Friday 18 March 2016


It is nice to sit down and type this after a very active morning. As you all know it is Sports Relief today and to mark the occasion we had a ‘Family Mile’ this morning. It was a very enjoyable event and I would like to thank everyone who took part and made a donation to ‘Sports Relief’ either with cash or cakes. I would also like to thank Mr Mills for organising the event and the PTA for serving refreshments.

We also had another treat this morning with the Year 2 Assembly which was about the foods we eat. It was a very enjoyable performance and what pleased me was that the children enjoyed it as well.  As well as all the effort from the children it would not have been possible without a lot of hard work from the staff and so I would like to thank Mr Spring, Mrs Wells, Mrs Pittson and Miss Prendergast for all their efforts in putting the assembly together.

I am afraid I have to have a moan this week because we have had a little trouble this week with people parking in front of the school again. Since we started using the cones people have been very good in not parking in front of the school but just recently we have had a couple of people parking too close. One person even moved a cone so they could turn around to drive out so if you need to do this you are parking inappropriately. I have also had a complaint from a school neighbour that people are blocking access to their property whilst they are waiting to pick up their child. It is illegal to block the access to someone’s property and I have told him that if they do it again he should inform the police.   We have the parking restrictions in place for the safety of the children and I would hate for an accident to have to occur before everyone starts following them.

Due to the early Easter break next week is a four day week which I am sure everyone is looking forward to. Before that though there is still plenty happening in school. On Monday we have the Mathletics meeting for all parents in Reception through to Year 4. We have heard very good things about this programme and the positive impact it can have on children’s mathematical understanding. We are going to be trialling it for two weeks and we need your input to let us know how effective it is. The meeting is starting at 2.40pm. We were due to have a ‘Sharing Assembly’ on Monday but rather than having some parents coming into school for 2 different events at 2 different times we decided to postpone the Sharing Assembly until Thursday, 1st April.

On Wednesday we have the Easter Egg Hunt which has been organised by the PTA and starts at 3.30pm. I know this is going to be a fun activity which all the children will enjoy and I hope to see many of you there. If you have not done so already please make sure you return your participation form to the PTA box which is found at the main office

 As well as these events some of the classes are also going to be starting their horse riding activity so with so much going on it is good that we have a short week so we can have a long weekend to rest. Enjoy your weekend and I look forward to seeing you all again next week.

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