Friendship and kindness Disco

9th of Februrary 2023

EYFS 2.30-Pick up

Year 1, 2 and 3 - 3.15-4.15

Year 4, 5 and 6 - 4.30-5.30

Tickets are available to buy on ParentPay

The National Education Union (NEU) have decided to take strike action, with the first day of strikes happening on Wednesday 1st February 2023. The strike is happening because of a national dispute with the government over teachers’ pay and not because of any dispute at our school.

Our priority is to keep the school open for all children, however, following the risk assessment, we are writing to inform you that the school on Wednesday 1st February will be partially open to children based on the following criteria:

1. Children with an Educational Health Care Plan (EHCP)

2. Vulnerable pupils as defined by the government

3. Critical workers as defined by the government

For other pupils, we are sadly unable to open the school as we will not have the resources needed to run the school safely and effectively, we are sorry for any disruption that this will cause.

UK Harvest are an amazing organisation helping families who are affected by the cost of living crisis to access affordable, healthy food. They are working in partnership with West Sussex Council to reduce food waste and provide access to affordable food using rescued products. The operate out of Southwick Community Centre two Wednesday’s per month (next date 9th November) until March. Simply bring along a shopping bag and a voluntary donation of £3.50 and fill up with the groceries that you need. Contact: info@ukharvest.co.uk for more information.

Friday the 16th of December will be the last day of our Autumn term, We would like to wish all our Eastbrook Children and families a very Merry Christmas and happy holidays.

We look forward to welcoming everyone back to school on the 4th of January 2023

2nd January - Bank holiday

3rd January - Inset day

4th January - School open for everyone

On Wednesday 14th December we would like all children to wear their own clothes and a Christmas jumper. We kindly ask that children bring in a £1 donation to put into buckets on the day. Please ensure that your child wears suitable footwear such as trainers as they will be taking part in a sponsored activity.

Christmas Raffle—Taking place on Friday 9th December 3.30pm

The raffle is being drawn in the hall at 3:30 on Friday 9th December and this will be combined with our last Frosty Friday sale of the year.

Some of you will be pleased to know we have applied for a license so we will be selling mulled wine alongside the 50p hot chocolates. We’ve got a huge stash of wonderful raffle prizes and the kind donations are still coming in!

Don’t miss out on your chance to be a lucky winner…. We’re hoping to have more individual prizes than ever before, so more chance to win for every ticket bought! The prizes are still rolling in and this week we’ve had more donations including a voucher from Sharkys soft play, voucher from Sky High trampoline park, a voucher for Cupcakes Cafe at Buckingham Park and an Amazon Voucher donated by Mack Electrical. Visit our Sumup store for a quick and easy way to buy extra tickets https://eastbrookpta.sumupstore.com/

This link can also be shared with friends and family who’d like buy tickets. We know it’s an expensive time of year and that times are especially tough right now so we’ve deliberately chosen not to make donations requests from parents this year… however if your have links to any local business who may want to donate, it’s not too late and we’d be very grateful!