Dear Families,

 

Co-op Academies Trust Recognition Awards
Last Friday was a very special evening for our choir and for some of our staff.  The choir along with Mrs Elkin had everyone on their feet joining in with the singing.  I’m thrilled to let you know that our Early Years Team won the ‘Succeed Together’ award.  It’s great to know that other people see how fantastic this team is and not just the staff at Friarswood.  They put so much effort into making the early years experience so special, ensuring that the start of school life at Friarswood is the best it could possibly be.  I’m so proud of the team and the choir.   You’ll find lots of photos on X and Facebook.

 

Lockdown
We had a lockdown practice yesterday.  I know it’s very sad that we have to do this but we want all children to know how to be safe.  All of the teachers spoke to the children about why we have these practices and how important they are.  All of the children behaved perfectly and stayed very quiet until they were ‘safe’ to get back to normal.

Should the ‘real’ thing happen, we have a set of procedures which we will follow to keep everyone inside of the school safe and to help everyone outside of school to remain safe too.  

We will only alert parents when we are told to do so by the authorities/police.  

We will only answer the phone when we are told to do so.

We will only let parents into the grounds when we are told to do so.

Should we need to evacuate to a ‘safe place’, we will use The Coppice.  (They will use our school should they ever need a ‘safe place’).

Ongoing Information about what is happening will be sent to you as soon as possible.

Again, our main aim will be to keep everyone as safe as possible.

 

Chocolate Bingo
Another successful bingo was held on Wednesday evening.  Lots of fun was had by so many of you who came to support this fundraising event, it raised an amazing £1075! Thank you to everyone who came along and donated.

 

Church Visit
Don’t forget on Monday that the whole school will be visiting St Andrew’s church for the Christmas concert.  Please ensure that your child has suitable clothing and footwear.  

Christmas Presents
If you know of a family or an individual that are having a tough time at the moment, please message me, Mrs Hughes or Mrs Bebbington, via Dojo or drop an email, as we have our community team who have worked wonders in helping to make sure that no one goes without this Christmas. 

 

The next 2 weeks are very busy.  Please keep an eye out for Dojo messages so that you can keep up to date with everything.  The festive feeling is definitely in full flow at Friarswood.

 

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Take care and stay safe.

Mrs Wilmer

 

 

Early Years Christmas Play	10.12.24	9:15
Chocolate Bingo	4.12.24	6pm
Church visit - Christmas	9.12.24	9:30am
KS2 New Vic Theatre trip	11.12.24	am
Grandparents’ Christmas Dinner	17.12.24 18.12.24	11:45am onwards
KS1 Christmas Play	17.12.24 - Yr 1 18.12.24 - Yr 2	9:15 9:15
Christmas holidays	23.12.24 - 3.01.25	Back to school 7.01.25
INSET - school and S&T closed	6.1.25