Congratulations to our Year 6 cup winners Henry, Rueben, Seren, Ava and Millie.  You are a credit to Coleham School and will be a credit to your new schools too.

We are lost for words at the day we’ve had!  You have all shown up to celebrate and say farewell to our beloved Caretaker Mr Jones, the last of the Great Caretakers!  Mr Jones is far more than a school Caretaker, he embraces the Coleham spirit in true style and is always keen to show off his creative side to create special memories for the children! From the array of characters he has performed and his starring role in our Christmas Videos, what will we do without him!  It was brilliant, hilarious and emotional in equal measure to see so many Mr Jones in school today!  Our Staff Flash Mob was particularly special resulting in one big happy dance off in the playground!  One pupils said “what just happened?” Another pupil replied ” LOVE just happened”

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Today we celebrated Mr Edwards who is leaving us for retirement.  Mr Edwards has led our Year 6 pupils to success over the last 12 years and has been a key part in delivering fantastic outcomes for these children.

He has played in the Manic Street Teachers Rock band, produced the Coleham Newspaper and been a friend to so many.  Mr Edwards is not one for fuss so to honour him, staff all showed up for him today at our Staff Leavers Assembly by wearing his trademark waistcoat!

Mr Edwards started at Coleham in 2012 when some of his current class were just being born and he glad to be leaving with the fantastic Giraffes and Elephant children..

Mr Edwards has meant a lot to many pupils, so when word got round on the socials about his retirement, a group of former pupils from The Priory School rushed down to see him bringing a chocolate medal (so kind and touching) We wish Mr and Mrs Kev all the very best in their retirement, adventures on their travels across Europe and long leisurely days.  Thank you to Mr Edwards, an Outstanding Teacher.

Well done to all our Values Cup winners for Summer 2024!

Another fun community quiz, great to see some new faces as well as our regulars! #colehamcommunity

Mr Larkham has been on a Headteacher Swap so we were joined by Mr Cooper from Thomas Adams Secondary & Boarding School. He’s been busy talking to staff and children, finding out what Coleham School is like through their eyes and talking to Subject Leaders about topics that interest him such as Reading and Transition for Year 6.  Mr Larkham and Mr Cooper met at a neutral location (a nice cafe!) for a feedback session. There were plenty of ideas and takeaways to share!

Welcome to our new Coleham Starters in Badgers 🦡 and Foxes 🦊 for 2024-25. You are going to have an incredible school journey.

Today we celebrated Mrs Munn’s retirement and Coleham staff past and present joined her to raise a glass towards her new chapter.  Mrs Munns has been teaching at Coleham for an incredible 29 years which amounts to 5510 school days teaching 870 pupils in her classes over the years.  We know she is going to have a wonderful retirement with her family and grandchildren but Coleham will really miss her.

Holy Trinity Playgroup held a fun day to celebrate Manager Shirley who is retiring after 30 years!  Shirley has looked after hundreds of children with many of them being Coleham pupils and has given them a brilliant start to their early years education in pre-school.  We wish Shirley all the very best!  It was great to see so many families past and present come to school for Shirley’s farewell.

Our historic grounds and folly were here long before our school was built and they are really too special not to share! Our first pop up Garden Bar event was a success and it was the perfect setting for relaxed Friday night drinks.  Great company to welcome in the weekend! Thanks to the support of local gin and wine makers Tom from Paso-Primero wines and Darren from Gindifferent.  They are great guys with a passionate for what they do and lot sof knowledge to share.

We are already planning some new events for next year!