I am writing this blog after the KS1 and KS2 sporting
events. We cancelled the day yesterday because of the horrible weather forecast
and although the rain did stop during the morning it was a far more pleasant
day for the event today. I know parents love to attend ‘Sports Days’ and try to
plan their work schedules around it but the office did receive an awful lot of
phone calls on Wednesday about whether or not we were going to cancel it which
took up a lot of their time. As I have mentioned in the past I do try and make
decisions such as closing the school or cancelling sports days only at the last
possible minute when I know I have no other choice and although the timing may
not be convenient for everyone it is my duty to keep the school running as
normally as possible. With our texting service we can also let people know very
quickly.
Anyhow today’s event was a big success and Grangewood are
the champions. I would like to thank all my staff for their hard work in making
it possible and I would like to give a special thank you to Mr Mills who does
put in a lot of hard work to make it all possible.
Next week is a very busy week in school because we have the
parent consultations. As I have said before, these are great occasions to
discuss with your child’s teacher how they are progressing with their learning.
I know these conversations can become quite involved but may I ask (and I will
also be speaking to the teachers about this ) that you stick to your ten
minutes because the schedules can quickly become very chaotic if everyone is
just a few minutes late. If you feel there is something that you would like to
discuss in more detail please make an appointment at the school office to meet
with the teacher at a later time.
At the end of the week on Saturday we also have our Summer
Fayre. This goes ahead no matter what the weather is like so let us hope that
it is sunny like last year. This is always a hugely enjoyable event that the
children look forward to and I look forward to seeing many of you there. To
make it a success takes a lot of organisation and planning from our PTA and the
last time I spoke to some of them I know there were still short of volunteers
for some of the events on the day so if you can spare an hour to help out
please either contact one of them or the school office to let them know of your
availability.
The money that the PTA raises goes a long way to enhancing
your child’s education. The money that they have at the moment is going to help
furnish a new foundation block we are hoping the school will get. Although
originally the money was going to be used to build an outdoor classroom if we
get this unit we will have an extra classroom in school so we will then just
refurbish it (using some of the PTA money) and it will serve the same purpose
as the outdoor classroom was going to do.
That is all for now. After an exciting day I am going to go
home and ‘flop’ for the night. I look forward to seeing many of you next week
at the parent consultations and the Summer Fayre.
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