Parents Evening
Thank you to all those parent/carers who attended the parents evenings this week. If you couldn’t make it this week but would still like to meet with the class teacher please arrange a mutually convenient time directly with the class teacher.
Brazilian Football
Our Brazilian football team are playing in a tournament today at the Sussex University.
Arts Mark Award
We were very pleased to welcome to the school a very special visitor yesterday. Recently we applied for the Arts Council Arts Mark Gold Award and yesterday the assessor arrived and spent the morning in school. She was very, very complimentary about the range of creative opportunities on offer at the school and the children’s work in all aspects of the arts. We will hear in May if we have been successful in achieving the award.
Easter Tea
The School Associations Easter Tea takes place this Thursday at 3.00 in the hall. There has been a request for helpers so please let the office know if you are able to help on the day.
There will of course be an Easter Hat Competition and a raffle. Donations of Easter Eggs and cakes will be gratefully received.
North Street Road Safety Scheme
I had the pleasure of meeting with Mr Owen McElroy on Tuesday. Owen is the project manager for the North Street Road Safety and Urban Enhancement Scheme and came in to discuss with me the issues for pedestrians around Middle Street and Boyce’s Street. This meeting came about as a result of last year’s petition to make Boyce’s Street safer for pedestrians. I will keep you informed of further developments.
New Members of Staff
You may have noticed a few new faces around school recently as we have some new members of staff. Ms Jan Bennett, Mr Andrew Wright and Ms Kelly Martin are new Teaching Assistants supporting in classes across the school. We also have 3 trainee teachers working with us until the Spring Term break. They are Ms Anne McConnell, Mr Roger Aldous and Mr Carl Gendre.
Disability Equality Duty
Next week Ms Whiting will be sending home to all parents/carers a questionnaire that will help us develop our Disability Equality Scheme. We would appreciate it if as many of you could complete it and return it as it provides us with very important information.
Congratulations to…
Joe Foot in Year 4 has achieved his 1500 metres swimming badge. Well done Joe!
Sam Foot in Year 1 has achieved his 10 metres swimming badge. Well done Sam!
Easter Weekend
Next week school finishes on Thursday for the long Easter weekend and reopens on Tuesday 25th March.
Spring Term Break
We finish for the Spring Break on Friday 4th April and reopen for the new term on 21st April.