FOUNDATION STAGE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS

This year, our Foundation Stage have made special films to celebrate the coming of Christmas. Nursery performed ‘Away in a manger’ using Makaton which is a visual way to develop communication skills, which helps to stimulate sounds and words. Our Reception class performed ’Going on a baby hunt’ which is an adaptation of one of…

SANTA AND HIS PONY VISIT HOLDEN LANE

We were delighted to finish the term today with a special visit from Santa, one of his elves and a Christmas pony. Each bubble was excited to meet Santa and to receive a special gift. The children were also thrilled to meet one of Santa’s helpers, a Christmas pony. Santa and his elf were very…

WINTER WEATHER ~ ICE

In the event of ice, it is our policy to ensure that pathways into school are gritted to help keep everyone safe. Please ensure that you keep to the gritted paths that lead from the gate to the doors in which the children enter school. The health and safety of the children and their families…

AVOIDING HEAD LICE

We need your help to keep head lice under control in our school. The following tips can help: Use detection combing regularly to identify head lice. Perform detection combing on anyone who is likely to have had head to head contact with the sufferer. Keep long hair tied up to minimise head to head contact.…

HEAD BOY AND HEAD GIRL ELECTIONS 2020

Voting by pupils and staff will soon be underway for our 2020 Head Boy and Head Girl elections. This year, each candidate will present their speech to the rest of the school by video. We would like to congratulate our Year 6 candidates for taking part and look forward to hearing their inspirational speeches to…

PARENT CONSULTATION EVENING – March 11th 2020

Thank you to all the parents and carers that joined us for our Parent Consultation Evening on Wednesday. We were so pleased to see you all and welcome you into school to discuss your child’s progress and areas for future development. If you were unable to attend, please see your child’s teacher who will be very happy to…

YEAR 5 AND YEAR 6 VISIT THE BRIDGE CENTRE – March 10th 2020

Well done to our pupils from Year 5 and Year 6 who were selected to represent Stoke on Trent schools at a Literacy development event at the Bridge Centre. They had an exciting time working with education consultant, literacy specialist and author Tony Whatmuff as part of his training course for teachers. The children showed great interest and enthusiasm when demonstrating…