We had a very exciting week last week at Grazebrook, we opened our doors to colleagues from around the country and indeed across the world. We had visiting educators looking at how we support children's learning through our use of technology and also looking at our expertise in Early Reading through our English Hub. We are very proud to be able to share our successes with other educators, very proud of our fabulous learners and our talented staff too. The children really enjoying showing all that they have achieved to our guests and it was delightful to see their evident pride in their work.

This week and for the remainder of the half term we have our curriculum workshops for families. There is an opportunity for you to come and see how we are developing our curriculum and to learn alongside your child - the dates are below and we would love to see you there. Our Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) parents' sessions are this week too both before and after school - please do come along. Our usual RSE year group specific drop-in sessions will still take place later in the academic year too - dates for those sessions will follow in the Summer term.

Thank you so much to our families who have sent in some historical objects or artifacts. We have spent a lot of time this half term focusing on historical sources and what we can learn from them so it is fabulous to have some real life examples too; even if for us adults the artifacts aren't that old!

I've had a few concerns raised recently about idling engines before and after school during pick up and drop off times. I know how committed we are as a community to our sustainability agenda, please ensure you are doing your bit by switching off your engine when to come to collect or drop off - we will be doing some work with our pupils and families shortly so please expect to hear more.

Have a lovely week,

Jess Hutchison