Dear Families,

What a thoroughly exciting week it’s been for KS2.  They have performed twice this week in their Summer show and what a spectacular performance it was!

Their singing, acting and enthusiasm was outstanding.  We had some solo singers who were so brave and who sang beautifully.  We had a member of year 6 who was in charge of all the music and slides.  It takes a very dedicated person to do this job due to the pressure to get it right - and he did this perfectly! And we even had a fabulously drunk Miss Hannigan!

I am so proud of all of the children.  A huge well done to all of them.  A big thank you to the parents for their support and a massive thank you to all of the staff for their time and effort to ensure that this show was so successful.

 

Swimming Gala
On Tuesday, a group of Year 5 and 6 children took part in the Newcastle schools swimming gala.  There was a lot of cheering and clapping and some very close races.  Friarswood won lots of medals for first or second place.  We came back with a trophy too for coming overall second - by one point.  So close!!

A huge well done to the swimming team and their champions - Ava, Nora, Jack F, Henry, Jack A, Michael, Ben, Alice, Sofia, Freddie and their champions Bella, Grace and Arthur.

 

Move - up morning
All of the children have visited their new class.  They’ve been shown where to go in the mornings from September, where they will leave and, most importantly, where their new toilets are!  Year 6 have had their transition days to high school.  Over the next couple of weeks, the children will have more opportunities to meet their new teachers.  If you have any concerns, please just let me or the teacher know.

 

Year 3 teacher
On Monday, we are interviewing for the Year 3 teacher.  There were some very strong applicants.  Hopefully, by Monday afternoon, I’ll be able to let you know who will be our newest member of the team.  Once we have recruited, the new teacher will come into school to meet the class and to get to know Friarswood.

 

Mrs Dean
Some of you may have spotted Mrs Dean this week.  She is back at work on a phased return.  At the moment, Mrs Dean is working in the afternoons.  She’s updating herself on the many events that have happened since Autumn. 

 

Year 3 swimming
Unfortunately,  Chesterton has cancelled the last swimming dates.  This means that there will be no more swimming for these children now.  

I do want to just say that this is the first class ever that we have had all of the children swimming, without armbands, by December time.  The class are confident in the water and know how to float on the top of the water if they were to fall in.  The vast majority of the class can swim 25 metres , which is the National Curriculum KS2 requirement (to be reached by the end of KS2).  The few children who can not do this yet can certainly swim at least 15 metres.  Myself and Mrs Dickens are so proud of all of the children.

 

Career’s Fair
Next Thursday, Year 5 & 6 will be taking part in a career’s fair.  We have held this for the last two years, and it’s invaluable for the children.  They get to ask questions and learn about jobs which they may not have heard about before.  Even if they have heard about them, they get the opportunity to ask questions about the skills needed for the job.  

If any of you would like to take part in this, please contact myself or Mrs McConvey.

(This could be for this year or for next year)

 

End of year reports
The end-of-year reports will be coming out next Friday.  I hope you will be as proud of your child as I am.  It was such a pleasure reading through them.  

Along with the reports will be your child’s attendance certificate.   Any attendance under 95% is a concern due to the amount of learning time your child has missed.  Anything under 90% will be monitored by both the school and the Education Welfare Officer, as such poor attendance really does have a massive impact on your child’s learning and therefore their life chances.  Teachers do not have the time to help your child to catch up with missed learning as they have the rest of the class to teach.  If your child’s attendance is low, please try to work with us next year to improve this.

 

Parking on Abbots Way
Unfortunately, we’re starting to have more and more complaints about parking on the yellow lines and parking dangerously.  Please park safely.  No one wants anything awful to happen to any of our children and families.

Please can I ask all parents to ensure their child has their seat belt fastened before driving.  Failure to do so is against the law, not to mention very dangerous.  

 

Online Safety Information 

For Parents - Moving to Secondary School

For many children, the move from primary to school has many 'firsts', including digital firsts. Internet Matters have a wonderful guide for parents to help with that transition from primary to secondary school, all digital and online related.

You can find the guide HERE.

 

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Take care and stay safe.

Mrs Wilmer

 

Upcoming Dates
 

Keele University visit	08.07.25	Year 5 and Year 6
Colour Run	09.07.25	Everyone to come in PE kits please.
Career Fair	10.07.25	Year 5 and Year 6
Year 6 Leavers assembly	16.7.25 2 pm	Parents of our Year 6 leavers are invited to join us.
Celebration of Learning	16.7.25  3.30 pm	Parents are welcomed into classrooms to see what wonderful learning has happened this year.
Last Day	18.07.25	School closes for the summer holidays.