I am posting my blog early this week as I am at Caythorpe Court with Year 3 and 4 for the rest of the week. I have been on this trip before and had a great time and I am expecting to have a great time again. It is only one night but it is an action packed 2 days and it is good fun for the children. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the staff who are giving up their time to make this possible. I would especially like to thank Miss Natasha Davis who has co-ordinated and organised the whole event –without all of her hard work this trip would not take place.

May I remind you all that children can wear summer uniform this term. I know that many of them are wearing it even though we have not had much sunshine –when is the warm weather going to turn up? However, I would like to remind you that trainers are not part of school uniform and I am seeing too many children wearing them. Please ensure that your child is wearing suitable footwear for school and that means shoes which are waterproof, formal and black. I would also like to remind you that if you choose to put your child in winter uniform and they are in Key stage 2 then they must wear a school tie.

It has been a very busy week in school this week so I am glad to see that next week does not look as frantic. On Wednesday we are having a school Maths Day where the children will be taking part in some extra maths sessions. We see the enjoyment of maths as being very important and days like this help to promote that. You may want to talk to your child about what they have covered during the day.

When I looked at the diary I could hardly believe that it is May next week – how the year is flying by. I hope you all have a great weekend and I will see you all again on Monday morning.

 Welcome back everyone. I hope you all had a great Easter break and are looking forward to the summer term. I always enjoy the summer term as there are so many activities that take place and as this is going to be my last term as head this one is going to be even more special. I just hope that the weather becomes more settled and the rain finally disappears.

The children all looked extra smart this morning in preparation for their class photographs. I know the children always enjoy having these photographs taken - let us hope that you feel all your preparations in getting the children ready have been worthwhile when you see the results in a couple of weeks.

Next week in school is going to be really busy. Year 5 will be taking their cycling proficiency test so you will notice a lot of extra bikes on Monday morning. This should be the only day that this should happen because the majority of the children keep their bikes in school for the rest of the week whilst they practise and complete their test. On Thursday and Friday Years 3 and 4 will be going on their annual PGL trip to Caythorpe and we have football matches at the school on both of these nights. Some children from KS1 are also taking part in a sports festival at Oakmere on Tuesday so it is certainly going to be an action packed week in school.

I am going to be going on the PGL trip next week so I will not be in school on Thursday or Friday but if you do have any issues Mr Gradwell will be in school on both of these days so you will be able to contact him if necessary – it will give him some practice for when he officially takes over in September.

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend and I look forward to seeing you all again on Monday morning.