Dear Parent/Carer(s),

On Friday 13th December we’re inviting all pupils to take part in Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day. The whole school will be taking part by putting on a Christmas jumper for a great cause. We will also be holding a cake sale at break time!

We’re asking pupils to make a £1 donation, or whatever they can give, to help transform the futures of children in the UK and around the world. They may also bring in some money to buy something from the cake sale.

All your child needs to do is wear a festive woolly and bring in a donation. There’s no need to splash out on snazzy new sweaters to join in the fun – why not swap, borrow or bling up an old woolly with some festive decorations.

Any donations for the cake sale, homemade or shop-bought, would be appreciated. Please put your child’s name on any tins/boxes that you need returned. All of this information has also been sent round via letter.

Thank you!

Pinewood pupil Daniele is one of the stars of the Wouldn’t Change a Thing (WCAT) 2020 Calendar. WCAT promote changing of negative perceptions of Down’s Syndrome through various activities.

Daniele’s mum, Michelle said ‘Daniele is a typical teenage. He went to a local mainstream primary school until he was 11 and then we decided it was best that he transferred to a special needs school in the local area. He’s passionate about football, especially Spurs and enjoys karate which he attends at the Laura Trott Centre and has lots of other interests’.

For more info on WCAT see their website or to buy the calendar for a snip at £9.99 from their shop

It’s book fair at Pinewood at the moment and pupils are invited to come along and buy a book or two to read at home. There are over 200 titles to choose from starting from £3 and with a wide choice, there’s definitely a book for everyone. There’s also stationery items and a competition to win book vouchers!

On the 15th November, the Pinewood School Community came together to raise some money for the fantastic Children in Need charity. The day was filled with dressing up – as the staff and students came into school in Non-Uniform yellow/spotty items of clothing, and most importantly, brought in/purchased lots of sweet treats from the bake sale at break time, which was a huge success!

We would like to thank everyone donated what they could and/or baked some brilliant cakes to help support disadvantaged children across the UK, and especially to Miss Davies and Miss Holding who spent plenty of time baking/decorating 100 Pudsey biscuits, which the students enjoyed at lunchtime.

To see more photos from the day’s event, head over to our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pinewoodschooluk/) where you can see what we all got up to!

Total Raised to Date (As of 19th November) – £374.41! Well done to all!