News and Letters

Newsletter ~ June Week Two

Published 14/06/24

Dear Families,

KS2 Summer Show

The children have been heard singing their hearts out, practising for this performance. The Wednesday evening tickets have nearly sold out. Thursday afternoon has still got some space. Please book your tickets soon to avoid disappointment.

Year 3 swimming

I’m so pleased with these children. This week every single child was able to jump into the deep end and swim part of or the full length of the pool. And they kept coming back up to the deep end for more! This positive attitude and resilience was fantastic to watch. Well done to all of our Year 3 children.

Year 3 Shot put

I took some of the Year 3 children to Co-op Academy Stoke for a shot put competition. They learnt correctly, the correct stance and about the safety area. They followed the instructions perfectly and every child amazed me with the skills. We had some very long throws! Well done to Frank, Ruben, Lorna, Ella, Lizzie, Grace, Daniel and Esther.

Sports days next week

Fingers crossed for some dry weather next week. KS2 have rearranged their afternoon to Monday 1st July. KS1 is Tuesday 18th June at 1:30pm and Early Years is Thursday 20th June at 1:30pm. Don’t forget your brollies as well as chairs or picnic blankets. (and winter coats as it’s so cold at the moment!)

Swimming - Years 3 and 5

Next week is the last swimming session of the year

World of Work Week

Next week, years 5 and 6 are taking part in a special week linked to Careers Related Learning (CRL). They will be taking part in interviewing people from various employment backgrounds, learning even more about the skills needed for various jobs, taking part in enterprise initiatives and applying for jobs in school. Yes, we have some job vacancies for the children to apply for. We have some visitors coming into school to interview the children and then those who are chosen actually get to take part in that role. This is so exciting. It’s the first time we have taken part in a week like this. The Co-op has supported us with volunteers and the Trust has a designated CRL lead who has supported this week too.

And finally….. It was lovely to see so many Dads at school yesterday. Your compliments have all been passed to the cook and her team. I hope you all have a lovely Father’s Day and that your job lists aren’t too long!

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Take care and stay safe.

Mrs Wilmer

Upcoming events

Career's Week	17.6.24
KS1 Sports day - 1.30pm	18/6/24
Early Years sports day - 1.30pm	20/6/24
Non uniform Bring a bottle for Summer Fair	28.6.24
KS2 Sports Day - 1.30pm	1.7.24
Celebration of Learning	4.7.24	2:15pm
Summer Fair	5.7.24	5pm
KS2 Summer show	10.7.24 11.7.24	6pm 1.30pm
Colour Run	12.7.24	pm
Year 6 Leavers’ Assembly	17.7.24	2pm
Last day at school	19.7.24

Newsletter ~ June Week One

Published 07/06/24

Dear Families,

Welcome back to our last half term of the school year. I hope you all had a good half term.

Government news regarding term time holidays from 19th August 2024

The Department for Education has made some important changes to the law for families wanting to request leave of absence in term time. The changes made it clear that headteachers may not grant any leave of absence during term time unless there are exceptional circumstances. The Local Authority supports this; therefore, students will only be given permission to take leave in term time if there are exceptional circumstances. If it is not exceptional circumstances then the student will have an unauthorised absence and will be recorded in the attendance register with the “G” code. You may be subject to a Penalty Notice if your child’s absence from school is unauthorised. This is in line with Staffordshire County Councils Code of Conduct and the “Working Together to Improve School attendance” statutory guidance (effective 19 th August 2024). The penalties for unauthorised leave of absence in term time will be:

For a First offence the Penalty Notice fine would be: -

£80 per parent, per child if paid within 21 days, rising to

£160 per parent, per child if paid between 21-28 days.

For a Second offence within 3-years of the first penalty notice being issued, the penalty notice fine would be:

£160 per parent, per child if paid between 28 days.

Following the second offence every new offence within the 3-year period, will be prosecuted under S444.1 of the Education Act 1996. If the prosecution takes place, the maximum fine is £1,000 per parent, per child. This reflects the seriousness of unauthorised absence from school.

The Government and the Local Authority hope parents support this and book holidays in the 13 weeks school holidays.

