It has been an incredibly busy week for us in school and a week of demonstrating the variety of skills and talents that our children have.

Well done to all of the children who participated in the Dudley Gymnastics Competition.  We had teams representing all of our year groups.  Mrs Clarke was incredibly proud of how brilliantly all of the children represented our school.  The teams returned to school with lots of medals to celebrate in today’s Celebration Assembly.

Huge thanks to 3N, who started our morning today with a brass concert.  The children played with great skill and confidence and it was a pleasure to see the progress that they have made, over the term. Thank you also to some of our older children who demonstrated their skill and talent in singing, violin, trumpet and euphonium.

I hope that you all have a lovely weekend and enjoy the sunshine.

This week, we thought again about the core value of honesty and how this also links to our core value of forgiveness.  We  considered how Peter felt when he had betrayed Jesus and how the relationship between Peter and Jesus was restored through forgiveness.

In Thursday’s assembly we revisited our behaviour rules and the importance of using kind and respectful words. We learnt the acronym, THINK to remind us of the importance and power of the words that we use.  As a school, we have agreed to consider whether  what we are saying is:

True

Helpful

Inspiring

Necessary

Kind

Evie in Class 3/4JB is missing a khaki puffer coat from Next. She last had it before breaking up for the Easter holidays and we would be grateful if you could check at home in case it has been brought back in error.

Thank you.

I hope that you all had a wonderful Easter holiday and it has been lovely to welcome the children back to school, this week.

You may have noticed that we had some work done on the school site, over the holidays and the peace garden has been resurfaced to make it accessible in all weathers.  Thank you very much to Greenscape for carrying out the work at a discounted cost and to the HSA for their fundraising that has allowed us to have the work carried out. It really has made a difference to our outside area and the children have very much enjoyed using the outdoor space.

Please could I remind families that communication with school should be sent to the info@chur-ascen.dudley.sch.uk rather than emailing teachers directly. This then allows us to ensure that any queries are passed on to the appropriate person and responded to as soon as possible.

As a reminder regarding PE Kits, children will continue to need pumps appropriate for indoor PE, this term. Our uniform policy is available in the parents’ area of the website.

Hopefully you will have all received a letter today regarding key dates for this term.  We endeavour to keep the calendar on the website up to date, too.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend.

Honesty is our core value, this half term and this week we have been considering the saying, “honesty is the best policy”.  Our children gave some very thoughtful responses about why people sometimes lie.  We then thought about how Peter lied and denied knowing Jesus, 3 times.  We also considered that Peter lied because he was afraid and that Jesus understood this and showed compassion.

In Thursday’s assembly, we had a behaviour reset.  We reminded ourselves of the school’s 3 rules: use kind and respectful hands and feet; use kind and respectful words; be ready and responsible to learn.  We all reflected on how our behaviour impacts on others.

Please see the following information:

5 Ways to Wellbeing Workshop – Stourbridge Family Hub

5 Ways to Wellbeing Workshop – Half Term Cotwall End

Half Term Reflexions Game and Chill Dudley