We ended the week in a lovely way as it was the Reception class assembly this morning which was our last class assembly of the year but it was their first assembly In Little Heath. It is lovely to see our younger children perform and they did themselves proud this morning. Their assembly was about work they have covered during the year but with the amount of songs in it felt like we were watching west end musical and was enjoyed by everyone who watched it. I would like to congratulate them on their performance and I would like to thank Mrs Sheehan and all her staff for all their hard work in supporting the children.

Another big event that we had this week was the Year 6 Apprentice event. They have been very excited about this for weeks so I was glad that it could actually take place as I think some of them may have burst with excitement. There was a large variety of stalls from Beat the Goalie to face painting and all the other children had a great time walking around and seeing what was on offer.

It was a three-way tie between Icee Bros, Splash and Win and TSSJ.  All the money raised goes to charity and in total the class raised £634 which means it was well worth running. They are going to split the money between three charities which support cancer research, homelessness and guide dogs. I know that the charities will appreciate the donations and the Year 6 should all feel very proud of themselves.

As is typical of this time of year we have more events taking place next week. We are starting the week with a Sharing Assembly on Monday – if your child is taking part you will have been notified. On Wednesday evening we have our Foundation Induction Evening for all our new Nursery and Reception children. On Thursday and Friday, we have a Circus Skills workshop coming to the school and they will be taking the whole school for circus skills practice over the two days –I am sure that the children are all going to love that. The NEU are also taking strike action next week and if your child’s class has been affected you will already have been informed.

It looks like it is going to be a lovely weekend so I hope you all have a good time. As it is getting towards the end of term some of the children are getting rather tired so if you could ensure that your children are getting enough sleep I would appreciate it. With all that is going on at school we want to make sure they have enough energy so that they can enjoy the end of term.

 I would like to start the week by first apologising for not having a blog last week. I was unwell and had to go home on Friday and I only realised when I was getting ready to prepare this week’s blog that I had not published last week’s. My virus obviously temporarily affected my memory. Unfortunately, last week a few members of staff took unwell with a stomach bug but thankfully we have all recovered now.

The main event of this week was Sports Day. I was a little worried because earlier in the week there were some thunderstorms forecast for Thursday but thankfully the sun shone for the event and a great time was had by all (although the rain did come down later on). The children all appeared to be having a great time and I think some took advantage at the water event to cool down because a lot of them were drenched from head to foot and I do not think anyone could have accidently spilt that much water on themselves. If they had squeezed their shirts dry into the scoring containers they might have been surprised at how many extra points they could have scored. It was great to also have so many parents and family and friends in school to support the event.  The overall winner was Frampton House and I think that its two captains, Maya and Gracie, looked very pleased and proud to be picking up the winning trophy. I would like to thank Mr Mills for all his hard work and fantastic organisation in putting the event together –it would not be the same if he was not here to put it together for us.

Next week is another important week in school because it is Parent Consultation Week. All of you should have booked your appointments by now. I know you all find these meetings very useful and the teachers do like to share with you about how your child is progressing but I am going to ask like I always do that you do not go over your allocated time with your class teacher. It just takes a couple of people to run over by a little to upset the whole system. If you do feel that there is something that you would like to discuss in more depth with your child’s class teacher make an additional appointment to see them at a mutually convenient later date.

It looks like the good weather is going to last so I hope you all have a fabulous weekend and I look forward to seeing you all again on Monday morning. I will not be saying that many more times in this academic year because the summer break is fast approaching.

 I hope you all had a great half – term - having that extra Monday on the end did make it feel like a long holiday. We now just have to get our heads down and work hard for the last half term before the long summer holiday. I know some children feel that as it is the last half term they do not have to work as hard but that is certainly not the case. Such is the size of the curriculum that it does take a full year to cover it and not just five sixths of the year so please support us with this by ensuring that your children stick to their regular routine (Including getting to bed at an appropriate time) until the end of the year and that they do not start their holiday early.

Thanks to our amazing PTA we are replenishing the books in our school including the library. Whilst we have been checking through all of our books we have realised that we have a lot of books missing. I know that we did lose some during lockdown when it was not as easy for us to keep track of everything but those times have passed so if your child takes a school book home can you please make sure they return it. If children do not return books, we may have to ask for a contribution towards buying a new book. With school budgets being so tight we cannot afford to keep replacing unreturned books.

It looks like it is going to be a warm weekend and even though we are being warned about the dangers of being in the sun for too long I intend to enjoy it. It has been so grey and rainy in recent times I am not going to apologise for enjoying the warm weather. I hope you all have a lovely weekend and I look forward to seeing you all again on Monday morning.