The winter months have now descended as we issue our regular reminder to make sure that your child has appropriate warm school uniform that is labelled so that we can return it to the owner when it is lost. We have a large pile of unnamed and unclaimed clothes in the lost property basket situated in the corridor outside the library.

We continue to have increased attendance when compared to last year, particularly as we have been hit by illness these past two weeks. Could I remind all parents to let the school know when your child will be away and the reason. Lately we have had some parents who have kept their child home because they haven’t been  able to provide lunch. We understand that times are tough,  please know that we will always cater for your child’s needs and they never have to miss because of a lack of food. We will always do this empathetically and discreetly.

Our Literacy support team have penned a letter to parents that explains what Fluency is and how you can help develop it at home. We have included it in this newsletter and I will also be making a video as well explaining this important part of reading development. As stated before, the development of reading fluency is one of our focuses this year as we continue to build our collective knowledge and an expert teaching team.

I would like to thank all of the parents, families and community members who attended our cross country last week. It was a fantastic day, well planned and executed by Miss Fish on the new course and our Sports Leaders did an amazing job at helping out as well. We will be travelling to Beaconsfield on Wednesday the 7^th with our representative team for the Tamar Schools cross country. We wish them luck and know they will represent our school with pride.