The staff would like to welcome you all back after the summer holidays! As you are aware, Mrs Hallett, our new Headteacher, is unable to be with us in school at the moment, however she has sent the following message for the school community:
We have had a fantastic final week of learning for the school year and have enjoyed reminiscing about all that we have done since September. We can’t quite believe we’ve managed to fit it all in! Alongside all the regular learning in classrooms, we have been out on educational visits, hosted visitors to school, stayed away on residentials, taken part in a range of clubs, participated in lots of sporting events, had fun at PTFA events…the list goes on! Most of all we have enjoyed being together as a community, giving each other courage when life is tough and looking after one another with love. Our Christian values really have shone through this year.
I hope you enjoyed reading your child’s annual school report last night and were proud of all they have achieved this year. The staff have all been incredibly proud of the children’s hard work and the progress they have made, and thank you for your support at home to ensure your child completes their homework on time and commits to reading at least five times a week.Please enter an introduction for your news story here.
As I write this the children are all excitedly taking part in Move Up Morning where they are getting to know their new teachers and the expectations for their next year group. This is the perfect time to reflect on achievements over the past year and set goals for the new. Your child’s report will come home next week and I know you will all be very pleased with how much your children have achieved this academic year. See below for the full list of staffing.
It was great to see so many of you at the Summer Fair last week. It was a fantastic afternoon with perfect weather and an excellent range of activities to keep everyone busy and having fun. Just over £2000 was raised for the school, which is incredible! Events like these take a huge amount of planning and organisation and would not be possible without the support of our school community; from chopping onions, to putting up gazebos, to cooking burgers on the barbecue – the list goes on! A massive thank you must go to our wonderful PTFA chairs, Molly Scotton, Sarah Cordina and Sarah Forbes who coordinated the event. Please see the thank you list at the end of the newsletter for further thanks.
As I write this, the final preparations are being made for the Summer Fair this afternoon. The PTFA have been working very hard behind the scenes to make this a fantastic, enjoyable event, with lots of fun activities, tasty food and terrific games to play to keep the whole family entertained. A big thank you in advance to everyone who has volunteered to help – we can’t run these events without your support.
What a wonderful week we have had here in school! Following on from a successful Sports Day last week, Year 5 and 6 represented the school brilliantly at the Alton Cricket Festival this week. A boys’ team participated on Tuesday and a girls’ team on Wednesday with both teams winning lots of their matches. We are waiting to hear if they have made it through to the final being held in Southampton next week! A big thank you goes to Mr Goddard and Mr Metters for taking the team to their matches, driving the minibus, cheering the team on and keeping them cool!
What a brilliant first week back it has been, culminating in our fantastic Sports Day today. Last night we received notification of an amber heat health alert from Hampshire County Council, which meant we had to make some changes to our regular schedule of events today. To keep everyone safe we decided to limit the long distance run to two laps only and not hold the family runtastic at the end of the morning. All the children had a fantastic time though and amazed us with their sportsmanship, determination and team spirit. Congratulations go to Nightingale House who were crowned the champions for 2023!
I can’t believe we are already at the end of the first half of the summer term and what an incredibly busy one it’s been!! We’ve had a huge range of educational visits, two residentials, SATs tests, coronation celebrations, sporting events and prayer week, as well as all of our usual learning and activities. I have been so proud of all the children this half-term. They have worked hard in their lessons and have represented our school well when off site by upholding our rules and values at all times - well done children.
It has been lovely to see the return of the sunshine at last this week and great to see all the children enjoying their playtimes outside, especially in the woods. Please remember to send your child to school with a named water bottle containing non-flavoured water to keep them hydrated as the weather warms up.
I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend to celebrate the King’s Coronation. I have certainly enjoyed hearing about all the memories that were made by the children as they celebrated this moment in history.
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We have had an enjoyable day in school today, celebrating the coronation of King Charles III. Everyone has looked fantastic in their red, white and blue clothing and we all enjoyed singing our special coronation songs in collective worship this morning.