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Friday 22nd September, 2023

Theme Lunch Menu

Please see the theme lunch menu for NEXT TUESDAY

Thursday 21st September, 2023

Year 4 Trip to Deva Roman Discovery Centre, Chester

To complement this term’s history curriculum work we have arranged for Year 4 to visit the Deva Roman Discovery Centre in Chester. Whilst there, they will attend a workshop on the Romans, learning all about their way of life, and be given a tour of Chester city by a “real-life” Roman soldier.

The visit will take place on Thursday 19th October, departing school at 9.00am and returning around 3.15pm. If we encounter any significant delay on our return journey, we will do our best to keep you informed.

The cost for this trip is £18.00, which includes the cost of the workshop/Roman tour, transport and insurance. Payment for this trip should be made via your child’s Arbor account prior to the date of the trip. Although costs for trips are voluntary, in reality the school has no other means of funding these trips. We hope that everyone can contribute to the trip in some way.

Your child will need to bring a packed lunch and plenty to drink for this trip. Those pupils entitled to free school meals will be given a packed lunch by our school meals provider before departure. Please also ensure that they wear school uniform and have a lightweight coat with them. We will not be visiting the souvenir shop so no additional spending money is required.

Please note that this visit is covered by the Annual Consent Form for Trips/visits & Medical Information. Please notify the school immediately if there are any changes to your contact/emergency contact details or medical information.

 

Thursday 21st September, 2023

Drop and Swap

School Shoes

We have lots and lots of school shoes available on the Drop and Swap Trolley looking for a new home.  Please do help us by popping inside and taking a pair home!  The Eco Council want to see our pre-loved items going to a new home.  #recycling #sustainable

Wednesday 20th September, 2023

Secondary School Open Days

The Secondary Schools are starting to have their open events for Year 6 pupils.

IMPORTANT: If your child is going to any open mornings, please can you let us know

Email:  absence@col.318education.co.uk 

Priory

Tues 26th Sept open morning  9-11am

Weds 27th Sept open evening 6-8pm

The Priory School Open Morning Parents Letter Radbrook and Coleham Primary Schools 26th Sept 23

Meole Brace

Open Mornings 10th to 13th October 9.30-11 – book via online form on website, see link below

Weds 11th October open evening 5.30-8pm

Meole Brace School – Open Mornings and Evening: October 2023

Shrewsbury Academy

Thurs 28th Sept open evening 5-7.30pm

No open mornings

Belvidere

9th October open evening 6.30-8.30pm

The Priory School Open Morning Parents Letter Radbrook and Coleham Primary Schools 26th Sept 23

Shrewsbury High School for Girls Senior Open Day Flyer

Moreton Senior School Open Day Flyer September 2023

Girls High School Senior Open Day Flyer

Wednesday 20th September, 2023

Year 5 Ancient Greek Workshop

Dear Parents/Carers,

As part of this term’s studies on Ancient Greece, we have arranged for Year 5 to take part in an Ancient Greek workshop, run by Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery staff, on Tuesday 26th September. The workshop will reinforce the learning the Year Group has done on this subject and the children will get to see and handle artefacts from that period of history.

The cost of the workshop is £3.50 per child, payable via your child’s Arbor account prior to the date of the workshop please.

Please note, children should come to school on the day in their normal school uniform – no dressing up required.

Yours sincerely

Mrs Stennett & Miss Jones

Year 5 Class Teachers

Monday 18th September, 2023

Reading Tips for the new year!

Let us start the new year with good reading habits.  Don’t forget we have a ‘no homework’ policy at Coleham because reading with your child for 10 minutes each day is the most important thing you can do at home, to support your child in school.   Please help teachers by recording your child’s daily reads in their Reading Records.  This doesn’t have to be a school book but any story you share at home.  Older children may complete their Reading Records independently.  Teaching Assistants review these records weekly and we talk to the children about achieving 5 home reads across the week.  (if you struggle to fit in 5 during the week, then reads during the weekend also count)

Please see our helpful guide to reading with your child:

Reading Tip sheet 2023-24

Thursday 14th September, 2023

See you Saturday!

See you all at the September Social!

We have loads of fun for you!  Mr Halford is doing a Skipping Challenge where he hopes to have people skipping for the whole 3 hours!  Please help him out!

