Attention ALL Families – This a fantastic opportunity!

We have been contacted by The AIM Group who deliver Free Online Level 2 Accredited Courses, along with a range of other qualifications that may help with developing your own careers.  Some of our staff and parents have previously taken up these courses and would recommend them.

Here’s some of the most popular subjects available:

• Children and Young Peoples Mental Health
• Understanding Autism
• Specific Learning Difficulties
• Behaviour That Challenges in Children
• Bullying in Children and Young People
• Adverse Childhood Experiences
• Nutrition and Health
• Allergy Awareness

These are just the popular qualifications, but they have over 40 available!

The qualifications are completed within a 6–12 week period in your own leisure. They are equivalent to a GCSE Grade C. You can do as many as you like, however you can only do one at a time.

The only criteria you must meet to be eligible, is: 

Aged 19 or over on or before 31st August 2022

Have lived in the UK/EU for 3+ years

Not already on a Government funded course

If you or anyone in your family are interested in undertaking one of these free online courses or would like further information, then please complete the following link ASAP. This will then allow The AIM Group to contact you to discuss and get you started on your chosen course: https://theaimgroup.co.uk/booking-form/0014J00000qDbko

If you have any questions prior to expressing interest, call Shane Cooke on 0203 900 3091 extension 249 or drop him an email at shane.cooke@theaimgroup.co.uk

Dear Parents and Carers,

House Competitions!

This week the children have enjoyed coming together in their school houses for our first House Competition of the year.  The KS1 children sang ‘The lighthouse’ beautifully with Quarry narrowly pipping Darwin to the House Trophy.  The KS2 children welcomed guest judge, Dr Sarah Browne from Shropshire Music Service, with Greyfriars being victorious and winning the KS2 House Trophy.

In other competition news, Mr Venn has been running a ‘Daily Dash’ competition, and the class with the most runners participating will be receiving an extra PE lesson from him.  Please do join in with your children, if you can, at 8:30 am!  Please remember that the big corner gate is open at 8:30 am and is only for Daily Dash participants.  Please wait until 8:40 am to enter the school site if your child is not taking part, as there will be no staff supervising until 8:40 am.

New School Website

We hope you are using the new school website, all events, trips, dates and letters are uploaded here and then forwarded onto you, meaning that it is up to date at all times and can be your first port of call for any query.

Please remember to book in your parents evening appointments as these will take place after half term.  The link can be found in the ‘Parents Area’ on the school website.

Upcoming Events

• Relationships and Health Education Parents Information Evening

When: Wednesday 19^th October at 3:45pm to 4:30pm

Where: Owl’s Classroom with Mrs Field

Find out how Relationships and Health Education is taught in school.

• Diwali Festival Day

When: On Friday 21^st October we will be celebrating the festival of Diwali across the school.

During the day, each class will explore the festival of Diwali through taking part in a range of activities and there will also be a special menu that day for lunch.  Please see below:

Diwali Lunch Menu

• Chicken Tikka Masala
• Chickpea Masala
• Poppadoms & Naan bread
• Pilau rice
• Peas & sweetcorn
• Indian Honey Cake
• Jelly & fruit

We will be moving the usual Friday menu of Fish, chips and pizza to Wednesday instead next week.

The Diwali Festival Day will be a non-uniform day.  As Diwali is a festival of light, we would like the children to come into school dressed in white, yellow (or gold!) to symbolise light.  Please don’t go out to buy anything new – a normal white polo shirt would be fine.  We hope that it will be a wonderful day to end the half-term on.

We are really excited to celebrate this festival with the children, and will share our celebrations and learning with you via ClassDojo and Tapestry.

Yours Sincerely,

Claire Jones

Dear Parents/Carers,

Coleham Choir Trip

Following the success of Year 4 trip Shropshire Sings in June, we have formed a school choir to take part in the amazing ‘Young Voices’ event on Wednesday 11^th Jan 2023.  This is a very exciting concert held at Resorts World, Birmingham where children from many schools come together in the concert venue to sing (please see attached flyer).

As a member of the Coleham Choir after school club your child has been selected to go on this special trip.  The children have already started learning the songs they will be performing on the night. It will be an experience not to be missed!

We expect full commitment from everyone taking part: both in attending the Coleham Choir club leading up to the event for their rehearsals; and in learning the words – both at school and at home (if you have SPOTIFY, search for Young Voices 2023 and you’ll find the playlist).

11^th January will be a long day and a late night for the children: they will be leaving around 12.30pm, following an early lunch, and will return to school around 10.30pm/11.00pm.  Parents/Carers will be able to park in the school car park to await the collection of their child.

The cost of the trip is £22.25 including ticket and coach travel, payable via your child’s ParentPay account.

We really hope that you can support us with payment for your child. Although costs for trips are voluntary, in reality the school has no other means of funding these trips.  We hope everyone will contribute in some way towards the cost.

School will fund a ’Young Voices’  T-shirt pack costing £15 for every child.

Families are also able to purchase tickets for this event if they wish to attend, but please be aware that you will need to make your own way to and from the venue. Adult tickets cost £23 each and must be ordered via the school.  We realise it is a long way to travel in the evening and an expense for families so there is no obligation for families to attend.  If you would like to order any tickets please make payment on Parentpay and we will order these on your behalf. Please note that the tickets will be issued on a first come first served basis so if you are wanting to go we recommend you place your ticket order quickly. Please order by no later than 4^th November.

If you are attending the concert, please note that you will not be able to collect your child from the venue: all participating children will travel to and from the venue on the coach with school staff.

Please note that this visit is covered by the Annual Consent Form for Trips/Visits and Medical Information. Please notify the school immediately if there are any changes to your contact/emergency contact details or medical information, or if you do not wish your son/daughter to participate in this trip so we can plan accordingly.

Young Voices is a terrific day out and one that the children will never forget.

We will, of course, remind you of all the details closer to the event.

Yours sincerely,

Jane Hilbert

Administration Manager

Dear Parent/Carer,

KS2 Pantomime Trip

This year the children are in for an extra special treat as we have arranged for the whole school to go and watch Beauty and the Beast Pantomime at the Theatre Severn.

The trip will take place on Wednesday 30^th November. The children will walk to the theatre after lunch to watch the 2:00pm showing and will return to school by coach for 5:00pm.

The cost of the trip, including theatre tickets (discounted for school pupils) and the transport cost for returning from the theatre, is £14.10 per child. Although costs for trips are voluntary, in reality the school has no other means of funding these trips.  We hope everyone will contribute in some way towards the costs: the trip is set up on ParentPay to enable you to select the amount you are able to contribute. We really hope that you can support us with payment for your child, however small.

School will provide a half time interval treat for the children.

Please note that this visit is covered by the Annual Consent Form for Trips/Visits and Medical Information. Please notify the school immediately if there are any changes to your contact/emergency contact details or medical information. If you do not wish your son/daughter to participate in this trip please let your child’s teacher know as soon as possible so we can make alternative arrangements for them.

Yours sincerely,

Jane Hilbert

Administration Manager

Dear Parent/Carer,

EYFS/KS1 Pantomime Trip

This year the children are in for an extra special treat as we have arranged for the whole school to go and watch the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ pantomime at the Theatre Severn.

The trip will take place on Tuesday 13^th December. The children will travel to the theatre after lunch to watch the 2:00pm performance and return to school around 5:00pm.

The cost of the trip, including theatre tickets (discounted for school pupils) and transport costs to and from the theatre, is £15.80 per child. Although costs for trips are voluntary, in reality the school has no other means of funding these trips.  We hope everyone will contribute in some way towards the costs: the trip is set up on ParentPay to enable you to select the amount you are able to contribute. We really hope that you can support us with payment for your child, however small.

School will provide a half time interval treat for the children.

Please note that this visit is covered by the Annual Consent Form for Trips/Visits and Medical Information. Please notify the school immediately if there are any changes to your contact/emergency contact details or medical information. If you do not wish your son/daughter to participate in this trip please let your child’s teacher know as soon as possible so we can make alternative arrangements for them.

Yours sincerely,

Jane Hilbert

Administration Manager

We are excited to share with you that on Wednesday 2^nd November, we will be welcoming Widget Workshops in to share a ‘Stone Age’ day with Year 3.  As we have no other way of funding the workshop we would be grateful if parents can contribute £6.50 per child towards the cost of the workshop. Payment is to be made via your child’s ParentPay account prior to the date of the workshop please.

During the day, children will take part in various activities to learn more about Stone Age life including time spent in our woodland area looking at housing and using Virtual Reality headsets to experience famous Stone Age locations.  The children really loved this interactive element last year.  Please let us know if you do not want your child to take part in the VR headset experience.

As we will be going outside, please send your children into school in non-uniform with suitable outdoor shoes and waterproofs to change into when needed.

We are really looking forward to sharing this experience with the year group and will be sure to upload photos of the day on Dojo after the event!

Yours sincerely,

Sadie Howson

Teacher-Starfish

On behalf of The Year 3 Team

AUTUMN TERM PARENT CONSULTATIONS

Dear Parents and Carers,

You are now able to book you Autumn Term Parent Consultation meeting.  Parent Consultations will be held in your child’s classroom, and the dates for all parent consultations are:

• Wednesday 2nd November: 4:00 pm – 7:20 pm
• Thursday 3rd November: 4:00 pm – 7:20 pm

To arrange your appointment, please follow the link below (which can also be found in the Parents’ Area section of our website).  Each consultation will last for 10 mins.  If you arrive a little early, you will have the opportunity to look through your children’s books while you wait for your meeting.  You are welcome to stay after the meeting to carry on looking through books if you wish.

Book an appointment here:

Click HERE to book your appointment

Where possible, we ask that you book one meeting per child.  For separated parents, we will be able to accommodate separate meetings if they are required.

Please do get in touch with the school office if you have any questions.

Kind regards,

Claire Jones

Headteacher