1. Welcome to my Autumn Term newsletter! I hope you find the information useful. Feedback on content happily accepted along with ideas for what you might find useful for me to include in future newsletters. Thanks Ann Parental Involvement Worker Parental Involvement Newsletter Dates for your diary Reception Parents – transition meeting Weds 15 th October 6pm PTA school disco Thursday 16th October KS1 6pm KS2 7.15pm Stay & Play Thursday 23 rd October 9am -10am or 2pm – 3pm School photograph day Friday 24 th October Reception parents to lunch November 10 th, 17 th and 20th Parent Consultation week w/c 17 th November Training Day Friday 28 th November Christmas Fair Friday 5 th December 6pm Christmas Concerts Years 3&4 Tuesday 9 th December 2.15pm and 6.30pm Years 1&2 Weds 10 th December 2.30pm and 6.30pm Nursery/Reception Thurs 11 th December 9.30am and 2.30pm Years 5&6 Tuesday 16 th December 2.15pm (tea, coffee, mince pies and Carols!) September 2014 I am in school on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. Come and have a chat! Or you can ring me on 01274 567545. Or e-mail me at a.clayton@cottingley.bradford.sch.uk a.clayton@cottingley.bradford.sch.uk

2. Stay & Play If you have a child aged 0 – 4 and would like to bring them along to play, build, draw, sing and share a story we would love to see you. Parents get the chance to have a chat and a cuppa too! Thursday 23 rd October 9am – 10am or 2pm to 3pm Useful websites for parents Parents in touch (resources, worksheets, information) www.parentsintouch.co.uk/ BBC – Bitesize (educational website) www.bbc.co.uk/education Netmums.com (lots of local and UK wide information) www.netmums.com/ Maths! Over the next few weeks we will be sending out some information about what we teach your children in Maths and how we teach them. In response to many parents asking for more support in this area we are then planning on holding some very informal Maths sessions for Parents/Carers. Look out for this information in your child’s book bag and come and see Ann if you have any questions about this. Come and Read Just a reminder that our Come and Read sessions are held every Monday at 2.55pm. From Monday 3 rd November we will be introducing these into our Reception classes too. So come along, listen to your child read, share a book with them, ask them about their story/book and encourage them to develop a love of reading. Come & Share Reception Parents & Carers Every Thursday 2.45pm Come to the Reception class library, share your child’s learning journey book with them and have a chat and a look around the classrooms School photograph day Friday 24 th October All children will have an individual photograph taken. In addition we will arrange for them to have their photograph taken with any brothers and sisters they have in school. Please make sure your child has their blue school sweatshirt or cardigan in school on that day. Also, we suggest Nursery children avoid wearing white as we photograph against a white background! Rag Bag collection! We will be holding a rag bag collection on Friday 7 th November. We will send bags home before half term for you to pop any unwanted items in. These can then be returned to school w/c 3 rd November.