Headteacher's Message  

Dear Families,

Before anything else, I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone for working so well with us this morning at drop-off. The weather has certainly challenged us today, with lots of flooding and little lakes appearing across our playgrounds! Thank you to everyone for being so understanding as we made changes to some of the children’s entrances into school. I really appreciate the way our community has worked together, and a huge thank you to all the staff for managing everything so calmly and ensuring the children got into school safely.

What a busy half term it has been! I can’t believe we have already reached the end, and there is certainly lots to celebrate.

I would like to start by saying a huge thank you to Mr Simpson for all of his support with our spooky disco this week, as well as to all of the adults and staff across the school who helped make it such a fantastic event. The costumes were brilliant, the music was fantastic and the children had a great time. Thank you, too, to our wider school community for supporting us with our fundraising. It is always lovely to see everyone coming together to support the school.

We have had some lovely highlights over the last few weeks. Year 2 enjoyed a visit from the fire service, which was a fantastic opportunity for the children to learn more about the important work they do. On Thursday afternoon, our Year 2 children also welcomed their parents into school to share their robot creations. The children had been so creative, and it was wonderful to see them proudly showing off their work. Thank you to everyone who came along.

A reminder for our Year 2 families that, as we are two separate schools, you will need to apply for a Junior school place for your child, even though we operate as a vertical primary. We will be holding a Junior school open event on 30th November, and further information will be shared on our social media platforms, so please keep an eye out for this.

We also welcomed Dan Magnus into school this week. Dan is a world record holder and delivered some fantastic assemblies, sharing his sporting techniques with the children. It was a brilliant experience for them, and I know they really enjoyed it.

A huge well done, too, to our girls’ football team, who came second in their competition last week. We are very proud of you all!

There is lots to look forward to when we return after half term. Our new Year R children will be joining us for their visits, with the first taking place on Wednesday 4th. If you know of any families who have a child starting school in 2027, please do spread the word. We would love to welcome them into our school community.

We are also really pleased to be launching our new extracurricular clubs, run by our own staff, after half term. There will be lots of opportunities for the children to get involved in, and I would like to say a huge thank you to all the staff who have signed up to run these clubs. We really appreciate you giving your time to provide these additional experiences for the children. Further information about the clubs will be shared shortly, so please keep an eye out for this.

We are also excited to be launching our new reading scheme reward system. We want to continue to encourage a love of reading and celebrate the children’s efforts and achievements. More information about how this will work will be shared with you, so do look out for further details.

A reminder, too, that parents’ evening will take place during the second week back after half term. We look forward to sharing how the children are getting on and discussing their progress with you.

I hope you all have a lovely, safe and restful half term. Thank you, as always, for your continued support. We look forward to seeing everyone back in school on Monday 2nd November.

Have a lovely break!

Kathryn Wilden 

Mrs Wilden