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  • November – Week 1​​​​​​​

    Published 04/11/22

    Dear Parents / Carers,

    Welcome back to a very soggy start to the last half of the Autumn term.

    Hopefully you will have all received the list of events that we have planned so far in the school calendar.  We really do hope this helps you to organise your own diaries.

    Talk Money Week

    Next week is the start of Talk Money Week.  Every class will be discussing money and the importance of what it is and how it helps us.  Children will talk about pocket money, saving money and how to earn money when they’re older.  

    KS2 will take part in workshops run by The Citizens Advice Bureau.  They will  focus on age appropriate activities based on money.

    Below are some web links which you may find useful for yourselves.  Please feel free to pass onto family or friends

    Money helper

    BBC food budget meal plan

    How to keep warm and healthy this Winter

    Help for households

    Co-op Talk Money support

    Discount for teachers (for anybody who works in a school, college or university)

    Citizens Advice ‘Community’ Van

    On Thursday 10th November, 2pm onwards, the Citizens Advice Bureau are coming to school to support you, the parents.  They will be parked in front of the main entrance.  Due to the cost of living crisis, they will support you in finding out if you’re entitled to any other benefits, including free prescriptions and free school meals.  They will bring their specialist team and generalist teams to assist anyone further with any queries you may have.  If you have any family members who would benefit from chatting to the team, bring them along too.

    Year 4 Skype a Scientist

    Year 4 had a fantastic afternoon questioning a scientist via Skype.  They were finding out about what skills you need to have to be a psychologist.

    The children had written lots of questions to ask and learnt a great deal.

    On Tuesday,we had a video call with Dr Gwen Breklemans she was a psychologist.She told us that she did research on brains and how we learn new languages.She went to different universities she went from the Netherlands to London at Queen Mary university.She didn’t actually want to be a psychologist when she was in the Netherlands. In Fact she didn’t even know what it was at the time! 

    Emyllia and Jack (school council)

    Year 5 Gymnastics

    Yesterday, I took 11 children to Co-op Academy Stoke to take part in a gymnastics lesson.  They were brilliant!  The children practised vaulting skills.  They had lots of opportunities to use springboards and practise their lands as well as adding forward roles into the mix too.  Their focus and attitude was super.  Well done to the year 5 group.

    I will be arranging several more sessions for this group of gymnasts.  Miss Coleman will let you know the dates.

    Nasal Flu Vaccine

    On Friday 11th November, children from Reception to Year 6 will be given this.  Please ensure you’ve completed the forms.

    I hope you have a very safe and dry Bonfire Night.  Here’s a link from the RSPCA about keeping pets safe during this weekend. 

    Thank you for your support.

    Take care and stay safe.

    Mrs Wilmer

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  • Newsletter – October Week 3​​​​​​​

    Published 21/10/22

    Dear Parents / Carers,

    We have now arrived at the end of the first half term of the year.  Although it’s been quite a long half term, with a lot of very tired young people, these wonderful people have shone.  They have worked so hard and tried their best with all of the activities set for them.  We’ve had so many of our children going ‘above and beyond’ both inside of school and outside of school which is amazing.

    They thoroughly deserve a breather over half term, ready for the exciting half term and the run up to Christmas.

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  • Newsletter – October Week 2

    Published 14/10/22

    Dear Parents / Carers,

    Our website has lots of information about Friarswood.  The updated Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy is on the website along with our Careers Related Learning Policy and Programme.

    If you require any further information, please just ask.

    Harvest & non-school uniform

    This year we would like to ask for donations of food, baby and hygiene items for Alice Charity.  For those of you who may not know, Alice supports families in our area who are struggling.  They also support these families with trying to find a job and with getting qualifications – which is amazing.  

    Alice Charity helps to move families in crisis forward from a dark place to a brighter future.

    The items can be brought in at any time next week up to Thursday after school.  

    On Friday, we would like to ask children to come in their own Autumnal clothes to say a thank you for their donations.

    If you would like to know more about Alice Charity, please click here.

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  • Newsletter – October Week One

    Published 07/10/22

    Dear Parents & Carers,

    We had lots of visitors in school on Wednesday who had a lovely day with the children and staff.  They were Headteachers from other Co-op Academy schools as well as two regional directors and the CEO of the Trust.

    They spoke to children about their learning, looked through books and went into our phonics lessons.

    The feedback was very positive.  They were all very impressed with the children’s behaviour and how well they took part in their learning activities.  They spoke about how articulate the children are and how confident and positive they spoke about Friarswood.  It was lovely to hear that the children told the visitors how safe they felt and how the staff help them to learn and that they enjoy being challenged.

    The CEO was very positive with his feedback and he left with a big smile on his face.

