This year, we want to make Christmas as special as we can for the children, parents and staff at Forty Hill. We know it has been a really tough year in so many ways, so let’s end it with a magical celebration of Christmas! See the letter below for all the exciting things taking place this year! A huge thank you to the APF for organising a wonderful Christmas for our children! 
 

As the children will not have the opportunity to enjoy all the games and fun activities at the Christmas Bazaar this year, the APF have created a Virtual Christmas Advent Calendar for the children to enjoy every school day during December. Each class will access the Advent Calendar daily, via their interactive whiteboards in class. They will see an extract of the Christmas Story, a Christmas Cracker joke, and each class will receive an exciting message or activity clip from someone or something! Plus… they will receive class and individual gifts and a fun activity along the way too! We really hope that this will be exciting and lots of fun for the children during December and we look forward to sharing with you what the daily doors reveal.

Tuesday 1st December - https://youtu.be/L27iebK-SrE 

Wednesday 2nd December - https://youtu.be/3PE2Osg8_ac

Thursday 3rd December - https://youtu.be/6Omt3a5-ABY

Friday 4th December - https://youtu.be/W_H_ak_FaLw

Monday 7th December - https://youtu.be/VlT3URsCUfY

Tuesday 8th December - https://youtu.be/dtX0zQL6K1E

Wednesday 9th December - https://youtu.be/i8UerH_fPtw  

The Curator from the Natural History Museum also sent this link to a 3D model of Hope that was produced by laser-scanning each of her bones... check it out! 
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/blue-whale-skeleton-8502dbef80ed4aa688c13c90cb14de73

Thursday 10th December - https://youtu.be/Qwi-kIFRJHw
Today is our Chocolate Reindeer Hunt! We will be posting pictures in the gallery section of the school website: https://www.fortyhill.com/gallery/?pid=3&gcatid=2&albumid=55

Friday 11th December - https://youtu.be/9FBAFTgbxbk  

Monday 14th December - https://youtu.be/K0Z2rS-jrlE

Tuesday 15th December - https://youtu.be/YbZJAXNvms8

Wednesday 16th December - https://youtu.be/hQlpyhkniUM

Thursday 17th December - https://youtu.be/KopJzm6gFB4

Friday 18th December - https://youtu.be/Y1AK9A2MGWI

 

Although we would like to all join together to sing carols at the end of the day in the last week, we do not feel we can do this, this year. Instead, we will be recording children singing carols and uploading them to our website each school day during Advent for you to watch at your leisure. Look out for the daily additions here: 

Day 1 (Tuesday 1^st December) – Year 3 & 4 – Come and Join the Celebration
https://youtu.be/dbws7mtnbTM

Day 2 (Wednesday 2^nd December) – Year 1 & 2 – Hosanna Rock
https://youtu.be/u0XAB7QxIFc

Day 3 (Thursday 3^rd December) – Year 5 & 6 – Love Shone Down
https://youtu.be/q4vgs4Dy0as

Day 4 (Friday 4^th December) – Nursery and Reception – Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
https://youtu.be/o0Yuf-2PiwE

Day 5 (Monday 7^th December) – Year 3 & 4 – Sing the Love 
https://youtu.be/21Qd_nNBKys

Day 6 (Tuesday 8^th December) – Year 1 & 2 – He’s The King
https://youtu.be/MisHCKNYVBU

Day 7 (Wednesday 9^th December) – Year 5 & 6 – Must be Santa
https://youtu.be/bXnbUSr_alw

Day 8 (Thursday 10^th December) – Nursery and Reception – Clip Clop Donkey
https://youtu.be/U4O8xYa8Igo

Day 9 (Friday 11^th December) – Year 3 & 4 – Merry Christmas Everyone
https://youtu.be/gTswupnXMWY

Day 10 (Monday 14^th December) – Year 1 & 2 – It was on a Starry Night
https://youtu.be/7KRUMv0OUxk

Day 11 (Tuesday 15^th December) – Year 5 & 6 – Sing Ye Hosannah
https://youtu.be/z5ZhE_SlKqY

Day 12 (Wednesday 16^th December)
Year 3 & 4 Bonus Track – All I want for Christmas is You (featuring Garvey)
https://youtu.be/i3QuSPOzaes

Year 1 & 2 Bonus Track – We Wish You a Merry Christmas
https://youtu.be/JP1g7rNUbr4

Day 13 (Thursday 17th December)
Christmas Song sung by the Staff Choir featuring pictures from the EYFS Nativity: https://youtu.be/eUFcSK-3qjg 

Day 14 (Friday 18th December)
One last Christmas song from our staff to make you laugh: 
https://youtu.be/tw4blbZbSzM

 

Year 3 have been learning to play the recorder this term with Mrs Sams from the Enfield Music Service. From learning how to make the sounds, naming and playing all of the notes to being able to read and play a whole piece of music.... all in 8 weeks. 

 

The APF would really like parents to support this wonderful Christmas experience for the children by donating money to support our joint fundraising efforts. This could be in a number of different ways:

• by sponsoring a page of the Forty Hill Advent Calendar (suggested donation £5)
• by donating the amount of money that your children would usually spend at the Christmas Bazaar
• by donating the money you would usually give for a production or refreshments at one of the events
• by paying for the Christmas gift the children will make during Christmas Focus Fortnight (suggested donation £2)

Giving anything you can will help the APF and the school raise funds that we so crucially need to keep making our school the best it can be!

To donate any amount, please visit your ParentPay account and follow these instructions:

• Select ‘pay for other items’ under your child’s name
• Then select ‘view’ next to the new item “APF Christmas”
• Select payment amount (you can overwrite the amount already entered if you wish)
• Select payment method.