This week’s focus has been on resilience, which is both part of our school vision and one of our new Curriculum Drivers.  We have reflected on what resilience means and there were some excellent suggestions from the children.  In the end, we decided that resilience means the ability to bounce back.  We thought about how we have already shown resilience this year by moving to new year groups, lots of new learning and of course, the literal bouncing, on the inflatable assault course!  Children found it very amusing that I had needed help from Miss Cottam to complete the course.  We then considered how we all need help at times, and that it is ok to ask for support.

We finished our assembly with the following:

Matthew 11:28​

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

Attendance figures for week beginning 15.9.25

Class RH  98.89%

Class RY  97.37%

Class 1C  98.57%

Class 1/2B  99.33%

Class 2S  95.33%

Class 3N  96.33%

Class 3/4JB  99.67%

Class 4C  98.62%

Class 5CS  94.84%

Class 5/6M  95.67%

Class 6P  96.67%

Can we kindly ask parents and carers to avoid standing on the grassed areas around the school site when waiting to collect children please. We find, particularly at this time of year, it causes damage to the grass and can create muddy areas. We would also like to encourage children not to run across the grass. Thank you for your support.

We have finally managed to have a go on the inflatable assault course!  I am so grateful that it has finally stopped raining and the wind has dropped enough for us to be able to fulfil our promise to the children.  It has been a lot of fun watching the children having a good go at the challenge and competing well with each other.  We have really enjoyed ourselves – thank you to the HSA for funding such a fun end to our Dot focus fortnight.

Thank you to all of those who attended the HSA meeting, this week.  A lot of exciting events have been planned.  Some dates for your diaries for this term:

Autumn Discos – 14.10.25 further details of times and ticket purchases to follow

Christmas Discos – 18.11.25

Christmas Festival and Grotto 5.12.25

As part of our vision to Aspire for Higher, we have introduced the 5Bs to our classes.  The 5Bs are strategies that children can use if they are stuck or struggling for ideas to get started: Brain, Board, Book, Buddy, Boss.  It is great to see our children working with increasing independence.

This week, our Collective Worship focus was our school value of Thankfulness.  We all thought about what we are thankful for and how gratitude can be very beneficial for our wellbeing.  We thought about a talent that we are grateful for as well as things in nature and things that money can’t buy.  It has been a great week of children coming and telling me things that they are grateful for.