Dear Parent/Carer,
Calendar
Some of our children appeared on Calendar News last night, discussing the forthcoming Royal Wedding. We hope to have a copy in school soon to share with any of you who missed it. The interview certainly was great fun and made for great television.
Decorate An Egg
My thanks to all participants in the Decorate An Egg competition. The quality of the work was, as ever, stunning. Everyone truly is a winner in this competition. The Eggs decorated our Mall for the week and were a wonderful sight to behold. Congratulations to our winners and to everyone who participated.
Book Amnesty
Could you please have a hunt around at home for any books that belong to school and return any that you find (other than your child’s current home reading book). We invest around £8,000 per year in new books… We want our children to have a great ‘book experience’ and to develop a love of reading. Having a wide range of high quality books available to them is essential.
Ofsted
My thanks to the overwhelming number of parents who returned very positive feedback about the school and the provision for their child for last week’s ofsted questionnaire. The inspection team were extremely impressed and it was lovely to hear such positive feedback from them. We expect to be able to share the full report with you next week. My thanks to Mrs Cookson, Mrs Curgenven, Councillor Mulherin and Mrs Wood who all very ably represented our Governing Body during the inspection. The process is certainly very forensic and rigorous.
In the meantime, the questionnaire that was distributed ahead of the ofsted visit is now collated and will be presented to and discussed with the Governing Body at the next round of meetings. From there, we intend to share the views collected with you and use the information to take our next forward steps as a school, based on the feedback received.
Minutes of Governing Body Meetings
Minutes of the full Governing Body meetings are available for public inspection in the school entrance area, opposite Mrs Smith’s desk.
Summer Dates
Our Summer Schedule is as action-packed as ever. Here goes:
Week commencing 9th May – Year 6 SAT Week
Wed 11th May – East Barnby Residential Information Meeting for Year 3 (next year’s Year 4) parents, 3.30pm in the School Hall
Wed 18th May – School Photographer for Group Photos
Mon 6th – Wed 8th June – Year 6 Residential to Robinwood
Thu 16th June – New Reception Parents Meeting 6.00pm – 7.30pm
Thu 30th June – Arts Review Evening, 6.00pm – 7.30pm
Tue 5th July – Meet Your New Teacher Day & Year 6 Transition Day to Rodillian
Fri 8th July – Training Day
Mon 11th July – Sports Day
Tue 12th July – Year 56 Review Evening Performance
Wed 13th July – Y56 Review Afternoon Performance
Thu 21st July – Golden Day
Fri 22nd July – Talent Show (am) & Poetry Final, from 2.30pm
Mon 25th July – Leavers Assembly, from 2.00pm
Celebration Fridays
Our Celebration Friday Open Evenings for the Summer Term are:
Summer 1
Fri 13th May – Key Stage One
Fri 20th May – Upper Key Stage Two
Fri 27th May – Lower Key Stage Two
Summer2
We will be hosting a Whole School Celebration Friday event on Friday 1st July.
The Celebration Friday Open Evening Events are yet another way to inform you about what is going on in school and to keep you up to date with your child’s progress. They are always well attended events and I would encourage you to come along to take in not only what your child has been doing but also what’s been going on around school as a whole.
Have a great long weekend,
Mr Wilson
