Dear parents and carers,
Easter Service
This will be prepared by the children in Oak Class. There will be a virtual assembly in school to say goodbye to Mrs Cornish and the children will then watch a video of the service. It will also be available on the school website (password protected).
Parent Consultations
These will be held via Teams during the week beginning 26th April for Willow, Ash and Beech classes. Sign-up details will be sent as soon as we return from holiday.
Clubs
A booking form for next term went out last week. Thank you to those who have already returned them – it helps greatly when planning staffing.
Staffing
Next week we say farewell to Mrs Cornish as she heads off for her maternity leave – if you would like to contribute towards a gift for her and the baby, please send it in with your child. The children will say goodbye to her in a special assembly.
We will also be saying goodbye to Mr Campbell, who leaves us after working with Beech and Ash classes. It has been great having him here, and we wish him well with his future studies.
Can you help?
If you have any over-the-head headphones going spare that you are able to donate to the school, we would be very pleased to receive them. Please send them in with your child.
Also, we would be very pleased to receive any old Lego you no longer use.
Village Hall
Please note that vaccines will be being administered next week on Wednesday. Please avoid the Village Hall car park on this date.
Holidays
We finish at the usual time next Wednesday 31st March and return on Monday 19th April. I am expecting there to be various announcement from the Department for Education over the next few weeks, and will send out an update on arrangements towards the end of the holiday. I am hoping that there will be a return to a bit more normality and would expect this to be reflected in our arrangements (eg a return to wearing uniform), but will wait to hear more before making final decisions.
Our Christian value for the term is Compassion. Ask your child about the story of Dorcas.
This week we congratulated:
Willow Class: Lincoln, for writing his name and his numbers beautifully;
Ash Class: Elizabeth, for increased confidence and great enthusiasm in the classroom this week; Amelie, for great engagement in her learning about Mary Seacole and producing an excellent piece of writing on her;
Oak Class: Matthew, for excellent effort with grid multiplication in maths; Grace W,for thoughtful comments in PHSCE;
Beech Class: Tia, for excellent answers in guided reading; Daisy, for great work with short multiplication.
Dates for the year (provisional)
31/03/2021 Video release of Oak Class Easter Service
31/03/2021 End of term
19/04/2021 Start of term
03/05/2021 Bank Holiday – school closed
28/05/2021 May Day
31/05/2021 Half term week
07/06/2021 Beech Class residential
17/06/2021 Class and individual photographs
01/07/2021 Sports Day
07/07/2021 Ash/Willow production (afternoon)
15/07/2021 Oak/Beech production (evening)
21/07/2021 Leavers’ Service
End of term
22/07/2021 INSET Day – school closed
01/09/2021 INSET Day – school closed
02/09/2021 Start of term