Dear Families
It’s week 6 here. The time is flying by. The air feels cooler and it’s darker in the mornings. Our Reception children have settled in amazingly – we are really very proud of them.
RED October
Red October is officially in full swing and it is wonderful to hear children reading every day and the teachers sharing so many stories and recommendations.
The Great Page Race challenge
All children have been introduced to the Great Page Race challenge – this is where every page they read helps their class ‘race ahead’ – the aim is to read enough pages to race the furthest ahead. At the end of October, the class with the most pages read (without cheating) will be crowned the Great Page Race Champions of 2025! Please encourage your child to read lots at home!
Mufti
Don’t forget our mufti dress up day on 24th October (£2 payable on Arbor in Clubs – and all monies raised will go to our library!)
Author visit
And, it’s not long until we welcome Sophie Henn author of Bad Nana, I Hate Everything and the Pizazz series to our school. If your child enjoys graphic novels Sophie Henn is amazing! You have until 13th October to buy one of her books for her to sign (they make a great Christmas present). You can make a payment on Arbor in Clubs.
Story Spuds
Will you be decorating a Story Spud (potatoes designed as a story book character)? If you do, please bring them in on 17th October! Last year there were some genius creations! Prizes and house points up for grabs!
Assembly – Hello Yellow
Monday’s assembly was led by our Mental Health lead Mrs Roberts who talked all about Young Minds.
Young Minds is a charity supporting the mental health of our young people. As it says on their website: Right now, the world can be a tough place for children and young people to grow up in – and they are feeling the pressure. We want young people to know that they don’t have to go through this alone. Things can get better.
That is why everyone is wearing yellow today. Whilst there was no expectation to donate, if you would like to – you can do so by clicking here.
Year 3 Harvest Assembly
We also had another wonderful assembly, this time led by our Year 3 children and Purple class which was all about Harvest. We were treated to songs (I particularly loved the Dingle Dangle Scarecrow), poems and smiles. Well done everyone who performed – and thank you to those to donated to our Harvest collection.
Future Leaders
Over the next few weeks, I am excited to share with you who our Future leaders are. Since the start of term, children have been completing application forms, performing speeches and taking part in election processes to decide our leaders who will support in different areas across the school. This week, I am excited to share with you our House Captains. Their role is to support the House Events and be role models for our school.
Salcey - Ollie S, Olivia C, Wyatt M,
Everdon - Sophie L-A, Matteo A, Harley I
Whittlewood - Lexie S-F, Clara J, Kaidan S
Harlestone - Polly L, Noah Y, Isaac C
Finally, this week our Year 6s jetted off on their residential! Next week I will share with you the adventures that they got up to! Don’t forget next Wednesday is our first WALK IN WEDNESDAY of the term and no surprises here but it will be READING focussed.
Happy Weekend Everyone
Ms Pennington