Dear Parents

Last week we celebrated Book Week, combined with Pyjama Day as the theme for Book Week this year is ‘Dreaming with Eyes Open’. This was an exciting day and all children participated with great enthusiasm. While some children came in elaborate costumes, others (including the staff) took the opportunity to come dressed in their Pyjamas, slippers, dressing gowns and oodies! It was a great day and the children enjoyed participating in a range of activities based around the book week books. We thank our parents for their generous hamper donations and know that, come fete time, we will have some wonderful hampers for our spinning wheel.

Over the past two weeks we have had our Student/Parent/Teacher meetings (parent teacher interviews). We thank our parents for participating in these meetings as it shows your children how much you value and prioritise their learning at school. I take this opportunity to thank our teachers who gave their time to prepare for, and share this time with our parents and students. These meetings ensure we are able to share in the learning journey for your children together, aligned in the direction we are taking and the support we can give to make each child’s experience at school a positive and valuable one.

Over the weekend could you please take the opportunity to check your children’s clothing to ensure their names are on their jackets, jumpers and coats. We are constantly finding clothing that does not have a name on it and, unfortunately, this means that we cannot return the clothing to the children who own them. It is very challenging when we find jumpers and jackets that are not named and several children claim them as their own, as this means that we cannot rightfully give it to any of the children as we cannot know who the owner actually is. If you could please check to make sure your children’s jumpers, jackets and coats have names on them, we will be in a much better position to be able to return them to your child. We understand that there are times when children take the wrong items of clothing home, so we ask that you also check your child’s clothing to make sure they have not taken someone else’s clothes by mistake.

Today we celebrated the Feast of the Assumption during a beautiful prayer gathering at assembly. The Year 3/4 children shared the importance of this special Feast Day and what it means to us as we recognise the important role Mary played in the life of her son, Jesus. Mary was pure of heart and is a wonderful example of the love of a mother for her child, just as our Mothers show us everyday how loved we are and how much they do to make our lives extra special.

Have a wonderful weekend.
Kind regards
Lisa