Thomas Russell Infants' School - 'Our children blossom through nurture and challenge'
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Thomas Russell Infants’ School
‘Our children blossom through nurture and challenge’
Newsletter number 13 4.12. 2020
A Wizard morning!
We were whisked off to the land of
Oz on Monday morning, when M&M
Theatre Productions put on a fantastic
show in the school hall. It was so lovely
to see the children’s excitement during
the performance and it felt like a little
bit of normality in the lead-up to
Christmas. It was such a shame that
Reception weren’t able to see it ‘live’,
but hopefully the live-streaming meant
that they could join in the fun—and
allow parents to watch as well! Once again, a massive thank you to TRISPTA, who funded this
special treat and to all of you who have contributed to fund-raising through this term.
Welcome back to Reception
Dates for your Diary
We were really pleased to see the RM and RP
Weds 9 Dec - Christmas crafts after
children and staff back in school on Wednesday
school (Christmas jumpers can be worn
(the children were so excited to see the ‘Elves on
with uniform)
the Shelves’ when they went into the class-
Mon 14 Dec –Christmas parties (Christmas rooms!) We know how hard it can be to carry on
jumpers can be worn with uniform) with a normal routine, with a child confined to
the home and trying to juggle both your work and
Tues 15 Dec-Christmas lunch
school work. Thank you for all your input over
Fri 18 Dec-Christmas sing-along via Zoom the past couple of weeks—we hope the Zoom
with parents—Reception at 1.30pm, Y1 at lessons and Tapestry helped structure the school
2.00pm, Y2 at 2.30pm (Christmas jumpers work for you. Please take a few minutes to
can be worn with uniform) complete the survey we sent out about how you
found the experience—your responses will help
Fri 18 Dec—Break up for Christmas!
us plan any future home learning.
Mon 4 Jan-INSET day
Let’s keep all our fingers crossed that we keep a
Tue 5 Jan 2021-Back to school full school in the run-up to Christmas!
Email: tri-office@tri.jtmat.co.uk website: www.thomasrussellinfants.co.uk
Drinks in school
Please can we remind you that we can only allow
plain water in drinks bottles brought into
school. We have noticed that a few children
are now bringing in juice or squash, which
creates a sticky mess if accidentally spilt
(which happens quite a lot!). Water is also the
healthier option so we appreciate your support
in encouraging the children to have water in
their bottles. Thank you.
Barton Elf on the shelf trail Christmas preparations continued in school this
week as all the children got the chance to put a
Please find attached to the newsletter some
decoration on our tree. Decorations are also
images to colour in or paint with your child.
going up in the classrooms, so we’re starting to
Once finished why not display it in a window or
feel very festive!
hide it in the front garden and join in with the
village trail. It will be a lovely activity for
children to engage with and give you something
Keeping cosy
to hunt for as you walk round the village. We
have also attached the current map with the Please can we ask that all
locations of Elves so far and this will be the children bring warm
updated next week and sent out again next hats to school now that
Friday with any new Elves to spot. Hopefully winter has arrived? They
there will be lots more on the map once are spending as much
children from TRIS have completed theirs! time in the fresh air as
we can manage, so we want them to be as
There is a Facebook page you can ask to join
comfortable as possible. Please make sure all
called ‘Elf on a Shelf in Barton’ or you can text
hats (and gloves and scarves!) are clearly
Kate Haselgrove on 07712 336642. with your
named.
elf location.
Also...
Please can you save jingly/elaborate Christmas
headbands or hats for our Christmas jumper
days? We don’t want to be killjoys, but they
can be quite a distraction in class! Thank you.
Stars of the week
RP– Beatrix for trying really hard with her letter formation.
RP– Vinnie for always being a kind and caring friend to all of the children in our class.
RM –Charlie for excellent work during isolation.
RM - Lucy for fabulous writing and letter formation.
1RS - Lily for always working hard in all she does.
1RS- Jack for super ideas in your letter to Mia to convince her not to un-plug the sea.
1F- Bella for always being a great friend to everyone in the class. She is kind, caring and thoughtful.
1F- Joe for always putting a hundred per cent effort into his learning.
2M - Braydon for his super ideas and use of a simile in his diary writing.
2M - Freddie Walker for his excellent money work in maths.
2W - Eliza for trying really hard with her maths.
2W - Alice for writing a super start to The Jolly Postman’s diary entry.
Have a great December
sharing your kindness.
COVID 19
Please can we remind everyone to social distance when waiting outside school and on the play-
grounds. Please wear masks and keep your distance to try and stop the spread of the virus.
PTA News
We hope you have all had a good week.
Christmas Raffle
We have got some fabulous prizes donated for the raffle this year, this week the raffle tickets
went out in book bags. If you would like to purchase more tickets please email the office and
they will send them out in bookbags. They are 50p each or £2.50 for the strip. One of our
amazing prizes is a signed football shirt!!
Facebook
Don’t forget to join our Facebook page which we regularly update with events and reminders.
Search for Thomas Russell Infants school PTA.
FAB BRICKS
Thank you to everyone who purchased a FAB BRICK Keyring, you helped raise £67 for the school.
Dates for the Diary
12th-20th Dec - TRISPTA CHRISTMAS QUIZ TRAIL: Apologies for the change in date for this event. See
poster attached to the newsletter for more details.
9th Dec - CHRISTMAS CRAFT ACTIVITY SESSION: Thank you to everyone who put their slips and
payment in the PTA box. We have some lovely activities planned for this event.
12th/13th Dec - TRISPTA GREAT FESTIVE BAKE OFF: Please see poster attached to the newsletter
14th Dec - CHRISTMAS RAFFLE DRAW: Make sure your raffle tickets and money are returned to be in
with a chance to win some of the prizes.
Thank you for reading and your ongoing support, if you would like to join the PTA Team please do get in
touch via email or pop a note in the PTA Box. If you have any good ideas to help us raise funds please
Wishing you all an enjoyable weekend
Best wishes
Mrs S Burton and Mrs L Farmer
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