Friends Of St Mary's Christmas Fair Friday 14th December 3.30pm - 5.00pm. Look out for the Friends newsletter that will be coming out with raffle tickets attached.
Non uniform day on Friday 30th November children are invited to take part in a non uniform day in exchange for a small tombola prize for the FOSM's Christmas Fair.
Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas....If anyone is interested in holding their own stall at the Christmas Fair on the 14th December then please speak to Miss Wales, or leave a message at the school office for her with Mrs Finn or Mrs Brown. Stalls are available at a cost of £10.00.
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Fire Safety Presentation: Your Child may have come home recently with lots of questions and information about your home Fire Safety. This is because North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service came into School to talk about the role of the service in the Community and also provided Fire Safety advice for the Children to follow up at home. Information was given about a number of common causes of fire and the Children were advised about things such as: Not cooking without Adult supervision; Not to play with matches or lighters and to ask an Adult to put the away safely; Turning off electrical equipment when not in use; Not to charge mobile phones or tablets overnight and turn off chargers when not in use.
They were also asked to check that there is at least one working smoke alarm per floor at home and to test them once a month. If you don’t have smoke alarms, if they don’t work when tested or are over 10 years old, the Fire Service offer a free home safety visit, during which they can test any alarms and fit extras or replacements if needed.
The motto, Get Out, Dial 999 and Stay Out was also highlighted together with the recommendation that each home has an escape plan so that everyone knows what they should do in the event of an emergency.
If you would like to request a visit you can telephone 01609 780150 or visit the website www.northyorksfire.gov.uk and fill in the form in the Community Safety section. Thank you for your support in this. Alyson Down Community Safety Officer (Richmondshire)
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The NSPCC’s Speak out. Stay safe. programme is visiting our school to make sure our pupils have the knowledge and understanding they need to stay safe from abuse. I am pleased to tell you that we will be working with the NSPCC, the UK’s leading children’s charity, who willl be delivering their Speak out. Stay safe. programme on Monday 18th March 2019. This is a nationwide programme for every primary-school-aged child in the UK and Channel Islands. With the help of their friendly mascot Buddy, they will be presenting an assembly to the children in our school as well as a workshop for Year 5 & Year 6 on Wednesday 27th March 2019. A letter with further information will be emailed to all parents however, If you would like any more information about the Speak out. Stay safe. programme you can come in to speak to Mrs Whitehead or visit the NSPCC website nspcc.org.uk/buddy.
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Flu immunisation: If your child missed the first round of the Flu immunisation programme within school there is another opportunity to receive this on Friday 7th December. Please call in to the school office to complete a consent form.
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Please see the letter below from NYCC County Catering Team
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