I cannot believe I am sitting here at the end of term having broken up for the Christmas break! It has certainly been a busy one with many illnesses of children and staff along the way, but equally, it has been such a rewarding term and I want to thank you all for all of the support and kind words that I have had from so many of you.

Little Heath really is a lovely place to work and we do all we can to ensure that our children feel happy and secure in their time with us. The Christmas build up is one of the times in the year where we get to do so many fun and exciting things and this last couple of weeks has been no exception to that. The Foundation Stage and KS1 performances and the KS2 Carol Concert were both very well attended and were a joy to watch the children perform and sing in.

Thank you for all of the cards and presents that I have been given –I’m sure that, as ever, I will be coming back at least a stone heavier after this break!

I hope that you all have a lovely Christmas and New Year and we will see you all again on Tuesday 6^th January.

I want to start by saying how awesome everyone looked in their Christmas jumpers today! There were lots of amazing looking jumpers on show and lots of money was no doubt raised for Save the Children; I will let you know how much in total was raised in my blog next week.

Although officially, Christmas Jumper Day was actually yesterday, we chose to do ours today as it coincided with our Christmas lunch and it feels much more festive wearing the right attire whilst tucking into our turkey and sprouts. For those children who had the Christmas meal option, I trust that they enjoyed it –there was certainly not much left at the end so this is always a good sign. Getting everyone sat and fed on time is always a stretch, but I’m pleased to say that everything went like a well-oiled machine today. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the parent volunteers for giving up their time to help with the running of things at lunchtime. Unfortunately, the weather was not on our side this year and so we had to start the film in the hall earlier than planned, but I hope you enjoyed watching the film as well (even though you have no doubt seen in lots of times before)! I also want to thank all of the Year 6 children for their excellent serving skills –I hope you enjoyed taking part in this annual tradition.

Next week, we have the second of our sharing assemblies of the year taking place on Monday morning and you will have been invited already if your child is taking part. We then have lots of festivities taking place, starting with the KS2 carol concert which takes place on Monday evening at Christchurch at 7pm. The EYFS and KS1 performances will then be on Tuesday morning and Wednesday afternoon. Tuesday afternoon will see KS1 having their Christmas party so do make sure that your child has their party outfit in school to get changed into for that. The KS2 party will be on Thursday afternoon and once again, children will need their party clothes in school for this.

Whether you will be in school already watching the show or not, all parents are welcome in school from 3pm onwards on Wednesday for our Open Afternoon, where you can come in and look at all of the learning that your child has done so please do join your child if you are able to.

Come next Friday, we will then be finishing for the 2 week Christmas break at 1:15pm.

Have a lovely weekend.