Friday 7 November 2014


I think we can safely say that after a warm October autumn has certainly arrived in November – I had to scrape the ice off my car this week and it was hard for me to remember the last time I did that  - all I can remember of last winter is rain. The weather may be cold outside but it is certainly warm and cheery inside at school. All the children seem to have come back refreshed from their half term break and they all appear pleased to be here. They do have good reason to feel that way though because we do provide them with plenty of exciting experiences in school and as you know they have one to look forward to this weekend with our annual fireworks display. This is always a brilliant event and if you have not already purchased your tickets they are available from Darkes Lane tomorrow afternoon or on the gate. The event starts at 6.00pm, the bonfire is lit at 6.45pm and the fireworks display starts at 7.30pm. I will be there all night serving on the barbeque and I hope to see  many of you there. Remember the more money we raise the more the school will benefit. The next fundraising event after this will be our Christmas Fayre which is on Saturday, December 6th from 12noon – 3pm.

Martin Tuck, our school advisor from county, was in the school all day on Thursday to give an external opinion on how the school is performing and also to monitor our progress against our Ofsted targets. He was very pleased with what he saw and does think the school has made progress since the last inspection which is really good news for the school and all its stakeholders. I know all my staff work really hard to do the best they can for the pupils and it is both reassuring and pleasing to have this recognised by an outside agency.

On a sadder note Mr James left us today. Although he has only been with the school a relatively short time he has certainly made a big impact on everybody here and he will certainly be missed. On his behalf I would like to thank everyone who donated to his leaving gift which was some vouchers for IKEA which is what he wanted. His replacement Mr Spena has been here for a week and I would also like to thank everyone for making him feel so welcome.

That is all for now. I hope that I see many of you tomorrow night at the fireworks and I doubly hope that the weather is kind to us. 

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