Dear Parents

The summer term is here and the sun has already been shining! As always it is a busy term ahead, so please keep an eye on our newsletter and ParentMail communications for information. 

Primary School Offer Day

On Tuesday our Year 2 parents received their school place offers for children starting Year 3 in September. It’s a very exciting time and we know that the Junior School can’t wait for you all to start visiting later this term and settling into your new environment. Don’t worry, there is still plenty of time and lots of fun things left to do in Year 2 yet! At the same time, we are very pleased to see that 60 children have been offered places to start with us in Reception from September. We are looking forward to meeting them and their families very soon. 

Sponsored Reading Challenge

Thank you for your very generous donations so far for our Sponsored Reading Challenge! I have been delighted to see so many photos of children reading in unusual places, as always our families are very inventive! We hope the children have enjoyed the challenge, please return your completed forms and sponsorship money as soon as possible so that we can start to order some new books. 

WISPA Easter Trail 

There was a wonderful response to the WISPA Easter Trail over the Easter holidays. Well done to all the children who completed the hunt and congratulations to our winner Maia and runners-up Lowen, Grace and Olivia A, all of whom were awarded some Easter goodies in assembly today.

Lunch Survey / Snack Change

This week I completed our survey of the children’s views about our school lunches. It is clear that they enjoy the meals on offer with hot dogs, pizza and Fish Fridays being the most popular choices. There are strict government guidelines in place for our caterers in terms of nutritional value and portion size for this age group. However, the school day includes a lot of physical activity, whether this is during play time, lunchtime clubs or PE activities. The children have a fruit snack in the morning and the government provides fruit/veg in the afternoon. Although this is nutritious and healthy, two-thirds of children said that they were hungry in class and this affected their concentration levels. We have therefore decided to trial new options for the daily snack provided by parents.  From Monday, we suggest that you include an additional item as well as their daily fruit/veg, such as breadsticks, crackers, rice cakes, pitta bread, oatcakes, or plain popcorn. Please ensure the snacks are named and they don’t include crisps, sweet items or chocolate. Hopefully this will ensure that the children are ready to learn at all times of day, but we will monitor this and update you soon. 

Mrs Glennie 

Finally, we are very sorry to say that the wonderful Mrs Glennie is leaving us for pastures new next Thursday. She has been a ray of sunshine in our school for the past 12 years, and chair of the PTA before that, raising many thousands of pounds for the school. She will be deeply missed by the children and staff alike, who all adore her joyous approach to life, her endless creativity and her boundless energy. We wish her every happiness in her next adventures and we look forward to seeing her when she pops in for a visit or two! 

Have a lovely weekend.

Best wishes

Tracey Wilson