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.

Attendance figures for week beginning 8.9.25

Class RH  100%

Class RJ  100%

Class 1C  99.29%

Class 1/2B  99.67%

Class 2S  96.67%

Class 3N  99.33%

Class 3/4JB  100%

Class 4C  99.31%

Class 5CS  99.03%

Class 5/6M  98.33%

Class 6P  99%

I am very sorry to report that I have had to re-schedule the inflatable assault course again, to later next week.  With strong winds predicted for the beginning of the week, we felt that it was safest to delay.  I have never known the weather to be so unsettled at the beginning of the school year and it is typical that this unpredictable weather coincides with when we are trying to organise an outdoor event!  Many thanks for your support and patience with this.

AIP, our school food provider, will be on the main playground from 3pm on Tuesday 16th September.  They are looking forward to meeting our families and answering any questions that you  may have about our school lunches.  I  believe that they may also be bringing some sweet treats.

The children have done some fantastic responses to our focus book, The Dot.  I am so impressed by how inspired and creative the children have been.  We shared some examples of poetry in Praise Assembly, this morning.

Many thanks to all of you who attended our phonics and early reading evening, this week. We have never had such a positive turn out before. For those who did attend, please could you take a couple of minutes to complete our feedback form?  https://forms.office.com/e/ZfteS15WYJ

A quick reminder that our HSA meeting will take place on Monday 15th September, at school, at 630pm.  I look forward to seeing many of you, then.

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