Thank you!

Many thanks to everyone who helped out with the Christmas bazaar on Friday, preparing, packing, sorting and crafting in the weeks and days ahead and those who helped set up, man the tables and clean up on the day. The look of anticipation and delight on the children's faces as they came into the hall was fantastic and the queue to see Santa was substantial. Thanks to everyone who waited for their patience and good cheer, to Miss Davies for creating such a magical grotto and to the big man himself and his beautiful elf for their time and support.  

The bazaar raised over £1200 for the school, which is fantastic. Just over £1000 of this came from the table top sales, £63 from hot chocolate sales, £84 from Santa's grotto and £96 from mugs.

We really appreciate your support in making this event such a success, it simply wouldn't happen without so much help.

Wishing  you all a very happy Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous new year.

Our Lady's PSA

Last chance to bring in your Flora tokens!

The school now have almost enough tokens for five tablets from the Flora offer. Thank you! A little final push and we could make this six - enough for a small group to work together in class.

If you have any remaining Flora tokens at home please bring them in as soon as possible, and if you've got space in your fridge or freezer for a few more tubs there are some for sale from the school office for just £1 a tub. Flora freezes well and is perfect for baking too so it doesn't need to be used right away.

Christmas Bazaar

Roll up! Roll up! It's our favourite time of year!

Our Lady's Christmas Bazaar will be held in the school hall on December 11th and will be open during school hours for the children to buy affordable gifts for their families. From 3-5pm the bazaar will be open to all with crafts, jewellery, toys, wrapping paper and gifts tags for sale as well as carols sung by the school choir, mince piesand hot chocolate and, new for this year, a magical Christmas grotto!

Clean out your cupboards!

The Christmas Bazaar is fast approaching and we need your donations of good quality books, toys, games, toiletries, cosmetics or unwanted gifts. Please take a look to see what you could spare and leave anything in the box in the bike shed. Thank you!

Your child's Christmas Cards can now be ordered.

Last month your child designed a Christmas scene and their wonderful artwork can now be seen online:

http://www.school-fundraising.co.uk/christmas-cards-for-schools/?ID=GTJLWKTHS

Order forms will go out in book bags later today and the design can be used on: 

• Christmas cards
• Gift tags
• Mugs
• Thank-you cards

Ordering these through the Parent Staff Association (PSA) raises vital money for the school. For example, for each pack of six cards you order the school will receive £2, gift tags give us £1, thank-you cards £2, mugs £1.80 and the value packs give us £4.10.

Please make cheques payable to Our Lady’s School Parents Association and return the form to school as soon as you can. The closing date for orders is Monday 9 November in order to ensure you receive everything in plenty of time for last posting dates.

Thank you!

Save the Date! Diary of Events for the Year

Event	2015/16
Annual Welcome Meeting	Wednesday 30th September
September Cake Sale	Friday 18th September	Mrs Attridge
October Cake Sale	Friday 16th October	Mrs Wootton
Bingo Night	Friday 6th Novembser
Christmas Cards	October
November Cake Sale	Friday 13th November	Miss Molloy
Pizza & Film Night	Thursday 26th November
December Cake Sale	Friday 4th December	Mrs Khan
Christmas Dress Up Day	Friday 4th December
Christmas Fair	Friday 11th December
Christmas Raffle	Tuesday 15th December
January Cake Sale	Friday 15th January	Miss Davies/Mrs Wallendszus
Disco	Thursday 11th Feb
February Cake Sale	Friday 12th February	Miss Rainbow
Quiz Night	Friday 18th March
March Cake Sale	Friday 11th March	Miss O’Reilly
Easter Raffle	Tuesday 22nd March
April Cake Sale	Friday 22nd April	Miss Thompson
May Cake Sale	Friday 27th May	Mr Hibbert
Cinema Night	Thursday 19th May
June Cake Sale	Friday 10th June	Foundation
Sponsored Sports Event	TBA
Donation dress down day	Friday 17th June
Summer Fete	Saturday 18th June
Summer Raffle	Saturday 18th June
End of Year Party	Friday 15th July