    Small & Tall

    Small & Tall is open on the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of half term.  If you would like to book your child in, please send an email to fria.smallandtall@coopacademies.co.uk  

    Free School Meals

    Your child may be able to receive free school meals if you receive certain benefits.  As well as your child being entitled to the meals, the school will also receive extra funding which we use to support your child’s learning.

    All you need to do is to click here to check whether you are eligible for this and to apply.  If you need any help, please get in touch with Mrs Dean.

    School Photographs

    A reminder that Monday 10th is School Photograhs. If your child has PE on that day they will need to come to school in their school uniform and bring PE kits to school.

    Nasal Flu spray

    The School age Immunisation team will be coming into school on Friday 11th November to deliver the Nasal Flu spray to children in Reception – Year 6. More information will follow closer to the date.

    PTA meeting

    Yesterday we had our annual PTA meeting.  Thank you to everyone who came along and offered their support.  There were lots of ideas by some very enthusiastic parents.  At the meeting the following parents were elected

    Chair – Camilla Forrester

    Vice chairs – Natalie Darlington and Eloise Bowen

    Secretaries – Joanne Rathbone and Katie Archer

    Treasurer – Katrin Tierney

    They have organised a Halloween Fancy Dress Disco. A reminder that Monday 10th is also the date to bring the IQ Christmas card orders back.

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  • Newsletter – September Week 4​​​​​​​

    Published 30/09/22

    Dear Parents / Carers,

    What a wet and cold week it’s been! 

    We’ve had the Year 3 classroom painted and the boiler work is still ongoing.  The next area of painting will be the KS2 corridor during half term.

    PTA Meeting 

    Thursday 6th October 3:30 in the School Hall

    Welcome to the new school year and welcome to the hub of our school social and fundraising life – the PTA.

    As family members of children at our school you are all automatically members of the PTA. If you would like to be more involved in planning, organising and running exciting events for our children please come along to our meeting next Thursday – we’d love to meet you and hear your ideas.

    At the meeting we will be electing new officials to the committee who runs the PTA – a chair, vice-chair, secretary and treasurer. We also need lots of enthusiastic helpers!

    Please complete the attached form to let me know if you will be coming to the meeting, if you are interested in any of the officer posts and how many children you’ll have with you (we will be offering a creche)

    You will be under no pressure to commit to anything more than you feel able and many hands make light work so please come along and see what it’s all about and hear how you can help make a difference!

    PTA form

    Holidays during term time

    Please can I remind you that holidays during term time are unauthorised unless there are exceptional circumstances. This is statutory guidance and not a school decision.

    The forms to request a leave of absence are in the main entrance or you can email Mrs Dean to let her know and then she can send a form electronically to you.

    You can still be issued a penalty notice if you don’t go through this system.  Please do not ask children to lie as this puts them in a very awkward position.

    Eco Conference

    On Tuesday our Eco Warriors were invited to an Eco conference based at Angel Square, Manchester. They had some wonderful ideas and will be working on projects over the coming months. Watch this space!

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  • Eco Conference 2022​​​​​​​

    Published 30/09/22

    We had a fantastic opportunity from The Co-op Academies Trust to attend an Eco conference to help get a better understanding on how to be more eco-friendly and how they can start to improve some areas in our school and our local community. The children who attended have all shown a huge enthusiasm in looking after our planet better and are willing to give up their own time to see their big plans become a reality! There were some really great ideas shared through the other academies and the guest speakers. In the afternoon the children had the chance to plan one or two of their own ideas that will improve our planet but also help the local community. Then the children presented this with amazing confidence. Well done to our Eco Warriors of Friarswood! #SucceedTogether #DoWhatMattersMost

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  • Newsletter – September Week 3​​​​​​​

    Published 23/09/22

    Dear Parents / Carers,

    It’s lovely to be able to send you the newsletters again after a brief pause.  

    There’s lots of super work going on across the school and the attitude to learning from all of the children is super.  They really are showing off their skills to their new teachers.

    Absences

    Please can you email Mrs Dean angela.dean@coopacademies.co.uk if your child is absent.  It is extremely important that this happens as not all teachers see the Dojo messages first thing in the morning.  Mrs Dean has to check every register at 9am every morning and register absences.  If you feel you need to message the teacher after, that is fine but it is not necessary.

    PTA

    For all of those parents who would love to join our PTA; we will be sending out a letter next week with a date for the first meeting of the year.

    If you feel you have got time to support the PTA and help to raise much needed funds for the children at Friarswood we would love for you to join the team.

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  • Newsletter – September​​​​​​​

    Published 13/09/22

    Dear Parents / Carers,

    Welcome back everyone!  It’s been so lovely to see you all along with our new families too.  I do hope you all had a lovely summer break.

    I’m sorry I didn’t send this out on Friday as usual but with the very sad news of the loss of Queen Elizabeth, I felt it was the right thing to do. The children have dealt with this terrible loss in such a calm and respectful way.  I’m so proud of them and how well they have listened to each other.

    We will be closed on Monday 19th September for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

    Here are some useful reminders that I feel you should know about to help settle everyone into the school year.

    A reminder that the times have changed for KS1 and KS2.

    School starts at 8:50am but the doors will be open from 8:40am.  Nursery and Reception children start at 8:45am.

    Nursery and Reception children finish at 3:15pm (or 11:45 if Nursery children are mornings only).

    KS1 and KS2 finish at 3:20pm.

    Small & Tall

    Small & Tall will be closed after school on Wed 14th and Thu 15th of September due to staff training which was postponed from the summer because of Covid.

    Please ensure children are collected promptly as all staff will be in taking part in the training.  Thank you.

    Safeguarding

    The safeguarding lead at school is Mrs Hartley.  I am the deputy safeguarding lead. We have an up to date Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy which can be found on our website.

    Should you have any concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact either of us:

    01782 470401

    bev.hartley@coopacademies.co.uk

    lindsey.wilmer@coopacademies.co.uk 

    If you have any concerns about a child and it is out of school hours, please contact the out of hours support on 0345 604 2886 or in an emergency call the police on 999.

    This information can be found on our website.

    Year 3 and Year 5 swimming lessons

    Year 5 lessons will be on Tuesdays, starting 20th September.  Year 3 lessons will be on Wednesdays, starting 21st September.  We recommend that the children bring a healthy snack to school.

    Children who have hot dinners, will be provided with a packed lunch as we won’t be back in time for the end of dinner service.  This may be able to change once we know our arrival time.

    All children will need:

    Towel

    Swimming costume (no bikinis or baggy shorts)

    Swimming cap if your child has long hair and it falls into their eyes.

    No jewellery can be worn for swimming lessons

    If your child wants to wear goggles, then please send a message via Dojo to your teacher.  Please note that staff cannot put your child’s goggles on or take them off.

    I look forward to a wonderful school year full of exciting activities and working alongside you.

    My next newsletter will be after Monday 19th September.

    Kind regards

    Mrs Wilmer

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  • Newsletter – July Week 2​​​​​​​

    Published 15/07/22

    Dear Parents and Carers,

    Well, it’s finally here, the last day of the year.  What a year it’s been.  It has been so successful in so many ways.

    Firstly we’ve managed to keep most children in school for the whole year without Covid impacting on the class.  The children settled so well back in September and have made enormous amounts of progress.  All of the extra support, the small groups of interventions and the constant reminders have certainly paid off.  We are one of the top performing Trust primary schools, which is great news!

    So many children have taken part in official tests this year.

    Year 1 made superb progress with their phonics and achieved super results.

    Year 2 showed just how clever they are and performed so well with their SATs.

    Year 4 took part in the first ever times table tests.  They had six seconds to answer the questions which just kept on coming at them!  Some of our children got full marks and some children missed out by just one or two marks.  Amazing effort from all of Year 4 who have consistently been practising their times tables this year.

    Year 6 performed amazingly well in their Year 6 SATs.  Their progress from Year 2 has been fantastic and I couldn’t be more proud of them.  What a superstar class they are!

    It’s certainly been a jam-packed year full of exciting challenges and adventures for our children.  Sadly, it’s now time to say ‘Good bye and good luck’ to our wonderful Year 6 cohort.  They are more than ready for the next stage of their learning journey.  They are clever, thoughtful, caring and have a wonderful sense of humour.  They are going to be missed by all at Friarswood.  Their high schools are definitely going to love having this group with them.

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  • Summer Team Treat 22

    Published 15/07/22

    At the end of this term, all of the team points were totalled and the winning team this time was Ireland! So, team Ireland went to join a very special Bee Active session on the field on Wednesday morning. They played combat dodgeball and they loved it! Well done to Ireland, we hope all of the children in that team had a great time. It looked like so much fun! #SucceedTogether

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  • Leavers Assembly 2022

    Published 15/07/22

    On Monday afternoon, our Year 6 took part in their last ever performance at Friarswood! Parents were invited in to watch and just see how they have grown whilst being here. It was very emotional! The children won awards for their amazing achievements which they all thoroughly deserved! The children also were able to choose a book to keep as a gift to move on with, these were kindly paid for by the PTA. They put on an excellent show. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the children and their parents, they have all been an absolute pleasure and we wish them all the very best for their journey moving onto high school.

     

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  • Colour Run 2022​​​​​​​

    Published 12/07/22

    On Friday the children had a huge treat with Bee Active. They all took part in a colour run! It was so much fun, the children and staff turned multi-coloured whilst running through clouds of coloured powder! A huge thank you to Bee Active and Mrs Sharman for organising such an enjoyable event. #BeYourselfAlways

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