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CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS AT

GREENHILL December has arrived and with it the preparations for

celebrating Christmas at our school.

We hope you can join us this festive season at some

of our forthcoming events.

WINTER SCHOOL CLOSURES

We always try to keep school open during the winter months. In extreme weather there can be occasional times when school closures are made

due to Health and Safety concerns.

At Greenhill Primary School all school closures are notified to local radio and reported on the

school website and through our Facebook page.

DIARY DATES –December 2017 Tue 5th Dec – FROGS meeting 7.15pm Fri 8th Dec – FROGS Non-Uniform Day (Cake Donation Day for the Christmas Fair) Fri 8th Dec – EYFS/KS1 Dress rehearsal 10am Fri 8th Dec – Christmas Fair – 6.00pm Mon 11th Dec – EYFS / KS1 Nativity – 6.00pm Tue 12th Dec – EYFS / KS1 Nativity – 6.00pm Wed 13th Dec – KS2 Carol concert – 7.00pm Fri 15th Dec – Wear Something Christmassy Day Fri 15th Dec – Christmas dinner @ Greenhill Mon 18th Dec – Celebration for winning house team Tue 19th Dec – Christmas Parties and Christmas film afternoon Wed 20th Dec – Travelling by Tuba - am Wed 20th Dec – School closes at 2.30pm

TERM DATES

School closes for the Christmas holidays at

2.30pm on Wednesday 20th December 2017.

School reopens on

Thursday 4th January 2018.

FROGS MEETING The next meeting of our Parents association is taking place at 7.15pm on

Tuesday 5th December at the Rose and Crown.

All parents are welcome to attend.

GREENHILL PRIMARY SCHOOL PRESENT

The Sleepy Shepherd

Our Infant Christmas performances will be on Friday 8th December

at 10.00 am (Dress Rehearsal), Monday 11th December at 6.00 p.m

and Tuesday 12th December at 6.00 p.m.

Ticket requests should sent to the school office by

Wednesday 6th December 2017

JUNIOR CAROL CONCERT

We are holding a Junior Carol concert at Bolton Road Methodist Church on

Wednesday 13th December 7 pm. Parents and friends are invited to attend, no

ticket is required. Children should arrive at 6.45 in school uniform

(a Santa hat may be worn if you have one)

Dinner Money for next half term is £73.60

Milk for the Spring Term is £9.00. If you would like your child to have milk please

return the form with payment by 11th December 2017

Sporting Success !

The football team have had a great start to the season.

We won our first 4 matches in the

school league and then proceeded to beat Cams Lane on

penalties in the cup !

Well done to all involved !

Mad Science

Our Mad Science club gets up and running on Tuesday 16th January.

I’m sure there will be lots of fun going on

with those crazy scientists !

CHRISTMAS FAIR

Our Christmas Fair is being held on Friday 8th December

at 6pm.

Please come along and support us as we celebrate Christmas and raise money

for school funds.

I would like to thank the FROGS in advance for their

hard work and support in organizing this event.

TOP OF THE CLASS

Class attendance rates

for Sept- Nov 2017

Reception : 96.6%

Year 1 : 97.9 %

Year 2 : 96.2 %

Year 3 : 97.3 %

Year 4 : 96.5 %

Year 5 : 97.8 %

Year 6 : 95.0 %

Total 96.8

Target – 96.1 %

NON UNIFORM DAY – ‘Wear something Christmassy’

On Friday 15th December our children will be allowed to ‘Wear something Christmassy’ to

school.

There will be an opportunity for children to make a voluntary donation to ‘Save the Children’, who are organising a Christmas Jumper fundraising

event.

Christmas Dinner

Friday 15th December is Christmas dinner

day at Greenhill.

Suitable clothing in school

As the weather becomes colder, please ensure that your child has

suitable clothing for school.

Children will not be allowed outside at break/lunch without a

warm, waterproof coat.

CHRISTMAS CINEMA DAY

On the afternoon of Tuesday 19th December, we will be transforming

Greenhill Primary School into a multiplex

cinema.

Children will be watching a selection of

Christmas films in the classrooms. These films will all be U or PG certificates, details

of film titles are available on request.

School Pantomime fun

Our pupils enjoyed their second

helping of Christmas pantomime last

week as we watched the Manchester

Player’s production of Aladdin.

Staffing News

I would like to welcome

Miss Leach to our staff team, she will

be working in Year 1.