Nicol Mere School

Dear Parents/Carers,

Happy New Year!

Welcome back and let’s hope 2009 can be even better than last year. We hope you had a great Christmas and you have all come back fully fit and raring to go.

Assistant Head Teacher

We would like to give a warm welcome to Miss E Gander, who has joined our list of dedicated teaching staff.

Punctuality & Attendance

I would like to remind parents that children need to be on the school site at 8.50am  ie not too late for going in at 8.55am or too early when there is no yard supervision. 

We have a school target of 96% or higher attendance for pupils. I realise that children get ill and they shouldn’t come to school but I expect

to see them when they are reasonably fit to attend ie sniffs, slight colds or mild sore throats are OK in school. If I have concerns I will contact parents or inform the Education Welfare Officer if necessary.

Homework and reading

Please make sure that your child is bringing a book home from school to read each night and that homework is done and handed in on time.  If you have any questions relating to either of these topics please speak to your child’s class teacher.

Knives and Forks  

It has come to our attention that there are a lot of children who cannot hold/use a knife and fork properly, even the juniors.  Could you please encourage your child to use knives and forks in the correct manner.

Parent governor forms

If anyone is interested in becoming a Parent Governor, please let us know as soon as possible and we will arrange for the correct form to be given to you.

Water Bottles 

Please ensure that your child only brings in a drinking bottle with a sports top (not screw type), and it must be labelled with their name. Children are asked to take the bottle home to refill it each night. They will not be able to refill them at school unless the weather is particularly hot. This will cut down on a lot of disruption caused by water bottles in the past.

Gifts

All the staff would like to say a big “thank you” to all the children for their kind Christmas gifts.  They were very much appreciated.

Books for Schools

The Times and The Sunday Times have launched a great new Books for Schools promotion.  From Saturday 11^th January throughout 2009 tokens will be available in both newspapers.  Please collect and send into school with your child for them to be passed on to the office!

School Nurse – Drop in session

The school nurse will be in school on Thursday 22^nd January from 8.30am until 9.30am.  If you have any questions you want to ask please feel free to drop in and see her – even if your child is not ill.

Computer Games

Please note it is not healthy for children to spend excessive amounts of time on computer games.  However, Nintendo do have brain training and rapid recall games which do help with learning but again these are not to be played on for excessive amounts of time.

Medical Conditions / Data Collection

As always we are striving to keep our records up to date.  If your child has any medical conditions, please let us know as soon as possible.

Also if any home/mobile telephone numbers or any other contact details change, please let us know as soon as possible.