Dear Parent/Carer,
Wintry Weather
There remains the chance of snow into next week. Given the problems that the snow seems to cause, please bear the following in mind: Unless informed otherwise, we will be open, even during snow…. Please do keep an eye on the Notice Board on the Homepage of the school website and listen in to local radio. Please do not ring school to check whether we are open…. The telephone instantly becomes overwhelmed and key staff are diverted from the vital work of co-ordinating staff arrival / absence, ensuring the safety of the school site, etc.
Winter Vomiting Virus
The Winter Vomiting Virus is sweeping the school at the moment. Many pupils and staff have either had it or have it. Please ensure that your child has a full 48 hours clear from the virus before they return to school.
Christmas Fair
We continue to seek donations for our Christmas Fair - Teddy Bears, unwanted gifts, toys and anything else that we can use and sell on. Our PTA Christmas Fair takes place on Saturday 11th December. Please come along and join in the fun. All funds raised by our PTA goes towards equipment for our children in school. PTA funds have in the past paid for playground equipment, Wet Play resources, Sports Kit, Nintendo DS’s and more.
If you are able to offer help to our PTA on the Christmas Fair or any other project, please contact Jenny Curgenven or Angela Ross.
Friendly Faces
Friendly Faces will be open for business from Monday 20th to Thursday 23rd December from 8.00am to 5.30pm. Anyone interested in booking a place please contact Louise Parker on 07810071148 or friendlyfacesatrobinhood@gmail.com
Lunchtime Staff Required
We seek to make a further appointment to our lunchtime staff. We have a very high ratio of adults:pupils during lunchtimes as we view this as the best way of maintaining Health & safety and wellbeing for pupils. If you, or anyone you know, enjoy working with children and can offer an hour per day at lunchtimes… please get in touch with Mrs Smith in the School Office.
Playground Equipment
This week we have added permanent netball posts and a multi-ball game to the enormous variety of playground equipment at Robin Hood. These fantastic resources make an important contribution to the super play and lunchtime experiences enjoyed by our children.
Christmas Dates
Here are the Christmas dates, once more and in full……
Christmas Lunch – Thursday 9th December
PTA Christmas Fair – Saturday 11th December
Year 34 Afternoon Performance at Rodillian High School – 2.00pm Monday 13th December
Key Stage One Evening Performance – 6.00pm, Monday 13th December
Reception Christmas Performance – Tuesday 14th December, 9.00am
Key Stage One Afternoon Performance – 2.00pm Tuesday 14th December
Year 34 Evening Performance at Rodillian High School – 6.00pm Tuesday 14th December
Foundation & Key Stage One Parties – Wednesday 15th December
Christmas Panto – Wednesday 15th December
Key Stage Two Parties – Thursday 16th December
Christmas Church Service – 10.00am, Thursday 16th December
Carols Around The Tree – 2.30pm, Friday 17th December
Carols Around The Tree is an open-invite event, just like the Celebration Assemblies. Carols Around the Tree will replace the usual Celebration Assembly that day.
School closes for the Christmas Holidays on Friday 17th December and re-opens on Wednesday 5th January after a Training Day.
As you know, and unlike many schools, we do not charge parents and families to watch their children perform. Nor do we operate a ticketing system for performances. Past experience has proved that we are able to accommodate the numbers who attend performances. We vary performance times in order to support as many parents and families as possible to attend. We very much encourage you to come to at least one performance to help us celebrate.
Fantastic Staff
As you know, I regularly highlight the contributions of our fantastic staff via the newsletter. This week I would like to put both Mrs Friar and Mrs Mates in the spotlight. Mrs Friar has been working very hard along with a group of children to turn what was an ignored patch of ground at the back of the school into a wonderful functioning allotment. Even in the depths of winter the area looks brilliant, with rich potential for growth in the Spring and Summer. Mrs Mates is doing an absolutely fabulous job on a lunchtime while standing in for Mrs Hick, who is currently away visiting family in Australia. We are fortunate to have such a dedicated and multi-talented staff at Robin Hood.
Wakefield Express
Our School Captains appeared in an article entitled ‘School scores hat-trick of awards’ in the Wakefield Express on Friday 19th November. The article celebrated the International Schools Award, the Stephen Lawrence Award and the European Quality Label Award. Well done to Ellie and Elias. Being photographed for the newspaper, as well as receiving awards at posh Awards Ceremonies, are just two of the many exciting jobs that our School Captains do.
Have a fantastic weekend,
Mr Wilson
