Hottest Ever End To The Year!
Well that has most definitely got to be the hottest end to any year I've ever experienced at FPJS! Despite the scorching temperatures and disruption in the final days, it has been such a brilliant term with lots of exciting opportunities for the children. Read all about the Y4 Longridge trip below, the Y5 trip to Cadbury World and of course the amazing Y6 production- which I unfortunately missed due to having covid once again!
As with the end of any academic year, it is always tinged with sadness with saying goodbye to our leavers. Our Current Year 6 have been through such a lot of change. They entered the school in times before Covid hit us, where they had a “normal” Year 3. From then on, there has been much disruption to their schooling years- they had anything but a “normal” Year 4 and Year 5, and even though we have returned to some kind of normality in their final year at the school, there has been much pressure on this year group to “catch up”, complete the SATs tests and be secondary ready all the while battling further covid absences, wind disruption and the hottest days we have experienced ever!
We are also saying goodbye this year to many established members of staff who have all helped to play a part in making FPJS the great school that is has become over the years. Mrs Fraser has simply been the font of all knowledge in the office and we shall miss her calm, smiling demeanor. Mrs Lawrence-Davis , Miss Kent and Mrs Hooper have been brilliant teachers who we will miss very much and will no doubt will take away many experiences from FPJS which will help them to develop their new primary schools. Saying goodbye to Miss Johnson has also been incredibly hard today after many years of giving our Y6 children have the best final year they could in such a fun way. No doubt Miss Johnson will be a fantastic addition to her new school where she embarks on a differerent challenge- teaching design and technology to secondary school pupils.
Thank you to every parent for all the support you have given us this year- it has not been an easy year as we adjust to live after the pandemic for many reasons, and as I found out this week, Covid hasn't gone away either! Goodbye to all the Y6 families who have reached the end of their FPJS journey, we hope you look back and remember us fondly! We look forward to seeing the Y3-5 children on the first day back in September (Friday 2nd).
We wish everyone a super summer holiday!
Anna Clark- Head of School