I know that it is nearly the Easter holidays and I should be
feeling happy as I am about to have a holiday but I am going to have to start
my blog this week with a couple of moans. The teachers and I have noticed
recently that a number of pupils are being a little ‘lax’ about their uniform.
Ties are being forgotten, girls are wearing earrings and nail polish and some
non-school uniform shoes are being worn. Can you please support us by ensuring
that your child comes to school in the correct uniform. Although we are pulling them up on it at
school it would make our lives a lot easier if you could support us with this.
If you need reminding of what the uniform is there is a list on our website
under ‘school info’. Remember that after Easter summer uniform can be worn
although we do ask that you do not get rid of their winter uniform as we like
them to wear that for the class photographs which are on the 28th
April.
The problem of parking in front of the school has also been
brought to my attention again. May I remind you that it is illegal to park on
the yellow zig-zag lines in front of the school and the ‘Keep Clear’ sign means
just that. Apparently there is a persistent offender who makes the excuse that
they have to park near the school because they have young children in the car
but so do all the people who park their cars away from the school and use push
chairs to walk their young children to the entrance. People who tend to park in
front of the school are those who arrive late so my advice to those people
would be to leave home five minutes earlier so there is time to park away from
the school and get here on time. We have contacted the local police again as
have some parents so if you do get a ticket or a fine you cannot say that you
were not warned. As a school I have to say that parents receiving fines does
not bother me but a child getting injured does.
Anyhow, now onto happier matters. Next week is the last week
of term and we have an action packed week in school. During the week all the
children will be taking part in an egg decorating competition. We are supplying
the children with a polystyrene egg to decorate but what we are asking them to
do is to come up with an idea for their design over the weekend and then bring
any ‘bits’ they think they might need into school next week. We will have some
materials in school for this but we cannot guarantee that we will have
everything your child may require. The day the children are actually decorating
their eggs will be on their class blogs.
On Wednesday afternoon we also have our regular half termly
‘Open Afternoon’ which allows parents to look at the work the children have
done over the half term. The session runs from 3.00pm – 4.30pm and I look
forward to seeing many of you there.
Some of the classes (Nursery, Reception, Year 1, Year2 and
Year 6) are also taking part in the PTA scheme for ‘Grow a Pound’. All the
classes have been given £30 to spend on resources for money raising schemes in
the hopes of making far in excess of the £30 that they started with. At 1.30pm
on Friday we would like to invite all the parents to come to school and
purchase what the classes have made. This is going to include plants, cakes and
paella so do not have lunch before you come because there will be plenty of
food for you to eat. The class that raises the most money will be awarded a cash
prize to donate to a charity of their choice.
Those of you who have children in Years 3,4 & 5 will
know that they are putting on their production of ‘Cinderella Rockerfella’ next
week and so will not be taking part in the ‘Grow a Pound’ challenge until after
Easter. We are all looking forward to the show and if you have a child in that
year group and do not have any tickets for the show please contact the school
office.
I am sorry that I have given you a long blog to read. I hope
that you all have an enjoyable weekend and please remember that, as next Friday
is the last day of term, school will be finishing at 2.00pm.