This year we welcome a new teacher, Miss Soo Panda-Buns. She has formerly worked for Softted, so she know a thing or two about what makes a good school! She will be teaching Dog class this year.
New teacher
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Poetry corner
Baby Teddy’s grandma has sent us this lovely poem about starting school…
Teddy’s First Day At School
By Norma Bear
I am a little teddy bear,
My fur all curly and brown,
I’m usually bright and cheerful,
But today I wear a frown.
Why am I so worried
On this bright and sunny day?
I’m all dressed up in funny clothes,
Please let me go and play.
But now my mum won’t let me,
She says ‘Stay clean, my boy,
You have a new adventure,
Join the other bears with joy.’
With my new leather satchel,
I really look quite cool,
They have only just told me
It’s my very first day at school.
New school year
The new school year will start on Monday 12th September. The school has been very busy lately with preparing stuff for next year. Mr King has been very busy preparing new school afternoon sport clubs. We would also like to thank Mrs Lightfoot for making new school uniforms for our newly built shop. She has also been busy making costumes for the school play, The Dog in the Dress, which will be staged in January. Mr Wallace has been helpfully mowing our sports field, but the grass is still a bit long so he needs to do it again. We would finally like to thank all the year leaders in our school.
From
Mr Shep Dog, Headmaster
All our Staff:
Mr Wallace
Mr King
Mrs Jive
Mrs Lightfoot
Gerald
Soo
Leo
Shep
David Cameron
From the Correspondence Officer at 10 Downing Street:
“The Prime Minister is always pleased to hear from young people and I was interested to read about your website. I also note your request of a photo of the Prime Minister with his favourite cuddly toy.
“I hope you can understand that, due to the many calls on his time, it is not always possible for the Prime Minister to fulfil all the requests that come his way. I am afraid that, on this occasion, he is not able to send you a photo as you have asked.
“He has, however, asked me to pass on his best wishes to you for your website. I am also pleased to enclose an official photograph of the Prime Minister.”
Nick Clegg
“Thank you for writing to me, and very sorry to take a while to reply. It has been the busiest time in politics that any of us have ever known so I hope you forgive me. I showed your website to my children and they loved it! Unfortunately, I have no pictures of myself with a favourite toy – it was quite a long time ago I’m afraid!”
John Shuttleworth
“Lovely to hear from you, and so delighted you like my songs, especially ‘Serial Cereal Eater’. I’ve hunted high and low for a photo of me with a cuddly toy but I can’t find one anywhere. Instead, I have attached one of me with a chicken on my shoulder. Don’t worry, it’s not alive, but it’s not very cuddly either, so it might be no good for your website. I do hope it is, but if not it will come in handy when you start a page for celebrities with chickens on their shoulders!
“Good luck with your venture and keep punching the air!”
Gyles Brandreth
![Gyles Brandreth and Fozzie[3]](https://holtonheathschool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Gyles-Brandreth-and-Fozzie3.jpg)
“Here I am with FOZZIE BEAR. He is the REAL Fozzie, the original Fozzie, given to me by the man who created him, Jim Henson. Fozzie now lives with all the Brandreth Bears at the Bear House at Newby Hall in Yorkshire.”
School photos
This week, we have taken school photos of the children. We will be sending a letter home and if you would like to buy your child’s photo, it will cost £10. Please send the slip, and money, to your class teacher.
Yours sincerely,
Mr King
Sports day
School sports day will be held on Friday 24 June, from 5pm until 7pm, on the school field. The Key Stage 1 sports activities are: skipping, running and long jump. Sadly, there will be no egg and spoon race as we don’t have any eggs. Please keep your child’s PE kit in school until this day is over. There will be races for mummies and daddies; if you would like to enter, please tell the school office.
Yours sincerely,
Mr King and Mr Nigel
P.S. The children do not need to apply to do sports day.
Babbage! (new pupil)
We are happy to welcome a new pupil to Lizard class. Babbage Bear is a big fan of the Raspberry Pi computer. He even has a backpack with LEDs and other electronic parts in it. He is named after Charles Babbage, a 19th century pioneer of computing.
Tests!
Lizard class have been doing tests this week, mainly in maths. They don’t particularly like doing them.
From Mrs Lighfoot.
Tests!
Hamster class have been doing tests this week, mainly in maths. They are not particularly enjoying them.
From Mr King.
Music lessons
Mr King and Mr Wallace are now offering music lessons in the music room at lunchtimes and after school. You can learn piano, glockenspiel, harmonica, drums, tambourine, maracas, clacker, rattle-drum or music theory. Prices from £50 per term. For more details, please visit the school office.
Breakfast club
A new breakfast club has opened in the school hall and preschool. Parents can drop off their little ones after 8am each morning. We are also planning to introduce an after-school club – more details will be announced soon.
Signed,
Shep Dog, Headmaster
Christmas elves
The children and teachers enjoyed making funny elves using their own photo for the face and adding dangly legs.
Christmas lunch
The children enjoyed a Christmas lunch at the carvery. Hacker loved the selection of meats. Fozzie told a joke he found in his cracker.
Christmas concert
Dear parents of choir children,
We will be doing a Christmas concert to parents, to sing to you the songs we have been learning in choir club. The concert will take place in the school hall at 3pm on Saturday 12th December. If the hall is full and parents are still outside, there will be another concert at 4pm. If you have any questions about this, please come to our school office and we will answer them.
Yours sincerely,
Mr King and Shep Dog
P.S. Tickets for the concert (two per child) will be handed out in class. If you only want one ticket, just throw one of them in the bin and use the other one.
P.P.S. All choir club children must be at the school on Saturday 12th December by 2:45pm.
Santa’s grotto visit !
The children from Hamster and Lizard classes enjoyed seeing Father Christmas. They told him what they wanted for Christmas. Hacker asked for a luxury selection of meat paste. Sooty wanted a new magic wand. Fozzie asked for a new joke book! Elmo asked for some toy cars. Here are some pictures of Santa’s grotto:
Father Christmas visit!
The children are getting very excited about our Father Christmas visit. We will be seeing Rudolph and several of his other reindeer. Each child will receive a small gift and all parents who wanted their child to see Father Christmas will have to pay £7.95. More news about the event will be told in the next newsletter after the trip has happened.
Yours sincerely,
Shep Dog and Mr King
Croeso David
Welcome David the Dragon from Wales. Our new pupil has joined us from Rhos-y-Gwaliau, where he attended the Outdoor Learning Centre school. He loves rock climbing and caving.
To help him settle in, here are some Welsh words:
Croeso (welcome)
Helô (hello)
Bore Da (good morning)
Diolch yn fawr (thanks)
Ble mae’r toiled ? (where’s the toilet?)