To our Middle School Community,
Three weeks to go before the Christmas holidays are upon us, and already the festive season has kicked off at School 21! Two of the four incredible Festival of Light performances happened last week with our Year 5s, the Middle School Choir and the Hip Hop Motown band helping to raise the roof alongside the primary years in the concerts. Get ready for the Year 6 - 8 and Secondary performances later in December!
This week Middle School are having a big push on Choosing Kind and Stepping Up focusing specifically on looking after equipment and property around us. This
includes the play time resources (footballs, basketballs, 'Champ' balls, table tennis bats and balls) as well as people's personal items. Please relay this message to your child at home as well.
In assembly this week we will be reminding everyone about how to look after equipment and property. This means returning resources and handing in personal items they might find around the school. If any orange 'Mitre' brand footballs, black and red basketballs or small red or blue Champ balls have accidentally made it home to your house, please ensure your child returns these to school as soon as possible! Thank you for your support with this.
Dates For Your
Diary
Monday 3rd December - Thursday 6th December: Year 6 Mock SATs tests
Tuesday 4th December: iPad collection sessions (3:30pm - 4:00pm & 5:30pm - 6:00pm)
Tuesday 4th - Friday 7th December: Book Fair 3:00pm - 4:00pm (in Room B7 off Primary Courtyard)
Friday 7th December - Last day of Clubs
Thursday 13th December: Festival of Light Concert 2 (Year 6 to Year 8) from 6:00pm
Friday 14th December: Christmas Jumper Day & School Christmas Dinner
Tuesday 18th
December: Best Class Attendance Reward Trip to Zap Space (TBC)
Tuesday 18th December: Year 7 Abbey Gardens Project Event 11:30 - 3:15pm / 3:15pm - 5:00pm
Wednesday 19th December: Exhibition of Beautiful Work 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Thursday 20th December: December Above and Beyond Out and About trip
Friday 21st December: Last day of term (school finishes at 1:00pm)
Monday 7th January: INSET Day (School Closed for Students)
Tuesday 8th January to Friday 15th February - Spring Term 1
Chewing Gum:
Chewing gum at school is not allowed as it often ends up in unfortunate places and leaves a big mess. Please support the school by reminding your child about this rule. Students caught chewing gum at school will have to complete a break or lunch time service act helping to clean up around the school. Parents will be contacted if students repeatedly break this rule. Thank you for your support with this matter.
Uniform reminders:
Please ensure your child is leaving for school each morning in the
correct uniform:
On PE days School 21 polo shirt, black tracksuits and black trainers only
Winter coats instead of hoodies. Water proof/resistant coats with a hood are best as we still go out to play in light drizzle. This is important as the weather gets colder! Students wearing hoodies will be asked to remove these.
It’s very important that uniform items are clearly labelled. Looking after
pieces of uniform is the responsibility of the students. Labelling items helps us if they are misplaced.
We appreciate your support with this matter.
Conduct outside of school
We ask families to support the school in ensuring your children are representing School 21 appropriately, sensibly and safely before and after school. We have had reports of students outside of the school gates using inappropriate language before school, and also for not demonstrating appropriate conduct at local shops on the high street after school. We will follow up these
reports with calls home to parents. Please be aware that the school advises local residents and business owners to contact the Police if they feel students are not conducting themselves appropriately. Please ensure you take responsibility for your child and speak to them about expectations when they are travelling to and from school. This will be addressed as well during assemblies at school.