Newsletter 31.1.25
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Helping our brains flourish…
Seeing class assemblies, like Year 4’s class assembly last week always makes me quite emotional. When I think of all of the things that the children are learning every day, I am in awe. I’m in awe of how such young minds develop and soak up knowledge every day, every hour.
Staff work hard to ensure the learning is best fit to meeting the needs of the children in their classes, knowing the children individually helps this happen.
We all learn differently and are motivated by different things. We all have things that we are not as confident at and need that little bit more encouragement. Knowing each child as an individual learner is important to us as a school and helping them to flourish in their own way. This then helps us to support them in being ‘healthier, happier and more confident’. So much of this is also down to the work we do with you as parents and carers too. Our Parents’ Meetings are coming up again after half term. Please look out for these and book an appointment to meet with your child’s class teacher.
Together, we can always achieve more!
NEWS AND UPDATES
Parent Portal
Use this for updating contact details, child medical information, permissions, payments and seeing your child’s reports.
If you’re not yet signed up to Seesaw in EYFS and Class Dojo in Year 1-6, please see your class teacher for more information!
Happening Soon…
Monday 3rd Feb - Year 5/6 boys football match at St Wilfreds (Mr Hogan’s team)
Tuesday 4th Feb - Year 5/6 girls football match at St Wilfreds
Please be aware that our gates are locked a few minutes after 8.50am, which is the latest time one of our classes starts the school day. If your child arrives at 9am, then they are already between 10-15 minutes late.
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Please be aware that our gates are locked a few minutes after 8.50am, which is the latest time one of our classes starts the school day. If your child arrives at 9am, then they are already between 10-15 minutes late. 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨
Good Attendance Draw!!
Don’t forget, for every week that your child has an attendance of 96%+, they are allocated a digital ticket for a draw that will take place every half term. The more weeks with an attendance of 96%+, the more chances to win!
Services and Events
Parish Sung Eucharist Sundays 10am - 11am
Sermon, music and Holy Communion
Place of Welcome Thursdays 10am - 12pm
Time for a brew and a chat
More information from Father Andrew can be found here
Community News and Support
World Festivals and Celebrations
Chinese New Year - 29th January 2025
The Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year, is one of the most celebrated holidays in the world. In 2025, families around the globe will welcome the Year of the Snake on January 29, marking the beginning of a fresh, prosperous year filled with joy, traditions, and cultural festivities.
Look at all of the things we have been getting up to in the last 2 weeks:
February already! I know I say this a lot (and I’m not sure if it’s my age now!) but time does wiz past us and I love putting together the pictures to see just how much has happened in the 2 weeks since the last Newsletter! It then makes me realise, it’s no wonder time goes so quickly!
Can I please put a plea out about attendance and punctuality. We have started to have a lot of people arriving late and coming through the main entrance. This is not only unsettling for the children, who are having to go into a classroom where their classmates are already learning, but also disrupts the start of the school day for the staff as will need to revisit things in class and so much of the time, stops Mrs Mason being able to answer the phone and support anyone with any questions at the office. Gates are open from 8.35 on both yards, they will be kept open until 9am, this is already in some classes, 15 minutes after we take the children in. Other than exceptional circumstances, we shouldn’t see children coming through the main entrance. While we would always rather them in late, than not at all, we need to look at reducing the amount of lates and absences as they have been rising rapidly since our return in January. Thank you in advance for your help with this.
I have been in and out of classes this last couple of weeks and love it. I love seeing the children learning and excelling in so many different things. I am meeting a new Governor this week and will be sending Parent Governor applications out soon. It is a fantastic opportunity for anyone interested in helping to run our school and continually ensure that we are striving for the best for our children - if you are interested in more information, please don’t hesitate to get in touch and keep you eye out for the information before half term.
Looking forward to seeing what next week has in store for us! See you all on Monday.
Mrs Flatman
