Another busy week passes as we hurtle towards Christmas. We had a real treat in school this week as we had a visit in assembly from the some local cub and scout leaders. They were presenting silver scouting awards to some children in the school (which is a very good award for cubs to achieve) and they were also giving the. If you are interested in your children joining a scouting pack there are leaflets in the foyer rest of the children an outline of the activities that are provided for children through the scouting movement which will give you all the information that you need.

This week has also been ‘Anti Bullying’ week in school. This year the theme has been the ‘Power of Good’. To help remind the children of good deeds that they can do for others many of the children have written a message on a blue or silver tree bauble and these have been. This way they can get a daily reminder of things they can do to help others so the ‘Power of Good’ can be sustained throughout the whole year. hung on a trestle in the KS2 playground

Today we had a collection for ‘Children in Need’. As we were taking donations from parents I do not know the total at the moment but when I do I will let you know. 

Next week there is also a lot happening in school and it all seems to be happening on Friday. On that day we have the Year 4 assembly, the mufti day for our Christmas bazaar and it is our ‘Big Draw’ event. As it is a ‘Mufti Day’ the children have to bring in chocolate or wine to donate to the bazaar in exchange for not wearing their uniform. If you are donating wine it should be brought in by an adult. For the ‘Big Draw’ we are asking parents to come in during allocated slots to draw with their children. Art has been found to have many beneficial effects on children’s learning and well- being and if they see that their parents value art then it will encourage them to partake in art activities more frequently. Parents have been asking me that if they have two children in the school can they take them out at the same time and that is absolutely fine.

Have a great weekend – I am heading to the O2 to watch the tennis in the hopes that Andy Murray will sustain his world number one ranking – I hope he does not disappoint.