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We believe that our children should have the aspiration and opportunity to ‘Live life in all its fullness’ and ‘Shine like stars in the sky’.

New this week…

WORLD BOOK DAY

What an amazing array of clues we had yesterday! We had lots of fun being detectives working out which books were being represented! There were some very imaginative and creative ideas, using all sorts of media, including collage, Lego models, creative writing, riddles, paper craft and improvised props! The School Council had a very tricky job on their hands to decide upon an overall winner but they took their duties very seriously, considering the criteria very carefully! Having whittled it down to ten ‘finalists’, an overall winner was decided. Congratulations to Kitty for her representation of the book ‘The Bad Guys’ by Aaron Blabey. She has received a book token donated by NYES Catering.

If you haven’t already done so, don’t forget to redeem the special WBD vouchers given to each child. They are only valid until Sunday 23rd March!

For more information, click here: £1/€1.50 Books and Tokens - World Book Day

British Science Week.

British Science Week is entering its third decade in 2025, taking place on 7-16 March, and the theme to mark the start of this new era is ‘Change and adapt’! As a federation, we are going to be watching either webinars: Change Champions or Amazing Adaptations. These webinars are interactive and should be a great learning experience for each Key Stage.

On the 10th March, the NFU will be kicking off our Science Week with Change Champions- an interactive, action packed session for Key Stage 1! We will meet Farmers Lutfi and Ruby, their amazing family of change champions and their cheeky gang of chickens, goats and sheep! The Change Champion family will show us all the ways they fight climate change on their farm and then we’ll be joining Tom the food-waste fighting chef in his kitchen to whip up a delicious, zero waste delight and learn how we can become change champions ourselves! Next, we’re inviting Key Stage 2 to Amazing Adaptation Day on the 12th March! During this time, we will be looking at amazing adaptations when we’ll be learning how a range of exciting animals and crops have adapted to their environments. Have you ever met a Belted Galloway or one of only 17 zebus living in the UK? What about a poo powered tractor or a climate change fighting sheep? We’ll be seeing them all, meeting the farmers who are adapting to the effects of extreme weather brought about by climate change and hearing from the scientists who are working with them to plan and innovate for the future.

We hope that the children really enjoy these opportunities and have fun celebrating British Science Week.

Reminders…

Reading Books.

We have reminded the children about the importance of taking care of their reading books. Some of our sets are a little depleted as books have either been mislaid or damaged due to accidental spills in rucksacks. Please can reading books be kept separately in the book bag provided to keep them in good condition. Many thanks for your support with this - it can be an expensive business to replace them!

BUSY START – Tuesday 18th March
This event has been postponed for the time being.

COMIC RELIEF – Friday 21st March
This year, Comic Relief is celebrating its 40th birthday. With this in mind, we invite children to come to school wearing their favourite party outfit that day. So that parents and family members can join in with the fun, we are moving our special sharing assembly (originally scheduled for Thursday 20th to the Friday).
You are warmly invited to join us for this opportunity to celebrate the children’s achievements at 2.30pm.

Following the assembly, refreshments will be served for a donation, which will go to the Comic Relief charity.

JAM Messy Church – Tuesday 1st April All welcome for our popular after-school session. Details about how to book will follow nearer the time.

EASTER TEA – Thursday 3rd April

All welcome for our Easter Tea in the school hall at 2.30pm. More details to follow in due course. News from the wider community

 Safeguarding, Health and Wellbeing Updates…