Headteacher Message
And just like that, 2024-25 is complete.
Thank you to everyone for all your support over this year. On reflection, the year has been incredibly successful, not just in terms of published data, but in the growth that each and every child has made since September. The tireless work of the staff, and the steadfast support from our families have shown own Community as the living, breathing force for change it can be. I am eternally grateful for the contributions of everyone – pupils, staff, family or otherwise – that have made an impact this year. Give yourselves all a pat on the back!
We say goodbye to our Year 6s: seven years of determination and perseverance from them and us, and they leave Coleham for the last time for new adventures. Good luck to them, and good luck to everyone else leaving us this year for new adventures.
We end the year on a high, ready for a well-earned break, but also excited about what comes next… New classes, new teachers, and new cohort of EYFS children and their families – so much to look forward to!
Thank you to all of you who have sent in lovely cards with lovely messages, including the lovely one above!
Stay safe over the summer and make the most of the time you can spend together.
Best wishes – here’s to 2025-26!
Tom Larkham
Headteacher
Next Year
The Lunch Menu is available on the website.
The Clubs Schedule is available on the website. Clubs will be released early morning on 1st September, the PD Day.
Arrival and pick up points for next year can all be found on the classroom pages on our website.
There are some fantastic clubs on offer including:
Yoga for Yr 1 & 2 (you may have met the Yoga Teacher at our Plant & Craft Fair)
Mrs Porrett’s Choir who will be practising for lots of Christmas Performances.
Certified First Aid Club for both KS2 and KS1
Miss Armstrong’s Drama Club who will be performing their own drama in December.
Goodbye Year 6
Goodbye to our Year 6 Leavers. It goes without saying that we will miss you but you are ready for the next chapter of your lives. Your SATS results were outstanding but more importantly we see your talents, your perseverance and the kind of adults you will be. Always keep Coleham in your hearts and remember you can do anything! hard work, kindness and ambition pays off! #Colehamcares
Year 6 Leavers’ Trip to Jump In!
Year 6 had a fabulous time at Jump In to celebrate the end of their time at Coleham School!
GREYFRIARS are the 2024-25 Champions!
Congratulations to GREYFRIARS for emerging as the Whole Year House Champions!
In the Autumn it was Severn; in the Spring it was Quarry; in the Summer it was Darwin, and when all the points for the 3 terms are added up, Greyfriars pipped it by a 100 points or so. Never before has every House won the House Cup in a year!
Final Standings:
- GREYFRIARS: 30429 pts
- Severn: 30336 pts
- Darwin: 30165 pts
- Quarry: 29536 pts
Summer Cups Winners
Congratulations to our Summer Cups winners based on our school values of Friendship, Kindness, Co-operation, Respect, Perseverance, Honesty and Ambition!
Fern awarded Judy Townsend prize
Congratulations to Fern who has been selected for this year’s Judy Townsend Award for her contribution to the festival. Fern was a winner in our ‘Movement’ themed poetry competition and then read her poem out beautifully at the BVAF The Written Word event she also contributed to lots of art work which was used during the festival and to ‘Wandering Willow’, this years brownie scarecrow.
The Judy Townsend award is given to a young person or a group who embodies the spirit of the festival with their creativity.
A Woodland Treat 🔥
Year five rounded off their forest school sessions with a camp fire and s’mores. They enjoyed den building, the mud kitchen and reminisced around the fire about their favourite memories from this year.
DARWIN are the Summer Champions!
Well done to everyone in DARWIN who have won the Summer Cup!
Final standings (points for the Summer Term):
- DARWIN: 7615 pts
- Greyfriars: 7498 pts
- Severn: 7365 pts
- Quarry: 6965 pts
Who will win the overall 2024-25 Coleham Cup? Find out on Friday!
Year 5 test their waterproof longboats
For our final project of the year, we created Viking longships out of card. How are they so waterproof? Well, that’s a secret that only year 5 can find out next year!
Each ship was hand drawn, decorated, cut and glued by the year 5 children; no two are the same!
Here’s how it went:
Young Writer Nel
Nel editor of This year’s Coleham Express has a passion for writing. Here she is at the Spark Young Writers’ summer celebration that happened this weekend at the Birmingham Conservatoire: a culmination of the group’s work over the last year and a launch of their anthology. Well done Nel, as you move on from Coleham we look forward to seeing what your literary future holds.
Supporting Florence By tasting Ice-Cream
Year 1 and Year 2 cooled off this week by visiting Gelatistry to support Florence in Owls class. Florence was the KS1 winner in our House Ice-Cream competition and designed The Tiger who came to Coleham recipe, a flavour bursting orange sorbet with chocolate stripes. Tom from rabbits class said it tasted just like ‘Jaffa Cakes’. The children were excellent tasters and recommend you all try some!