Our key priority is to ensure that your child is as successful as possible and can achieve their full potential by being in school full time. Please continue to either complete the absence request form or speak to myself or Mrs Dean should your child need time off school.

Sports Afternoons

As you will know, the sports afternoons are coming up for the children. Please can I remind you to bring a chair or picnic blanket and maybe an umbrella too!

Monday 10th June at 1:30pm - KS2

Tuesday 18th June at 1:30pm - KS1

Thursday 20th June at 1:30pm - Early years

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Take care and stay safe.

Mrs Wilmer

Upcoming events

KS2 Sports Day - 1.30pm	10/6/24
Father’s Day Lunch	13.6.24
Career’s Week	17.6.24	All week
KS1 Sports day - 1.30pm	18/6/24
Early Years sports day - 1.30pm	20/6/24
Non uniform Bring a bottle for Summer Fair	28.6.24
Celebration of Learning	4.7.24	2:15pm
Summer Fair	5.7.24	5pm
KS2 Summer show	10.7.24 11.7.24	6pm 1.30pm
Colour Run	12.7.24	pm
Year 6 Leavers’ Assembly	17.7.24	2pm
Last day at school	19.7.24

Newsletter ~ May Week Four

Published 24/05/24

Dear Families,

What a shame we’ve had to cancel our sports days. We have rearranged them for:

Mon 10th June at 1:30pm - KS2

Tue 18th June at 1:30pm - KS1

Thursday 20th June at 1:30pm - early years

Fingers crossed the weather improves.

Homework survey 📕
Thank you to those of you who completed the survey. The senior leadership team will be looking into the results and your comments. We’ll use these comments to update the homework policy. As soon as we’ve done this, we’ll send it out to you.

Year 2 trip to Wedgewood
The children had a fantastic time at Wedgewood yesterday. They learnt lots of facts about Josiah Wedgewood and had great fun creating tiles. We’ve just got to wait a short while before Mrs Hartley can collect them and show them off to everyone.

Year 1 Phonics tests
These will take place the week beginning Monday 10th June. These checks are to find out how much your child has learnt since beginning their phonics learning journey. Mrs Elkin or Mrs Harris sits with the child whilst they read the words to her. The children enjoy showing off how well they can read and I know the teachers love seeing their progress.

Swimming 🏊
Swimming for Year 3 and the gala practice children starts as soon as we’re back after half term.

Cricket 🏏
The postponed cricket will now be on Tuesday 4th June - first day back to school.

I wish you all a lovely half term. Lots of you are going away for a well earned break - enjoy and have fun.

I’ll see you all back to school on Tuesday 4th June. (Monday is an INSET day for staff)

Take care and stay safe

Mrs Wilmer

Upcoming dates

May Half term	27.5.24
INSET - children not in school Small & Tall closed	3.6.24	All day
KS2 Sports Day - 1.30pm	10/6/24
Father’s Day Lunch	13.6.24
Career’s Week	17.6.24	All week
KS1 Sports day - 1.30pm	18/6/24
Early Years sports day - 1.30pm	20/6/24
Non uniform Bring a bottle for Summer Fair	28.6.24
Celebration of Learning	4.7.24	2:15pm
Summer Fair	5.7.24	5pm
KS2 Summer show	9.7.24 10.7.24	1:30 6pm
Colour Run	12.7.24	pm
Year 6 Leavers’ Assembly	17.7.24	2pm
Last day at school	19.7.24

Newsletter ~ May Week Three

Published 17/05/24

Dear Families,

Year 6 have had a lovely day today after their week of SATs. Leavers hoodies and a picnic along with a snow party (or should I say snow storm!) Lots of focus and determination was shown by every single child. Just remember, these tests are just a snapshot of a certain time. They don’t show how amazing our children are at so many different things.

Swimming gala practice 🏊‍♂️

These sessions start on Wednesday 22nd May. They are for the children who want to take part in the gala. Decisions on the final children will be made after their 3 trial sessions.

Year 5 swimming will stop for a while.

Year 3 swimming will take place as usual.

Sports days

Hopefully next week, the sports days will take place. Please bring a chair or picnic blanket (and an umbrella!).

If we need to cancel them, we’ll let you know as soon as possible. Fingers crossed for some dry weather.

