Headteacher's News Archive

Being in school it is wonderful to hear all the staff constantly stating how hard the children are working and the progress that they are making.   It is also great to see so many of our children working together, taking responsibilities and thinking of others.  I continue to be impressed with our Year 6 children as they do a fabulous job in their roles as Mediators and Playground Squad.  Our Year 5 Sports Leaders are also showing real leadership potential.  At lunchtime … Continue Reading

Welcome back for the start of the summer term.  I hope that everyone had a lovely break. The summer term is always very exciting with so many things to look forward to. We will have our amazing International Evening, which is taking place in June, this is always a highlight of the school year. We also have Sports Days, our Year 6 residential trip to Tolmers Camp as well as the Year 6 production. We will also have trips for … Continue Reading

A massive thank you to everyone who made cakes, donated cakes or who helped to sell cakes last Friday.  We made over £400!  This is an amazing achievement and all the money goes to the school fund for new playground equipment for the school.  Your support is greatly appreciated.  A special thank you to Miss Silk for organising the event. On Thursday we have a meeting for parents who have children in Year 2.  We will be talking to you … Continue Reading

Children in Years 1 – 6 received their reports last Friday and this week all parents have the opportunity to talk to the teacher about the progress that has been made and targets for the future.  We look forward to seeing parents this Thursday (28th March) and also on Tuesday (2nd April).  Please ensure that you have signed up with the class teacher for a slot. On Friday we have a cake sale.  This is a fundraising event to raise money for … Continue Reading

A huge thank you to everyone for our fundraising event last Friday.  On our non-uniform day (wearing some red) we raised about £400 for our school charity – which is to improve our playgrounds.  A massive thank you to everyone for supporting the school. On Friday all the parents of children in Years 1 – 6 will receive their reports.  We look forward to seeing you on one of our two parents evenings to discuss your child’s progress further.  The … Continue Reading

Last Friday the children looked amazing!  The costumes that the children had on for Book Character Day were truly fabulous.  Well done to everyone for the effort that went into the costumes. This Friday we are raising money for the school charity – which this year is playground equipment for the school.  The children may come to school in their own clothes but we do ask that they have some red in their outfit.  Please do ensure that the children are … Continue Reading

We are right in the middle of Book Week and the children are all really enjoying the books that they are studying.  We have had a fabulous visit from Liz Fost and this really inspired the children in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Towards the end of the week we will be having an author in for our Key Stage 2 children.  Remember that Friday 8th March is our book character dress up day.  I can’t wait to see which characters … Continue Reading

What a wonderful start to the half term, the sun has been shining and the children have come back ready to learn!  There are lots of exciting events coming up this half term. We begin next week with our Book Week.  This is always a fabulous event for the children as we have two authors visiting the school.  For Nursery to Year 2 we have Liz Fost and in Years 3 to 6 we have Linda Newberry.  This is always … Continue Reading

A huge thank you to all those parents who have supported our events over the last week.  It was wonderful to see so many of our Year 1 children and parents join us for the bedtime story event.  I know that the staff enjoyed doing this event and we hope that you all enjoyed it too.  Thank you to Miss Jobanputra, Mrs Siggins and Mrs O’Sullivan for running this.  Our parent phonics workshop was also well attended and enabled us … Continue Reading

Investigations Week was amazing last week!  Well done to all of the children who worked so hard and also behaved so well during the workshops that we had come into the school to work with us.  I know that I learnt loads during the week and the children really came up with some amazing ideas of how we can recycle plastics rather than just throwing them away.  A huge thank you goes to Mrs Jones, Miss Heath and Miss Birer … Continue Reading