begin soon.  Performances always prove to be very popular so we kindly ask that only 2 parents or carers per child attend one of the performances.

Year 2 Performances

Tuesday 6^th 9.30

Thursday 8^th 9.30

Reception Performances

Tuesday 13^th 9.30

Wednesday 14^th 9.30

Year 1 Concert

Wednesday 14^th 18.00 at St Marys Church