Earl Soham Community Primary School

Caring, sharing and learning; because every child matters

Headteacher: Karl Pearce

Earl Soham, Woodbridge, Suffolk. IP13 7SA

Tel: (01728) 685359

Email: ad.earlsoham.p@talk21.com

SEPTEMBER 2013 (3) - NEWSLETTER

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DIARY DATES

Thursday 10th

October – Individual photos

Thursday 24th

October – Whole school trip to

Aldeburgh Cinema

Friday 25th

October – School closed to pupils –

Professional Development Day

Monday 28th

October – Friday 1st November –

HALF TERM

CAKE SALE Another thank you, this time for the donations and

purchase of cakes at the PTFA cake sale last week – in

excess of £180 was raised. Mr Pearce particularly

enjoyed the white chocolate flapjacks!

SCHOOL BLOG The School Blog (which can be found on our

website) is a great way of informing parents what

we’ve been up to at school. You may have seen

the recent posts on the Harvest Festival and

Framlingham Castle trip? We do like to receive

your comments on the posts as a way of feedback.

To make a comment simply click on the

‘comments’ link of a post (in red) and add a few

words. To eliminate the amount of ‘spam’

messages we receive, all contributors need to have

a gmail account – if in doubt, ask Mr Mansell.

HARVEST FESTIVAL & LUNCH Thank you for your support at this week’s Harvest

Festival. It was great to see so many of you in the church

and we were delighted with how well the children

‘performed’. Also, thank you for the donations of

produce. Mary Vellacott (one of our School

Governors) delivered the goods to the Ormiston

Trust on Tuesday. She emailed the school; ‘They

were almost overcome by the quantity of things that

had been donated. Thank you so much for the

generous gifts from the school.’

It was lovely that so many of you were able to join

us for lunch as well. We hope that you enjoyed the

occasion and the food!

HOODIES Just a reminder that the deadline for ‘hoody’ orders is fast

approaching… Monday 30th September.

TEACHERS’ STRIKE ACTION You may have heard in the news that teachers

from the NUT and NASUWT are planning to

strike on Tuesday 1st October. This is a result of

the many changes to the curriculum, pay and

conditions, the drive to privatise education, on top

of all the other stresses and pressures thrown at the

profession.

However, staff at this school will not be taking

part in the strike action for their own personal

reasons. You may find that other schools in the

area are closed or partially closed.

Earl Soham will remain OPEN as usual.

GYM CLUB CANCELLATION Due to ‘eats’ requiring the school hall next week

there will be no after school Gym Club on Tuesday

1st October.

CAR PARK As we’re sure that you’re aware, the school car park

is not large enough for everyone to park their cars.

This causes many problems at either end of the

school day. These problems get further complicated

by the need for buses to park which can cause even

further congestion.

We are fortunate to have such a large car park

(which isn’t actually owned by the school or Local

Authority) but there are a number of safety concerns.

Please ensure that children use the footpath around

the outside of the school and do not allow them to

run around the car park – it is simply dangerous.

The bus turning area should not be used at the

beginning or end of the normal school day as this

also creates an additional hazard. The safety of

everyone in our school community is our number

one concern.

Thank you – please take care.