On Monday the 15th May our Early Years children went on a school trip to Windsor as part of their learning this term about 'Journeys'. To prepare for the journey our Bumblebees, Caterpillars and Dragonflies learnt about landmarks in our local area, map reading and different ways to travel. We begun our journey at school and boarded a coach with maps of the local area. The coach then took us on a journey around Maidenhead and we spotted local landmarks before travelling on to Windsor. We walked across Alexander Park and boarded our boat. Captain Sam took us on a trip down the Thames before returning to our starting point for lunch. The children excitedly talked about the places that they recognised and everyone had a fantastic day. Thank you to all the adults that helped make the day a success and our brilliant Bumblebees, Caterpillars and Dragonflies who were all fantastic role models for our school.

We have some exciting plans in progress to develop our Log Park area to make it an even better place for our children to enjoy. As well as updating and replacing some of the pieces of equipment that offer our children physical challenges, we have also been looking at how we can incorporate opportunities for creative play - through music and art, as well as offering a quieter, cosy space to gather, talk and play with friends.

As shown in the image above, (with our existing equipment in white) the proposed design includes:

Trim trail equipment - individual items to be chosen by the children

'Get, set, go' equipment - moveable blocks that offer open-ended active play 

Learning den - a cosy, quieter place to talk and play with friends

Outdoor musical instruments - our children have asked for Freestanding Chimes, Group Batonka and Drum Seats

Creative panels - giant chalkboard and whiteboard; large-scale weaving panel

The FPSA are raising much needed funds to help us with this ambitious project - we will keep you updated as to our progress!

We are delighted to let you know that Mrs Trillow has given birth to a beautiful little girl. 

Elsie Violet arrived safe and well earlier this month and both mother and baby are doing well. I am sure you will join us all in sending our congratulations to Mrs Trillow and family - such happy news!

We were very excited to see that in our bird box we have chicks. We enjoyed closely observing the babies and trying to figure out how many there were. We noticed that the parents were flying out of the bird box to collect some food for their chicks. We then decided to go to the nature garden so we could see the adult birds coming and going and collecting food for their young. We had to be super quiet to make sure that we did not disturb the nest.  It was such a lovely trip and we are looking forward to watching the chicks grow. 

We have been very busy over the past few weeks designing and making posters for each of our classrooms to advertise about our upcoming Summer Fair! We thought carefully about how to make our posters eye-catching and the key information we wanted to share. So, keep a look out near each class for our Summer Fair posters, we hope they grab your attention! 

Congratulations to Draco, for earning the most house points this half term - an impressive 406 in total! Well done everyone - a super team effort :)

• Junior Discos

The Junior School discos were back with a bang last Friday. Mr King and Mr Sawle turned into DJ King and DJ Sawle for the 2 discos, playing some fabulous tunes for the children. There were even a few confetti cannons released at the end of the discos for added fun!
Both of the discos were well attended and we hope everyone had a good time. They raised over £1,500 for the Junior School so thank you to everyone who bought a ticket and supported them. Also, a huge thank you to the Juniors staff who stayed behind after school to help out with the discos.

Dates for your diary.....

• Summer Fair - Saturday 17th June (11.30am - 2.30pm)

An important letter went out on Monday with details on how you can support the summer fair this year, please read through it carefully. In addition, every child came home with 2 cups which when filled will form the very popular 'Kids Tombola' stall which is usually run by Infants school staff. Filled tombola cups should be returned to school on Friday 9th June for which your child can wear non-uniform. Raffle tickets were also included (NB - more raffle tickets can be found at the Infants school office). Please buy and/or sell as many raffle tickets as you can.

Thank you to all of those that have signed up to have an Oakwood Estates board outside their house in the 2 weeks leading up to the fair. We had a great response which will result in ~£500 to the FPSA.

Please can you help at the fair on a stall? You (or your relatives) can volunteer for 1 hour or more on a variety of different stalls. Some of the stalls are suitable for your child/children to help out on too.

Please follow this link: https://volunteersignup.org/PRMX9 

• Year 2 Leavers Disco - Friday 14th July (4-5.15pm)

Year 2 children are invited to a fun-filled hour of music and dancing in the Infants Hall with 'DJ Dexter' playing the tunes! Note, a slight change to the timing.