To celebrate Shrove Tuesday, we will be holding our traditional pancake races on Tuesday, 4th March. Children should bring in a pan and a pancake (in a named carrier bag) and we will hold pancake events on the playground for FS/KS1 and KS2 pupils.

Shrove Tuesday is the day before Lent begins. Lent is the period of six weeks 40 days (not including Sundays) leading up to Easter, the most important festival in the Christian calendar. Shrove Tuesday is also known as Pancake Day because this day was traditionally the last chance to use up the foods Christians would not be eating during Lent.

The PTA are very excited to be holding their second disco of the year, on Friday 7th February. The disco is split into Foundation Stage & Key Stage 1 (Reception, Year 1 and Year 2) followed by Key Stage 2 (Year 3 - 6 ) later in the evening.  This will be our first disco for our Reception children, so parents are invited to stay in the library if they wish to support their children during the event.

Due to the fire limits of the hall, it is not possible for parents to stay with their children during the disco. There are sufficient parent helpers attending to ensure full supervision. Pick up and drop off are via our Claverton Road entrance only – accessing the Hall via the front door (which leads to the office). For Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 you will need to drop them at the hall at 5.30pm and collect them at 6.30pm. The disco for Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 will start at 6:45pm and will end at 8:00pm. If you wish to stay at school, there will be refreshments for parents in the library (for a small donation to PTA funds).

The tickets for FS/KS1 include a small bag of sweets, so they do not need to bring any money into the disco. There will a tuck shop for Years 3-6 so please bring your pocket money (change is always helpful). All children will need to bring a labelled water bottle as drinks are not provided as part of this.

If your child would like to request some songs for the disco on Friday then please complete the relevant Key Stage form below:

EYFS/KS1 disco: https://forms.office.com/e/NLw5seYrWT
KS2 disco: https://forms.office.com/e/YHW5Akx4vV

We appreciate that a disco is not something that every child wants to take part in. If your child receives one to one support or adjustments at school to support sensory overload and they are attending – please see Mrs Sage to plan support needed.

Tickets are sold online from Monday 27th January at 6pm – please click on the following link to purchase your tickets: www.pta-events.co.uk/saltfordschoolpta. Parent helpers are needed on the evening so please sign up online if you can help. Prices of tickets:

£3.50 – FS/KS1 (including a small bag of sweets)
£2.50 – Years 3-6 (these tickets do not include refreshments).