Newsletter 5

Autumn Term 2014

Good Things Grow Here

Welcome back after the half term break.

Mill View PTA

Have you seen the new PTA logo? Thank you to

Ruebens Dad for helping design the new logo.

supporting the events

The PTA have arranged many events for this half term
and it would be lovely to see many of our families

AGM & Cheese & Wine 12 November 7pm

Childrens Film Night 28 November 3pm
Christmas Fayre 6 December 11-3pm
Year 2 cake sale 12 December 3pm

New Reading Books

The children and staff at Mill View have been working and thinking
hard to develop all our class reading areas over the past two terms.
With everyones great ideas they are now looking amazing engaging,
interactive, cosy and inviting. At the end of last term we had a big
clear out of outdated and tatty books, sending any that were suitable
to Malawi. This left us with a lot of gaps on our shelves so we began
writing wish lists of the type of books everyone would love to read at
school. Some money had been raised through our Reading Selfies
earlier in the year and families had kindly donated books. The PTA
added a considerable amount to this to fund the purchase of new
books.
On Monday 3 November we had a special assembly to unveil the first
batch of our new books. Our children were very excited to see lots of
titles they had requested as well as lots of new engaging texts theyd
not heard of yet!
We would like to say a big thank you to our PTA for funding the purchase of these books to enhance class
reading areas across our school. All the staff and children are thoroughly enjoying them!

Assembly Music

This half term the children will be listening to the following music during assemblies.
Week 1 :
Music for Movies : by John Williams, John Barry and Debbie Wiseman
Week 2:
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Week 3:
Shostakovitch: Piano concerto
Week 4:
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Week 5:
Saint Seans: Carnival of the animals
Week 6:
Handel: Firework Music
Week 7:
Carols from Kings College Cambridge

Fill a Shoebox with Care

One of our families is collecting shoeboxes filled with care to distribute to the orphans and poor families in
Romania this December. Mr and Mrs Morris would be extremely grateful if you could return your filled
shoeboxes to school between 10 19 November.
What to put in your shoebox
Boys or Girls need mostly educational and hygiene supplies, e.g.
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Hairbrush/comb
Facecloth and soap
Stationery/pens/pencils/paper
Home Care
Cooking utensils (no knives)
Candles
Hairbrush
Plastic utensils (plates, bowls, cutlery)
Soap
Small Christmas decoration
Small decorative item
Small saucepan*
T-towels (preferably quite decorative)
Plastic containers*
Washing line pegs
Washing up cloths
Please do not include medicines; war related items (such as toy soldiers/tanks/guns); clothing other than
gloves/hat/scarf/new socks & underwear; fragile items glass containers/mirrors/ceramics; dangerous
items: sharp objects, scissors or razors; novels (picture books & colouring books are fine); anything
political and anything that resembles anything edible (e.g. play dough, plasticine, bubble gum, etc.).
Thank you.

Diary Dates
Thursday 06 November - The Great Sunflower Bake Off to Fundraise for Christian Aid
Wednesday 12 November PTA AGM & Cheese and Wine School Hall 7pm
Friday 21 November - Childrens Commissioners Take Over Day
Tuesday 25 November Family Learning Session 9am 11am (Rec; Year 1 & 2) Making Story Sacks
Friday 28 November PTA Childrens Film Night
Saturday 06 December Inter School Cross Country
Friday 05 December Year 5 bag packing at Marks and Spencer, Cheshire Oaks with PTA
Saturday 06 December Handpicked Christmas Market
Tuesday 09 December Reception Visit to Christmas at Erddig
Wednesday 10 December Key Stage 2 Carol Service at Upton Holy Ascension
Thursday 11 December 1.30pm Choir Carol Singing at Marks and Spencer, Cheshire Oaks
Friday 12 December Year 2 cake sale
Monday 15 December 10am Choir Carol Singing at Marks and Spencer, Cheshire Oaks
Monday 15 December 1.30pm Reception, Year 1 & 2 Christmas Play
Tuesday 16 December Christmas Lunch in the Windmill Caf for all children
Wednesday 17 December Alice Musical Production at St Marys Centre, Chester for Years 1 to 3
Thursday 18 December Alice Musical Production at St Marys Centre, Chester for Years 4 to 6
Friday 19 December School closes for the Christmas holiday