Dear Parents & Carers,

It’s been a bumper week of events this week with lots happening!

We’ve just welcomed back all of Year 4 who have had the most amazing time at PGL over the last couple of days.  Miss Lewis and Miss Armstrong tell me they have been incredible and a credit to the school and all of you – a huge WELL DONE and THANK YOU goes out to Miss Lewis, Miss Armstrong and their team of Mrs Jeff, Mrs Lord, Ms Wisdom and Mr Halford for giving up their time to make sure these incredibly important residentials happen.

We’ve also had a champion netball team, Year 5 class assemblies and the absolutely fantastic Eco Fashion Show.  Next week, we are looking forward to seeing Alice in Wonderland – make sure you’ve got your tickets!

Have a lovely weekend!

Tom Larkham

Headteacher

Dear Parents & Carers,

It’s been wonderful to see so much excitement and engagement around reading this week for World Book Week, culminating in a fantastic day yesterday!  So many home-made costumes and obscure characters, too – it really shows the depth of the love for reading at Coleham School.

Reading is so very, very important to children’s future prospects.  The World Book Day organisation reported this week that children across the country are put off reading for many reasons, with 25% saying that they are made to read books they don’t want to read.  At Coleham, we aim to foster a real love for reading and would encourage all children (and grown-ups!) to read what they want to read, so long as it is appropriate for them.  I think what we have seen this week shows that our community is doing something right to foster that love of reading!

Lots is also happening next week: Year 5 fashion show, Year 4 residential, trips…

Have a lovely weekend!

Max

King Of The Wild Things

Dear Parents and Carers,

Hopefully the daffodils are smiling in your gardens as we head into March – where has the year gone!?

This week I had the pleasure of buying a ticket to watch some EYFS drama of Jack & The Beanstalk which was great fun!  Well done to all the children who had a go on the stage!  I also enjoyed seeing Miss Heap in Year 5 today prepping the children for the Eco Fashion Show which promises to be a real treat.

Thank you to all the parents and carers who made appointments to speak to your children’s teachers – if you haven’t managed to do so, please do get in touch and we can see what can be arranged.

Next week, we are looking forward to World Book Week!  I wonder what your favourite books are?

Have a lovely weekend!

Tom Larkham

Headteacher.