Mrs Male Writes…. Dear Parents, Despite our best laid plans, Christmas is looking a bit different for us at Alfriston.  However, we are determined to have a week of celebration and fun in whatever format this takes.  I hope that you have been able to join in the planned events and to share a bit of festive joy with us. The Christmas bazaar was not like any other this year, with stalls spread across the school, and winter activities in the woods and around the school grounds.  The girls braved the cold and the rain to toast marshmallows on the…

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Important Notices AUTUMN TERM DATES Friday 18th December 2020 – INSET Day Monday 21st December to Friday 1st January 2021 – Half Term Monday 4th January 2021 – INSET Day SPRING TERM 2021 Tuesday 5th January to Friday 12th February 2021 – Pupils in School Monday 22nd February to Wednesday 31st March 2021 – Half Term Staffing Update   The time has come to say goodbye to Mrs Shorrocks who leaves us after 16 years at Alfriston.  We wish her lots of love and luck in her new role at Age UK, teaching older people to use computers.  With Mrs Shorrocks leaving, we have had a few changes in our current staffing.  Mrs Ayew is going to be…

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Santa’s Fun Run In The Local Community One of our Alfriston pupils and her family, will be running around the streets of Marlow in their Santa suits this year. It is a ‘virtually real’ event this year, meaning no mass start in Higginson Park and no hoard of Santa’s running down the High Street, instead over the course of the weekend 5th/6th December you will see small groups of Santa’s running around – cheer them if you see them! 25% of the money we raise will go to the Rotary Club for their charities and we have chosen to split…

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Alfriston 100 Club Results OCTOBER 2020   £25           number 59       A. Simon   £15           number 52       N. Meek   £10           number  76       N. Gibbon  NOVEMBER 2020   £25           number 75        D. Martin   £15           number 11        C. Lubiewski   £10           number 69        J. Rolls  DECMBER 2020   £25           number 87        R. Chapman   £15           number 80        J. Rolls   £10           number 22        V. O’Connell 

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In Art This Term… Christmas Cards As you know, each year at Alfriston we have a school Christmas Card printed for staff, students and their friends and families to buy at the Christmas Bazaar. The design on the front of the card shows the winning entry from our annual Christmas card competition. Each year we have lots of girls enter with creative ideas. This year the winning design was created by Peyton in 7M. A big well done to her for her wintery design. If you ordered Christmas cards from the online system and have not been able to collect…

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In Post 16 This Term… Post 16 pupils have worked with NCS and the Chiltern Rangers planting a new hedge alongside the path at the back of school. Despite the cold weather,  the pupils accepted the challenge and successfully planted many plants. 

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In Maths This Term… In Maths this term we have been doing a lot of practical work on time and money. We have been virtual shopping and looking at how to safely shop online and work to a budget. We have priced up individual recipes and a weekly shop. The older year groups have been looking at bus and train time tables and how to make sure that we arrive on time to arrangements that we have made. They have also looked at outings to places such as trampoline parks and theme parks; investigating opening times, the cost of entry…

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Christmas Bazaar 2020 There was lots to do from eating s’mores down by the camp fire, to playing games and buying gifts. Perhaps you enjoyed a hot chocolate in the log cabin or maybe had a photo shoot in the special Christmas booth. The weather was not kind, COVID changed what we did, but the girls were fabulous helping with stalls, looking after each other and making the most of the two days.       

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