Dear Parents and Carers,
Lent and Easter
During Lent children have been learning about the Easter story and children we have had weekly Stations of the Cross reflections in Key Stage 2. We are planning an online Easter celebration, involving children in all classes, will take place on Thursday 1st May (Maundy Thursday) and will be posted online afterwards.
World Down’s Syndrome day
This Sunday 21st is World Down’s Syndrome day. To acknowledge this, on Monday 22nd March we will be talking with the children about our differences and how important it is to treat everybody with respect and kindness.
PE Kits
From Monday 22nd March please can children come into school in their PE kit on the day they have PE. At the moment we do not have space to store PE kit in a COVID safe way and therefore this is the safest way for our children to be appropriately dressed for their PE lessons and remain safe. PE kit is a plain white t-shirt, black/navy shorts and black daps or black trainers. If the weather is cold, children can wear navy/black tracksuit bottoms over their shorts to keep them warm. Please see class PE days below.
- Monday- Reception and Year 6
- Tuesday- Year 1 and Year 5
- Wednesday- Year 4
- Thursday- Hub, Year 2 and Year 3
Packed Lunches
We have noticed children with a lot of high sugar foods e.g. full sized chocolate bars in their packed lunches. Please try to stick to our recommended packed lunch for a child which is: A savoury sandwich OR sausage roll, a standard sized packet of crisps, a piece of fruit and a packet of biscuits or small treat and a drink. This will help the children’s mood and energy levels to be more steady throughout the day. If you would like any support with managing your child’s eating please contact Mrs Selway or Mrs Jordan in the Inclusion office.
Filwood Cinema
Contractors will be beginning the demolition of the old cinema soon. All work will be managed safely and should not affect families travelling to or from school.
Morning Arrival
Please remember that children who arrive before the time their class is due to come in to school are not supervised around the school entrances and need to be with an adult.
Attendance
Well done to the following classes who had attendance at over 97% this week:
- Year 3 with 97% attendance.
- Year 6 with 99% attendance - for the second week!
Headteacher’s Awards
The following children will receive an award in next week’s Celebration Assembly. Videos of Celebration Assemblies are now shared on our Facebook page.
Reception -
- Kaiden - for working hard at his writing in phonics by using the whiteboard to spell CVC words. He has really progressed in his letter formation and is always very proud of himself when he achieves this.
Year 1 -
- Chloe - For her fantastic reading!
- William - for having a great attitude towards his learning since returning to school and trying hard to complete his work more independently.
Year 2 -
- Whole class - For fantastic work based around having the courage to be ourselves and creating our own shape poems using adjectives to describe our character.
- Couture- For making fantastic progress in maths and working hard to practise at home.
- Freddie- For showing great enthusiasm in English lessons and contributing brilliant, creative ideas.
Year 4 -
- Declan - for showing great enthusiasm when contributing to our class text, ‘Journey’ and working hard at his fractions alongside Miss Garrett.
Year 5 -
- MIllie - for using feedback to independently improve her writing.
- Archie - for using feedback to independently crack converting improper fractions to mixed numbers.
Year 6
- Lexi and Emmanuel - for planning,recording and delivering this week’s Stations of the Cross Assembly.
- Jayden - for making big strides in his Reading Wise programme.
Dates for Diaries
- End of Term 4 - Thursday 1 April 2021.
- World Book Day - Thursday 4th March.
- INSET - Monday 19th April.
- Term 5 - Term 5 starts Tuesday 20th April 2021 to Friday 28 May 2021.
- Term 6 - Monday 7 June 2021 to Wednesday 21 July 2021.
Yours sincerely
Matt Condon
Headteacher
