A beautiful Weleda Hamper A wonderful Home Delights Hamper A 2 hour Eco Cleaning/ Decluttering Voucher from LOVEbeingGREEN

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1 Newsletter Issue 75 0p Advent Fayre Raffle The Advent Fayre is nearly here and we have a great Raffle for you! Please help by asking friends and family to purchase raffle tickets in advance. Each single ticket is or it is 5 per strip. Please write the name and telephone number on the matching stub, keep the same numbered ticket safe. Send all ticket stubs and money back into school, in the envelope provided, by Saturday 5 th December so that they can go in the draw! Some of the wonderful prizes on offer are: A stunning large homemade Christmas Cake A beautiful Weleda Hamper A wonderful Home Delights Hamper A hour Eco Cleaning/ Decluttering Voucher from LOVEbeingGREEN Private Pottery Session for with talented local potter Andy Mason x Reiki Sessions An Usborne Book Gift Bag 40 family meal voucher for Bella Italia 3 Gift Vouchers for Cream Tea for at Victoria Vintage Tea Rooms Please do your best to spread the news far and wide about the Advent Fayre. Posters are on the back of the newsletter. Thursday 6th November 05 November Sunday 9th: Kindergarten Advent spiral Eurythmy room. 4pm. December Tuesday st: Guided tour 8:30am-:30am. Friday th: Class 0 supper in the hall. 6-0pm. Friday 8th: End of Term. School finishes at :30pm. Friday 8th: Christmas Plays 7pm. Recurring Friday: 8:45am-9:45am Singing, Eurythmy room. Friday: 0:00am Eurythmy classes, Eurythmy room. Please send any diary dates to newsletter@ michaelhouseschool.com November Friday 7 th Class 5 Saturday th November Festival of work Class 8,9,0 to bring refreshments and serve. December Friday 4 th NO FRIDAY TEA ADVENT FAIR PREP Friday th Class 6/7 Friday 8 th.30 finish - NO FRIDAY TEA

2 A CHRISTMAS CAROL as esoteric literature What began as a Christmas ghost story became a classic universal tale of an individual s self-examination leading to his redemption. Stephen Roberts will take an alternative look at A Christmas Carol in the light of western esoteric traditions, accompanied by illustrative dramatic readings by John Pickin, who played Scrooge in the much applauded Merlin Theatre production. Friday 4 th December pm Freeman College, 88, Arundel St, Sheffield S NG Admission. 5/ 3 or pay what you can afford We re holding an open mic night and supper club on Friday th December 6-0:30pm in the school hall. We will serve a three-course meal and provide an evenings entertainment. The proceeds of this worthy cause help fund our class trip. Prices are 0 per adult and 5 per child, under 5s are free. Please buy tickets from school reception or on the night. It s not too late to enter for the gingerbread house competition (as most of the people I have spoken to have not yet started baking!) If you are thinking you would like to have a go here is a recipe you could use... *Basic Gingerbread *(I often make 4 times as much so we can make several projects.) / cups, 3.5 oz, 00g flour tbsp ground ginger tbsp golden syrup tbsp black treacle 3 tbsp light brown sugar /4 cup, oz, 50g butter / tsp bicarbonate of soda Open mic night not to be missed Gingerbread house competition Please bring your own instrument if you would like to perform and let us know if you have any specific dietary requirements in advance. Hope to see you there! Thank you, Class Ten. egg beaten Preheat the oven to 350F / 80C / Gas 4 In a large mixing bowl sift the flour and ginger together. In a saucepan, combine the golden syrup, black treacle, sugar and butter. Heat slowly, stirring occasionally until thoroughly melted. Stir the bicarbonate of soda into the mixed mixture and then add this to the flour mixture along with the beaten egg and mix to a dough. Kneed the dough on a floured surface until it is smooth and free from cracks. Roll and cut or model into shape and bake for 0 to 0 minutes, until a light golden brown. To make your house you need to cut and shape the gingerbread to be able to fit together - try searching on the Internet for ideas and dimensions. Buy a box of royal icing and use a piping bag to glue it together. The fun bit is decorating it with sweets! To enter the competition just fill in the entry form below and return to school. We will be setting up the gingerbread house display on Friday 4th December so you need to have them ready for then...happy Baking! Thank you, Zoe Burns and the advent fayre team.

