Dear Parents, Reminder
The 10 weeks of swimming starts this Monday for Years 2, 3 & 4.
Free Books for Schools We are still looking for people who are able to help with this. The
Each week, for 12 weeks, from this month, The Times and Sunday children are in the water in half hour sessions from 1.30—3.00 pm.
Times will be printing 12 Books for Schools tokens; four in the If you are able to help for one (or all three!) sessions, please see
Sunday Times, three on Saturday in The Times and one each day Yvonne or Marie in the school office.
from Monday to Friday for parents and teacher s to collect. Some
book titles are on offer for only ten tokens so we won’t need many Help Please
tokens to boost our library. If you or any of your friends or family Year 3/4 need some help. We have started an exciting project to
read The Times, please collect the tokens for us and bring them into make a cushion cover and would love some help with sewing on
the school office. Many thanks. Friday afternoons for a few weeks. Tea and biscuits are on offer and
we especially welcome grandmas! Please see Mrs Goddard in Year
Governor Vacancies 3/4. Thank you.
The governing body currently has two vacancies, one for a parent
governor and one for a community governor. Community Music Tuition Fees
governors can be people with no connection to the school but who Can these please be paid on Monday for music tuition this term.
have an interest in learning how a school is run. If anyone knows Thank you.
somebody who might be interested, either family of friend, please
let us know. Nominations should be forwarded to the school office Stars of the Week
by Friday 23rd January. In the event of more than two nominations, The stars of the week are:
it will be necessary to have a formal election. Governors are Year 6: Hayden and Alex
important members of the school community and governing body Year 5: Kieran and Tilly
and will play an active part in meetings which take place twice a Year 3/4 Ruby and Sam
term, normally on a Thursday evening between 7 and 9.00 pm. Full Year 3: Kayleigh and James
mentoring will be given! If you would like further details or want Year 2: Maisie and Emily
to discuss this in more detail, please ring or pop into the school Year 1: Joshua and Jagz
office or contact Neil Hamlyn, Chair of Governors, on 242743. F2: Nneka and Anya
F1: Amber and Thomas
Nursery Developments
From the beginning of this term we have extended our nursery If you have any concerns at all about anything to do with school please
hours. Parents are now able to choose morning or afternoon do come in to discuss it with us as most problems can be solved easily
sessions for their children to attend. A number have already taken and quickly if we work together.
advantage of this development which, together with the stay and
Helen Edwards Steve Morgan
play lunch club, is helping us to offer more choice. We will keep
Deputy Headteacher Headteacher
you updated with any further developments. We would also like to
welcome Rachael Loughnane as our new Nursery Teacher who This newsletter can also be viewed on our website: www.tidcombe.devon.sch.uk
joined us this week. See front page. The school telephone number is 01884 252973
EXE VALLEY LEISURE CENTRE
SWIM LIKE A FISH LESSON PROGRAMME
To help support the government initiative to get more
children more active the Exe Valley Leisure Centre
(EVLC) in Tiverton is opening up their Swimming
Lesson program to newcomers especially those that can
not swim or a not confident enough to use
swimming pools regularly. Friday 9th January 2009
A proven fact is that the earlier you can get children more
active the better, so EVLC Swimming School have class to
suit all abilities, we have even introduced a parent &
toddler session for babies of 4 months and over. To get
the more competent swimmers more
active EVLC has now have more challenging courses like
water polo (all ages) and synchronised swimming. The
EVLC Swim School holds the ASA Aquamark
certificate for delivering a quality lesson programme, so
you can be confident that all participants are receiving
some of the best tuition in the South-West
To ensure that any newcomers are given the chance to
put their new skills to the test and become more active
more often EVLC will offer them Free swimming during
public sessions for the duration of the course they are
enrolled on. The cost of the 10-week course is only £40.50 We would like to welcome Miss Loughnane
and there are only limited spaces. So is you want your
who is our new Nursery Teacher, seen
child to become part of the exciting initiative call 01884
234900 and speak to one of our reception team who will here with Mrs Thompson, Mrs Smith and
be happy to help you decide on the type of course best the children from the foundation unit
suited to them or e-mail mpalk@middevon.gov.uk
wrapped up against the unusually cold
(for Devon) weather!