There has been a lot of excitement in school today because it has been ‘Break the Rules’ day which has meant that the children could replace certain items of their uniform with whatever they like. They have found this most enjoyable and I have seen some amazing hair creations and clothes combinations. I would like to thank the PTA for organising this and raising funds for the school. Hopefully, we will be able to get back to holding more events that the children can take part in next term because days like these are very good for raising everyone’s spirits which is definitely what we all need at the moment.

Year 6 have been very busy this week getting ready for their end of year performance. Fingers crossed that nothing gets in the way to stop them performing it or having their ‘Leaver’s Assembly’ but these are uncertain times that we live in. You will have seen from the letter that I sent out this week that although all restrictions are being lifted on Monday we are maintaining our ‘bubbles’ until next term so unfortunately the rest of the school cannot watch the show live. We were going to have it videoed by an external company but unfortunately the person who was going to do it for us has had to isolate so this is no longer possible. We are still going to video it ourselves so the hopefully the other classes will be able to watch the show which is called ‘Wow! What a Year!’.

Anyhow – we have just a few days to go until the lovely summer holidays. It has certainly been a challenging year for everyone and I would like to thank you for all your support which has helped to make my job easier. Let us hope that the lovely weather we are due to have this weekend lasts and we can have a really enjoyable break. I will not be writing another blog this term so I hope you all have a great holiday and I look forward to seeing you all again on Thursday, 2^nd September.

 

Just over a week to go and we are still standing – but what a week it has been. The main chat on Thursday morning was all about England as I am sure you can imagine. After 55 years England have finally made it to the final of an international football tournament and national expectation is high. You will know by now that we are going to have a very soft start on Monday and children do not have to be in until 10.30am so they can have a little bit of a lie –in to recover after the night before. As we stated in our email we will assume that those children who normally have a school lunch will be doing so unless we hear differently from you.

Another big event that happened in school this week was the Year 6 ‘Apprentice Day’ Just like the programme the children were put into groups and then had to come up with an idea to raise money and the group that raised the most money is the one that wins. Normally, this event is held outside with all the classes mixing but due to Covid restrictions that was not possible this year. The Year 6 did an amazing job though in modifying the activities in line with the guidance, and, like many retail businesses, went online to advertise their wares and then delivered their goods personally to the children in the classrooms. They raised over £400 and all profits raised will be donated to Breast Cancer Research. Thank you to all of you for sending in money to help raise funds for such a worthwhile cause.

On Monday we completed our Sports Day and I am sure that many of you now know that the winners were Thornton House. Some of the younger children appeared to be a little confused about what was going on so I have listed the results with you so you can talk to them about how Sports day finished.

1^st - Thornton (Green) 7766 points

2^nd – Osborne (Blue) 7550 points

3^rd – Frampton (Red) 7253 points

4^th - Grangewood (Yellow) 6021 points

It was lovely to have so many parents back on site (some people were on the school site for the first time) and hopefully next year we will be able to have everyone together for Sports Day.

You will also know that it is likely from the Prime Minister’s broadcast last Monday that we will be moving to Step 4 On Monday, 19^th July and many measures which now are in place will no longer have to exist. However, in the school’s guidance we have been advised to keep the current measures in place until the end of term which is what we are going to do and when we come back in September we will make the adjustments that we need to make. I will send more details out about this in a letter next week.

Hope you all have a great weekend and fingers crossed we all have something to celebrate on Monday morning. Hopefully, England will ‘Bring it Home’.

 

 

 

Due to our Sports Day (which is being held over 3 days because of Covid restrictions) I have seen many of you this week which has been really lovely because it has been a long time since we have had parents on site. I know the children have all enjoyed the event and I hope you all enjoyed being here too. Even though we had to re-organise how we normally run it I think that all the effort was worthwhile because it makes us feel like we are returning to how things used to be. We will be completing the event on Monday (when all our isolating classes will have returned) and holding the presentation in the afternoon. I will announce the winner in my blog next week although I am sure you will know before that because all your children will have told you – especially if they belong to the winning house.

Our consultations are continuing next week as well. From what I hear from my teachers they are all going well and parents are finding them very informative. May I please remind you again to stick to your ten-minute slot - as I said last week if there is something you need to discuss in more detail you can make another appointment to meet with the teacher at a later date.

The Year 6 are also holding their ‘Apprentice’ event next week. Due to Covid restrictions this event is being held virtually (in line with many other retail businesses) but you may have been requested by your children who are in other classes if they can have some money to purchase some goods. If you could give them this, we would be most grateful. All the money raised (once we have covered our costs) is donated to charity so it is all for a worthy cause.

We are getting close to the end of term now. Part of me cannot believe that we are here already but another part of me feels like it has been a very long year because of all the disruptions that we have experienced. I can tell that it is getting to the end because many of the children are becoming tired which can make them all a little more fractious. Can I please ask that you do get them into bed at a reasonable time to ensure that they are getting enough sleep. I know that as the holidays approach it can be a little tempting to let their normal routine slip but regular learning is still taking place and with all the disruption they have experienced this year they do not need to lose a second of their learning time.

I hope you all have a good weekend –it looks like we are going to be getting some rain but we should not be surprised because that is typical for this country. We do have the England football team to watch on Saturday night – I am sure that they will appreciate our support to help them get through to the next round of the European Championships.