We have had a very exciting day in Little Heath. We had our Harvest Festival Coffee Morning and it was the first event that we have had with all the parents in school since the first lockdown. It was really great to have a proper social event and I know that the children loved having their parents back in school to watch them perform. I would like to thank everyone who came for their generous donations towards our chosen charity which is Tickled Pink which supports breast cancer and because of your generosity we managed to raise an amazing £564.12. I would also like to thank our wonderful PTA who helped run the event this morning. We have had a number of members of staff who have suffered from this illness so it is very personal to us.

Those of you who attended this morning will have noticed that we have a bit of a bump in our hall floor. Thankfully we are getting this fixed next week but unfortunately it will mean that our hall will be out of action for a week. This means that all PE will have to be outside next week so can you please make sure that your children have their outdoor PE kit in school next week. Although we have had quite a lot of sunshine in recent times the temperature has definitely dropped and we do not want the children to be cold during their PE lessons. Due to the floor being repaired we are also putting the Year 5 assembly back a week so it will now take place on Friday, October 22^nd.

Next week I will not be in school much. On Tuesday I will be going on the Year 4 trip to London Zoo and then from Wednesday onwards I will be at the Hertfordshire Heads’ Conference so I will not be back in school until Monday, 18^th October. In my absence Mr Gradwell will be in charge but if you do feel that you need to see me you can make an appointment through the school office to meet with me on my return.

On my return we will be holding our parent consultations. We are holding these face to face unless our circumstances change due to a Covid outbreak and then we will have to hold them online. May I please remind you all that these sessions are designed to last 10 minutes so may I ask that all parents stick to this. If one person runs over it can affect the timings for all other parents and I do not feel that this is fair. If you do feel that you want to discuss something in more depth you may make another appointment to meet with the teacher at a later date.

I hope you all have an enjoyable weekend. I will be there to greet you all on Monday morning although you will not see much of me after that.