Dear Parents/Carers,

Last Friday we had a really exciting afternoon.  We welcomed visitors into school for our Career’s Fair with Years 5 and 6.  The children had the opportunity to ask lots of questions to a range of people.  They found out about the skills needed for the different jobs, what qualifications you need and they learnt about how passion is so important to make a career successful.

We then had the Year 6 ‘Fiver Challenge’ stalls.  Year 6 had the opportunity to create their own mini business.  They were given £5 and then had to come up with their own business idea.  They had to create their idea, market their idea and then sell it.  All of the groups were successful.  They all made a profit, some made a great deal of profit. 

It was so good to see their success.  

Thank you to Miss Coleman and all of the parents that supported this valuable project.  It’s definitely one we will do again next year.

Launch into Kindness 

Thank you so much to everyone for taking part in this event.  It’s so important that our children learn about the many different people in our society and know how to show kindness to all. We have many families that make up our wonderful school.  Taking part in this Pride event has helped to strengthen our Friarswood family.

Swimming Gala

Well done to the gala children. We won plenty of races, which was so exciting.  We had some tough competition this year, with other schools having county swimmers in their teams.  Overall we can 2nd!  What a super effort from Emma, Ezra, Vlad, Ruben, Imogen, Florence, Anna, Mila, Jack and Isla. 

Swimming – Years 3 and 5

Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th are the last days of swimming this year.  Our children have made so much improvement with their swimming skills.  They have learnt about many water safety issues too.  It’s been a pleasure to watch the children have so much fun and progress so much.  Well done to all of the children who have taken part.

Small & Tall

Small & Tall will be closed on Monday 4th September due to staff training. They are still taking bookings for the Summer holidays. It is open Tues-Thursday for the first 4 weeks of the holidays. Please email fria.small&tall@coopacademies.co.uk if you need a place.

Midshires/Kitchen are having an American themed menu for 4th July next week. Waffles and ice-cream are also available for dessert as well as the Key lime jelly.

PTA – Bring a bottle

Thank you to everyone who has supported today.  The Summer Fair looks like it’s going to be such an exciting event.  The PTA are busy working on all of the last minute arrangements.  Without their enthusiasm and commitment, our children wouldn’t receive all of the extra treats as school budgets just can’t afford them anymore.  Thank you in advance for your support.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Take care and stay safe

Mrs Wilmer

Absences

Please report any absences on the first day of the absence to Mrs Dean on 01782 470401 (please leave a message if I am not in the office) or email angela.dean@coopacademies.co.uk .

If your child has sickness/diarrhoea they do require 48hours symptom free before they come back to school.

Co-op Ways of Being 

Be yourself always

Succeed together

Do what matters most

Show you care

Dear Parents / Carers,

On Wednesday 5th July, we will be having our ‘move-up’ morning.  Children will come into school as normal, they will have their register then will move to their new class to meet their new teacher ready for September.  Below is a list of staffing for September:

Nursery – Mrs Tagg & Miss Goodwin

Reception – Mrs Williams & Mrs Rushton

Year 1 – Mrs Elkin (Monday, Tuesday & alternate Wednesdays), Mrs Harris (alternate Wednesdays, Thursday & Friday) & Mrs Bebbington

Year 2 – Mrs Hartley & Mrs Ratcliffe

Year 3 – Mrs Dickens (our new teacher and SENDCo)

Year 4 – Miss Davies (covering Mrs Rafferty’s maternity leave for the whole year)

Year 5 – Miss Coleman

Year 6 – Mrs Sharman

Mrs Shaw, Mrs Oliver and Dr Fletcher are the TAs who will support across KS2

Mrs Hughes is our cover supervisor, so will teach in most of the classes at various times of the week.

We played 2 schools in this group stage of the competition.

The first game was very tight and went to the very last over.

Co-op Academy Friarswood won by just 7 runs. It was a nail-biting end!

Our second game was much more comfortable, winning by quite a few wickets.

A huge well done to the team!

On to the finals!

‘It was really fun and we had a great day!’

Emma | Team Captain

Huge well done to…

• Vlad
• Oliver
• James
• Ruben
• Ezra
• Georgia
• Emma
• Sofia

Dear Parents & Carers,

What a busy week we’ve had!  Lots of sports competitions in school and out of school along with Ofsted, a school trip for Year 4 and then interviews for Mrs Rafferty’s maternity cover.

The children have been amazing this week.  They have really shown off how well they learn and how resilient, hardworking and polite they are.   

Also a big thank you to the staff and children for adapting so well to staff having to support in different classes whilst the other staff were speaking to the inspector.

