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Dear North Tawton Families and Friends, Thank you to all who came to our Harvest Celebration at St Peter’s yesterday. Year Six led the service telling us all about Harvest. They explained why we collect food at this time of year and led thanks to our farmers. They performed Ted Hughes poem There Came A Day and shared their own poems about Autumn. Autumn Leaves falling on the ground The sun gone behind the clouds Summer time ended Autumn has started The bitter cold is coming It is the sign of winter The death of summer. Autumn is the killer A henchman for winter. By Ralph I was particularly struck by Ralph’s poem as has used personification and captured the mood of the Ted Hughes poem. The whole school sang our school favourite Harvest Samba, Autumn Days (those lyrics!) and a very emotive rendition of Through the Tears. Thank you for all of your contributions to our harvest collection. They are at the church and will be taken to Merry Go Round so they can be distributed to local families in need. Families in Grief You will remember that a team of our staff completed ‘The Barney to Beach’ sponsored walk to raise money for Families in Grief. The whole walk raised £15000 for this very worthy charity. I am delighted to say that Team NT raised £1490 of that total! We are so proud of them for doing this and hugely grateful to everyone who sponsored them. Times Table Rock Stars Times table Rock Stars is a computer programme our older pupils use to learn and embed times table facts. It is very popular and competitive! Today we had a wonderful time dressed up as rock stars and invited our families in to take part in mathematical challenges. Thank you to our wonderful catering staff Mandy and Nichola, for making a themed menu especially!  To find out what else we have been learning, please click on the links to our latest class blogs: Sycamore Class Hazel Class Willow Class Beech Class Chestnut Class Acorn Class Parents can also access Dojo for photos of children dressed up. Year Six Residential We were so disappointed that the residential to France was cancelled due to lack of available funding. I have been working on an alternative for our Foundry Year Sixes. I am working on a trip to a city, for four days / three nights in June, with a budget of asking parents for no more than £300 per child. We will have more details after half term, watch this space! Children in Need Friday 15th November This year we are raising money for Children in Need by wearing our pyjamas to school for the day. If possible please bring in a donation of £1 for wearing our pyjamas to school. This is an incredible charity and as a school we would love to raise money to help them in their work. Thank you 😊 Attendance to date  Well done to Hazel and Sycamore for creeping back up.
Parent consultations Please make sure you book in an appointment to meet your child’s teacher and discuss their progress and targets. Teachers will send an invite via Dojo for a convenient day and time during the week beginning 11th November. Halloween If you celebrate Halloween, I hope you have a fun time. If you allow your children to take part in Trick or Treat please make sure that are safe! Appreciate that not everyone takes part in Halloween celebrations. Some children, and adults, find Halloween quite scary and knocking on doors is not welcomed by all community members. Fonts have organised a scarecrow trail – so do look out for them as you walk around the town next week. Maps available at Eco Mojo. I hope everyone has a wonderful half term week, Tara Penny Principal Comments are closed.
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