This Week's News

19th July

Friday 19th July

Key Dates

Monday 22nd July 9:15-9:45 Year 2 Leavers Assembly

Tuesday 23rd July 1:00 End of School Year- school closes

Dear Parents and Carers,

What a wonderful end to the week we had with Miss Filipiak and Miss Doyle taking over the running of the school for ‘Head Teacher for the Day’. They did an amazing job leading the assembly, checking everyone was behaving, giving out lots of stickers and giving me the opportunity to put my feet up! Although when I asked them to write today’s newsletter, they said ‘Can’t we just tell our parents what happened this week and left me to join their class in the air-conditioned Sensory room to ‘Lost and Found’.

Year 2 really impressed us with their end of year performance of ‘Mermaids and Pirates’. The show really suited them and was full of humour with an underlying message about facing our fears with the support of our friends. They all showed such confidence and we were all very proud. Thank you to all of the Year 2 staff for supporting the children to put on such a spectacular performance and to the parents and grandparents who joined us. We look forward to welcoming you to our leavers assembly at 9:15 on Monday for a final good bye.

This week we trialled our new lunch arrangements ahead of starting a new system in September. The children were very impressed with our new tables and liked being able to collect their own lunch and speak to the cooks about what they would like.

End of year reports will be coming out this afternoon. We hope you enjoy reading about your child’s achievements this year. Please take the time to provide feedback to the teachers.

We hope you have an enjoyable weekend and look forward to seeing you for our final 2 days of term.

Tanya Mooney

Annual Reports

Your child’s end of year report will be available to view on Arbor today from approximately 4.00pm. Further information regarding how the children are assessed can be found here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65eaf9ae62ff489bab87b32d/2024_Information_for_parents_optional_tests_at_the_end_of_key_stage_1.pdf

We hope you enjoy reading about your children’s achievements this year and that the report is self-explanatory. If, however you do have any questions please do speak to your child’s class teacher.

We have sent home a letter today and we would be grateful if you could acknowledge that you have read the report and provide some feedback on its content. Please return your completed slips to the office by Tuesday 23rd July.

Road Closures-Monday 22nd & Tuesday 23rd July (the last 2 days of term)

St Mary’s Road will be CLOSED to traffic between 09.30 and 15.30. There will be pedestrian access so, if you must drive to school, please park elsewhere and walk. Please be patient and leave plenty of time for your journey and parking as there will be very limited parking in the roads around school.

Morning Fruit Snack – Monday 22nd & Tuesday 23rd July

Unfortunately, our fruit supplier will not be delivering fruit for the last 2 days of term and therefore if you would like your child to have a snack please send in a small piece of fruit, i.e. apple, satsuma, banana. Do not send in crisps, sweets, cakes or chocolate etc.

Lost Property

Once again, the lost property basket is overflowing with unnamed and unclaimed items! Please come and reclaim your lost items from the tables in front of the school office on Monday and Tuesday next week. Anything left after the end of term will be disposed of.

Safeguarding Notice

If you have any concerns about a child’s safety or wellbeing in the school or community, please speak to one of our Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL). DSL- Tanya Mooney, Head Teacher. Deputy DSL- Phil Copsey, Deputy Head Teacher or DSL-Kelly Matthews, Oscar and Nurture Lead.