Thank you to the parents who took the time to complete the feedback survey at the end of last term. I was pleased to see the vast majority of feedback was positive but we will continue to work to improve our communication. As I am sure you agree, it is hard to please everyone as what works well for one person, may not be suitable for another. 

Although our recent survey was focussed on the new layout of the newsletter, two parents gave some additional feedback. As the survey is anonymous, we are unable to respond directly. However, we have been asked to let parents know the names of the children who won the photography competition. This will be added to next week's newsletter. 

Regarding home learning, this is sent home on a Thursday and is due back in on a Tuesday. It is then marked in class. If you have a specific question, then please contact your child’s class teacher.

Our sports days are planned for the following dates:

Year 5 and 6 - Thursday 18th May - 1.00-2.45pm

Year 3 and 4 - Thursday 25th May - 1.00-2.45pm

As always, families are invited to attend.

You will have seen in the news that some teachers may be taking strike action on Thursday 27th April and Tuesday 2nd May. The strike is about the level of funding provided by the government for schools and the terms and conditions. Almond Hill is committed to doing everything possible to ensure school remains open on strike days.

We are pleased that thus far, we have not had to close any classes as a result of the strike action however this can change. We have no means of knowing for certain which staff are members of the NEU or whether they will decide to take strike action, right up to the morning of the strike days. If we are not able to guarantee the safety of the children on the day, we may need to close some classes that would not be adequately supervised and parents may need to make other arrangements for their children on that day.

As always, I will keep you updated as best as I can and provide as much notice possible to any changes to our usual operation. I would like to thank families in advance for their patience.

Whilst July seems like a long way away for some, we are busy making plans for our year 6 leavers’ events, some of which take some time to organise. I am really pleased to be able to tell parents that FOAH have very kindly agreed to pay for a year book and hoodie for each child in year 6. We are incredibly grateful for this but I would ask parents to continue to support the FOAH events to ensure this is able to happen. After the success of last year’s graduation afternoons we are planning to run the same this year. These will be taking place in the last full week of term with 6S on Monday 10th July, 6J on Tuesday 11th July and 6B on Wednesday 12th July 2.00-4.00pm. We will provide more information to parents as planning continues. Invitations will be extended to families. So please put these dates and times in your diaries.