Dear Parents/Carers,

I am sure that you will all join me in wishing Ms Charlotte Lucocq a wonderful day and huge congratulations for next week when she is getting married!  She will return as Mrs Giangrandi.  We hope that she and her new husband have a lovely time on their wedding day. 

Lots of praise for our Year 3 pupils who have completed their first week of swimming lessons.  Staff at Splash Central, members of the public and our staff have been universally impressed by pupils’ behaviour, attitude and commitment.  Well done Year 3!

Comic Relief Day – Friday 17^th March & Year 5 charity stall

Pupils and staff are invited to wear red / non school uniform on this day.  We will be collecting donations on the gate as usual.  Year 5 pupils will be hosting a charity stall in the KS2 Hall at 11.30am for pupils in Years 4 and 6.  Please ensure that they have a small amount of money if they wish to buy anything from the stall.  Thank you

PTA Uniform Recycling – Friday 31^st March 3.15pm

The PTA will be hosting a stall for preloved school uniform on the last Friday of term from 3.15pm.  Come along if you wish to stock up on extra uniform, summer uniform or your child has grown out of what they have.  If you have any good condition uniform that you wish to donate, especially KS2-size uniform, it will be gratefully received.  Thank you.

Special Options on school lunches menu

A few parents have asked what Special Options 1 and 2 are on the school lunches menu.  They are what parents/carers can choose if their child is on a hospital-prescribed diet for medical reasons.

Can you help?

Mrs Vanstone, Year 3, is looking for clean and empty margarine tubs and shallow ice cream containers please.  If you have any of these, please send them into school with your child.  Thank you.

Parent Consultations survey

Thank you to those of you who completed the survey on whether you prefer face-to-face or virtual parent consultations.  The overwhelming response was in favour of face-to-face parent consultations.  We will be sending out booking information for these next week.

Sharing Sessions with Parents/Carers

Thank you to Year 6 parents/carers for coming into school to share their children’s work on their Learning Project: Frozen Kingdom.   We hope that you all enjoyed hearing about the polar regions from our experts and that our Year 6 travel agents persuaded you to book a holiday there this year!  See below for upcoming sharing sessions.

Year Group	Date and time	Location	Event
Year 1	9.10am: Thursday 16th March	Key Stage 2 Entrance	A celebration of Brazil
Year 2	2.30pm: Thursday 23rd March	Key Stage 2 Entrance	Visiting Wales
Year 4	9.10am: Friday 24th March	Key Stage 2 Entrance	Presentations of different American states
Year 5	2pm: Thursday 30th March	Key Stage 2 Entrance	Planting seeds to grow over Easter

Wishing you all a pleasant weekend,

Rachel Mitchell, Headteacher

DATES: 2022-2023 academic year

March 2023

6^th – 17^th March – Year 3 Swimming Lessons fortnight

10^th-19^th March – British Science Week

Thursday 16^th March, 9.10am - Year 1 Sharing Session for parents/carers

Friday 17^th March – Red Nose Day

Wednesday 22^nd March – Ramadan begins

Thursday 23^rd March, 2.30pm - Year 2 Sharing Session for parents/carers

Friday 24^th March, 9.10am – Year 4 Sharing Session for parents/carers

Tuesday 28^th and Wednesday 29^th March: Parents’ Consultations

Thursday 30^th March, 2pm - Year 5 Sharing Session for parents/carers

Friday 31^st March – break up for Easter

April 2023

EASTER BREAK

Sunday 9^th April – Easter Day

Monday 17^th April – back to school

Friday 21^st to Saturday 22^nd April – Eid ul-Fitr

May 2023

Monday 1^st May – BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 8^th May – BANK HOLIDAY for Coronation

Monday 29^th May to Friday 2^nd June – Half Term break

June 2023

Monday 5^th June – INSET DAY

Monday 12^th June - Year 5 Cycling Proficiency Week 1 – one Year 5 class

Monday 26^th June – Year 5 Cyclin Proficiency Week 2 – the other Year 5 class

July 2023

Friday 21^st July – last day of 2022-23 academic year for pupils

Monday 24^th July – INSET DAY

SUMMER BREAK