The safe place for all to grow in friendship, body and mind within the foundations of the

Christian faith.
There was no celebration worship at the end of the half term so no superwork or positive contribution
awards to report on this newsletter.
This weeks Headteacher award went to
Seren Brammer for a great
personal blog on the school
VLE

Morning Playground Routine

Thank you for your support in establishing the new routine in the morning. We feel it has been much
more organised and we can clearly see where all children are as they enter school.
Remembrance Day 2014
Discovery Education is working in partnership with the Tower of
London to support their 'Why Remember?' schools campaign to
commemorate the start of the First World War one hundred years
ago. On Monday 10th November they will be broadcasting a live
national school assembly, direct from the Tower of London which we
will be watching as a whole school in the hall. Following the
assembly we will be giving all the children a poppy appeal wristband,
funded by school, which they will be allowed to wear for the rest of
the school week but in particular we would like them worn on Tuesday 11 November which we will be
marking with a period of silence.
School Website
Training sessions for parents will be held next week. Please return the slip if you are planning to attend
one of these.

Associate Teachers
We would like to welcome two associate teachers from the University of Chester Miss Laura Blayney and
Miss Bethan Barker who will be working in the Goldfinches and Hummingbirds classes from now until
February. We are pleased to have them with us and they have both written blog entries on the class
homepages introducing themselves.
NSPCC Fundraising
Did you see the NSPCC letter that came out this week along with a sponsor
form? Please help us in raising funds for the NSPCC. The sponsored
challenges will take place on Wednesday 12 November.
Children in Need
The annual BBC Children in Need day takes place on Friday
14 November. As always the children are very keen to mark
this in school so we will be holding a Dress as a Superhero
day where all children are invited to come to school dressed
as a hero. This could be a super hero, or just a particular
hero of your child. We are also suggesting a voluntary
donation of 1 per family which will go towards Children In Need.
Thank you for your support for both of these charity events. We firmly believe at St Oswalds that it is
important for the children to develop a sense of care and compassion towards those less fortunate than
them.
Bag2School Collection
The next collection will be on Tuesday 11th November. Your child should now have brought home their
Bags2School bag. Fill your bags with your unwanted clothes, shoes, bags, ties, belts, hats and soft toys
and bring them into school on that day. Please support if you can as it is a great way to have a sort
out and help raise funds for the PTA. The last 2 collections combined have raised over 500 for the
PTA. Please note that Bag2school no longer accept bedding, cushions, curtains, towels, school uniform or
textile remnants.
Parents Evening
Parents Evenings will take place on Monday 24 and Wednesday 26
November in school and will take the form of a traditional parents
evening with individual appointments for parents. We will be using a
new online booking system for parents evening. This takes the form
of an online google spreadsheet. This will be accessed from the school
website (you wont be able to find it just yet). Im just giving
parents a heads up now as our trials have indicated that it is best
accessed from a computer, not a tablet. Further details will be sent
out next week with clear instructions for you.

PTA Childrens Christmas Cards

As part of the PTA's fundraising for this year, all of the children have drawn pictures to turn into
Christmas Cards, Gift Tags, Wrapping Paper and many other items via a third party company. The
pictures have been uploaded to their web site and items are ready for ordering.
Please go to www.mychildsart.co.uk and log in with the username and password below:
Username: StOswalds

Password: SOPS2014

Please place all orders by 10th November to get your items delivered to the school free of charge.
The PTA will earn 20% commission from all orders placed, so this is a great way to help the PTA, and
get some unique Christmas Cards to your friends and family!
Christmas Dates
Please check the calendar on the school website for all the Christmas dates for your diary.
Curriculum Vision
Part of our school development plan for this year is to develop our school curriculum. As part of this
process school staff have worked together to write a vision for our school curriculum which I am pleased
to share with you now. Over the course of the year school staff will be working hard to develop the
curriculum at St Oswalds and you will see the fruits of this work starting in September 2015.

Football Coaching
The Wrens, Sparrows & Goldfinches will be starting Tesco skills football sessions on Tuesdays with Coach
Rob Oakley. The sessions will run up until Christmas and your child will need to bring the following things
with them each Tuesday: Football boots (if they have them), outdoor or old trainers and a warm coat.

EASY FUNDRAISING
Target - 300 by Christmas
Total so far - 220
Diary dates for the next two weeks:

Tuesday 11 November Bags2School

Wednesday 12 November NSPCC fundraising event

Thursday 13 November 2:30 and 6:30 website training for parents

Thursday 13 November Netball Match v Mill View Primary School 3.30 pm. start at home

Friday 14 November Children in Need Superhero day!

Friday 14 November Girls football tournament at Christleton High 1 3pm

Wednesday 19 November Drama/Dance/Music workshop for Years 3 and 4

Wednesday 19 November deadline for NSPCC sponsor money

Friday 21 November Tempest photographs individuals and family groups