We will get the report in a few weeks.  Once it’s official, we’ll send you a copy. 

The children have thoroughly enjoyed cricket, rounders and cross country this week.  The team spirit shown in all of the games has been great to see.  We certainly have a lot of competitive children.  Well done to all of the children.

The Year 4 trip was a resounding success. The children came back to school so excited about the plate decorating and were full of information about the kilns and their learning about Clarice Cliff.  It was so lovely to hear from the museum staff about their super behaviour, how polite they were and how focused their questions were.  Well done Year 4!

Year 4 school council, Emyllia and Jack wrote …

This half term we have been learning about Clarice Cliff so for our school trip we went to Gladstone Pottery Museum.  When we arrived, we were split into two groups.  My group was taken off to paint a plate in the style of Clarie Cliff.  While we waited for the paint to dry, we did a little bit of research about Clarice Cliff.  Luckily, it was warm in the studio so the plates dried quickly.

After dinner, we got to tour around the museum and we were lucky to see how pottery is made and the machines that made this much quicker.  A lovely lady was making clay flowers and she let us time her to see how quickly she could do it.  During our tour, we went into a kiln.  DO NOT WORRY, this kiln does not work anymore but we were able to see what it was like inside and how it was used to cook the clay and make it harden.

My favourite part of the trip was getting to paint our own plate that we were able to bring home.

After half term I will be able to send more information about Mrs Rafferty’s maternity leave cover teacher along with which teachers will be teaching your child next year.  We’re just finalising details.

The PTA disco was a great success.  It raised over £630, which is a fantastic amount.  The PTA funds go to funding various additional resources and support for the children which the school budget just cannot afford. 

Thank you to everyone who supported this event – from the PTA members to all of you who came along.

Next week is half term.  We have an INSET day (staff training day) on Monday 5th June so the children are back in school on Tuesday 6th June.

Last Friday our children took part in European Language Day. Each class had a country that they would focus on and learn about the different cultures, foods, traditions and the language they spoke. The children got to come into school wearing either the flag colours or traditional clothing if they wanted to. Everyone had a super day! There were lots of traditional dances being practised, smells of food tasting running through the corridors and so many enthused children in every room! It was fantastic to see. #SucceedTogether #DoWhatMattersMost

Dear Parents / Carers,

We had such a lovely day yesterday.  It was great to see so many of you join the coronation picnic and you brought the sunshine too.  I really enjoyed chatting to so many of you and it was lovely to see you having fun and spending some time with friends. The children certainly enjoyed it.

Today, all of the children have been taking part in coronation activities.  Some of the clay work is amazing!  There’s been a fantastic buzz around the school with the children so excited about the coronation.

I hope you all have a lovely long weekend and enjoy the celebrations.

Reception Trip

Reception children visited the local church this week.  They learnt about various areas in the church and the importance of a church in the Christian faith.  They drew some fantastic pictures of their favourite objects which they found.  They came back to school very enthusiastic and full of chatter about their visit which was lovely to hear.

Next week Year 6 will be taking their SATs.  Lots of rest, breakfast every morning and the reassurance that they will be absolutely fine.  The children work so hard every single day and I’m sure they’ll show off what they know next week.  And if they forget something – they forget it!  They are remarkable children in so many ways and everyone at Friarswood knows this.

Year 2 children will be taking their SATs over the last 2 weeks of the half term.  This is a calm and steady process where the children work on their own but in small groups.  They may be asked to work in another room so that they have space and can concentrate.  Looking at how much progress they have made in the last few months I know they’ll enjoy completing this special work.

European Language Day

Next Friday (12th May) the whole school will be taking part in this event.  Children will learn about a different country including main places, events and (most importantly) about typical food from the country. Each class has been given a different country and if they wish they can come to school in the colours of that country’s flag or full on disco sparkles as our celebration also coincides with the UK hosting the Eurovision Song Contest!

Sports Events

KS2 – Mon 15th May at 1:30pm

Early Years – Tue 16th May at 9:15am

KS1 – Tue 16th May at 1:30pm

Thank you as ever for your continued support.

Have a lovely long weekend

Take care and stay safe.

Mrs Wilmer

Absences

Please report any absences on the first day of the absence to Mrs Dean on 01782 470401 (please leave a message if I am not in the office) or email angela.dean@coopacademies.co.uk .

If your child has sickness/diarrhoea they do require 48hours symptom free before they come back to school.

Co-op Ways of Being 

Be yourself always

Succeed together

Do what matters most

Show you care