We are very much looking forward to seeing many of our children later, at the discos.

Key stage 1 and reception – 530 – 615pm

Key stage 2 – 630 – 730pm

Well done to our year 6 pupils who performed a dress rehearsal of their play, Shakespeare Rocks, to the rest of the school.  It sounded incredible – I am sure that families will very much enjoy the production, next week. We look forward to our families coming to watch the production on Monday evening and Tuesday afternoon. Details of tickets will be sent separately, by the year 6 team.

Some of our year 5 pupils competed in the Maths Quizmasters Competition, at Summerhill. The whole team did brilliantly and were incredible ambassadors for the school.  A special mention to Zeke who can recall Pi to 86 decimal places – wow! Thank you to the whole team, who represented our school so well.

We aim to start our Key Stage 1 sports day at approximately 930am, on Tuesday 7th July.  The school field will be open from 0850.  Please bring your own chairs and please could you remain seated behind the barriered area, for safeguarding purposes.

This week, we have been thinking about transitions.  We recognised that we will all have a mixture of feelings about moving on to a new year group and new class – we might be feeling excited and nervous, all at the same time.  We talked about strategies that we can use to manage those emotions.

I  shared one of my favourite books with the children, The Owl Who is Afraid of the Dark. We talked about the ideas, support and guidance of others had helped Plop to be a confident night bird and who we can talk to about our thoughts and feelings, too.

What a week!  Firstly, I would like to express my gratitude to our children who have been incredibly resilient during a very uncomfortable week, in school.  Thank you also, for your patience and support.  It is very much appreciated. Huge thanks to our HSA for their quick thinking and action to get us more fans before there was a national shortage.  The ice pops supplied by the HSA have also been a very welcome relief – thank you!

Along with the rest of the nation, we are very much hoping that next week will be considerably cooler.  We kindly request that usual uniform expectations, including footwear,  resume from Monday, please.

As you will know from our previous communication, we have had to move both KS1 and KS2 sports days.  Weather permitting, Key Stage 1 sports day is now on Tuesday 7th July and Key Stage 2 will be on Monday 13th July.  We will aim to start as quickly as we can, following the start of the school day, at approximately 0930. We are very grateful for your understanding.

Due to ongoing issues with emailing, we will be moving over to a new system in September where all communication will be sent out via Arbor. We will also be moving over to Arbor for purchasing uniform and paying for school visits.  I will be writing to you next week, regarding actions that you will need to take over the summer to ensure that we are all fully set up for September. Please keep an eye out for further communication, next week.

We were able to fit in one act of worship this week, before the hot weather meant that we couldn’t congregate for the rest of the week.

Lindsey Brown delivered one of her awe inspiring, painting assemblies.  While painting us a picture, Lindsey retold Jesus’s parable of the lost coin (Luke 15: 8 – 10) and the joy that finding the lost coin had brought.  We then reflected on what brings us joy – time with family and friends was top of the list for most of us.

Could we remind parents to please ensure their child brings a water bottle to school each day, particularly as the weather is now getting warmer. We have very limited cups available in school to give to children.

Thank you for your support.