Bring all your friends 🙂

Live Performances

11:15 am Miss Cox Dance Squad

11:30 am Mrs Porrett’s Choir

12:00 The Pancake Band

13:00 Gabriela Foley Ukulele set

Thursday 14th September, 2023

Class Dojo

Don’t forget to access your Class Dojo app.  A message will pop up stating your child has a new teacher, just click next and skip any payment options as we use the free Class Dojo version.

You will then be ready for the new year and messages for your child’s new class will appear.

Teachers will share classroom learning each week and any informal messages just as change of PE days.

Thursday 14th September, 2023

Arbor Update

We are moving forwards with adding payments to Arbor.

Trips, Clubs and School Dinners are now set up.

Breakfast and After School Club will be coming very soon.

Wednesday 13th September, 2023

Get involved in Careers Week

Our Careers week takes place week beginning 16th October 2023.

We love to open our doors and invite you to help us educate the children.

Can you come into school and talk to a class about your job, hobby or career? 

Can you invite a class to visit your workplace?

Can you bring any interesting vehicles, props or animals into school?

Our Careers Week has been a highlight for the children and we love the variety! Over the years we’ve had talks from dentists, musicians, archaeologists, fashion designers, pilots to name a few.

What will this year have in store!  It doesn’t matter if you’ve visited before, we would love a return visit.

PLEASE EMAIL OR CALL THE SCHOOL OFFICE TO BOOK AN AFTERNOON SLOT DURING THE WEEK BEGINNING 16TH OCTOBER.

We can’t wait to hear from you!

 

Friday 8th September, 2023

New Attendance Policy

Dear Parents and Carers,

As mentioned before the start of term, I am writing to tell you more about the new Attendance Policy from the 3-18 Education Trust.  Attendance at Coleham School is excellent, and our Trust have developed a new, clearer policy to help support schools and families to better understand what is and isn’t authorised absence; when children should be absent, and what procedures should be.

The document is quite a long one, but has all the information that you need.  There are also several appendices with clear information.  They are all worth reading through, but the main ones for your information are:

Attendance policies are always designed to support families and not criticise.  Monitoring attendance data carefully allows schools to spot where support is needed, and what kind of support is required.  We will never chase attendance for chronically ill children, but we will sometimes need to ask questions about illnesses so that we are able to be held to account by the Local Authority.

MAIN POINTS TO NOTE

  • Authorised and Unauthorised absences are clarified on page 8 of the policy (Section 4) and is also listed on the Request for Leave form (Appendix E)
  • When your child is too ill to attend school, the reason must be more specific than simply “ill”. This is for our records which cannot be generic and vague.  Please email absence@col.318education.co.uk rather than a verbal message.
  • Requests for leave in term-time must be filled out 1 week before the absence.
  • The Request for Leave form (Appendix E) has information about what can and cannot be authorised.
  • When a child is absent for more than 5 days (regardless of the reason), a safe & well check must be carried out by staff in order to comply with safeguarding obligations. This could be a personal or virtual visit and is always a supportive measure.
  • Children who are nearing, or are below the 90% mark will be contacted by school to offer any support the family may require.

If you have any concerns about your child’s attendance needs, please do feel free to speak to us for advice.

Yours sincerely

Tom Larkham

Headteacher

Friday 8th September, 2023

September Social HELP NEEDED!

We desperately need lots of help manning stalls for the September Social!!

Please can you, your children, older siblings, relatives or friends help us on a stall!!

The older children can run stalls with parents checking in on them.

We need help on the cakes stall, in the burger kitchen and running lots of games.

Alternatively, if you have your own ideas for a stall then the more the merrier!

How to sign up?

Sign up below to find a list of stalls

VOLUNTEER SIGN UP SHEET

or

-Tell us in person! Find Mrs Hilbert at the front doors in the morning

-Email the school office

-Comment on our Facebook page

-Children can tell Miss Othen in school

Our events are special because we all work together, have fun and make memories for the children.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE

Friday 8th September, 2023

Friday 15th September-Non Uniform Day

To support the September Social event, Friday will be a NON-UNIFORM day!

