Headteacher Message Wow – what a week!
It has been absolutely amazing to see all the Nativity performances this week. It’s such a wonderful privilege to see all the children in this amazing school showcase their talents to you all over the course of the week, and to see their smiles as they perform. The singing has been OUT OF THIS WORLD and has lifted everyone’s spirits ready for Christmas. A huge, huge thank you goes out to all the staff who have contributed to getting the shows put together. A special thanks to our wonderful Mrs Porrett who just oozes enthusiasm for all things musical. Mrs Porrett even took our ‘Coleham Voices’ choir to a gig at Hickory’s this week – we are very lucky!
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the parent survey over the past two weeks. We will compile all the information and be in touch in the New Year about the outcomes.
Next week is the final week of term for 2023, and we have a lot of fun in store, including the whole-school trip to the pantomime, our Values Cups in each year group, and the all-important House Cup winners!
Have a super weekend,
Tom Larkham
Headteacher
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MONDAY 11th DECEMBER We’ll be starting the week with some CHRISTMAS JOY!
At 9:15am the Staff Christmas video will be launched in a whole school assembly!! We are so exited to see it and share with you all!
In the afternoon EYFS will be having a special visitor from The Farm on Wheels with a bunch of Nativity Animals coming to visit. Payment for this visit is £4.50 via Arbor.
TUESDAY 12th DECEMBER Surprise Christmas Parade
Our Christmas Parade will take place in the school grounds at 2:00pm. We will be pulling out all the stops for this to create magical memories for us all. The children won’t know why they are outside or what they are waiting for as they are positioned around the grounds waiting for a cast of special characters.
Parents/Carers are invited to watch at the pavement railings.
Please keep this a secret from your children, we won’t be talking about this in school so mums the word!
We would be really grateful if you are able to support us and donate £2.50 per child via Arbor towards the costs.
The Flu Clinic will also be taking place on this day.
WEDNESDAY 13th DECEMBER The whole school will be going to Theatre Severn to watch Jack and The Beanstalk Pantomime.
This trip costs £17.25. We hope that everybody can contribute in some way, you can select the amount you wish to pay on Arbor. Thank you for your support.
THURSDAY 14th DECEMBER Christmas Lunch
We will have a longer lunch on Thursday so staff and children can all eat their Christmas dinner together.
Christmas Lunch costs £2.40 (free to EYFS, Yr 1, Yr 2 pupils and those eligible for Free School Meals)
Payments can be made/topped up on your child’s meal account in Arbor.
FRIDAY 15th DECEMBER Miss Armstrong and the Year 5/6 Drama Club are performing Macbeth to their families in the school hall. The performance starts at 1.45pm.
The Coleham Voices are singing at St Alkmunds Church at 6:00pm.
Today is our last day in school as we break up for Christmas and we wish you all a happy and healthy holiday with your loved ones.
EYFS & KS1 Nativity EYFS, Year 1 and Year 2 put on a beautiful nativity performance for us all this week. Performing three shows is impressive at any age so well done to our youngest children! It left us feeling all Christmassy and very proud of you. A massive thank you to Holy Trinity for their hospitality and letting us perform in their beautiful church. It is such a special place to perform.
KS2 Christmas Performance Wow!! A breath taking show from Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 for their Christmas Performance. It is really important to us that the whole school has the opportunity to perform at Christmas time and with 420 pupils that means 7 shows in one week! Well done to all the children for doing their very best in rehearsals and in each and every show. Singers, dancers, actors, narrators soloists and musicians, you all played a very special part and we are so proud. It really is magical to hear the children’s voices in such a beautiful church and this wouldn’t be possible without Mrs Porret’s expert musical direction and leading music at Coleham! We are so lucky to have such a fantastic Music Teacher!
Our Finale Song-Glorious Night
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Year 3-Little Donkey
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Year 4- We Three Kings of Orient Are
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Year 5 -Get Up and Go!
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Year 6-Angels
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Year 6 – I have a Dream
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KS2 Christmas Performance Photos Here’s some snaps of our Christmas Performance. It was just magical ✨️
Yr 3 Christmas Cheer The children in Year 3 have been supporting the children in Ukraine. They have collected reading books and made personal Christmas Cards to a number of children who have lost loved family members through the war. These items are all being sent over to the Ukraine on Friday. Well done Year 3 for your kindness to others.
Banksy Exhibition Our new exhibition in The Townsend Gallery features stencil work created by our Year 6 children, which is based on the work of graffiti artist Banksy. Keep your eyes peeled and you may even spot some of the children’s graffiti art dotted around the playground, too!
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Merry Christmas Moneypenny Some Year 6 Artists designed a special Christmas Card for Wrexham business Moneypenny to thank them for hosting Elephants Class at their impressive headquarters for a Careers trip. The girls nailed the graphics which are personalised to Moneypenny. Well done girls #kindness & gratitude
Festive Beats Workshop Ukulele Club enjoyed their annual Festive Beats Workshop on Monday when Andy Lowe visited with his beatbox, mic and musical tech.
Mrs Wade who organised the visit said: “The children had great fun composing a hip hop Christmas mash-up with seasonal SFX and Andy recorded them performing two Advent songs on their ukuleles, chime bars and Indian bells”. Well done Ukulele Club!