Friday Update - Back to School!
Posted 6th September 2024
Message from Miss McNamara
Welcome back! It has been a brilliant first week, welcoming all of our children back in to school. It is lovely to see so many children looking so smart, there are lots of shiny shoes and new jumpers in school! If you do have any uniform needs, please remember to help yourself in our Community Hub.
The children have been brilliant at getting back into the swing of the school routine and have all settled so well into their new classrooms with their new teachers. There have been so many lovely activities going on in classrooms, wonderful art work for displays and I have been so impressed with the challenging maths happening already!
Over the summer we had some building works going on in school; we had our emergency lighting re-done around the whole school and the cabin has been demolished and replaced with lovely, new grass. This has opened up more space in our EYFS outdoor area and given us space to develop the grounds further.
We have a really busy school year ahead and we have some really exciting upcoming developments. I will shortly be sharing with you a parent-friendly version of our school development plan, so you can look forward to the year ahead too!
Next week, we have our start of year/welcome meetings; you have already received e-mails with the dates for these. We will offer childcare for Coppice Valley children in the hall during these meetings (not non-school age children or secondary siblings). We know that not all parents can attend these meetings and so we will be putting the information on the class pages and sharing this with you afterwards.
Headteacher Tours
We are very excited to be welcoming our new Reception cohort next week and whilst we do, tours for prospective parents for our 2025 cohort will also begin! If you have (or know of anyone who has) a child who will be starting school in September 2025, please book a tour of our lovely school by calling the school office on 01423 563 760 or e-mail the admin team: office@cvps.rklt.co.uk
Y6 Secondary School Visits
If you are a parent or carer of Year 6 pupil, please look out for the e-mails from our admin team, for the open days and evenings for you to attend. Sometimes you have to book onto the evening/day in advance.
Cool Milk
If you wish your child to have milk at breaktime, please sign up via the Cool Milk website.
PTFA
The PTFA AGM will be held at 6pm on Wednesday 9th October in our Forest classroom.
Due to stipulation of the constitution all 5 main roles have to be up for election each year.
If you are interested in running for a role please write a personal statement of up to 200 words and send to the office@cvps.rklt.co.uk. The roles are: Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and Social Media Administrator.
Please submit your interest by the Wednesday 2nd October. Any further matters arising or any other business to be discussed at the AGM please also confirm in writing by this date.
Many thanks, as always new members welcome. The PTFA.
Autumn 1 Key Dates
Week of 9th September: Start of Year Meetings & Club begin
Tuesday 10th September: Year 5/6 Wheelchair Basketball
Week of 16th September: Y6 Residential
Wednesday 18th September: EYFS/KS1 Dot Day
Tuesday 24th September: Family Breakfast
Tuesday 24th September: Governors Meeting 1
Wednesday 2nd October: Flu Immunisations
Friday 4th October: Walk to School Day
Wednesday 9th October: Individual School Photos (and siblings) & PTFA AGM (6pm)
Thursday 10th October: World Mental Health Day
Tuesday 22nd October: NSPCC e-safety workshop (for parents)
Autumn 2 Key Dates
Monday 4th November: School re-opens
Wednesday 6th November: NSPCC speak Out Assembly (Y2,5&6)
Monday 11th November & Thursday 14th November: Parents' Evenings
Friday 22nd November: Walk to School Day
Monday 25th November: Y6 Bikeability, Level 1
Tuesday 26th November: Governors' Meeting 2
Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd December: Y6 Bikeability
Monday 16th December: KS2 Church Performance
Community News
Coppice Valley Family Toolkits
We have our Family Toolkits in the Community Hub for you to borrow. The posters in the Hub window explain what it is in each one. Please speak with Miss Wright if these are of interest.
