We are in full on apple harvest mode here at school. A big thank you to all the PTFA involved with this. The children have enjoyed their apple picking fun walks in beautiful autumnal Bentley. The juice making is underway and sales will be available soon.

We have our first sports competition of the year after school. Good luck to all the Year 5 and 6 hockey players!

In class news this week…

Year R are continuing with our phonics sounds and numbers. Having fun with numbers, for example, spotting when there are 1, 2 or 3 dots without counting them.

Year 1 have had lots of fun learning about the part-whole model using a giant version on the school playground.

Year 2 have enjoyed learning about 'greater than' and 'less than' symbols in Maths, as well as starting a new learning journey in English (The Gingerbread Man).

Year 3 have had lots of fun learning about the skeleton and bones in our body. We enjoyed our apple picking this week.

Year 4 have worked hard in English to include exciting and effective new words in our writing.

Year 5 and 6 have enjoyed watching the performance of Macbeth by The Young Shakespeare Company today.

Enjoy a super weekend. I recommend getting out the warmer clothes (vests, hats and winter coats for school) this weekend as the weather has taken a chilly turn, especially in the mornings! Please do a check on labels, as the Lost Property cupboard already seems rather full and our team of helpers cannot return unnamed items.

I know it has been an unusual and unsettling time for many of the staff and parents in school in this period of public mourning for Queen Elizabeth. Many people have spoken of feeling surprised about the strength of their feelings, as we come to terms with her death. As you are aware, school will be closed on the Bank holiday on Monday 19^th September and on Tuesday two Year 6 pupils will sign the Book of Condolence in Alton on behalf of the school. I hope you can spend the day with family or friends.

A very warm welcome back to school this term! I hope you have all enjoyed the sunshine and a good break this summer. This is a brief newsletter with just the key information for next week.

Thank you to you all for your amazing support at home to make this a very special week of learning at school. It was wonderful to see pupils and parents so motivated and enthused at a time of year when we are all a little tired and ready for a holiday!

A big thank you to the staff team for all their hard work in planning these special days. Children have worked collaboratively across the school and wowed us with their wider curriculum outcomes and understanding.

We have had a super Move Up morning and hope our Alton Schools Year 6 pupils did too! Please see below for the staffing list for classes for next year.

Tomorrow twenty-one brave cyclists are doing the ‘Bombay to Bentley’ Bike Ride. We also encourage you to come along with your children and support the cyclists as they return to school after their gruelling day. It is always quite an inspiring and emotional return. We have two super Year 7 pupils taking part this year too. They are expected back between 3.30pm and 4.30pm so do come along to welcome them back!

What a wonderful week we have had! The weather was perfect for Sports Day and our super athletes all wowed us with their speed, tenacity, athletics and good sportsmanship. A big well done to Nightingale House who were crowned the 2022 champions. Thank you to our amazing staff team for all their hard work, to CMSports and to all of you for coming along and cheering us all on.