It has been a great start to what will be a very busy half term.  It was lovely to welcome the children back to school, on Tuesday and we have had a very settled and productive first week back.  I hope that you all received the letter sent yesterday regarding dates and times of the festive events that we have coming up.  The letter can be found in the parents’ area of the website and we have now updated the calendar.

If your child belongs to any of the uniformed groups, such as brownies, scouts etc, they are able to wear their representative uniform to school for remembrance on Tuesday 11th November.  All other children will attend in school uniform, as usual.

Thank you all for your support with the new start to the day arrangements.  We have certainly felt the benefits in school, with a much calmer and more settled start to the morning.

Well done to our tag rugby team who took part in a tournament, on Tuesday.  You represented our school brilliantly and we are very proud of your performance and behaviour.  Thank you.

I am sure that you will be as delighted as we were, to hear that Miss Slater’s baby girl arrived safely, on Monday evening.

This week, we have been thinking about our core value of generosity.  Generosity is certainly a value that we are very confident with, here at Church of the Ascension.  It is the value that we celebrate most in praise assembly every week, with lots of examples of how children have been generous with their time, friendship and talents.  We thought about the story of the Generous Widow Mark 12:41 – 44.  Jesus noticed the offerings of the rich and then noticed the poor widow who had very little, but gave everything that she had.  Jesus used the example of the generous widow to his disciples.  We then read the wonderful story of the Rainbow Fish and reflected on how positive Rainbow Fish felt when he finally learnt the value of generosity.

Could we kindly remind parents that if your child has been booked into Breakfast or After School Club but will not be attending, please let Jacqui know.

Thank you for your support.

Children should have a P.E kit in school at all times. Please see our Uniform Policy to ensure your child has the correct items. Thank you for your support.

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Reminder to Year 6 parents:

If your child is due to start secondary school in 2026 then you will have to apply for a school place before 31st October 2025.

Apply online at www.dudley.gov.uk/admissions

What a busy half term, this has been!  It has concluded with many of our year 6 pupils going on their residential visit to London and PGL.  I have had daily updates about how brilliantly the children have represented our school and how much fun they have had.  We very much look forward to welcoming them home, this evening.

AIP will be hosting a bonfire themed lunch on 5th November. The menu will consist of hot dogs and burgers (including vegetarian) and baked potatoes with chilli or cheese and beans.

Thank you all very much for your generous donations to the Food Bank, for our Harvest collection.  The Black Country Food Bank were very pleased to collect our donation and are grateful to us for our continuing support.  Thank you to some of our year 6 pupils who helped with the collection of the items.

As we break up for half term, I am sure that you will join with me in wishing Miss Slater all the very best as she commences her maternity leave.  Miss Slater, we wish you all the very best and thank you for all of your energy and enthusiasm – right up until the end of your last day!

I hope that you all have a lovely and safe half term and look forward to seeing you all when the children return on Tuesday 4th November. We have spoken to the children about the new arrangements for the start of the day and we look forward to what will be a smoother and more settled start to the school day.