It was great to see so many of you at parents’ evening, this week.  Thank you for bearing with us, as we ran over timings in many classes. There is so much to talk about, already and so early in the school year!

Having launched Black History Month, last week, it was great to spend an afternoon with our year 5 pupils, talking about and celebrating diversity.  I was amazed by the thought and sensitivity that went into to the children’s responses and thoroughly enjoyed my time with class 5CS.  Mr Bradley and I are very much looking forward to hearing about the work going on in all of our other year groups.

We are very much looking forward to the school discos, on Tuesday 14th October.  Thank you to the HSA for organising the event which will really help to raise money for school funds.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend.

This week, we were treated to one of Lindsey Brown’s special painting assemblies.  Lindsey told us the story of Ruth Naomi and Boaz.  As she told the story, the painting came to life.  In our weekly reflections, we considered ways in which we can be sharing and caring towards each other.  Many of the children reflected that giving someone your time and attention is a good way to show how much you care.

Parents’ Evening will be taking place on Wednesday 8th October from 3:30pm-7pm. Appointments must be booked via the online system by following this link:

https://www.parents-booking.co.uk/churchoftheascension

If you haven’t yet booked an appointment and would like one, the online system is live until 3:30pm on Monday 6th October. If you have any problems booking an appointment, please contact the school office.

Attendance figures for week beginning 29.9.25

Class RH  98.9%

Class RY  97.4%

Class 1C  98.2%

Class 1/2B  100%

Class 2S  98.3%

Class 3N  98%

Class 3/4JB  98%

Class 4C  97.9%

Class 5CS  98.1%

Class 5/6M  95.7%

Class 6P  95%

On Monday 20th October at 9:00am, we will be hosting a Parent Carer Forum with representatives from the PINS (Partnership for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools) project. This will be held in the Spare Classroom with access through the main Reception. Please follow the link below and complete the form if you intend to attend this forum.

https://forms.office.com/e/yS8hzHDYXZ

It has been another very busy and productive week, here in school.  On Wednesday, I spent the afternoon with our reception children and their families at the wonderful welcome service.  It was such a treat to welcome our new reception children to the school and church communities and for each of them to have a go at ringing the church bell, in celebration. Thank you to the Home School Association who funded the beautiful bibles that were gifted to each child. The children’s singing was phenomenal and we are all very impressed by how confident our youngest children already are, so early in the school year. Well done, reception!

All of our Pupil Voice groups have now been elected and are ready to help support the school’s progress and development.  The first job for our School Council and Worship Committee will be to organise and communicate our Harvest Festival Celebrations, which will take place on 16th October. School Council will be in touch soon, with further details.

I thoroughly enjoyed my afternoon with year 6, this afternoon, talking all things Nepal.  The children listened very carefully and made some very thoughtful responses about daily life in Nepal, as well as the risks and dangers of tourism in the mountain areas.  Thank you for having me, year 6.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend.  Sounds like it will be a weekend for avoiding Storm Amy!

This week we have focused on another of the key elements of our School Vision and Curriculum Driver – Independence.  We thought about what it means to be alone and explored the quote, “Independence isn’t doing your own thing; it’s doing the right thing on your own”. We read the story, ‘Gary’ and learned about how Gary the racing pigeon who couldn’t fly, had to think creatively and act independently to find his way home.  This week, children have focused on what and who give them strength and independence.