Has another week really passed by that quickly?! Although I was not around for the first part of the week, I am pleased to say that while the temperatures may have dropped dramatically, it has not dampened the children’s spirits and it has been another week of hard work and enjoyment from the children of the school.

I want to start by saying what a pleasure it was to welcome the families of our Year 3 children into school this morning for what was the first of our class assemblies for this academic year. In my opening paragraph, I have mentioned the hard work that has been going on in school and this was clearly demonstrated by the Year 3 children today. They shared their learning in a wide variety of subjects and presented it using humour, clear, confident speech along with drama and dance with a conversation taking place in Spanish that would put fluent speakers to shame! The key thing that came across was how much fun the children have had with their learning and this is something that we strive to achieve here in all that we do. Well done to Year 3 and to Miss Davis and Mrs Proudlove for putting on such a great assembly.

There are no big events planned in next week for once, but I’m sure that the hard work and good learning will continue across the school. I will not be on the gate much next week but I promise it is not because I am avoiding the cold and Mr Chanter will be there to greet you when I am not!

Have a good weekend.

 

So here we are at the end of the first week back after the half term break. Although it probably feels like a distant memory already, I trust that everyone had a good break. I know that some of you managed to get away to sunnier climes but even if you did not, for the most part, the weather seemed to hold out here and so I hope that you managed to get out and about.

For those of you who managed to make it to our Fireworks event, I am sure that you enjoyed the fantastic display as much as I did. That last firework in particular was amazing and seems to have stuck in other people’s minds too because I have spoken to many people about it this week! I know that an email went out from the PTA earlier today, but I am very pleased to say that the total money raised was £9616.81 which is an absolutely incredible amount of money that will really help to make a difference to the children in the school. We will be sending out some information soon about how the money raised is spent in school to improve the provision and outcomes for all of our children. I want to say thank you to all those who came along and supported the event, but in particular I’d like to say a huge thank you to all of those involved, who gave up their time to ensure that the whole thing was such a success –you know who you are!

There are 3 significant events happening in school next week. First of all, Monday is Remembrance Day and we will be following a minute’s silence with all of the children in the school to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in armed conflicts over the years. We are very grateful to all those children who have donated to the RBL Poppy Appeal so far and there are still some poppy related items left to purchase for anyone who has not managed to do so yet. I will inform you all about the amount raised once we find out from RBL after it has been sent off to be counted.

It is also anti-bullying week next week, which will involve the children taking part in activities in class to learn all about the issue to help to try and stamp bullying out in school once and for all! As part of this, on Tuesday, we encourage all of our school community (parents and teachers included!) to wear odd socks for the day. This is an initiative which was started in 2017 by Andy from CBBC and will be discussed with the children in school.

Finally, next Friday is Children in Need day. I know that a message has gone out already about this but the children are all encouraged to wear their own clothes –with a spotty theme –in return for bringing in a donation of a pound. I am always very aware that we regularly ask for donations for various charities, but I am always equally impressed at how generous everyone is and it makes me very proud to see how much we are able to raise for such good causes and I thank you in advance for your continued support with this.

That’s all from me for now. Have a great weekend and we will see you all again on Monday.