Dear Parents and Carers

 

Goodness me - December has certainly arrived with a bang. The weather has made its presence felt this week and there is a definite elf-like buzz around school today!

 

We are very lucky to have the large fields to play on whilst the weather is icy. They are much safer than the playground but we do need the children to have a change of footwear so that they can enjoy the outside and still have warm dry feet in the afternoon.

Most parents find it helpful to have a pair of school wellies which are left in school to save you having to remember them each day. If you do send some to stay in school please remember to put names inside - you’d be amazed by how many unicorn / rainbow / spiderman etc wellies we have around the school!

 

This week we have had a very busy week of activities outside of regular lessons

 

Year 5 Gymnastics

On Thursday afternoon some Year 5s went to Co-op Academy Stoke to start their training for an inter academy competition in January. They worked on a routine using a variety of skills. Good luck to our gymnasts Polly, Rejoice, Lexi, Georgia, Arthur, Kara, Sam, Nora and Ava in their preparations. We are looking forward to hearing how you get on! Thank you to Mrs Shaw for accompanying the children.

 

Year 5/6 Footballers

Congratulations to the Year 5/6 football team who had an outstanding start to their season winning 3 and drawing 1 match on Monday evening. The scores were  2-0, 5-0, 6-0 and 0-0 - amazing! Well done to Enes, Albert, Teddy, Seb, Jack, Leo, Henry and Stanley.

Thank you to Mrs Sharman for organising, Mr Flemming for being head coach on the day and parents for helping to get the children to the fixtures.

 

Year 6 Musicians

This week 4 of our Year 6 musicians were entered into the Co-op Academies Trust Young Musician of the Year competition. They will be competing against musicians from all schools across the trust. Good luck Millie, Gini, Imogen and Florence - we are very proud of you.

Thank you Mrs Elkin for organising the entries and recording their performances.

 

Christmas Market

It was lovely to see so many of you at the Christmas market last week. It was very busy and everyone seemed to be enjoying their evenings. Thank you to the PTA members who have worked hard to organise everything and to the staff who stopped to set up and help run some of the stalls. Once we have had the Chocolate Bingo we will be able to let you know a grand total that our Christmas fundraising activities have made. 

 

December Dates 

Continuing into December we have some dates for your diaries over the next few weeks:

 

Grandparents Lunches Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th

Non Uniform Day (Chocolate donation) Friday 8th

Early Years Nativity Monday 11th

Chocolate Bingo Tuesday 12th

Chester Zoo Trip Thursday 14th

Early Years / KS1 Theatre Trip Tuesday 19th

KS1 Christmas Production Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st

 

Thank you to the staff, PTA and parents who work hard and volunteer their time to allow these exciting events to take place.

 

Parking

We are still experiencing some issues with inconsiderate parking - blocking pavements and drives. I understand that the roads surrounding our school are not designed for large volumes of traffic, however it is important that parents dropping off or collecting park considerately leaving enough room for pedestrians with prams etc to walk along the pavement - even if it means parking a little further away.

The safety of all of our children is always our top priority.

 

We look forward to seeing many of you over the next few weeks and wish you a warm and relaxing weekend enjoying your family time.

 

Ms Hartley