I am feeling a little tired this morning because I attended
the Herts Catering Awards last night. The reason that I was invited to this was
because our cook manager Louise was a finalist in the ‘Cook Manager of the Year’
award. Out of over a hundred schools she got down to the last three and
although she did not win I feel that we should be really proud that we have
such a good cook making meals for our children. The staff certainly appreciate
her – I have never worked in a school where so many staff order school meals. Louise
would agree that she is helped enormously by her team which consists of Nyesha
and Maria, and hopefully, next year, all of them will be nominated and win the
award as a team.
It has been a rather quiet week in school as the Year 6 have
been sitting their SATs tests which means that the other children have had to
keep the noise down. As usual, the tests were not as bad as the Year 6 had
anticipated and although there were some challenging questions on the maths
reasoning papers I know that they all tried their best and that is all we can
ask of them.
I find it really hard to believe that it is half term at the
end of next week but we do have some fun activities to look forward to before the
holiday begins. On Monday we have ‘Sharing Assembly’. You will already have
received a letter about this if your child is involved. I do enjoy these assemblies because it is good
for the children to share work they feel proud of with their parents and the
school community. On Wednesday it is our ‘Open Afternoon’ where parents are
invited in to share all the learning that their children have done over the
last half term. That runs from 3.00pm – 4.30pm.
On Friday all the KS2 are taking part in the ‘Oakmere Mini
Marathon’. This is when all the KS2 children in the area converge on Oakmere
Primary to run a mini marathon which takes part in the school grounds and the surrounding
area. This event has been running for many years and is a great community
event. I know all the children do not enjoy distance running but this is meant
to be a fun event and it does not matter whether the children take 15 minutes
or 45 minutes to complete it –the key thing is that they have taken part. This
is why I insist that all children do participate unless they have an injury or
an illness which prevents them from doing so.
You will all have received a letter informing you that the
PTA are organising a ‘walking float’ for the Potters Bar Carnival Day. This
will be the first time that we have taken part in the parade since I have come
here and I think that it will be a really good thing. We always take part in
the art exhibition and this year, as well as the parade, our girls’ football
team will be taking part in a football match. We will be helping the children
prepare any props for the walking float in school as part of an ‘Arts Week’
that we will be holding straight after half term. Details of what other
activities the children will be doing during this week will be sent out next
week.
I know many people in the country are looking forward to
this weekend because there is a royal wedding taking place. However, if this is
not your thing there is some good weather forecast so at least everyone can
enjoy the warm weather. I look forward to seeing you all again on Monday.
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