Non uniform day

21st May 2021Helen Lythe

We’re having a non uniform day next Friday 28th May. If you could bring a bottle of something, whether this is bubble bath, sauce, wine, beer. We’re collecting these for our summer fayre.

Prom Time

14th May 2021Helen Lythe

Hi All,

Following on from a parent raising concerns over the timings for prom we’d love you to vote for the time which best suits you. Please appreciate that the times might not suit everyone therefore we will go with the majority. Please Vote here

Thanks
Crew Fox

Flamingo Land for Year 1 and 2

13th May 2021Helen Lythe

13th May 2021

Dear Parents and Carers

As part of our new Summer Term expedition, ‘The Circle of Life-How do animals adapt to their habitats?’. We would like to take the opportunity to take our KS1 children to Flamingo Land. The visit will be a full day where the children will have the opportunity to meet the animals in the enclosures. 

This is an outdoor trip and although it’ll be summer, the weather will still be changeable.  Please ensure that children are wearing school uniform and sensible shoes for walking. If the weather is wet children will need a waterproof coat, if the weather is warm and sunny children will need to wear a sun hat and have sun cream applied before school. 

The trip is on Tuesday 13th July. The coach will collect us from school at 9:00 and it will return at approximately 15:15 depending on the traffic.

Please note: All money and consent need to be completed and paid via Parentpay no later than Friday 25th June. 

Trip cost will be £9.00 per child. Unfortunately if we don’t receive enough money the trip will not go ahead.

We are looking forward to an exciting day. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries. 

Yours sincerely,

KS1 Crew

Maths Week – Thank You!

9th May 2021Stuart Longley

Thank you to children, parents and staff for embracing maths week and taking part!  The homemade  costumes the children attended school in today were just awesome!  Again, thank you for taking part and giving time to create them! 

Please see the class blogs with photographs of the brilliant costumes!

Attendance Reminder

7th May 2021Helen Lythe

Please can we remind you of the importance of your children attending school. It has come to the attention of the office that a number of children are regularly missing school in particular on a Friday.

Please can you make every effort to bring your child to school every day. If medical appointments are required please try to make these at the end of the day, to prevent your child missing out of the school day.

If your child is going to be absent please ensure you call the office on 01302 722353 and leave a message by 8.45.

Thank you for your continued support Office Crew

Logo and Uniform update…

7th May 2021Kirsty Laing

Dear Parents/Carers,

The Logo

As you are aware, the children have been involved in creating a new logo for our school, which will be launched when we convert to an XP School. This is not looking like it will be this academic year and is looking like it might be September, however, we will keep you in the loop with this.

The good news is…. we do have a new school logo ready to go when we convert which we are really proud of, which has been designed using the children’s work and taking into account the voice of our children. We can’t wait to show you!

However, we are not quite ready for the ‘big reveal’… just yet. Mrs Fox is working with the trust communications team to put together a video which showcases the journey we went on, in terms of the design process. When this is ready, we will share this with both parents and the children. We can’t wait to show you!

Uniform

Parents have started to ask about our plans for uniform from September. I would like to propose a change of jumper colour from September, however, I am going to hand this over to parents/children to vote on and we will go with the majority.

I would like to propose that we change our school jumper/cardigan to red from September. The reason behind this is that I really do believe that a burst of colour really supports to create a warm feel in and around school, in particular on those dark, gloomy days in winter. I love to see a splash of colour in primary schools.

I have always liked the thought of a primary colour, such as primary blue or red, but have left it until we converted to an academy, as I knew that at some point this would be something we would do. I was tempted to propose primary blue, but Owston Park already where this colour and with them being less than a mile away, I would like us to have a different colour. Therefore, I thought red would be the better option.

Red jumpers, cardigans and dresses are available in Asda and are easy to get hold of, just like the navy. When considering a colour, I tried to ensure that I considered a colour that was easily accessible and also good value for money (can be purchased in supermarkets etc).

We have explored some options for jumpers and will be coming out to parents soon about the options.

However, standard round neck sweatshirts can still be worn like they are now, but we might also have the option of a hooded jacket. Like now, jumpers can be with or without logo…. this is parental preference.

Mrs Lythe is currently looking at trying to reduce the cost of logo embroidery if at all possible…. it would be lovely to see some more jumpers with our new logo on but we do know that they are costly. So, to clarify, our jumpers can be with or without logos, either are absolutely fine.

But the big decision is….

Do you want to stick with navy or are you happy to support our change to red?

Please complete the Google Form below to have your say. Voting will close next Friday, the 14th May. https://forms.gle/oNAnAsC9csm7iaa27

We will share the results next week and will go with the majority. We will get the logo reveal and embroidery plans sorted so that parents can then begin to buy uniform ahead of September as we know that some of you like to be ahead of the game.

Regards,

Miss Laing

Headteacher