Dear Parents / Carers,

We did it!  We put on the KS1 Christmas plays and they were absolutely amazing.  The children were confident and acted brilliantly.  Their singing was beautiful.  And you the parents have supported the whole way through from providing costumes, listening to the Christmas songs endlessly at home and taking the safety precautions to help the plays go ahead – thank you so much.

A massive thank you to the staff who have made this happen.  We all appreciate your hard work and time spent on getting this ready.

I hope this made you feel like Christmas is really here and we can actually celebrate it this year.

Year 1 – 6 children had a great time at the theatre on Wednesday.  It was so good to see them enjoying the show.  The early years children had a fun time at Stafford today.  They even got to meet Santa and received a gift.

Christmas Jumper / Chocolate donation day

Just a reminder that Monday 13th December is Christmas jumper day in exchange for bringing in some chocolate for our children’s Christmas Bingo.  

The bingo games will be on Tuesday 14th December.

I have a huge THANK YOU to make to Absolute Barbers and Platinum Dog Grooming.  They have very generously offered to donate a treat for every child in the school.  This way, even if a child doesn’t win at the bingo, all of our children will have a special something.  Thank you so much.  This is such a kind gesture, which we are all grateful for.

End of term reports

Years 1 – 6.  On Wednesday you’ll receive your child’s end of term report.  We hope you are as impressed as we are with their progress.

Early years – Due to the new framework, the children won’t be assessed until the end of the year.  If there are any concerns, staff speak to you immediately.  If you have any concerns, please contact the staff.

Clarification on Swimming Lessons

The government wants all children, by the end of year 6, to be able to swim 25 metres.  As we are very fortunate to be able to offer two lots of swimming sessions, we took the following decisions.   

We always take Year 3 swimming and therefore have kept to this plan.  

We then took the decision to take Years 5 and 6 swimming as they have the least amount of time to catch up and achieve the official requirement.

Current Year 4 children will go next year and then they will also have 2 years to catch up if necessary. 

Early Years Christmas sing-a-long

Just a reminder to parents that this is limited to 1 adult per child.  Please can you take a LFT before coming to school and wear a face mask.  Thank you.

Christmas Carol Concert

We’re all looking forward to you joining us on the last day of school.  If the weather is terrible, we will cancel this as standing outside in stormy weather will not be pleasurable for any of us.  Fingers crossed for calm weather.

Thank you for your continued support.

Take care and have a lovely weekend