Dear Parents/Carers,

We hope this newsletter finds you well and that everyone is enjoying the much needed glimmer of Spring and sunshine.  

Mrs Merrell

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Mrs Merrell  and her family on the safe arrival of their beautiful baby girl, Harriet.  Harriet arrived on Tuesday 4th March and is settling in well to a truly wonderful family.  

Pupil interviews

We began the first week back with the teachers and pupils having the opportunity to get together for some 1:1 time in their pupil interviews.  This is a great opportunity for each child to spend some time with their class teacher, looking through their work, celebrating their progress, discussing areas of need and having the opportunity to have a general well-being chat.  The teachers are always so grateful of this opportunity and talk so highly of its impact.  Please talk to your class teacher at parents evening if you have any questions about this. 

Assessment week

This week, the children in most classes have been taking part in assessments.  The assessments are led to ensure children do not feel anxious or pressured and see the outcome as an opportunity to both celebrate and determine what they need to do to progress further.  Class teachers will discuss these with you at parents evening and will also meet with the Senior leadership team to discuss the progress of each individual child before Easter. 

Parent online safety workshop

Thank you to those parents who attended the online safety workshop last week, led by Mrs Heatley.  We hope you found this beneficial and took some nuggets of information you could share with your children and others.  Please see the link below for the presentation that Mrs Heatley used, this can be found on our school website.  Online safety is a huge part of the world our children are navigating, constant discussions around this is the most beneficial way to help our children stay safe. 

Parent E-Safety Workshop Presentation 

Ash Wednesday

Thank you to Fr Kevin for inviting the community to Our Lady Of Walsingham to celebrate Ash Wednesday. As always the children behaved impeccably and took part with real reverence. 

Science week

Next week the school will take part in various workshops and experiments to celebrate 'Science week'.  Mrs Barnes, our science lead, and the class teachers have prepared some exciting activities for the children to take part in.  Pictures and information from this will be shared in the next newsletter.  As part of science week, the school has booked science workshops for classes 1-6.  We ask that each child makes a contribution to these workshops of £2.00.  This can be paid for through Arbor. Thank you.

Finally we wish you all a wonderful weekend, in what we hope will be more sunshine! 

Best Wishes

Mrs Lavelle-Murphy & Mrs Alger