Children may come to school dressed in any clothes from home (sports clothes, jeans, dresses etc)

We would be really grateful if you could help support our fair with donations of the following:

-Home made cakes would be Amazing!!!  Shop bought cakes too

-Pre-loved toys & books from home

-Any older children’s clothes (we are saving these for a fashion event coming up)

-Tombola prizes and cuddly toys!

Please drop donations at the front of school on Friday morning or afternoon.

Thank you so much, our Coleham Community is the best!!

Friday 8th September, 2023

September Social

It’s our big welcome back to school event next Saturday and we would love to see you all!

Please come along, its going to be lots of fun!

Miss Cox’s Dance Troupe and Mrs Porret’s Choir will be performing-times to be confirmed.

We also have The Pancake Band providing us with live music!

Thursday 7th September, 2023

Extra Curricular Clubs for Autumn Term Block 1

Our new range of extra curricular clubs will be released on Arbor on Friday 8th September at 6pm.

Please visit the Club page to see what’s on.

Sunday 3rd September, 2023

Street Allotment Project Report

Thank you to the Street Allotment Project for Sunday’s session.  You guys are Amazing! A glorious morning strimming, discovering raspberry canes, harvesting and sharing food. Even Nico the Street Allotment dog enjoyed the morning 🌞

 

Friday 21st July, 2023

Message from Mr Larkham

Dear Parents and Carers,

As the end of a school year, and the end of an era, is upon us, we can look back on the past few years as a time of great change and drive towards a better today.

Ms Jones and I have worked to build the school we all know and love, but without her exceptional leadership, none of it would be possible. She has been an excellent example to us all, and has taught children, parents and staff how a school should be run. I am proud to have worked with her so closely these last few years and we now look to the future with positivity.

In September, a new period in Coleham’s history will begin with me as Headteacher. I’m excited to carry on the legacy of Ms Jones’ leadership and continue to develop the vision and ethos of our wonderful school. I have been part of that journey since 2009 and want nothing more than for Coleham to be a success.

There will be no great lurch to a new way ethos, no huge change: we will still be the school we all love, always looking to grow and develop for the benefit of everyone involved. The future is an undiscovered country filled with possibility and I can’t wait to lead Coleham School to its shores.

Thank you to everyone for your kindness, patience and support over the year – have a wonderful summer!

Tom Larkham

Friday 21st July, 2023

Message from Ms Jones

Dear Parents and Carers,

It is hard to believe that another academic year has flown by here at Coleham and we find ourselves on the final day of term, and for me my last day as headteacher at Coleham School.

The last 13 years have been incredible and I feel privileged to have played a small part in educating so many wonderful children, many of whom are now grown up!  Coleham has a certain special-ness about it that is hard to put into words.  That special-ness doesn’t come from one person or thing.   Without a doubt, it is the community of wonderful staff, children and parents, who make it great and it is fair to say that I have loved every minute of being a headteacher here.  I am so proud to have led such a committed, loyal and hardworking team of staff, who go above and beyond every day to ensure that all our children receive the best possible education.   I would like to pass on my sincere thanks to them all for their unfaltering support and hard work.  The celebrations organised by the whole team on Wednesday were incredible, I was absolutely blown away by the videos and the wonderful singing at the end of the day.  In addition, thank you so much to those parents and staff who contributed to the beautiful scrap book, I was overwhelmed by all the messages.  The gifts and vouchers that I have received from staff and children have been so kind and thoughtful too.  I feel extremely fortunate to be remaining within our trust, which means that I will be able to pop into Coleham from time to time and see the children and staff and, of course, support Mr Larkham and the whole team moving forward.  I have no doubt that the school will go from strength to strength and I wish everyone lots of luck.

Today we also say “goodbye” to our Year 6 children.  The entire year group performed wonderfully well in Leavers’ assembly last Friday, and they have all had an excellent last few weeks at school.  I thoroughly enjoyed presenting their cups to them today in assembly and am extremely proud of all they have achieved during their time with us at Coleham.  All of our children are ready for the journey that lies ahead, full of the necessary skills needed and oozing with energy and excitement.  We wish them all lots of luck in the future; their new secondary schools are very lucky to have them.

