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Headteacher Blog 2nd February 2024
02/02/2024 · No comments yet
I often tour our school: visiting all the classrooms; engaging with children in their work; checking on staff deployment (especially when colleagues are off sick); monitoring curriculum; and assessing behaviour and engagement. I did so again this morning and every single class was suitably calm, purposeful and engaged in learning. Inclusion was strong and Read More
Headteacher blog 26th January 2024
26/01/2024 · No comments yet
It has been such a stormy week and it has coincided with possibly the worst-ever attendance levels (other than in the pandemic): less than 90% all week with Y3 particularly severely affected by poorliness. Staff (and their own children) have been afflicted too, as have some other schools locally. The joys of winter-time! I Read More
Headteacher blog January 12th 2024
12/01/2024 · No comments yet
It is great to be back after the Christmas and New Year break. On Monday we had a Teacher Training Day. Amongst other things, we had some updated training on the best use of Mathletics. This was unexpected as we had, reluctantly, dropped that very expensive subscription just before the holidays but we had Read More
Headteacher blog 15th December 2023
15/12/2023 · No comments yet
It is feeling very Christmas-y at school with our first festive performances and final rehearsals before more next week. I enjoyed our two Foundation Stage nativity performances of The Super Star and thought that the children (and staff) did very well. This afternoon our Winter Choir and junior recorder players are playing a little Read More
Headteacher blog 8th December 2023
08/12/2023 · No comments yet
It has been a week of weather: from frozen, snowy conditions to thoroughly wet and miserable. These last few months must be some of the wettest for a long time and the grounds are sodden. Lots of things are being postponed and we have troublesome water ingress in the infant hall. Thankfully, some visits Read More