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.

Dear Parents and Carers,

It’s been a very excitable couple of days at Friarswood with our World Book Day activities.  The children have looked amazing in their outfits and have taken part in lots of fun activities.  Lucky Year 3 who got to have a jam tart as their theme was Alice in Wonderland. 

Dear Parents / Carers,

Careers Related Learning

A few weeks ago I asked if you could help our children to understand different job roles and how what they learn in school helps them to achieve a job when they’re older.  This was also an area which you scored low on the parent survey so we are hoping lots of you can support with this.

We are hoping that you can record yourself talking about your job, what you actually do, if you have a uniform and equipment and anything else which the children will find interesting.

This can be for just your child’s class or we can share it with other classes too.

Please can you send your recordings to laura.coleman@coopacademies.co.uk

Thank you for your hopeful support with this.

Today, we ended Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week with a ‘Dress to Express’ day. The children could come into school wearing what they really wanted, whether it was as a superhero, a princess, a footballer or just an outfit that makes them feel happy. The children all came into school with a huge smiles on their faces! They certainly had chosen well, expressing themselves in lots of different ways.

We have been really fortunate to secure a funded mini orchard from the local council. The trees arrived ready to be planted this week.

Thank you to our regular gardeners who helped in their break time club to sketch, plan and mark out our planting area and then attended our mini orchard planting on Monday after school.

The children have learnt a lot about bare root fruit trees and how to plant and care for them. More work will need be done this week in their break time club to provide the trees with a much needed mulch base and protection.

We all think they will be amazing to watch and hopefully grow some delicious fruit! We would like to say a big thank you to Mrs Shaw for her hard work in gardening club and for securing this great opportunity for our garden area in school. #DoWhatMattersMost #SucceedTogether