Thank you to all of the parents who join our staff to fundraise and provide lovely events for the entire school community.  The Quiz night and the Plant and Craft Fair were particular highlights, supported by many parents/carers.  The team have already planned their first community event next year The “September Social and some new events for next year!

All that remains is for me to thank you all for your support and to wish you all a lovely, relaxing summer break.  School will re-open on Tuesday 5th September (Wraparound Care will be running on 5th September as normal).

Yours sincerely,

Ms C Jones

Headteacher

Thursday 20th July, 2023

September Social

Save the date!  We look forward to welcoming you all back to school in September.  This is the perfect opportunity for us all to get together for a ‘Coleham Catchup’ after the summer holidays.

We will need lots of volunteers (children and adults) to help man stalls on the day and get involved in any way you can.  Please think about joining staff to help for an hour or two.  Children are welcome to run their own stalls if they have an idea over the holidays.

Thursday 20th July, 2023

Thank you to Staff

As you know, we are also sad to be saying “goodbye” to some much loved Coleham staff this week.  A big thank you to Mrs Long and Mr Russell who have been magnificent in teaching Year 4 and Year 5 over the last 2 years.  You really have been brilliant! As their maternity contract ends, we will be sad to see them go but know we’ll stay in close contact.  We are really looking forward to welcoming Mrs Allan back to teach in Year 2 and, of course, we are looking forward to welcoming Mrs Turner, Coleham’s new Deputy Headteacher.

Today, we also say “goodbye” to Miss Forrester, who has been teaching in EYFS this year.  Luckily for us, Miss Forrester is moving to Bowbook Primary School, the newest school in our trust, which will open its doors to children in September.  Congratulations to Mrs Forrester on her exciting new position as Nursery Teacher.  We’ll still be seeing her lots as we’ll be working in closely with Bowbrook Primary and Miss Othen and Mrs Howson will also be using their expertise to help Bowbrook on their new school journey.

Finally, welcome to Miss Sampson-Jorge and Miss Pilsbury who join us as Teaching Assistants.

 

Wednesday 19th July, 2023

Clubs for next year

PARENT NOTE:

The Club Schedule for next year is now on the website so you can look at what will be available:

Clubs – Coleham Primary School

As you know, ParentPay is closing and we will be moving to a new Payments & Booking system on Arbor.  We will need time to set this up on return to school in September so we hope to start clubs running during the second week.

We will release clubs during the first week back at school, we can’t give a specific date or time for club release just yet in case we run into technical/set up issues but will tell you as soon as we are able too during the first week in September.  The payments and bookings on Arbor will be a big improvement on ParentPay but like anything new we fully expect to run into teething issues.  Please be patient and support the office staff, any issues can be resolved and ironed out.  The first week back to school is always very busy and with a host of new systems being implemented in school we would appreciate your patience and support.

Thank you

The School Office

Tuesday 18th July, 2023

Website Work Underway

Our website will be refreshed next week with everything you need ready for September 2023.

View the classrooms to see the staff working with your children, PE days and Arrival and collection points.  Clubs and lunch menus are also available and school uniform can be purchased from the School Shop Direct.

 

Tuesday 18th July, 2023

Allotmenteer Sunday 23rd JULY

This Sunday The Street Allotment Project are back at our school allotment from 9:00- 11:00am.  Join them if you can!  All sorts of delightful gardening shenanigans to be done 🙂

Enter via the car park gates and head to the greenhouse where you’ll find a friendly group of volunteers led by Caspar.

 

Monday 17th July, 2023

E-Safety Parent Controls Booklet

E-Safety Update

Please find below a Parental Controls Booklet to help you manage your child’s ICT, devices and Apps in the home.  This booklet will tell you everything you need to know, all in one handy place!

Parental-Controls-booklet-2023

We hope you find this useful.

Friday 14th July, 2023

ParentPay CLOSING

Don’t forget ParentPay will be closing on the last day of school.  We will transfer all debit and credit balances to Arbor for September.

We will be using Arbor to record all our family and pupil info, communications and payments.

Friday 14th July, 2023

Clubs for Next School Year

PARENT NOTE:

The Club Schedule for next year will go on the website next week so you can see what will be available.

Clubs will start back the 2nd week of school to enable us to set up payments on Arbor and release Clubs during the first week back.