Dear Parents / Carers,

I hope you all had a lovely break over Easter.  The weather wasn’t too bad and the children sound like they’ve had lots of fun.

Sports Days

We arranged the following dates for our annual sports days.

Monday 20th June at 1:30pm – KS2 (Years 3 – 6)

Tuesday 21st June at 9:15 – Early years (Reception & Nursery)

Tuesday 21st June at 1:30pm – KS1 (years 1 & 2)

We do hope you can make it.  Please can we ask that you bring along your own chairs or picnic blankets to sit on.  Fingers crossed for some lovely weather. 

On our last day of this half term we had a day dedicated to Easter fun! To start our day the children took part in a huge Easter egg hunt! Eggs were hidden all over the school grounds and the children partnered up to find them all. They had such a good time dashing here and there to find them. In the afternoon we had an Easter Bonnet parade on the school playground where the Early years and Key stage one children could showcase their bonnets to the parents who were able to join us. The Key stage two children had all decorated eggs that they were able to show during the parade too. Everyone had done such an amazing job! We were blown away with the creativity and I know the judges found it near impossible to decide winners for each class. Thank you to everyone for taking part. We hope you all have a great Easter break.

Dear Parents/ Carers,

On Friday, we will be taking part in Easter activities both inside and outside.  Please can you make sure your child has appropriate footwear and clothing.  I’m really not sure if I should be asking for suntan lotion or for woolly hats!

Small & Tall

A reminder that on Wednesday 27th April and Thursday 28th April, Small and Tall will be closed after school to all children.  This is due to whole staff training.

Small & Tall is open during the Easter holidays; Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week.  If you would like to book in please email fria.smallandtall@coopacademies.co.uk

Police Visit

On Wednesday, Years 5 and 6 had a visit from the armed police.  This was part of our CRL (Careers Related Learning).  The children had so much fun learning all about the role of the police and the equipment which some of the police have to use in their day to day job along with finding out all about police cars and sirens – which Mrs Dean became well accustomed to by the end of the afternoon!  The police officers were impressed by some very thoughtful questions off the children.

Thank you so much to the police officers who took time out of their busy schedule to come and talk to our very enthusiastic children.  

Here are some comments from y5 about the police visit:

Emma – It was fun to do something different. I also found out lots of new things about the police.

Thomas M – I really enjoyed it because it unravels a whole new career for me and it was interesting to see all of the kit.

Harriet – I loved learning about all of the fascinating gear and loved the sirens. I didn’t know police did first aid!

Sofia – I really enjoyed the police visit because they clearly explained what they do. People sometimes think the police only handcuff criminals, but they do so much more than that.

Evelyn – It was fun to find out all of the things the police officers had.

Summer – I was really impressed that the police officers saw us today. It was really kind of them and the things they showed us were really cool.

Early Years Lead

Yesterday, the early years children got to meet Mrs Williams.  She thoroughly enjoyed her visit and can’t wait to visit again next week.

Swimming

Years 3 and 5 will continue next week with their swimming.  Swimming starts again straight after the Easter holidays for the same year groups.

Covid Update as of 1st April

Updated guidance will advise:

**adults with the symptoms of a respiratory infection, and who have a high temperature or feel unwell, should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people until they feel well enough to resume normal activities and they no longer have a high temperature **children and young people who are unwell and have a high temperature should stay at home and avoid contact with other people. They can go back to school, college or childcare when they no longer have a high temperature, and they are well enough to attend **adults with a positive COVID-19 test result should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 5 days, which is when they are most infectious. For children and young people aged 18 and under, the advice will be 3 days

You can read the full guidance here.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.
Thank you for your continued support.Mrs Wilmer

Dear Parents / Carers,

I would like to say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who donated so generously to the Ukraine appeal on Monday.  It was amazing to see so many people getting involved.  The children had an assembly on Monday about the Ukraine appeal and about appreciating what they have.

When we took the donated items to the drop off point in Newcastle, we ended up staying there to help pack everything in boxes as transport for the items was at lunchtime.  I’m pleased to say that we did box everything up and your items were safely shipped off.

The children and staff came dressed in yellow and blue today to represent what is happening in the Ukraine at the moment. We asked our family and friends to donate goods from a local appeals list or to donate money using a link provided to the Red Cross Disasters Appeal. The response to this has been amazing! We had 3 fully loaded cars, heaving with supplies desperately needed and we were lucky enough to get them to the local drop off point in time to be packed and shipped off on two trucks the same day! Your kind hearts and generosity has been truly touching. All of the money donations made through the unique link shared will be matched by the Co-op up to £100k. A huge thank you to everyone! #SucceedTogether

Over the last 2 weeks the children have been learning about Fairtrade and how the choices we make can have an impact on many other people from all over the world. Our Fairtrade group helped to share this message to our families at the end of a school day and they led a fantastic whole school assembly. There has also been all kinds of activities in school, some children got to taste a range of Fairtrade products and they even got to grind coffee beans! Some had a go at making Fairtrade super power chocolate balls. Our Nursery and reception classes used Fairtrade chocolate to make their own rice crispie cakes, which looked very delicious! There were maths investigations, independent research, children creating their own powerpoint presentations about Fairtrade, a football tournament using a Fairtrade football, just to name a few. Please take a look at the pictures below to see just some of the things we have done in school for this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight.