Good afternoon,
I hope you are well and have had a good week. This week has been full of very special moments.
On Wednesday, we were incredibly grateful to one of our parents, Mr Roberts. Mr Roberts is Warrant Officer Class 2, Band Sergeant Major, Band of the Grenadier Guards. What an absolute privilege to have him lead our Remembrance assembly. Isaac and Isabelle both read ahead of Mr Roberts playing The Last Post. Thank you Mr Roberts for providing such a special time for our staff and pupils. Just before 11am, we walked to the Memorial Cross which I am sure you will agree, looks beautiful. I felt incredibly proud of every child for remaining respectful and silent throughout.
This was then followed on Thursday morning with a fabulous assembly and workshop from Rock Steady. You should have received information about how to book your child on. Lots of places have gone but there are still some left if your child is keen. It was great to see the excitement, engagement and participation of the children with performances on the guitar, drums, keyboard and of course singing. Thank you so much Mrs Wirth for organising this fantastic provision. We look forward to the termly concerts from the children signed up.
Mr O'Reilly has had such a busy week of sport. I want to share my thanks to him for organising so much for our pupils to take part in and for coaching at the events. With three football matches/tournaments and a tag rugby tournament, the children have competed well, enjoyed themselves and represented the school brilliantly. Mrs Loosley had her first taste of a Tag rugby tournament and I am pleased she and the children had a great time.
It is hard to believe that we are half way through November so Christmas is certainly getting closer for us. The children have been excited to talk about our Christmas performances this week. We will be organising things slightly differently this year. Rather than one whole school play, there will be an infant play and then separate performances from Chaffinch and Goldfinch but all within the same event and celebrated as a whole school. This is a change but certainly one that will protect learning time for the children at this busy time of year. We will keep the special atmosphere of having the whole school together with lots of whole school singing. We can't wait for you to join us for it!
Members of our FOFSA committee are working hard to plan a wonderful Christmas fair for the school (28th November). Raffle tickets have gone home and we look forward to the next two Fridays with Mufti days (first one for smellies and chocolate donations and the second for bottles). Thank you so much for your support. For the event to be a success, we always rely on having lots of helpers. If you can help on a stall for a short amount of time, please be in touch. The more help the better and it is great to have parents involved along with staff and governors.
Next week we have more tours and more football and our Friday non-uniform. The Reception 2027 portal has now gone live so we are excited to start seeing the names of our possible new starters for September 2027
I wish you a lovely weekend
Jacquie Vanstone
