Dear Families,

 

Happy December!

It’s definitely starting to feel very Christmassy in school.  On Wednesday, the early years had their nativity performance.  They were so wonderful and took part very confidently.  We definitely have some budding actors in the group.  Well done to all the parents for singing their hearts out at the end too!

Next week we have the KS1 Christmas plays.  Please come along with your singing voices and money for the raffle.  

 

Some sad but also exciting news …
Mrs Harris has accepted a job as an Assistant Educational Psychologist.  This has been a passion of Mrs Harris’ for a long time now.   Although we are thrilled for her, we are also very sad to see her leave Friarswood after 12 years here.  Mrs Elkin will be teaching Year 1 full time in January so there won’t be any disruption to the children’s learning.

We hope you join us in wishing Mrs Harris all the best with her exciting new career.

 

Year 1 parents took part in a phonics lesson with their children on Monday afternoon.  We hope you learnt a lot and feel more knowledgeable with phonics and how we teach it in school.

 

Last Friday evening, myself and some staff went to the Co-op Academies Trust Recognition evening.  I am thrilled to tell you that Mrs Williams won the Teacher of the Year award for all of her dedication to early years both at Friarswood and supporting other members of the Trust.  Well done Mrs Williams.  You’re a superstar!

 

Year 3 
Yesterday was the last swimming session until Jubilee has fixed their roof.  After Christmas, the children will be taking part in Forest Schools on a Thursday afternoon.  They will need to come in wearing their PE kits, wellies and warm clothing!

 

Thank you to everyone who has brought in chocolate today for the Bingo, which is next Wednesday.  We hope to see lots of you there.

 

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Take care and stay safe.

Mrs Wilmer