Dear Parents & Carers,

What a busy week we’ve had!  Lots of sports competitions in school and out of school along with Ofsted, a school trip for Year 4 and then interviews for Mrs Rafferty’s maternity cover.

The children have been amazing this week.  They have really shown off how well they learn and how resilient, hardworking and polite they are.   

Also a big thank you to the staff and children for adapting so well to staff having to support in different classes whilst the other staff were speaking to the inspector.

We will get the report in a few weeks.  Once it’s official, we’ll send you a copy. 

The children have thoroughly enjoyed cricket, rounders and cross country this week.  The team spirit shown in all of the games has been great to see.  We certainly have a lot of competitive children.  Well done to all of the children.

The Year 4 trip was a resounding success. The children came back to school so excited about the plate decorating and were full of information about the kilns and their learning about Clarice Cliff.  It was so lovely to hear from the museum staff about their super behaviour, how polite they were and how focused their questions were.  Well done Year 4!

Year 4 school council, Emyllia and Jack wrote …

This half term we have been learning about Clarice Cliff so for our school trip we went to Gladstone Pottery Museum.  When we arrived, we were split into two groups.  My group was taken off to paint a plate in the style of Clarie Cliff.  While we waited for the paint to dry, we did a little bit of research about Clarice Cliff.  Luckily, it was warm in the studio so the plates dried quickly.

After dinner, we got to tour around the museum and we were lucky to see how pottery is made and the machines that made this much quicker.  A lovely lady was making clay flowers and she let us time her to see how quickly she could do it.  During our tour, we went into a kiln.  DO NOT WORRY, this kiln does not work anymore but we were able to see what it was like inside and how it was used to cook the clay and make it harden.

My favourite part of the trip was getting to paint our own plate that we were able to bring home.

After half term I will be able to send more information about Mrs Rafferty’s maternity leave cover teacher along with which teachers will be teaching your child next year.  We’re just finalising details.

The PTA disco was a great success.  It raised over £630, which is a fantastic amount.  The PTA funds go to funding various additional resources and support for the children which the school budget just cannot afford. 

Thank you to everyone who supported this event – from the PTA members to all of you who came along.

Next week is half term.  We have an INSET day (staff training day) on Monday 5th June so the children are back in school on Tuesday 6th June.