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Athlete Visit – Information about Sponsorship

We’re excited to be welcoming a top GB athlete to the school soon with Great Athletes! All pupils will take part in a sponsored fitness circuit led by the athlete, and come home with some important and inspiring lessons learned during a motivational assembly and Q&A session. Not only will the visit connect the pupils with an extraordinary athlete role model but will also help to raise money for new sports equipment that will improve levels of physical activity in our school! You can sponsor your child by visiting: https://sportal.greatathletes.org/events/landing. Alternatively, you can scan the QR code to go directly to the online sponsorship page.  

Year 3 Christmas Play
Lights, Camel, Action!

Children in year 3 have been very busy rehearsing for the Christmas musical in December. Historically, this is a very popular performance for parents but the space in the hall does limit tickets. Because we know this is a very popular event and by listening to parents’ views and our experiences over the last few years, staff have kindly agreed to hold this event for two nights instead of just one.  This means that more family members can attend. However, this does come with some requests from us too to make sure it is an enjoyable and successful event for all.

• Families can order two tickets for ONE of the evening performances and two tickets for the afternoon performance. Following some queries from parents we wanted to clarify that siblings are counted in the number of tickets allocated. If you are bringing a child to the event, they will need their own seat.
• Please do not book more than 2 tickets for the evening performances. The system will allow you to book 2 for both nights but we will remove any tickets ‘purchased’ above the allocated amount across the evening performances to ensure it is fair for everyone.
• Please don’t book tickets if you won’t be using them – this means other families might miss out.
• Please don’t attend without booking – space in our hall is limited and my priority is to keep children and families safe by adhering to fire risk assessments and health and safety regulations. These exist to prevent accidents and are written by experts.

Performance times:

• Wednesday 3rd December 6.00-7.00pm
• Thursday 4th December 1.30-2.30pm
• Thursday 4th December 6.00-7.00pm

The tickets are free and will be available on the Arbor School Shop and will open on Friday 14th November at 4.00pm and will close on Monday 24th November at 9.30am.  If there are still tickets spare after the closing date, we will reopen to parents to allow for extra tickets. Tickets are strictly offered on a first come first saved basis.

It is crucial children are present for each performance even if you do not have tickets for a particular showing. This is especially important for any child who has a speaking part. If your child is not able to attend the evening performances, please let their class teacher know by Friday 14th November so the part they are given can be considered carefully. You can email year3@almondhill.herts.sch.uk or you can speak to the class teacher at drop off/collection.

For the evening performances, children will need to be dropped back to the year 3 classroom doors at 5.40pm and collected from the classroom doors at the end of the performance.

Class teachers will tell children the part that they will be playing along with a costume suggestion. You can ask the class teacher at pick up if you need clarification. We absolutely do not expect parents to buy any costumes for the performance. We do not want to put any pressure on parents and we have suggested simple ideas but if you do not have anything suitable at home, a Christmas jumper or school clothes are also fine.

Please note, although this is not a nativity, it is a Christmas musical with Christian themes. If you would rather your child did not participate for any reason, please email year3@almondhill.herts.sch.uk. We would politely ask that this is done as soon as possible so that we do not offer your child a speaking role in the performance.

More information will follow but if you have any queries, please do ask. If you are wondering, other people might be too.

Additional Information for Families...