Hello,
We hope you are having a nice half-term! We just wanted to give you some information on the holiday card project deadline, ask you about Christmas tree pick up day, and let you know about our upcoming meeting and remaining places available for the enrichment clubs.
We are also sorry to confirm that our Bonfire/disco event cannot take place due to rising Covid cases, an increase which is particularly worrying in the Clissold and Stoke Newington ward apparently. Please stay safe and look out for the school’s information this week about any new safety measures.
HOLIDAY CARD PROJECT
Orders for the APFS Holiday Card Project need to be placed by Wednesday 3rd November.
You can order now on apfsorders.co.uk, using the unique code on the back of your child’s artwork. Artwork needs to be sent back to school by Thursday 4th November. This can be used for presents and gifts for any occasion such as Thank you cards (you can choose to keep the text blank or add messages when your order).
If you have any questions of would like a code to order items with other artworks (birthday, thank you cards, sibling’s art etc) please email frogsholidaycards@gmail.com.
ENRICHMENT CLUBS
There was lots of applications for our new enrichment clubs! Most clubs are oversubscribed but we still have space for:
Alberto’s djembe club on Fridays for KS2 children (£5 per class)
Alberto of Performing Creations says: “Learning it will be interactive and super fun and not the usual copy-paste. We are going to be creative and learn dancing rhythms from the origins of the Malinke music to today's House music as the Djembe instrument is developed.” Sounds like a lot of fun! Please email frogs.grasmere@gmail.com if you would like your child to join. (There’s a free space for a pupil premium child).
Debate Mate club on Thursdays for KS2 children (£10 per class)
Debate Mate helps develop your child’s communication skills. Developing debating skills is a very effective method of preparing and motivating young people for higher education and the world of work. The organisation charges the school a fixed fee for this so the club cannot go ahead if we do not get the minimum number of students (12) – and there are only 3 places left! Please email frogs.grasmere@gmail.com if you would like your child to join. (There’s an extra free space for a pupil premium child).
Library club on Fridays for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children.
This club is about books, storytelling, illustration, paper crafts and creative writing for younger kids. We’ll look at classic picture books for inspiration. There’s 1 paying space and 1 free space for a pupil premium child left, please ease email frogs.grasmere@gmail.com if you would like your child to join.
CHRISTMAS TREE ORDER
If you are planning to order a Christmas tree through the school this year, please can you let us know which date you would like to pick up your tree by answering this survey ? It seems like it’s always either too early or too late for some, so we’d like to go for what the majority thinks! It takes one second to answer and it will help our volunteer plan this more efficiently. Thank you!
NEXT FROGS MEETING
Our next meeting is this Wednesday 3 November at 8pm on Zoom. We will send the agenda and Zoom login via your class reps. Please join if you have any ideas on Covid-safe fundraisers or anything else!
We’re also looking for ideas on what to sell in our Christmas shop this year. Please get in touch if you have any ideas, or anything homemade that you could donate for this. At the moment we’re thinking craft kits, wreaths and tote bags… (This is an example from another school just to give you some ideas). We could also organise a raffle or a winter trail, any ideas and offers of help welcome!
Thank you,
FROGS