January 17th 2010 - Newsletter
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Friends of St Mary's |
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If you have a child at St Mary’s, or if you EVER had a child at St Mary’s, you are automatically a member of our Friends Association. The Friends are a charity and they raise money for the school as well as organising events such as the Christmas Fair to bring our community together. They have donated money for books this year as well as paying for the ‘ice’ rink, which was an experience something many of the children will remember for a long time. The Friends are meeting in school just after 9 o’clock on Friday morning to think about the year ahead and they’d love to see some new faces at the meeting. They usually meet in the staff room, depending on numbers. Free Tickets If you would like to find out more about free concert tickets for 8 to 22 year olds, go to www.cavatina.net. Story Telling Week You may remember that last year we held a special week focusing on story telling. We felt that this was very successful and so this year the school is involved in a long ‘speaking and listening’ project involving oral story telling as a preparation for writing. This is based on the simple principle that if you can’t say it then you can’t write it! As part of this we are holding another ‘Story Telling Week’ in February. Sian Rickett, our literacy coordinator, writes: “We are celebrating National Storytelling week during the first week of February with a host of special assemblies, storytelling visitors, activities and competitions. If you have a story you would be happy to share with the children, please let your child's class teacher or our learning mentor, Sheila Leith, know. We have a lot of things going on during the week but it's always extra special when mums and dads get involved." This Week
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