Dear Parents / Carers,
What a busy couple of weeks it’s been with the parties, the early years singing and activity afternoon, the nativities, the parties and the grande finale of the carol concert today.
It’s been so lovely to see parents back in the school and taking part in some of our events. We’ve managed to do this as safely as possible, so thank you to all of you for helping with this.
On Friday, our Nursery and Reception class went to Stafford to see ‘Dear Santa’ at the theatre. The children thought it was magical! They really enjoyed the show and joined in all of the songs that Santa and his Elf sang. The children were amazing throughout the trip and made us very proud. Well done and Merry Christmas Early Years!
On Wednesday the whole of key stage 1 and key stage 2 went to The New Vic theatre to watch this year’s Christmas production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’. The children were mesmerised throughout this show! The clever, imaginative ways that the show was created was amazing to see. As always, our children were brilliant and were very well behaved throughout.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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We’ve got quite a busy couple of weeks ahead of us in school and no doubt you will have at home too. Staff and visitors are once again wearing face masks in the corridors and communal areas in the school. Next week we will be performing our KS1 Christmas play and early years singing to our parents. Parents please remember to wear your face masks and carry out a LFT before you come to school.
On Monday, our winning team will be having their treat. Every child in the school belongs to a team; England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales. Every time a child does anything positive, they receive a team point. At the end of each term, we reward the team with the most awards.
Next week, there will no doubt be lots of photos on Twitter and Facebook along with the website for you to have a look through. I’m not saying what the treat is as it’s a surprise but I’m sure you’ll hear all about it on Monday afternoon.
Wednesday 8th December
Years 1 – 6 will be returning from the theatre at approximately 4:30pm in 4 coaches. If you park along Abbots Way, please can you ensure that there is enough room for the coaches to get to the school. Do not park on the zig zag lines by the school.
Thank you.
Christmas Chocolate Bingo – but not as you know it!
The children have asked if we can hold a chocolate bingo. Due to current circumstances, we have decided to hold the bingo during the day with just the children taking part.