Year 4 art work

Yesterday, the Year 4 children showed off their art skills in the style of Clarice Cliff. They painted bright, vivid colours onto tiles. They look amazing. All of the children are so proud of them. We’re now trying to find a place to display them for all to see. Well done Year 4!

Online safety 💻

Some helpful sites for parents

For Parents - Jessie and Friends (4-7 Year Olds)

I find that most schools I visit tend to know about this resource from CEOP, however when I do the parent talks they are not aware.

Jessie and Friends is a great resource that parents can use to engage with their younger children about worrying or frightening situations online. When questions answer a question correctly they earn a star and can download a certificate to colour in.

Jessie and Friends can be found HERE.

For Parents - Wellbeing Apps for Kids

With wellbeing increasingly hot on the agenda, helping children manage their health and wellbeing is a top priority. Nothing can beat getting out in the fresh air, meeting friends and having fun, but some children may find apps useful for things such as learning about emotions, managing anxiety etc. There are thousands of these types of apps, but to cut through the fog Internet Matters have put together a list which gives details such as: suitable ages, purpose, how the app works and (where applicable) the cost.

You can find the list of apps HERE.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Take care and stay safe.

Mrs Wilmer

Upcoming dates

Early Years Sports KS1 Sports	22.5.24 22.5.24	9:15am 1:30pm
KS2 Sports	23.5.24	1:30pm
May Half Term	27.5.24	All week
INSET - children not in school Small & Tall closed	3.6.24	All day
Father’s Day Lunch	13.6.24
Career’s Week	17.6.24	All week
Non uniform Bring a bottle for Summer Fair	28.6.24
Celebration of Learning	4.7.24	2:15pm
Summer Fair	5.7.24	5pm
KS2 Summer show	9.7.24 10.7.24	1:30 6pm
Colour Run	12.7.24	pm
Year 6 Leavers’ Assembly	17.7.24	2pm
Last day at school	19.7.24

Newsletter ~ May Week Two

Published 10/05/24

Dear Families,

I hope you all had a lovely bank holiday weekend and enjoyed the sunshine.

Online safety for you and your children
Parentzone has lots of information about staying safe when online. If you’re unsure how to set up 2 step verification, not sure about malware or have received some ‘dodgy looking emails’ this is definitely the site for you.

Year 3 athletics
I had the pleasure of taking some Year 3 children to Co-op Academy Stoke to take part in athletics against Co-op Academy Clarice Cliff. The children took part in various races, all showing off their running skills. Well done to Luca, Daniel, Emma, Eva, Oscar, Amber and Louie. They all came home with several medals.

Coffee Afternoon
We had a couple of parents join us for the coffee afternoon where we got to chat about SEN and various difficulties we have with children. We will be arranging another time for parents to come and join us so please watch out for the invite.

Sports Events
We’ve got our sports days coming up:

Early years - Wednesday 22nd May at 9:15am

KS1 - Wednesday 22nd May at 1:15pm

KS2 - Thursday 23rd May at 1:15pm (some children will be playing in a cricket competition at Leycett Cricket club during this)

Lockdown
This term we will be practising our lockdown procedures.

Twice a year we practise our lockdown procedure. This procedure would be used if there was a threat to the safety of the children, staff and others in the school and it would be safer to stay in school rather than leave the school. Possible situations where we would use the lockdown procedure are:

-a possible dangerous person or animal on the school grounds

-an incident in the local community which could affect the school and everyone in it

-a terrorist incident

-extreme weather which could put lives at risk

-an alert from the UK emergency alerts system

If a lockdown occurs, the children and staff will remain in classrooms, lock the doors and sit under tables. Everyone remains quiet. The senior staff call the emergency services and follow their advice.

As parents, you will be alerted to the lockdown as soon as we can do this. Please do not come to the school or try to call the school as we will need the phone lines free. We will not let any child out of the school (and anyone into the school) if we’re in a lockdown until the emergency services have confirmed it is safe to do so.

We ask that parents do not share the event on social media as this may cause panic and spread false information.

When we practise lockdowns, the staff explain to the children what is happening and why. Everything is explained in an age appropriate way. The children already know that we want them to be safe and this will help. Each time we practise one of our emergency procedures, the staff always explain to the children why it is necessary.

