Christmas Raffle

We are trying to make up some Christmas Colour Hampers as part of our raffle prizes this year and are looking for your help!

If you are able to send an item (gift or non perishable food item) in for our raffle hampers that is either mainly a red, green, white / silver or yellow / gold colour, as the ‘cost’ for Non Uniform on Monday 4th December, we would be very grateful as we can use these items to then create our Christmas Colour raffle hampers.

Christmas Swap Shop

It is an expensive season, and we are looking for ways to help.

In the style of our pre-loved uniform rail that we have in our foyer, we would like to operate the same system for Christmas themed clothes. We have the rail, we just need donations of Christmas clothes that your children have grown out of and are ready to go to their next home.

If you are able to support this, please send your pre loved Christmas clothing into school as soon as possible.

Christmas Dinner

School Christmas Dinner is taking place on Wednesday 20th December.

The organisation for this meal needs a lot of careful planning due to the popularity of this meal option.

Please help out our kitchen by booking in advance. There will only be the Christmas menu or sandwich choice available that day.

Cafe Nadolig (Christmas Cafe)

We will be celebrating with Christmas sweet treats and also our Welsh skills on December 21st and December 22nd.

Each class will have a 45 minute time slot in our school hall for your children to share their skills with a parent / carer in our Cafe Nadolig.

Please bring some spare change as you will be able to buy some sweet treats and enjoy some Christmas spirit, maybe even some Christmas Carols!

Thursday 21st December

Reception: 9 – 9:45 am

Year 1: 10 – 10:45 am

Year 2: 11-11:45 am

Year 3: 1:45 – 2:30 pm

Friday 22nd December

Year 4: 9 – 9:45 am

Year 5: 10 – 10:45 am

Year 6: 11-11:45 am

Christmas Discos for Pupils

We have two discos with a Christmas theme – one for the Upper School on the 11th December and one for Lower School on the 18th December.

Tickets (at a cost of £3.50) will be available for the discos in the usual way via ParentPay – booking live from 24.11.23.

• Upper School (Junior) Disco ParentPay booking closing on Thursday 7th December.
• Lower School (Infant) disco ParentPay booking closing on Thursday 14th December.

We will send you a text message when the event is ‘live’ to book on ParentPay.

Christmas Show – a gift for our pupils

As a Christmas Present for the pupils of St. Gabriel’s, the Friends of St Gabriel’s have booked a show to entertain our school on Monday 11th December. Louby Lou’s Rockin’ Robin Show will be bringing us the festive spirit and we look forward to the joy they will bring – thank you FOSG!

Dates for Parents / Carers

• 5.12.23 2pm Advent Service led by Years 5 and 6. Parents / Carers welcome to attend.
• 8.12.23 2pm A Celebration of Christmas Carols led by Years 3 and 4. Parents / Carers welcome to attend
• 11.12.23 Upper School Friends of St. Gabriel’s Christmas Disco
• 14.12.23 1:45pm Lower School (Years Reception, One and Two) Nativity Performance. Reception parents / carers and Year 1 parents / carers with surnames A-K.
• 15.12.23 1:45pm Lower School (Years Reception, One and Two) Nativity Performance. Year 1 parents / carers with surnames L-Z and Year 2 parents / carers.
• 18.12.23 Lower School Friends of St. Gabriel’s Christmas Disco
• 20.12.23 School Christmas Dinner (please book early to help our kitchen)
• 21.12.23 Cafe Nadolig (Christmas Cafe) time slots for Reception (9-9:45 am), Year 1 (10 – 10:45 am), Year 2 (11 – 11:45 am) and Year 3. (1:45 – 2:30pm)
• 22.12.23 Cafe Nadolig (Christmas Cafe) time slots for Year 4 (9-9:45 am), Year 5 (10 – 10:45 am) and Year 6 (11 – 11:45 am)
• 22.12.23 End of the Autumn term