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Dear Parents / Carers What a delight to see our youngest chil-

dren perform their wonderful “Little An-

gel Gets Her Wings”. The Reception chil-

dren were amazing, what fantastic sing-

ing and acting throughout the perfor-

mance. Thank you to our Year 6 who

supported the children with their perfor-

mances and for such beautiful singing.

Thank you to Miss Maier, Mrs Booth and

Mrs Taylor for supporting with the per-

formance and costumes. Thank you to

Mrs Foreman and her pianists; William

and Elliott for playing Christmas songs so

well and finally a huge thank to the PTFA

for providing tea and coffee. Christmas

lunch A huge thank you to Lisa, Janet

and Toni for preparing and serving a

lovely Christmas lunch on Wednesday .

Everyone enjoyed a delicious lunch and

thank you to the PTFA for the donations

of Christmas crackers. Thank you to our

year 6 pupils who were very able assis-

tants Food bank Thank you to all the

staff and children for their Reverse ad-

vent calendar donations of food . On

19/12/2019 we went to the Community

Storehouse in Paddock Wood. When we

went to the foodbank, they were very

grateful because this time of year they

have the most customers because of

Christmas. They told us that in a year

they collect 12 tons of food which is the

same as 4 elephants. Recently they have

changed the way they give out the food

instead of a bag for a week they give

them a shopping list and they are al-

lowed to chose from a set of boxes. We

will let you know how much we raised in

the new year. Rhys ,Syd &William Christ-

mas Cheer Concerts Thank you to Mrs

Sparkhall , Miss White, Mrs Knowles and

parents for enabling our ensemble to

visit Halliwell and Capel Grange Residen-

tial Homes to sing Christmas songs to the

elderly residents . We know that these

concerts bring so much joy and Christ-

mas cheer to the residents and it is a real

pleasure to be able to facilitate this for

the children and residents who get so

much from this opportunity. Well done

to everyone. Christmas Service Thank

you to everyone who attended our annu-

al Christmas Service which due to the

weather conditions we held in our school

hall . As always, the singing was excep-

tional and we were able to give thanks

for everything we take for granted in-

cluding family, a home, warmth, food,

school and having the opportunity to

open presents at Christmas. Thank you I

would like to take this opportunity to say

thank you to all the staff in school for

their hard work, dedication and commit-

ment to teaching and supporting your

children so well this year. All the children

have been amazing and have continued

to work hard and make progress. On

behalf of all the staff in school we would

like to wish you all a very peaceful, en-

joyable and restful holiday. Thank you to

all the children and parents for their

cards and gifts this year. Jane Mallon

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Christmas craft fair

Christmas lunch

Christmas service

Food bank donations Christmas cheer

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Attendance for last week - 95.2%

Class with best attendance: Reception - 99.6%

Late Entries: 24 (8 children)

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Thank you to all those who joined us at our Christmas craft event - we hope you enjoyed making your festive decorations! The children certainly looked as though they had a great time!

Thank you! We know we regularly ask you to dig deep & support our events & we are always so grateful when you do! As you’ll see below, all the money we raise together really does make a difference to enhancing your children’s education & well being.... So far this academic year; Monies raised; Gift Fair 658.31 Big Cheese 468.09 Fireworks 2,452.38 Disco 431.66 Other Income 176.07 Total Profit £4,186.51

PTFA Donations agreed to date; M&M Theatre workshop £400.00 Drying racks for Art £100.00 Learning programme KS1 £187.00 Dance Workshop (March) £340.00 Science resources £790.00 O2 Coach £620.00 Xmas presents £150.00 Forest school £1400 Total Donations/Spends £3987.00

So thank you as always for your continued support - as you can see your children really are benefitting from your support straight away. Finally, may we wish you all a very Happy Christ-mas & a wonderful New Year. With all our thanks The PTFA.

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Rec: Everyone; Year 1: Clara, Brodie, Lillie, Audrey, Nicholas; Year 2: Everyone; Year 3:

Max & Eliana; Year 4: Casey & Jack B; Year 5: Jacob & Amelie and Year 6: Lewis & Rhys

Christmas Services at All Saints Church, Brenchley

Sunday 22nd December: Festival of Lessons and Carols, 6.30pm Tuesday 24th December: Crib & Christingle Service, 3pm Tuesday 24th December: Midnight Mass, 11.30pm Christmas Day: Holy Communion, 8am Christmas Day: Family Eucharist, 10am

Christmas Services at St Luke’s Church, Matfield

Sunday 22nd December: Carol Service, 3.30pm Tuesday 24th December: Christingle Service, 3.30pm Tuesday 24th December: Midnight Communion by candlelight, 11pm Christmas Day: Christmas Communion, 10am