Change of menu Thursday 16th May - All day Breakfast with a Vanilla Ice Cream Tub for dessert

Fathers Day 'Marvellous Men' Gifts

Don't forget the PTA are collecting orders for the special men in your children's lives. The gifts are suitable for Dads, Step-Dads, Foster or adoptive Dads as well as Grandfathers, Uncles, Brothers and more!

The fantastic gift options available are:

1. Handcrafted and Personalized Mug:
- Decorated by the children with love and creativity.
- Comes with a delicious chocolate bar inside.
- Price: £3.50

2. Handcrafted Personalized Coaster:
- Coloured by the children, making each one unique.
- A practical yet thoughtful gift.
- Price: £2.50

3. Special Offer: Order Both for £5!
- Combine the mug and coaster for an even more memorable Father's Day surprise at a discounted price.

If you would like to order, please send in the correct amount in an envelope, along with your child's name, class and order details (who the gift is for so we can encourage the children to add this onto their decoration)

Last day to order is Friday 24th May - No orders can be accepted after this time.

Have a lovely weekend.

Take care and stay safe.

Mrs Wilmer

Upcoming events

KS2 SATs	13.5.24	All week
Early Years Sports KS1 Sports	22.5.24 22.5.24	9:15am 1:30pm
KS2 Sports	23.5.24	1:30pm
May Half Term	27.5.24	All week
INSET - children not in school Small & Tall closed	3.6.24	All day
Father’s Day Lunch	13.6.24
Career’s Week	17.6.24	All week

Newsletter ~ May Week One

Published 03/05/24

Dear Families,

National Walk to School Week 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️
The week beginning 20th May, we would like to invite you all to take part in this national event. Apart from being healthy for you and your child it’s also a great way to help the environment and save on your fuel costs. We know that some of you live too far away to take part, so please consider parking a little bit further away from school and walking in.

PTA fundraiser
Some very exciting news …… Eloise (Freddie’s mum in year 1) is running the Clayton 10k on Wednesday 8th May to raise money for some rubberised bark to go in the early years outside area. This is amazing as I don’t think we’ve ever had a parent do this before. Here is the link to the gofund.me page. And if you’re free, please go along and cheer her on.

Coffee afternoon ☕
Mrs Dickens, our SENDCo, is holding a coffee (tea & biscuits) afternoon on Tuesday 7th May at 3:30pm. Feel free to pop in and have a chat with her and with the other parents. It’s a chance to have a chat about any needs your child has and any worries you may have.

Year 6 and Year 5 swimming 🏊
Some of you may already know, there are a few dates which will be changing for Yr 5 swimmers. May 22nd, June 5th and June 12th are swimming sessions just for the gala swimmers. Wednesday 19th June is to be confirmed whether this is a further swimming session for the gals swimmers or whether this will be a session for all of Year 5. We’ll let you know closer to the time.

Wishing you all a lovely bank holiday weekend. See you on Tuesday.

Take care and stay safe

Mrs Wilmer

Upcoming events

May Day	6.5.24
KS2 SATs	13.5.24	All week
Early Years Sports KS1 Sports	22.5.24 22.5.24	9:15am 1:30pm
KS2 Sports	23.5.24	1:30pm
May Half Term	27.5.24	All week
INSET - children not in school Small & Tall closed	3.6.24	All day
Father’s Day Lunch	13.6.24
Career’s Week	17.6.24	All week

Newsletter ~ April Week Four

Published 26/04/24

Dear families,

We’ve been sent this link from the Early Education & Childcare Data Officer. If you have a moment, please can you complete.

I am currently running a parents survey which is aimed at parents of early years children and those expecting a baby.

As part of the sufficiency duty we are required to engage with parents to find out their experiences of childcare and what they need in future. This is particularly important at this time with the new entitlements coming in and we know that providers are struggling mainly due to funding rates and difficulties with staffing needs.

