Attendance figures for week beginning 1.9.25

Class RH  100%

Class RJ  100%

Class 1C  94.83%

Class 1/2B  96.55%

Class 2S  91.95%

Class 3N  96.55%

Class 3/4JB  99.33%

Class 4C  94.44%

Class 5CS  96.77%

Class 5/6M  96.55%

Class 6P  100%

Despite the rain, we have had a wonderful first week back at school.  After two staff INSET days of lots of thinking about and preparation for the year ahead, it was lovely to welcome the children back to school on Wednesday.  We have been so impressed by the confidence that the children have returned to school with.  Our youngest, new reception children have also been super confident and we are amazed by how quickly they are settling in to school life.  Thank you for all of your support, in what has been a very positive start to the school year. 

Your child will be coming home with a Data Collection sheet, next week.  Please could we request that these are checked and any amendments made and returned to school, as quickly as possible please.  We are hoping to move all of our school communications and payments over to Arbor and a quick return of this information will really help with a smooth transition.

I will be sending out a separate letter regarding provisional dates for the school year.  Just a quick reminder that we have a couple of parent events coming up over the next few weeks to provide information about our new phonics scheme + supporting reading at home and another evening regarding supporting your child with times tables:

Phonics and reading evening – Tuesday 9th September at 630pm (Reception, Year 1 & Year 2)

Multiplication evening – Tuesday 23rd September at 630pm (Year 3 & Year 4)

Another important date for your diary is our first HSA meeting of the year on Monday 15th September at 630pm. Our sincere thanks to the HSA who are funding our Inflatables Days, at the end of next week.  Hopefully you have all received the letter regarding all pupils having the opportunity to complete an assault course as part of our Aspire for Higher initiative.  If you have any questions or concerns, please do get in touch.

Please see the information below about Dudley SENDIASS Workshops:

SENDIASS Workshops 2025 – 2026

Please see the information below for activities at Kingswinford library this summer:

SRC Activites Poster

SRC Activites Poster Page 2

Our thanks go to Father Chris who led a very thought provoking act of worship this week.  Our assembly was all about transitions and about the feelings we may be experiencing at the end of one academic year and before the start of another.  Father Chris encouraged us to be mindful of our feelings and to acknowledge that we might have a whole mixture of emotions.  Father Chris reminded us of how we can spend some time with our own thoughts and feelings, and if we so choose can share how we are feeling with Jesus.

Thank you for a fabulous year that has been full of great memories.  I have thoroughly enjoyed my first year as head teacher at Church of the Ascension and am very grateful for the welcome and support that I have received. Looking back through the events that are posted on this website, remind us of all that we have enjoyed and achieved, over the year. Year 6 have done us proud with a fabulous production, brilliant behaviour on their trip to Baggeridge and a very touching Leaver’s Service, today.  Wishing our Year 6 pupils all the very best in their next steps – we look forward to hearing all about your future successes.

I hope that you all have a very lovely summer holidays and look forward to seeing you all when the children return on Wednesday 3rd September.  All holiday and INSET dates are now on the calendar. Other dates will be confirmed on our return, in the Autumn term.