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You are able to see some clips from Class 2 & 3's Christmas performances in the "Children" Tab under "Performance Videos" .
Photos of the Foundation / Year 1 Nativity can be found on the Newark Advertiser webpage and their DVD video is expected to be available soon!
Merry Christmas!
What a busy start to December - and one that the children, as always, have taken in their stride!
Classes 2 and 3 have been finalising their Christmas Presentation ready for next week's concerts. The children's speaking, poetry and singing are a credit to their effort and their determination to succeed. Meanwhile Foundation and Class 1 have been busy preparing their traditional Nativity Performance. They have already tested their voices in Church and are concentrating brilliantly on learning their parts.
Class 6's completion of their Drugs and Alcohol Resistance Education (DARE) programme means that they too have been preparing for a presentation to parents. I was delighted to award a total of six Head Teacher Awards for exceptional extended reports on the topic - check the Gallery of Excellence to see these superb examples of writing. I was equally impressed with some beautifully crafted pieces of creative writing and complex multiplication of fractions from Class 5.
Class 3's learning about the Ancient Egyptians concluded with a fascinating visit to the Weston Park Museum in Sheffield; pupils took part in many interesting activities, including practising mummification techniques on a life-size dummy! Class 4 will be concluding this term's Religious Education learning with a festive visit to Lincoln Cathedral in the final week - what a fitting end to the Christmas term!
Well done to the Choir who performed in the village this week. You contributed to the raising of over a thousand pounds for charity and Mrs Booth and Mrs Davies were, as always, impressed with your sound.
Finally to sport. Well done to the Year 5 Basketball Team on competing in their first ever match. Although the final score was 20 - 6 (and not to us), I was proud of how well you threw yourselves into the game after only a few training sessions with Andy. The last word has to go to the Football A Team, who played their Newark League match against the reigning champions, John Blow Primary Collingham. Perfect sportsmanship and a strong team dynamic led to a convincing 4 - 0 win; special congratulations to Josh who was named "Man of the match".
2 December 2015
Nottinghamshire County Council
Home to School and Post 16 Transport – Public Consultation
I am writing to inform you that Nottinghamshire County Council is consulting on proposals to cease the provision of discretionary travel services to schools, colleges and other educational establishments in Nottinghamshire from September 2018.
Under the proposals the statutory entitlements of children and young people will continue to be protected. Children and young people attending their qualifying (catchment) school living beyond the statutory walking distance will continue to qualify for travel assistance from the Local Authority.
Children from low income families have extended rights to free travel which will be protected. For primary age pupils this is a reduction in the statutory walking distance and for secondary age pupils travel assistance will be provided to one of the three nearest qualifying schools (catchment or preferred) between two and six miles from home. For low income children attending their nearest suitable school preferred on grounds of faith, they will receive free travel where the school is between 2 and 20 miles (primary) or 2 and 25 miles (secondary) from their home.
The financial challenge facing Nottinghamshire County Council is significant and some difficult decisions will be needed to help us balance the budget. Over the next three years we are facing a budget shortfall of £62m.
Nottinghamshire along with many other local authorities is having to make difficult decisions regarding the services they offer. Protecting services that are statutory unfortunately means that many discretional services may have to be reduced or ceased. Increasingly the trend over recent years is for councils across the country to review their expenditure and to critically assess the affordability of all services.
You can view this and all of our budget proposals on the Nottinghamshire County Council website at www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/budget.
These are just proposals at this stage and you can have your say by visiting nottinghamshire.gov.uk/budget, phoning 0300 500 80 80 or responding to copies of consultation documents in any County Council library. We value responses from all stakeholders.
The budget consultation starts on 9 December, 2015, and will close on 5 February, 2016. Final decisions will be made by elected members at Full Council on 25 February, 2016.
Yours sincerely
John Slater
Service Director for Education, Standards and Inclusion
Children, Families and Cultural Services
Nottinghamshire County Council