Please could you share the below links with your parents and any other groups as appropriate so that we can get as wide a range of views as possible. The survey closes on the 12th May 2024. Once the results are analysed I will share the results with you.

https://letstalk.staffordshire.gov.uk/embeds/projects/24643/survey-tools/34940

https://shorturl.at/LUW18

Year 4 Basketball competition 🏀🏅
Yesterday, I took some of our Year 4 children to take part in a basketball competition against Co-op Academy Clarice Cliff and Co-op Academy Glebe. We went to Co-op Academy Stoke, who host many PE tournaments for our KS2 children.

The Year 4 children who went were split into two teams. They played so well, showing great sportsmanship and resilience. One of our teams came first and one of our teams came third. A HUGE well done to Alice, Marcie, Alec, Peggy, Seth, Ben, Ronnie, Freddie, Charlie and Billy. What superstars! They were so proud of themselves and were awarded amazing medals.

New parents / New children

Over the next few weeks, you will see that we are advertising Friarswood in the local area. The area itself had a low birth rate for children entering Reception in September. This in turn impacts funding. Many schools in the area have low numbers so we are not alone.

The website has a link at the top where people can book a time to come and look around the school. Please can I ask that you share this with family and friends. Lots of you already share our wonderful stories and experiences which in turn has increased our pupil numbers. Thank you for this.

Pupil surveys 📋
We’ve had the results of the pupil surveys, which are overwhelmingly positive. It’s great to see the pupils showing such mature ways to describe what they enjoy about the school, what they appreciate and what they’d like to improve, which fortunately was very little. We will start to work with the children on this and we’ll keep you informed too.

Leaflet for families with older children

I was sent this leaflet with some tips to support children leaving school / college. You may find it useful.

Hopefully we’ll start to see some sunnier weather soon. I know the children are desperate to go on the fields to play. At the moment, they are extremely boggy which is why the tractors haven’t come to cut them. The last we want is for a tractor to sink in the field! Please can you bear this in mind with regards to sports days in a few weeks. We’re keeping everything crossed that the weather improves so we can go on the fields. If we need to cancel, we will try to do this with as much notice as possible.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Take care and stay safe.

Mrs Wilmer

Upcoming dates

May Day	6.5.24
KS2 SATs	13.5.24	All week
Early Years Sports KS1 Sports	22.5.24 22.5.24	9:15am 1:30pm
KS2 Sports	23.5.24	1:30pm
May Half Term	27.5.24	All week
INSET - children not in school Small & Tall closed	3.6.24	All day
Father’s Day Lunch	13.6.24
Career’s Week	17.6.24	All week

Newsletter - April Week Three

Published 18/04/24

Dear Families,

In the next few weeks, you’ll see us advertising our school and early years places in the local community and just outside the local area. Birth rates are low in the area which means that we have low numbers for our early years classes in September.

If you can help with advertising our school in any way, please get in touch as we really would like more people to know about what a great place it is.

Mrs Rafferty
As you will know, Mrs Rafferty is back from her maternity leave and is busy supporting writing and phonics across the school. She will be with us for just this term as she will be back on maternity leave from the summer. Miss Smith will continue to cover her maternity leave in Year 4 for this year and next year.

Parent / Child survey
We’ve had the results of the surveys through and they are overwhelmingly positive. Thank you so much for this. The leadership team will be going through the comments section over the next few weeks. From this, we will put an action plan together and let you know what we’ll be doing to continue to keep Friarswood the brilliant school it is.

Safeguarding

We are sent a lot of communication from Staffordshire Safeguarding Board regarding County Lines due to our local area being close to the M6 junction. Below you can find out more about this. All children can be at risk of this, so please do take a moment to read.

For Parents - What is County Lines?

Grooming is often associated with sexual grooming, but as we all know the process of grooming can be used for a multitude of crimes where children and young people can be exploited.

Internet Matters have put together a really useful guide for parents explaining county lines, how children are targeted, how children may be vulnerable and some resources/support.

You can find the guide HERE.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Take care and stay safe.

Mrs Wilmer

Newsletter - April Week 2

Published 12/04/24

Dear Parents / Carers,

Welcome back to the summer term. It’s been so good being back and seeing everyone. Thank you for all of the lovely well wishes. My phased return is for another couple of weeks then I’ll be back full time.

This week I’ve been going into the classrooms and catching up with the children, which has been lovely. I’m so impressed with how much progress they’ve made since the last time I looked in their books. I’m also amazed at how much some of them have shot up!

