Thank you to Dr Rogers who visited class 3 last week to share his knowledge of rocks and fossils and to Mrs Watts who came in today to teach the children how to do Stone Age flint knapping with former pupil James.

Look out for photos in our classroom area.

Thank you to the families who park considerately and legally at drop off and pick up times, keeping our children safe.
Some polite reminders:

• Please do not park in the turning circle on The Grove.
• Please do not block the school car park entrance, emergency access is required at all times.
• Please park respectfully on the WMC car park, aiming to fit cars neatly spaced to allow many families to use this parking option.
• Please do not park on the yellow zig zags.

Thank you.

Well done to everyone who received awards or shoutouts this week, we are very proud of you.

Today we celebrated reading in our celebration assembly, with praise for lots of children for their reading at home and reading throughout the curriculum in school.

• Class R – Jacob
• Class 1 – Oliver B
• Class 2 – Ella
• Class 3 – Esmae
• Class 4 – Kiaan
• Class 5 – Lola
• Class 6 – Harriet

Congratulations to all our chosen Book Worms, your reading at home and school was excellent this week.

Remember to keep up those good reading habits.

A nutritious breakfast is the best way to start the day, preparing children for their day ahead, giving them the energy they need to keep going until morning break snack time or even lunchtime for those who do not have a playtime snack.

We will be doing some work about breakfast choices in some classes in school as we are finding that some children either do not have breakfast at all, or are having high sugar content breakfasts leading them to have spikes in their concentration and learning attitudes throughout the morning.

We can offer free breakfast club to pupils eligible for income based free school meals, and we are always willing to offer fruit or toast to pupils who occasionally come in without breakfast at home – we want pupils to feel safe and secure to learn, they can’t do this if they are hungry.

Please see Mrs Lyall to enquire about Breakfast Club places, the support we can offer is linked to our Pupil Premium funding spending offer, it is not in relation to publicised free breakfast clubs for schools. We are not part of this government led initiative as yet, as we do not qualify under the current criteria.

Reminders – playtime snacks are provided for classes R, 1 & 2 via the national fruit scheme. Children in other classes can bring a piece of fruit to eat at playtime. Fruit only please, no nuts or seeds due to allergens.

Some websites with breakfast ideas: 

Healthy breakfast ideas – Healthier Families – NHS

Healthy breakfasts for kids

20 breakfast ideas for kids | Good Food