Dear Parents and Carers, 

We are looking forward to what the spring term has in store and hopefully some warmer weather! We are looking forward to the learning opportunities available to the children during this term; our learning overviews emailed out to you all last week provide further information on the different concepts that your children will be learning in each subject.  

Our value this half term is 'happiness'. I introduced the children to this value in assembly last week through the book 'Where happiness begins' by Eva Eland. The children were so reflective when thinking about genuine happiness and were able to consider that it is concerning yourself and what you enjoy doing and that it could not be found in materialistic things; I was blown away by the maturity of their comments and the way they built on the thoughts of others. 

This week the children in Year 6 have sat a mock SATs paper. Once again we are truly impressed with their concentration and focus which have led to some remarkable results and progress with a large proportion of children already achieving the expected standard. This is testament to their hard work, an enriching curriculum and incredible teaching and learning opportunities provided; well done Year 6! 

Over the last two weeks, children who are not on our Read Write Inc phonics programme have been completing our half termly Accelerated Reader assessments. Please look out for your child's new ZPD in their planners or on their bookmarks which gives them a suggested range of book to read from. Please remind children at home to complete their quizzes after finishing a book when returning to school; then they are able to self select a new book from their key stage library. Daily reading at home is vital for the children to continue to develop their language, knowledge and overall confidence. We fully appreciate all the support our children receive with this at home in order to help them flourish.

Finally, it was lovely to finish the week with Peacocks class assembly. The children did a fantastic job of showcasing their learning which really captured the celebration of different cultures and history that we immerse the children in as well as the fantastic writing opportunities; I hope that all of our parents and carers that attended enjoyed it as much as I did. 

I hope you all have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you and the children on Monday.  

Mrs Romina Lang

Headteacher