Weekly Reminders - 2nd May

2nd May 2025

Reminders, Updates & Information

 

Attendance This Week

We have had another strong week of attendance as the warmer weather arrives and those lingering winter bugs finally ease off. Our whole school attendance figure this week is 97.1%.
Thank you for everything you do to support your child’s regular attendance. Being in school every day makes such a difference to their learning, friendships and confidence.

New Interactive Screen
We are absolutely delighted to have a new interactive screen now installed just outside Squirrel Class. This has allowed us to create a brilliant new learning space for additional learning and interventions, which will benefit children from across the school.
A huge thank you to our amazing PTA for funding this project — we are so grateful for their continued support.

Achievement Certificate Winners
This week’s certificates were awarded to: Elsie, Isla, Lucia, Alice, Brielle, Sadiqah, George and Adelaide.
Their teachers praised them for showing wonderful learning traits such as compassion, determination, curiosity and being a kind friend.
Well done to all of our certificate winners!

Hot, Sunny Weather
As the weather warms up, please remember to send your child to school with:

  • A full water bottle
  • A sun hat
  • Suncream already applied at home on bright days

This helps us to keep everyone safe, cool and comfortable while they enjoy their learning and outdoor play.

 

Mornings
A gentle reminder that mornings, as the children are arriving, are a busy and important time for our teachers. This is when they are settling the class, preparing for the day ahead and welcoming every child into school.

For this reason, we kindly ask that parents and carers avoid entering classrooms before school starts and refrain from holding long conversations with teachers at drop-off time. This helps us ensure a smooth and settled start for all children.

If you do need to speak to a teacher, please wait until the end of the day when they’ll have more time to talk, or contact the school office to arrange an appointment. Mr Neale is also available at the gate each morning and can pass messages on, and Mrs Baker in the office is always happy to help by phone or email.

 

Forest School
Our extended Forest School sessions continue to be a real highlight of the week in Key Stage 2.

This week Owl Class made the most of the warm weather with a slip and slide, while others chose to build dens in the shade and even crafted their own swings, showing brilliant teamwork and problem-solving. Some children enjoyed helping Mrs McIntyre sow seeds for peppers, and others practised their sawing and hand-drilling skills while creating woodland medallions.

Foxes Class had a fantastic session too. They made bracelets using elder wood, sowed seeds for the vegetable patch, and enjoyed the slip and slide as well!

Wishing all our families a restful and happy long Bank Holiday weekend. We hope the sun keeps shining!

 

Dates for Your Diary

  • Thursday 8th May – Year 3/4 Tennis Event
  • Monday 12th May – Year 6 SATs Week begins
  • Wednesday 14th May – Year 1/2 Shooting Star Football Event
  • Wednesday 21st May – Class Photos
  • Friday 23rd May – PTA Sponsored Bounce
  • Monday 2nd June – INSET Day (school closed to pupils)
  • Friday 13th June – PTA Summer Discos
  • Friday 20th June – Non-Uniform Day for Summer Fayre
  • Monday 23rd June – Year 6 Leavers’ Service
  • Friday 27th June – Summer Fayre
  • Friday 4th July – Sports Day and Colour Run    (new date)
  • Friday 11th July – Year 6 Leavers’ Party
  • Wednesday 16th – Friday 18th July – Year 6 Residential