Dear All,

Well we have reached the end of a very long half term! It’s been lovely welcoming your children back into school, and we are delighted with their hard work and progress this half term. It was also good to catch up with many of you for parent consultations.

Next half term the children will be having one additional PE slot on a Wednesday so they will need to come into school on a Wednesday and Thursday prepared for outdoor. PE. They will be doing dance in their PE session on a Tuesday. Please remember that the school will continue to be well ventilated so children need warm clothes ie tracksuits in class and for outdoor play.

Have a wonderful half term break. Keep safe and well.

Mrs Benson and Mrs Bernasconi

Dear All,

We have had a good first few days of term and it is lovely to welcome the children back into Blue Class. They have settled in well to the new routines.

Mrs Bernasconi  will be teaching on a Monday and Tuesday, and I will be teaching on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.  PE will be on a Tuesday and Thursday , and children should come to school in their PE kits. The classrooms can be quite chilly as they need to be well ventilated so children should have joggers and a warm school top.

There will be no homework for the first few weeks. However, spellings will be given out next week and children need to continue to work on their times tables.

We appreciate that things are very different with Covid -19 restrictions in place- making it impossible for us to chat to you on the playground first thing in the morinng or at the end of the day. If you want to get in touch, we are very happy to phone you back at the end of the school day or reply to e mails. We understand that parents may  have concerns , particularly for those children in a new class, and we are happy to sort any problem- however small.

Have an enjoyable and restful weekend.

Mrs Benson

Dear Blue Class,

Our term is drawing to an end. The year 6 returners in school have been busy filming our abridged version of  The Tempest; they have been quite incredible learning lines  last weekend and sorting out costumes  over night so it was possible to film all our outdoor scenes on Thursday. Mrs Bernasconi  and the year 6 will be using the green screen on Monday  to create the effects of a storm, a night sky, and  Ferdinand emerging from the sea. Then it’s time for editing – we cant wait to show you our finished version.

Thank you to those children who sent me their amazing stories based on the Game: Elora, Isla, Macey and Rudi. If more of you have stories you want to share  and have some feedback, then please send them in.

Next week, we are welcoming the rest of  our year 6 into school for an outside leavers’ service. It will be wonderful to all be together again, but we do understand that some of you, who have members of the family who are  shielding at home, are unable to make it. We are hoping to film the ceremony so you can enjoy it at home. Don’t forget to write your memories : earliest, funniest, happiest, most memorable; you need two plus a lockdown memory. If you can’t make the ceremony, record your memories and send it to Mrs Derrer or either Mrs Bernasconi or myself, and we will try to incorporate it into the service. Mrs Derrer, Garry, Mrs Deards,  Mrs Wade , Mrs Bernasconi and myself will all be there. Year 6 returners, we will be doing our memories in school so don’t worry about doing them at home.

The final week of term, we are excited to welcome our year 5 and year 4 into Blue Class; we know some of you have not been into school since March so it will feel a little strange, and school will look a little different. However we can’t wait to see you and hear your news. Again, we understand some of you have family members who are shielding so we may have to wait until September to see you.

This week in English we are writing our lockdown experience –  the highs and the lows -see homework. Some of you may want to enter the 700 word writing competition where the best entries from different age groups will be put  in a book for prosperity. If you do, you will need to do some careful editing- picking out the key events that made  your lockdown special; you could use your diaries that you have been writing for ideas. Remember all of your experiences are unique and not one person will have had the same lockdown.

Thank you, once again, to your amazing parents who have been teachers for the past term.

I am hoping the sun is going to return this week so we can all get outside again.

Take care and see you soon.

Mrs Benson