Friday Update 07.02.2025
Posted 7th February 2025
Miss McNamara's Message
This week has been filled with reflection, and connection as we celebrated Children’s Mental Health Week. This year’s theme was all about “Know Yourself, Grow Yourself” - encouraging children to understand their emotions, recognise their strengths, and discover ways to grow while building positive relationships. Look our for our sea of hearts, which will represent the work children have done in our community allotment.
🍈 RHS Assembly: We were introduced to the African sausage fruit, sparking conversation about resilience, growth, and the mental health benefits of gardening. Thank you to Janet at the RHS for leading this.
🌟 Mental Health Ambassadors Assembly: Our brilliant ambassadors led a thoughtful assembly, sharing tips and practical strategies for maintaining good mental health, at school and at home.
👔 Special Visitor: This week, we welcomed our new Chief of Operations, Jonathan Timmis, who was thoroughly impressed by the amazing work happening here. He particularly loved our thriving outdoor learning offer.
❤️ Valentine's Disco: A massive THANK YOU to the parents and staff who have gone above and beyond to organise this, including blowing up heart balloons at 6:30 in the morning!
Miss Winterburn
We are absolutely thrilled to share some wonderful news - Miss Winterburn is having a baby! This is such an exciting time, and we are all delighted for her as she prepares to start this exciting new chapter.
We understand the importance of maintaining consistency and high-quality teaching for our pupils. Therefore, we will shortly be advertising for this role and will keep parents and carers informed as we make plans for her temporary cover.
In the meantime, please join us in congratulating Miss Winterburn on this lovely news! 🎉👶
Mrs Witton
We want to inform you that Mrs Witton, one of our dedicated Teaching Assistants, will be taking some time off for an operation. In preparation for the surgery and to ensure she has the rest she needs, she will be spending time at home. However, she will still be visiting us in school occasionally, and we look forward to seeing her when she can pop in.
We look forward to welcoming her back in the summer term, after a full recovery. Please join us in wishing Mrs Witton all the best for her operation and a smooth recovery.
Spring 2 After School Activity Clubs
We are absolutely delighted to announce next term's after-school clubs at our school. We are so fortunate to have amazing, multi-talented staff who are eagerly prepared to offer a broad range of clubs, from mind-boggling Rubik's cubes to captivating theatre groups!
Mark your calendars and get ready to book! 🎭🧩 Bookings will open at 6pm on Friday, 7 February. Don't miss out on these fantastic opportunities for your children to explore new interests and develop their skills in a fun and supportive environment!
Clubs will start on Monday 24 February 2025 and end on Friday 4 April 2025. Please note that there will be no clubs on w/c 24 March 2025 due to Parents Evenings.
Safer Internet Day
“Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online.” A copy of a newsletter produced for Parents/Carers can be downloaded here:
Next week:
- Year 1 will be on an exciting discovery, looking at the inventor and designer of the super soaker Lonnie Johnson!
- Year 2 are continuing their lever and leverage lessons by creating a monster! They are also finishing their Great Fire of London topic with some artwork and fact files.
- Year 3 are having a Forest School fire session and will be having fun in their Zaha Hadid junk modelling day!
- Year 4 will be making mechanical toys in DT and writing their own online safety raps!
- Year 5 will be doing Cherry Blossom Tree paintings within art and venturing outside to study ecosystems within our local grounds!
- Year 6 are conducting science experiments focusing on the topic of light!
- Safer Internet Day - we have lots of activities planned for the week throughout the school, including an interactive assembly for Key Stage 2.
Spring 1 - Week 7 Menu
Top tip from the Coppice Eco Council
Bring your batteries to school to recycle. We have a battery box in our Community Hub.
Spring 1 Key Dates
Tuesday 11 February - Safer Internet Day
Wednesday 12 February - Young Voices Concert
Thursday 13 February & Friday 14 February - Group 3 Bikeability
Friday 14 February - School Closes for Half Term
Spring 2 Key Dates
Monday 24 February - School Opens for children
Friday 21 March - Height and Weight Checks for Reception/Year 6
Tuesday 25 &Thursday 27 March - Parents' Evening
Friday 4 April - School Closes for Easter Holiday