3 Ginger Bread House Competition This year as part of the Advent Fayre Gingerbread theme we thought it would be a nice idea to have a display of gingerbread houses in the centre of the candle dipping room. Folks can walk around and look at the display while dipping and listening to harp music (thanks Sybille). As encouragement to go all out on your designs, we felt a little gentle competition would be appropriate, with a prize awarded for the most creative gingerbread house. There will be a small entry fee of 50p to take part in order to help fund the prize. People will be able to vote by purchasing a voting token and placing it in the jar next to their favourite house. At the end of the day a prize will be awarded to the winning creative team! Please complete the form below to register your team. AND DON T FORGET TO PUT UP AS MANY ADVENT FAYRE POSTERS AS YOU CAN! Advent Fayre Team. Michael House School Association Ltd Registered in England 5588 Registered Charity 5787 Gingerbread House Competition Team Name: Contact Name: Contact Number: Entry Fee 50p yes paid

4 Community choir s captivating concert The Full House Orchestra has been working hard this term towards a concert that will be held in the afternoon of the 8th November in St. Lawrence's Church in Heanor at 3pm. The program will get off with a bang with Music for the Royal Fireworks, followed by a lovely Flute Concerto by the 8th century composer Cimarosa performed by Sybille Stephenson and Heather MacEanruig. There will also be music by Bach and Pepusch and solos from our younger players. To end the concert we will be joined by the Heanor Community choir for an exciting Michael House School Now you can generate free donations every time you shop online via TheGivingMachine. Sign up and get started now or browse the huge range of shops that are participating. Please do tell your friends and family how they can help us at no extra cost too.... Beneficiary Account Donation Summary Total to date 8 th October 04 Last 3 months activity Donations All Givers 6 Amount Raised 6.58 Active Givers - Shaun Tina Kruntcheva Kate Deborah Lynch performance of the Hallelujah Chorus. Come and join us, escape from the perils of Christmas shopping and enjoy an afternoon of music and cake. Tickets 4.00 adults,.00 children and 0.00 family ticket. Anthroposophical society talk Talk by Marjatta van Boeschoten, General Secretary Anthroposophical Society in Great Britain, for Members and Friends of the Anthroposophical Society Rudolf Steiner's Visits to London Saturday 9th April 06, am 3pm. Talk, Bring & Share Lunch, some Eurythmy, wider discussion and questions at Michael House School, The Field, Shipley, Heanor, DE75 7JH Further details to follow, Paul Langston

5 Advent Fayre food hall donations still needed please Thank you to everyone who has pledged food for the fayre. The updated list is printed below. As you can see there are still a few gaps. We need someone to pick up the sack of potatoes and wash them ready for Saturday morning early so we can pop them in the oven. Someone suggested baked beans in previous fairs... Great for the kids with jackets. We have instant coffee coming but I know there are a few folks who would like the real deal. If anyone can help with that or herbal teabags. We may need more bread and butter as I'm not sure how much Simon and Claire can do on their own! More pizzas are always appreciated...take a look at the list and see what you can offer. Thank you. Name Notes Class Main Meat Main Veg/Vegan Salads Cakes Bread / Fillings Quantity desserts Drinks / Extras Volunteer Needed JACKET POTATOES! Volunteer Needed BAKED BEANS! Angie and Mark Wheat free K Melons Apple/Pear (wf) Crumble, cream Esther K Carrot Cake Tracy K Sausage Rolls Cheese and Onion Rolls Chocolate Flapjacks Tray of each Nicky Adam and Claire Darren and Sarah Tina Ellen Beef Mince Tray Bake Coleslaw Vege Pizzas Chocolate Cake Small Chocolate Cupcakes Panitsa Tray Bake 6 pints of milk! Philippa Vege Pasta Bake Helen Chick Pea, Sweet Potato, And Lentil Curry Jo Leek and Potato Soup (Vegan) Rosemary Ruth Wood for Gnome Gardens and Ladybirds Large Cake and Healthy Vegan Biscuits Large Bread Loaf 30 biscuits Sarah Meat Lasagne Vege Lasagne Claire and Simon Bread and Butter Many Sandra Zoe Vege Quiche Vege Pasta Bake Scones, Jam Cream, Mince Pies Bringing Friday pm Helen Grated Cheese A Healthy Vegan Cake? Lots Sam and Mike Large Chocolate Cake.~ Ian and Sybille Couscous Salad, Leonie Meat Chilli

6 Leonie Meat Chilli Natalie and Mike Meat Chilli Vege Curry Gill 5 Quiche Lorraine Vege Quiche Zoe Christmas Cake for Raffle 5 White Bean Salad Hayley 5 Vege Chilli Anna 6/7 Lemon Cake and Malt Loaf Lorraine 6/7 Fairy Cakes 4 small Liz 6/7 Chocolate and Orange Marmalade Anne Marie 6/7 Lots of Green Salad Vicki Lindsay Sian Jenny 6/7 Cake for Continental Cafe 6/7 Orange Juice Cartons 6/7 Good Quality Instant Coffee 6/7 Box of Teabags Juice?/Squash? 8 Enough for continental café and food hall Giant Box Sue and Rob 6/7 Apple Juice 8 Andrea and Charlie Vicki 8 Vege Quiche Vege Pizza 8 Apple Juice Cartons 8 Claire and Hugh 9/0 Little Buns and more things for Cafe lots Mrs. Butcher Staff Caramel Shortbread Large tray Mrs. Beeston Staff Meat Lasagne Marian Helper Lentil Salad

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