11 Jan 2008 - Newsletter 13
Welcome back, we hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas. We wish you all a Happy and Peaceful New Year.
Shelter Box
The non uniform day at the end of term raised another £43 for Shelter Box, to date we have raised £162.48 towards our target of £450.
Student
Mrs Liz Wiseman will be working in Class 1 until 7th February.
PFA
The profit from the Christmas Draw was £192.20, (last year was only £145.89),
and the profit from the Christmas cards was £65.50. Many thanks to all of you for your support.
The winner of the Waitrose voucher in the Christmas Draw was Sue Begam – if you know this person would you please collect the voucher from the office.
The next PFA meeting is on Monday 21st January at 3.30 p.m. a video and refreshments will be provided for the children. Please come along and bring all your new ideas.
The 49 Club was a roll-over in December, so double prize money in January.
Community Science Event at Okehampton
This will take the form of a family quiz in The Octagon at 7.00 pm on Tuesday 5th February. You will be shown an interesting 20 minute film on Energy Sources for the Future and then answer questions using our interactive voting system (Qwizdom) - your children will tell you what this involves.
Prizes will include admission tickets for theatre and local rugby/football clubs amongst other goodies. Entry will be free but you will need book your team in by contacting Keith Webber at the College (01837 650910) kwebb@okehamptoncollege.devon.sch.uk.
Teams need to be no more than 5 in size and must include at least one pupil of
When reserving a slot for you team please state how many are in it so that I can make sure we have enough room in the Octagon. We can accomodate 200 in the Octagon and in the event that this is oversubscribed we run additional evenings as required. However, if you want to take part a swift response would be appreciated to allow me to make the necessary arrangements
New edition of
There’s a chance to WIN a Ninetendo DS Lite and Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training game (the one Nicole Kidman is seen advertising on TV). All children need to do is fill out our questionnaire and tell M@x what they think about The Zone. This competition is open to all children 5-15 including non-members. Children can collect an entry form from their local library or enter online here - http://www.devon.gov.uk/maxbigq.htm. Closing date is 31st January 2008. The data collected will be used to help us develop the site next year.
Meet local Eco-author/artist Rebecca Morch. Rebecca's first book 'Who Will Save Us' is a beautifully illustrated story of five little penguins who are getting very worried about their environment and how it is changing. The book includes lots of practical ideas on how children (and adults) can help combat the effects of climate change. Rebecca has kindly donated 3 signed copies of her book which are being offered as prizes. For the chance to win a book children need to answer to simple questions sharing their opinions on and ideas about how to stop climate change. See - http://www.devon.gov.uk/maxsendstuff-2.htm
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