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Performing Arts Week

As you will be aware, this week has been ‘Performing Arts Week’ in school. Children have had the opportunity participate in lots of drama, dance and music during the week. Children have also been fortunate enough to have worked with Nash from the County Music Service and with students from Kineton High School .

New Staff

As many of you are aware, Miss Aylward and Mrs Field are due to begin their maternity leave at Easter. I am delighted to be able to advise you that this week we have appointed Mrs Sylvia Verinder to take over from Miss Aylward in Class 4. Mrs Verinder has a wealth of teaching experience and is particularly enthusiastic about teaching writing and science. She will be a real asset to our school.

Mrs Field’s vacancy will be filled by Mrs Del Swain (Monday, Tuesday) and Mrs Natalie Rogers (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday). Both teachers have an excellent knowledge of teaching in the Foundation Key Stage and know our school very well.

In both cases, close liaison with the current class teacher is planned to ensure that the handover goes as smoothly as possible.

Class Assemblies

Well done to Class 1 who entertained us yesterday with an assembly on Native Americans. It was great to see so many parents, relatives and friends of Class 1 there.  Just a reminder that it is Class 2’s assembly on Tuesday (4^th March) and Class 3’s on Thursday (6^th March).  These assemblies will start at 10.20am

Sponsored Skip

Sponsor forms went out on the back of last week’s newsletter. Additional forms were sent home yesterday. Please contact the office if your child still needs one. Our skipping day is on 12^th March – money raised will go towards sports equipment and paying sports coaches to come and work with the children. You are invited to an informal skipping assembly at the end of our skipping day where children in all classes can demonstrate the skills they have learnt- this will start at 2.30pm .

Friends

Children should have brought home raffle tickets yesterday for the treasure hunt at the Easter Fayre. Further tickets are available through the school office. Your support with this is much appreciated. There will be a non-uniform day on Friday 7^th March in return for which children are asked to bring in chocolate for the tombola! Please note that for health and safety reasons, children should still wear their school shoes and jewellery should not be worn. The children’s competition for the Easter Fayre is an egg (hard boiled or blown) made into a model of a nursery rhyme character for KS1 and an egg word for KS2 (e.g. eggsercise,  eggsam, eggsterminate, etc). In the past these have been extremely imaginative and creative!

Hope you all have a great week end!

Margaret Pollard

 (Acting Headteacher)