St Luke’s CE Primary School Newsletter
5.9.19
Dear Parents,
Welcome back I do hope you all had a great summer. It is always a delight to see everybody back and ready for the new school year, though they all (and the staff) find getting back into the routine tiring.
There is a PTA meeting after the Friday morning assembly tomorrow– with cake! Every Friday we have an open assembly which everyone is welcome to attend. Following the assembly this Friday there will be a PTA welcome meeting for new and existing parents. Please do attend if you can, pre-schoolers are welcome.
The start of the school year is a good time to remind you all that attendance and punctuality are really important and make difference to your child’s education. Holidays in term time can only be authorised in exceptional circumstances. Here is the official statement from Derbyshire:
In September 2013 the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 came into force. These regulations make it clear that Headteachers should not grant approval for any leave of absence during term-time, including holidays, unless there are exceptional circumstances. These regulations also state that holidays cannot be authorised retrospectively.
Any requests should be on an official school absence request form and handed into the school office for consideration prior to any holiday/leave arrangements being made.
You may be issued with a Penalty Notice should leave be taken which is not authorised. If unpaid this could lead to prosecution under section 444(1) of The Education Act 1996.
I am also including the information about our facebook page again just so you have it. I will try to get better at remembering to use it!
if you are a Facebook user we would welcome you to ‘like and follow’ the St Luke’s Church of England Primary School official Facebook page. The Facebook page has been established by the staff and governors to share information and events about the school to the school and local community. Its aim is to be a source of information, it is not to be a page for queries and/or concerns regarding your child/children. If you have any questions regarding school matters then these should be directed through the traditional channels of the school office or your child’s class teacher. The School staff will of course respond to comments as soon as possible should a response be required but this may not be immediate. We would be very grateful if you could respect this page and the users who use it – we will have to delete inappropriate comments should this be required. The staff and school governors hope that this will be a great new additional communication tool for the school, all the other communication channels will remain in place.
The school Facebook page can be found using the following link: https://www.facebook.com/StLukesPrimaryGlossop/
We recommend that you set up the St Luke’s Facebook page as a ‘favourite group/page’ by following these simple steps (from a desktop computer):
- Like and follow https://www.facebook.com/StLukesPrimaryGlossop/ on your personal Facebook profile
- When on the St Luke’s Facebook page. Click the ‘following’ button and under ‘in your news feed’ section, tick the ‘see first’ button. This will ensure that when a new item is posted on the official page you will see this first in your newsfeed.There will be toast tomorrow. On Friday mornings we have toast as a treat. The children bring in 20p and for this they get a slice of toast. It is part of our economic education so once the children reach Year 3 if they forget their 20p they do not get toast. This is not us being mean but us helping them understand the relationship between money and food. If you are available on a Friday morning and would like to help make toast we would love to hear from you.
- We thank you in advance for your cooperation.
I am attaching the dates for this year. We do sometimes have to change dates so please keep an eye on the newsletters for updates.
Alice Littlehailes
Dates 2019-20
September
6th PTA Coffee Morning
9th & 10th Bikeabilty
13th Plastic collection starts
16th Clubs start
17th Library visits
18th Pinochio in school
19th Phonics Workshop
20th Bring Plastics in
Scoot and Skate
23rd Y6 online safety
27th St Luke’s Sculpture Park
October
1st Online safety training for parents
3rd PTA AGM
6th Glossop Jog
9th-11th Whitehall
11th Eagles leading Assembly
16th Individual Photos
18th Peregrines leading Assembly
PTA disco
23rd Parents evening
24th Children finish for half term
November
4th Children return to school
5th Flu vaccinations
7th Visit to Parliament
8th Ospreys trip
Merlins leading Assembly
15th Ospreys leading Assembly
22nd Kites leading Assembly
Y4 Sleep Over
29th Harriers leading Assembly
December
10th & 11th Christmas Production
13th Kestrels leading Assembly
17th Eagles & Merlins party
18th Harriers & Kites party
19th Ospreys, Peregrines & Kestrels party
20th Carol Service
Christmas Dinner
Finish for Christmas
January
6th Children return to school
31st Kites leading Assembly
February
7th Harriers leading Assembly
14th Merlins leading Assembly
Finish for half term
24th Children return to school
March
6th Ospreys leading Assembly
9th Class Photos
13th Eagles leading Assembly
20th Kestrels leading Assembly
27th Peregrines leading Assembly
30th&31st Y3/4 Production
April
1st Parents Evening
3rd Easter Service
Children finish for Easter
20th Children return to school
22nd – 24th Whitby
May
1st Eagles Assembly
8th Bank Holiday
15th Sports Day
22nd Children finish for half term
June
3rd Children return to school
8th PEGS music concert
12th Kites leading Assembly
26th Harriers leading Assembly
July
3rd Ospreys leading Assembly
W/B 6th Merlins & Eagles Production
10th Peregrines leading Assembly
17th Kestrels leading Assembly
21st Levers Assembly
Children finish for summer