At the end of what has been a fantastic term, we have had another busy week!  I very much enjoyed a visit to the farm, with our reception children.  We had a great day in the sunshine, learning about farm life and seeing all the baby animals.  Our reception children had a great time and were a pleasure to spend the day with.

Well done to our Year 4 tri-golf team who took part in a competition this week.  Thank you for representing our school so well.  Well done also to our netball team for your incredible win, this week!

Thank you all for your continuing support with managing rubbish and recycling in school.  Our children are being very responsible and resourceful in supporting school with its recycling commitment.

A date for your diaries – we have had to change the date of the Key Stage 2 Sports Day due to clashing commitments.  It will now take place for Key Stage 2 pupils on Tuesday 24th June.  Key Stage 1 Sports Day remains on Tuesday 1st July.

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter!  I very much look forward to seeing the children on Monday 28th April, and hearing all about the Easter egg hunts!

It has been an incredibly busy week at Church of the Ascension!  Our week has included a Trust Choir Festival, 2 visits to the Black Country Museum, a gymnastics competition, Experience Easter at church, a football match and lots of learning!

Thank you all for your support with the new rubbish collection arrangements.  The children have been fantastic in trying to make sure that they are putting things in the correct bins.  It is taking some getting used to for us all, but we are very grateful to you and to the children for your continuing support.

Elevate Performance Academy sports coaches will be offering extra-curricular sporting activities for year 2- 4, after the Easter holidays.  We have the following on offer:
Year 2 – cricket/ rounders on Tuesdays

Year 3 – cricket/ rounders on Thursdays

Year 4 – rugby on Wednesdays

Letters are available from the school office, should you wish your child to participate.  There is a cost of £5 per session.

We are very much looking forward to the Church of the Ascension Spring Festival on May 16th.  There are stalls still available – if anyone would like one, then please do get in touch with the school office.  We are also looking for any talents that could perform on the evening, such as singing or dancing.  Again, if you are able to offer or know of anyone who could, please contact the school office who will put you in touch with the HSA.

We have loved bringing in our own picture books and sharing those on this week’s dynamic bookshelf in the reading corner.  Lots of memories and book sharing!  

It has been another very busy week, at Church of the Ascension.  Our reception pupils have been busy being scientists and hunting down dinosaurs! There were many excellent homework projects from years 5 and 6 to celebrate in Praise Assembly, this morning.  I have learnt a lot about coastal erosion, by reading them.

Thank you to all of those who have responded to the dinner provision survey.  The survey is still open should you still wish to respond –  AIP survey.   I will be meeting with representatives from AIP, next week.

I had the privilege of attending the Dudley School’s  R.E. Debates with 4 pupils from years 5 and 6.  The children were incredibly brave and were the first of the teams to put their motion forward that all schools should teach all religions and faiths in R.E. lessons.  This was opposed by Pedmore Primary School.  We then watched the remaining debates and our children asked some very insightful questions of the other teams. Well done and thank you to the children that represented our school so well.

What a great week we have had.  The Secret Readers, Book Swap and Gift Books were a huge success and we all had a really lovely World Book Day.  It was marvellous to see the whole school reading.  Thank you all for your support with the day and for the donations of books.

Wellbeing Buddies lead our assembly on Thursday, encouraging us all to ‘take notice’.  They encouraged us all to be more present and to make sure that we take notice of the environment around us.  The sun shining this week has certainly helped with that!  Classes have been encouraged to play different types of music and look at different types of art, for us to appreciate.  We look forward to hearing about how children have been ‘taking notice’, at home, as well.

My sincere apologies for the ongoing issues with booking school lunches.  We are working closely with AIP, our catering supplier, to address these.

Just a quick reminder that there are no local elections this year, so school will not be closed.

Wishing you all a very lovely weekend.