Dear Families
How can it already be the final week of the half term? It has whizzed by but such a lot of learning and laughter has happened.
Don’t forget to set the parental controls on all devices that have access to the internet and check what your children are viewing, saying, reading and listening to.
Community Events
Thank you to everyone who attended our Spooktacular this weekend – what an amazing event it was and a special thank you to the staff who gave up their time and also Mrs Normington who made it all happen! Well done to Daniel (Yr 1) & Eva (Yr 4) who were our Fancy Dress winners and we were all very impressed to see how many of the adults dressed up too!
Similarly, also on Saturday, some our Year 4 children and staff took part in the Diwali parade in Northampton Town centre, parading their amazing lanterns which they made in a special workshop. Two wonderful events that we were very proud to be a part of.
Celebration Assembly
This week we started celebrating the brilliance of your children in our termly celebration assembly. In this assembly we awarded all of those children who have achieved 30 Proud Points and other awards such as our Music Stars. During the assembly, I spoke about how our values are important and displaying hard work, kindness and belief in themselves and others helps to earn those points!
Please do not worry if your child did not receive a certificate this time, there is plenty of time to earn those points.
Sophie Henn Visit
On Wednesday, we had another inspiring author visit but this time from Sophie Henn who is famous for writing the Pizazz, Lifesize and Bad Nana books. The day started with an assembly for our KS1 and EYFS children and then she did an hours workshop with children from Reception through to Year 3 – ending with a book signing at the end of the day! The children were enthralled by her stories and illustrations – another brilliant bookish event for our RED October!
Activity Day
On Thursday, 30 children from across KS2 ventured off to Moulton Park for a special activity day where they went trampolining and learnt circus skills, amongst many other things. This is all part of our drive to increase activity rates in our children throughout the school and help them learn about healthy lifestyles in a fun and engaging way! The smiles on the children’s faces were priceless! Well done everyone who took part.
Chatter Matters
Today we held our very important Chatter Matters support group for our families with children with SEND. We recognise that opportunities to come together to share and collaborate are very important and it is nice to see so many attend. Thank you to Esther who runs this wonderful opportunity and if you would like more information about attending a Chatter Matters session, please email Lucy Boswell, the Head of our Hive provision:
Mufti Day
And finally, what a day today has been seeing everyone (including staff) get dressed up as a book character to end our RED October. There were some truly BRILLIANT costumes and thank you to all of the parents who helped prepare or make a costume. A special well done to our winners who all receive a £5 book token to spend at the Book Fair (12 – 14th Nov).
That’s it for Autumn 1. We return on Tuesday 4th November (3rd November is a training day). Have a lovely, safe break whatever you get up too – pumpkin picking, autumn walks or trick or treating.
Ms Pennington