Dear Parents

Congratulations to our wonderful Year 2 cricketers, who were victorious in Chelmsford School Sport Partnership’s 3 Tees Cricket Final on Wednesday! They won all five of their matches and have now earned a place, representing Chelmsford, in the County Final. We are so proud, not only of their sporting achievement but also of their conduct, enthusiasm and sportsmanship throughout the competition. They are truly great ambassadors for the school. Many thanks to all the team members who competed in previous rounds and helped to secure our place in the final. A huge thank you to all of our spectators too - you created a wonderfully supportive atmosphere.

We celebrated the children's win in assembly, as well as honours given to several children from Writtle Minors. We also cheered for Cara, who has been awarded a green Blue Peter badge which is such a special achievement! And we are very proud of Martha, who had the brilliant idea of selling cactus paintings outside her home and raised an amazing £31.50 for The British Hedgehog Preservation Society!

Euros Competition

Miss Wakeling has organised a Euros competition across the school with teams mixed from each year group. The tournament started this week with England scoring an impressive 7-0 victory in their group match over the Netherlands. Let’s hope that success is replicated in Germany! The matches continue at lunchtimes over the next few weeks, look out for the scores posted at the main entrance.

2 Johns Meeting

As anticipated, the 2 Johns’ workshop on internet safety was utterly illuminating. It is always shocking to find out the extent of the potential dangers, but reassuring to know that there are measures we can all take to protect children. Many thanks to the many parents who attended the evening meeting. For those of you who missed it, we highly recommend the resources provided on the 2 Johns website.

Phonics Screening

Phonics screening took place for our Year 1 children this week, well done to them all for their composure and positive attitude when demonstrating their fabulous phonics skills. We can really see that our investment in Little Wandle is paying dividends, so thank you to the staff who have worked tirelessly to prepare the children and also for your support at home. The results will be published in your child’s annual report in July.

Multiply Maths Workshop

Our second maths workshop for parents was well attended and once again the feedback was that it was very useful and informative. We hope to run a further session in the Autumn term for our new parents in EYFS.

Summer Fair, Saturday 29th June

The Parents Association are in full preparation mode for the Summer Fair, with their first dress down day next Friday in exchange for bottles and soft toys. Please see WISPA’s message below for further details. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year, so please email wispacharity@gmail.com if you can offer a little of your time to help the organisers of the event.

Summer Trips

Information about our summer trips for all year groups has now been sent home. We mentioned in a previous newsletter that a few Year 2 children would have the opportunity to attend the Wimbledon Championships in July (as spectators! ). Unfortunately the extortionate cost of travel by minibus means that the day would be prohibitively expensive to offer as a school trip (over £100 per pupil). However we do not want the tickets to go to waste, as this is such a unique and prestigious event, so we are offering 5 pairs of tickets to Court 2 on Tuesday 2nd July at £20 each, for parents to accompany their children if they wish. Please contact the office as soon as possible if you would like to take up this opportunity. In the event of oversubscription we will choose names from a ballot.

Year 1 & 2 Information

Finally, our Year 1 and 2 teams have prepared new activity passports and topic maps for you, so that you can see what the children are learning this half term and have a few tasks for them to complete at home. Please take a look on our home learning page.

Let’s hope it warms up this weekend! Don’t forget to spoil all the dads, grandads and special men in your life on Sunday.

Best wishes
Tracey Wilson