Swimming
Next week, Years 3 and 5 start back swimming.

The swimming gala is at the end of June, so part way through the term, some of the lessons will be dedicated to those Yr 5 & 6 children who would like to take part in this. I’ll send you more details closer to the time.

RSHE (relationships, sex and health education)
Next half term, the RSHE curriculum will focus on growth and change. The lessons focus on the body and in KS2 they begin to help children to understand puberty at an age appropriate level. You can find more information about this in the policy on the website. If you do have any concerns, feel free to contact your class teacher or Ms Cooper who is the RSHE lead.

Useful online safety tips for parents

Follow the link for useful tips on keeping your child safe online https://parentsafe.lgfl.net/

PTA
I’d just like to say a big thank you to the PTA for all of their fundraising activities which they’ve planned. I’ve spoken to some of the children and the staff about how successful they all were. So thank you to the PTA members and everyone who supported these events.

Have a lovely weekend. Let’s hope it’s dry!

Take care and stay safe

Mrs Wilmer

Newsletter - March Week Three

Published 19/03/24

Dear Parents and Carers

Happy Holidays! We have had a lovely day celebrating Easter and Spring today. The weather has been very kind to us and we were even joined by Anna and Barbie during our egg hunt this morning!

Young Musician of the Year
On Monday Gini in Year 6 represented our school in the semifinals of the Young Musician of the Year competition. Although she did not progress to the finals she did an amazing job playing a very difficult instrument (the clarinet) we are all very proud of you Gini and look forward to hearing more news of your musical successes in the future!

Chocolate Bingo
Wednesday night was another packed house for our Easter bingo. Thank you to everyone who donated chocolate and to those who came along and helped us to raise over £600. Thank you to the PTA who put the work into making it a successful evening and to the staff who helped on the night.

Easter Celebration
Thank you to all of the families who helped their children with entries to the Easter celebration. It was such a lovely and colourful afternoon. If you’d like to see some of the entries and parts of the egg hunt I will be posting pictures on dojo shortly

Reports
This afternoon children in Years 1 to 6 will receive their Spring progress reports. The reports show marks from recent assessments and a teacher assessment of their work across the term. I am very happy with the progress made by children across the school and I hope you are too. If you have any questions you will be able to contact the class teachers after the holidays.

Thank you
Finally a big thank you from me to all of the children, families and staff who have supported me whilst Mrs Wilmer has been recovering from her operation. I have enjoyed working with everyone in this wider capacity but I’m very much looking forward to getting back to working with my lovely Year 2s!

Happy Easter and enjoy any time you have off to spend with your families

Ms Hartley

New menus for after Easter.

https://www.friarswood.coopacademies.co.uk/page/?title=Lunches&pid=187&action=saved

Upcoming dates

Easter Holidays	25.3.24 - 5.4.24
May Day	6.5.24
KS2 SATs	13.5.24	All week
Early Years Sports KS1 Sports	22.5.24 22.5.24	9:15am 1:30pm
KS2 Sports	23.5.24	1:30pm
May Half Term	27.5.24	All week
INSET - children not in school Small & Tall closed	3.6.24	All day
Father’s Day Lunch	13.6.24
Career’s Week	17.6.24	All week

Newsletter - March Week Two

Published 15/03/24

Dear Parents and Carers

At lunchtime the beautiful sunshine heralded the start of what will hopefully be a lovely weekend - it really felt like Spring had sprung. Hopefully we’re in for a weekend of more sunshine and just a few showers!

Spring Walk
Unfortunately Spring didn’t get the memo that we were having our spring walk on Tuesday - but the children still had great fun in the mud and puddles! Thank you to the PTA for arranging it and fingers crossed that the summer walk will be a much drier occasion!

Piano Recital
This week pianists from across the school held a concert for their parents. It was a beautiful afternoon listening to some very talented musicians. I was amazed by their calm, confident manner. Even when faced with a technical hiccup they showed resilience and carried on. Bravo!

