Welcome to this week's blog.  After the successful launch of the HB/HG podcast and my podcast on Reading, I thought I would record the blog.  This way you have the option of reading this on your phone, or listening to it whilst getting on with your busy life.  Listen to the blog via podcast, click here for the direct link.

I wanted to take a moment to update you on some exciting events that have been happening at school this week.

Firstly, I would like to congratulate the pupils of St Patrick and St George for earning enough housepoints to enjoy a dress-down day. It was wonderful to see so many bright and colourful outfits during the assembly today.

We also celebrated Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, which are important dates in the Christian calendar. Father Roger came and spoke to the children about Lent and the importance of reflection and sacrifice during this time.

Additionally, we held our Maths Whiz competition, and I am pleased to announce that we have some incredibly talented mathematicians amongst us. Congratulations to all the winners!

We always strive to provide a well-rounded education for our pupils, and we are grateful for the opportunities to celebrate our diverse community and religious traditions. I hope that your children are enjoying their time at school and continue to grow in their knowledge and skills.

Thank you for your ongoing support, and I look forward to updating you on more exciting events in the future.

Stars of the Week

You can see some of their amazing work here

Housepoint Winners

Well done for earning plenty of housepoints for your house.

The winning house this week with 310 housepoints is St. Andrew 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 well done to everyone in St Andrew's for achieving a good start to the term.

2nd St. George

3rd St. Patrick

4th St. David

Top Doodlers

This week we saw Esmae D earn a gold certificate for achieving a 200-day streak in Doodle Maths and Castor S earned a medal for achieving a 250-day streak in Doodle Maths.  Well done to both of you - supper stuff.

Maths: Year 5 🧮

Spell: Year 5 📝

Attendance 

This week's winning class with 96.06% is Nursery.  Well done to our youngest children for being in school every day.

Whole school attendance is 93.81%.  We are moving in the right direction and not far away from being above 95%.  Keep up the good work.

In other News...

Next week we kick start the week with our Science week.  Classes are all looking at different aspects of the overall theme of 'connections.'

We have a Network Rail Engineer coming to do some work with our Y2 and Y6 pupils as part of STEM. 

Wednesday is St. David's Day, so children in this house can come in something yellow.

Thursday is World Book Day, which means that children can come dressed as their favourite book characters.

I hope you have a super weekend

Mr A