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Issue 2 - 13th September 2024

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome to this week’s newsletter! Each week, we’re excited to bring you the latest updates, reminders, and a look at the wonderful things happening across our school. From classroom activities to upcoming events, we aim to keep you informed and connected with everything that's going on. You will notice that we have ‘key messages’ at the start which is important information for all followed by attendance figures, Almond Hill Achievements, house points and key dates. The final part of our newsletter showcases the wonderful events that have happened in school and other information relevant to families.

I would like to remind parents of the information meetings that are planned for next week to provide families with information on exciting school initiatives (such as The Climb) and show you where information is on our website to support you at home like the long and medium term plans for curriculum. Year 3, 4 and 6 will be held in the hall and Year 5 will be one of the Year 5 classrooms in Acorn House. They will run from 3.30-4.30pm. Parents can make their way to the hall once they have collected children from class. Children and siblings are welcome to stay.  Please don’t worry if you are unsure on where to go – there will be signs to help you. We hope to see as many of you there as possible.

Thank you for your continued support and engagement in our school community. We hope you enjoy reading this week’s highlights.

Emma Fordham,
Headteacher

Key Messages

Diary Dates

Did you know, you can subscribe to our calendar to keep up to date with the events going on within the school?

Follow the link below, select 'subscribe' and follow the instructions for your device.

School Calendar

Pre-loved Uniform Sale

The first uniform sale will take place from 3.00-3.30pm in the hall on Wednesday 2nd October. 

 

50P Book Sale

Our first book sale of the year is during the day on Wednesday 25th September. If your child would like to purchase a book, please can they bring their money to school with them (exact money is preferred where possible). Books cost just 50p each!

Attendance Matters

Year 3    99.67%
Year 4    97.5%
Year 5    93.87%
Year 6    98.56%
All students – 97.43%
Class winners - A big well done to 3B, 3W and 6B who ALL got 100% attendance last week!

The government expectation for attendance is 96%

Almond Hill Achievements

Click the button below to see all the wonderful things our children have achieved outside of school. 

House Points

In Other News...

Year 3 Pirate Day

Year 3 thoroughly enjoyed Pirate Day.  We were shocked to find out that so many facts we had researched were actually just myths!  Although the day was really all about pirates, some good lessons were learned about not everything that you read is factual...especially online.  We looked at rock, solid pirate biscuits, learned about the youngest ever recorded pirate (just 9 years old) and looked at replica weapons.  Interestingly, we found out that a pirate's life certainly was NOT glamourous and often the profession did not end well for the pirate.  It was really fun designing our own flags, treasure maps and devising our pirate’s code.  What a day...arrrrrrrrrr!