School Lunch Prices
Unfortunately, due mainly to the rising food costs, our caterers have increased the price of school meals and we have had to increase the daily charge to £3 a day. This will start after Easter on Monday 8th April

Mrs Dean
Mrs Dean and her family had some lovely news this week when she welcomed her first grandchild! Congratulations Mrs Dean, we hope you are enjoying the nanna life!

Attendance
Common winter Illnesses have taken their toll this week with many children not quite 100% Mrs Dean is running her own pharmacy at lunchtime! A reminder of the NHS website that will help you to decide if your child is well enough to come into school or if they need to stay at home. Is my child to ill for school

Childhood Ailments
This is the time of year we often see an increase in other childhood conditions too. Please be vigilant for head lice, threadworm etc which can spread very easily in a school if not controlled. Advice can be found here https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/head-lice-and-nits/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/threadworms/

Easter Celebration
A reminder to bring in any entries for the Decorated Egg competition (KS2) or the Easter Bonnet competition (EYs and KS1) - look out for photos of the entries on Friday!

Upcoming dates

Celebration of Learning	18.3.24	2:15
Chocolate Bingo	20.3.24	5.30
Easter Holidays	25.3.24 - 5.4.24
May Day	6.5.24
KS2 SATs	13.5.24	All week
Early Years Sports KS1 Sports	22.5.24 22.5.24	9:15am 1:30pm
KS2 Sports	23.5.24	1:30pm
May Half Term	27.5.24	All week
INSET - children not in school Small & Tall closed	3.6.24	All day
Father’s Day Lunch	13.6.24
Career’s Week	17.6.24	All week

Ms Hartley

Newsletter - March Week One

Published 08/03/24

Dear Parents and Carers

What a lovely week we have had in school this week. We have welcomed various visitors and of course our lovely mums came for lunch on Wednesday. Then ending the week in pyjamas surely has to be the best end to any week?!

Mrs Wilmer
My first piece of news for this week is that Mrs Wilmer will be returning to school after Easter. We're so glad that her recovery has gone well and Mrs Wilmer and I have already started a handover process to try to ensure a seamless transition. Welcome back Mrs Wilmer!

Co-op Academies Trust Board Trustee
On Monday we welcomed Sarah Findlay - Cobb who is one of the trustees of our Trust. Mrs Findlay-Cobb is the CEO of another Trust and it was lovely to hear such positive feedback about our school from her. She was very impressed with the learning environment in our classrooms and blown away by our polite, articulate children and the friendly staff. Well done Team Friarswood!

Mothers’ Day Lunch
It was lovely to see so many of our mums in school on Wednesday being treated to lunch with the children. We wish all of our mums and those who take on the role of mums a very happy Mothers’ Day and I hope that you are all treated like a queen for the day!

World Book Day
Of course we have finished this week celebrating the power of books - and in particular bedtime stories. Bedtime stories are one of the most precious ways of sharing reading with children in a safe and loving environment. I’m sure that most of us can still recall bedtime story time as children! Look out for photos on dojo of the children enjoying reading today and for photos of their junk modelled story characters - thank you to the Year 6 librarians for organising this.

Spring Walk

Hello Spring

Join your PTA and school Community Pioneer on the first ever Seasonal Walk!

Tues 12th March

3.20pm

Small and Tall students welcome

Activities:

Create your own piece of Natural Artwork

Write a report on the differences between the seasons

Use parents phones for photography

Create your own piece of spring poetry

Or just enjoy the walk!

Younger/Older siblings and wider family members welcome!

Non-uniform for chocolate bingo/ RedNose Day
Next Friday is Red Nose Day and also a non uniform day for the chocolate bingo - another busy day! As we are already asking for chocolate donations we have set up a parentpay link for any families who feel that they are able to contribute to the RedNose Day appeal too https://app.parentpay.com/ParentPayShop/Foc/Default.aspx?shopid=11798

Upcoming Dates

Mothers’ Day Lunch	6.3.24
World Book Day - Bedtime Stories	8.3.24
Non-uniform for chocolate bingo/ RedNose Day	15.3.24
Celebration of Learning	18.3.24	2.15pm
Chocolate Bingo	20.3.24
Easter Celebration Day	22.3.24
Easter Holidays	25.3.24 - 5.4.24

Ms Hartley

Co-op Academy Friarswood

Co-op Academy Friarswood

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