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Dear Parents / Carers,

What another great week we have had in school! On Tuesday a group of children from Year 2 travelled to Brayton Primary to join in with a Bench Ball event alongside the other primary schools in the Trust. They had a super time and I have had nothing but praise about their conduct and kindness so well done to those children.

A few notices this week:

• Parent Consultation evenings - These will take place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next week. Please book an appointment if you haven't already.
• Open Evening for new Reception Intake 2024 - There will be an open evening for parents of children applying to join our Reception Class in 2024 on Tuesday 14th November at 5:30pm. Please let the school office know if you would like to attend and please pass the details on to anyone you know who may have a child starting in Reception next year.
• Finally, a reminder that all of our after school clubs are cancelled next week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday due to the Parent consultation evenings.

Have a lovely weekend,

Karen Williams

Head Teacher

This week's certificates were awarded to the following children:

Attenborough - Alfie P and Zara

Rashford - Albe and Maisie

Thunberg - Elin and Ben

Seacole - Jermaine and Beau-Bella

Luther King - Al and Brodie

Jean King - Luke and Albert

Pankhurst - Milo P-J and Mika

Barnardo - Luca and Ella

Well done to the following who earned the hot chocolate award:

Attenborough - Heidi H

Rashford - Archie

Thunberg - Freddie T

Seacole - Theo H

Luther King - Bea

Jean King - Aoibhe

Pankhurst - Fern

Barnardo - Evie

Well done to Lucy H, Eva K-E and Harvey S for helping us all to enjoy our lunchtime in the dinner hall.

Well done to Attenborough Class for having the tidiest cloakroom this week.

This week the Blue Mustangs are our winners. Well done to Hattie, Henry and their team.

Well done to everyone who has worked hard on their maths this week. For our last week of this half term, we are going to have a 'Battle of the Bands'. Each class will compete and every minute played from 7am until 7pm each day until Thursday 26th at 7pm will count. The class who practises for the longest will win a free playtime next Friday afternoon so let's get practising!

This week, our Rockstars are Oliver G, Samantha D, Georgia K, James D, Harvey S, Zion P, Imogen E, Alex E, Finnbar C and Bea O. Our congratulations also go to Theo M. Ziggy P, Arty O, Austin B, Alice H, Sonny L and Maddison R who are our Numbots superstars! Well done everyone!

This week our year 2 class, Seacole, competed in a bench ball tournament at Brayton Primary School on Wednesday afternoon and did really well. Whilst there was no ranking, all the children who went showed fantastic sportsmanship. Also, on Wednesday we had a cake and book sale to raise funds for the school, which went down a treat! Have a lovely weekend.

Head Pupil Awards go to Heidi W and Mabel C.

Freddie & Ella

These are in the school hall on Tuesday 24th, Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th October. Please contact the office if you need any help making an appointment.

There will be a phonics meeting on Wednesday 8th November at 3.30pm. School will provide free cake and childcare. This meeting will be a repeat of the meeting that took place on 26th September and is suitable for parents of children in Reception, Year One and Year Two. If you would like to attend please email the office and let us know if you require childcare so we can make arrangements in school.

Information for parents

It is your responsibility to read all the information on our school admissions pages before you apply for your child's school place.

We have lots of guidance to help you make your school application. See our guidance on:

• completing your application form
• choosing your child's school, including catchment areas
• types of schools and supplementary information forms
• admissions policies and oversubscription criteria
• home to school transport

Come and sponsor a Christmas Tree Light! Your £2 donation (per light bulb) will get you entry into our draw for your chance to switch on our Village Christmas Lights at the Christmas Light Switch on event on Sunday 26th November. Come and see us in the playground on Friday 27th October for more details and to collect/complete your sponsor form. We appreciate your support. (All donations from sponsorships are used to fund our Village Christmas events)

For information and updates about our plans this year why not follow our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089013026931

Parents Evenings

Tuesday 24th, Wednesday 25th, Thursday 26th October

Christmas Light Sponsorship Details

Friday 27th October in playground

Half Term

Monday 30th October - Friday 3rd November

Training Day

Monday 6th November

YR, Y1 & Y2 Parents/Carers Phonics Information Session

Wednesday 8th November, 3.30pm

New Starters for September 2024 Open Evening for Parents

Tuesday 14th November, 5.30pm

If anyone would like to say thank you to or has any positive comments for a member of staff then please complete and submit the form below.

Thank you to everyone who donated bakes/books and their time for Books & Bakes on Wednesday, we raised £158 and hopefully everyone enjoyed the cakes and got some good books. There will some additional books available at each parents evening for anyone that wasn’t able to attend.

Unfortunately, we did not have enough attendees to hold the AGM, so we have postponed this until after half term. In the hope of getting the 6 people we need to attend; we are hoping to hold this in the pub – if biscuits won’t temp you hopefully alcohol will. Again we will confirm this ASAP.

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