Dear parents and carers,
The Spring Term has passed very quickly and we have arrived at the Easter break. The children, and staff, have continued to work hard this term and there has been lots of progress made and lots to look back on and be proud of. We look forward to continuing that momentum after the holiday.
The final results from the Big Walk and Wheel are in. We surpassed last year’s total of 884 active journeys with ease, this year clocking an amazing 1063 active journeys across 10 days. Our daily average score was 69.11% active journeys. Overall, we finished 149th out of 1072 medium-sized primary schools, which is very respectable. And, finally, our winning class with the most active journeys was… SQUIRREL Class with 272 active journeys! Well done Squirrel Class. Your prize is an extra PE lesson with Mr Mortimer at the start of the summer term.
We now know our Sports for Champions athlete ahead of our event on the 23rd April. Our visiting athlete will be GB Freestyle Kayaker Rebekah Green! You can read her bio – here - https://sportsforchampions.com/athletes/rebekah-green/
We’re really looking forward to the event. Please keep raising sponsorship if you can. All sponsorship money and forms need to be in by Tuesday 21st April.
A big thank you to our small but mighty PTFA team for organising the Easter Fayre yesterday. They raised a fantastic £274 to support the school. Thank you for supporting the event. It certainly looked like everyone was enjoying the cakes.
In our celebration assembly today, we also celebrated those children who have managed 100% attendance for the Spring term. 29 children have done very well to attend everyday since January. Currently, we also have 16 children with 100% attendance for the whole year. We are also looking at how we can measure, recognise and celebrate those children who have made significant improvements in their attendance.
We have lots to look forward to next term. The summer term is always busy with lots of great learning, good weather (hopefully) and exciting events such as trips and sports days. We’re looking forward to getting the term started with our Ambition project from Monday 20th April. We look forward to seeing you all then.
We hope you all have a lovely Easter break.
Best wishes,
John Mortimer
Head of School
