Principal's Message:

With only 2 weeks of term left to go, the children's learning is going from strength to strength. We are constantly hearing such wonderful feedback from parents about how much their children are sharing about their learning at home. We have also noticed that children are becoming more confident in making links within their learning which helps them know more and remember more.

This week, our mixed boys and girls football team played their first match in the Greenfields Football Tournament. They won 9-0 against the other team, with two players scoring hat tricks. To say we are proud of them would be an understatement! Well done to all players involved.

We have noticed that a number of children are still coming through the office in the morning. Unless it has been specifically agreed with the school, children should be entering the school through the designated doors with their peers. This helps their day to start in a calm and settled way so please support your child with this by getting them to school on time.

We also continue to notice that there are some children who continue to wear incorrect uniform to school. The areas that we have noticed most are;

• polo shirts

• hooped earrings

• trainers

• ties

Most of our children look impeccably smart when they come to school by following our clearly laid out uniform policy; they are very proud of their uniform. This means that when our uniform policy is not followed it is more noticeable. To be very clear on the aforementioned areas -

• Polo shirts are not permitted at all for either the school uniform or the PE uniform.

• Hooped earrings are not permitted. One pair of small studs is fine.

• Trainers should only be worn on PE days. Thank you to those parents/carers who communicate with the academy if trainers are being worn temporarily due to broken shoes or other valid reasons.

• Ties must be worn by boys. There are an increasing numbers of boys who are not wearing their ties at all. This is an area of our uniform that I will be reviewing to ensure that the high standards our children deserve are maintained as I do appreciate that they are easily lost due to the design.

As always, we are hugely appreciative of our parents' support and working in partnership is supporting the children exponentially.

Have a fabulous weekend.

Miss S Brading