It has been a great week for sharing progress, thinking about growth, and planning for the future this week, with parent and carer consultations being a particular highlight. Many of the teachers commented that it is one of their favourite parts of teaching - sharing the progress and achievements of each child.

We have been asking children to think of "small acts of kindness" this week, to build on our wider kindness discussion from last week. The staff have been watching carefully and Friday's celebration assembly was a wonderful opportunity to give awards to those children in the school who have been including others, lending a hand, sharing and saying a kind word to one another.

The parent survey that went out on Monday has had over 40 responses; if you haven't managed to share your thoughts and opinions on the school please do complete it. It will present us an opportunity to reflect and think about how to change our practice going forward.

We go into a final week of the first half term, a reminder that the school is closed to children on Friday. The staff will be working that day to enhance our Maths curriculum offer to the children, thinking about how best to encourage problem solving. I hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you all next week.

Kind regards,
Oliver Graves, Headteacher