Dear Parents and Carers
Now the days are getting longer, the dew has mostly dried off the field by the time school starts, so we will be looking to move morning drop off from the playground to the field from the first day back next week (Tuesday). Many of you know the routine from previous years, but this will be a change for EYFS and any newer children.
In the morning the gate down the drive past the school office will be open. The lunchbox trolley will be brought out to the front of school and parents and children can come down to the field once a member of staff (usually Mr Robson) is out on duty from 8:40am.
There will be a track set out using markers, around the field and all children and adults are encouraged to walk/jog/run/hop/skip around the field with their friends to get a few steps in before school starts. Each lap the children do, they can take a coloured 'house point' counter from a bowl and add it to their house total. These will be set up on the tables under the trees. If adults want to take a counter for their child's house for each lap they do, that is fine too.
Please can we ask that the balance trail equipment is not used during this morning session, including the tyres, as we are not able to supervise this. Children should stay on the marked out track in the centre of the field and not play behind trees, the outdoor classroom (known as 'the nest') or with any of the play equipment that they have access to at playtimes under staff supervision.
When the bell goes at 8:50am, children will line up at the top of the field where they do at the end of playtimes currently and staff will lead them in. EYFS children will do the same as the rest of the school, so they will not go in on arrival but will line up at 8:50 and be led round to class by staff. Please could EYFS parents say goodbyes on the field and not follow children round to the classroom wherever possible.
Of course, in wet weather we will revert to the present system on the playground.
Green Fingered Volunteers...
When you do drop off on the field, do take the time to look at the 'Peace Garden' area that has been developed beside the car park over the last year. This area has been transformed by a small army of amazing volunteers who have regularly turned up at school with plants from their own gardens, grow bags and plants they have bought themselves and their expertise, patience and hard work. All classes have had an opportunity to plant some vegetables or fruits (tomatoes?) and are excited to be able to harvest them and sample them over the summer. In fact they may be able to supply salad and vegetables for the kitchen for part of the year! A huge thank you to June Hemus, Caroline Kibble, Jenny Turner, and Melanie Malpas for their work on what has become a beautiful part of school.
Paired Reading Across School
Last week, we enjoyed a wonderful paired reading session, where KS2 pupils visited KS1 and EYFS classrooms to read to our younger children. It was a lovely half an hour, with every child in school fully immersed in reading for pleasure.
