Saturday 16th March-Alice in Wonderland Rehearsal 9:00-3:00pm

Tuesday 19th March-Attingham Park Cross Country Event @ 4:00pm

(Children participating have had a paper letter about this)

Wednesday 20th March-Alice In Wonderland School Production @ 6:30pm

Thursday 21st March– Alice in Wonderland School Production @ 6:30pm

Thursday 21st March– School Class Photographs

UNIFORM SHOULD BE WORN FOR EVERY CLASS

Friday 22nd March-All About Me Day (No School Uniform)

Tuesday 13th March– Lions Class Assembly @9.15 am for families

Wednesday 14th March

• Leopards Class Assembly @ 9.15am for families
• Yr 5 Eco Fashion Show @ 3:30pm
• Yr 1 Trip Blists Hill

The cost for the Yr 1 Blists Hill trip is £13.00.  We would be grateful if you could make payment prior to Wednesday.

Thursday 14th-Friday 15th March–Yr 4 Residential Trip

World Book Day will be with us in a couple of week time.  We will have a whole week of

exciting activities including an after school fair on Monday 4th March @3.30pm.

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back to Spring 2 after a hopefully relaxing and productive half-term break.

We’ve got straight back into things here at school and it great to see all the smiling faces and hard work going on in the classrooms.  Hopefully you have all managed speak to your children’s teachers at our Parents’ and Carers’ evenings this week, but if you haven’t been able to, please get in touch and we can arrange something.

We’ve launched our Kindness Drive this week and have already handed out 14 ‘Kindness Ambassador’ badges and certificates at HT Teatime today.  The children at HT Teatime were those that have been awarded the most Kindness Dojos this week in each class – well done for being an inspiration!  Also, the children (and staff) have been nominating people all week who have been demonstrating kindness.  I’ve had a wonderful time reading all the reasons people have noticed kindness and will be handing out more badges on Monday.

Have a lovely weekend!

Tom Larkham

Headteacher.

Parent/Carer Evenings – Wednesday 21st February & Thursday 22nd February

(Please book an appointment online. If there are any problems contact us when we return to school after half term)

Year 6 Mock SATS Week – Week commencing 26th February

Year 4 class Assemblies

• Dolphins Tuesday 5th March @9:15am
• Whales Wednesday 6th March @9.15am

World Book Week

After School Book Fair for families – Monday 4th March

World Book Day Dress Up- Thursday 7th March

Science Week– Week commencing 11th March

Year 5 Class Assemblies

• Lions Tuesday 12th March @9:15am
• Leopards Wednesday 13th March @9:15am

Year 1 Blists Hill Trip-Wednesday 13th March

Year 5 Eco Fashion Show-Wednesday 13th March (Open to all after school)

Year 4 Overnight Residential Trip- Thursday 14th & Friday 15th March

Alice in Wonderland School Production-Wednesday 20th & Thursday 21st March

Break up for Easter– Friday 22nd March

Monday- Yr 2 Darwin Workshop with Shrewsbury Museum

This costs £3.40. Payment to be made via your child’s Arbor account prior to the date of the workshop please.

Tuesday- Yr 3 Turtles Class Assembly for Families @ 9.15am

Wednesday – Yr 3 Starfish Class Assembly for Families @9.15am

Thursday – Yr 4 Wildlife Trust Trip

This costs £5.20.  Payment to be made via your child’s Arbor account prior to the trip please.

All Week- Children’s Mental Health Week

Children will be covering Children’s Mental Health Week in their PSHE lessons and there are lots of resources for parents available on their website.

Monday – EYFS parents Writing Meeting 2:30pm and 5:00pm @School Hall

Tuesday – Yr 2 Owl’s Class Assembly for Parents 9:15am

Wednesday – Yr 2 Rabbit’s Class Assembly for Parents 9:15am

Thursday–Chinese New Year Workshop for Yrs 1, 4 & 6

The cost for the workshop is £3.70, please make payment on Arbor.

Friday – EYFS Theatre Trip to Dear Zoo

The cost of the ‘Dear Zoo’ trip is £15.50, please make payment on Arbor.  Pick up from school will be 3:30pm.

Dear Parents & Carers,

Welcome to another newsletter!  It’s been a busy and slightly warmer week, and it’s nice to end on a bit of sunshine.

We had Ms Jones and the CEO, David O’Toole, visit us this week.  It’s always good to have the Trust leadership have an outsider’s view of all things Coleham, and they were very impressed with what they had seen.  They commented on how well the children behaved around school and the excellent learning they saw happening in the classrooms.  Well done everyone!

On another happy note, I’ve had quite a few children come to my office this week with excellent work, including some EYFS children with some fantastic writing about Handa and a cheeky giraffe, so I thought I’d put a picture of one of my giraffes in this week.

I’m looking forward to seeing some of you at the quiz tonight – make sure you bring your brains!

Whatever you are doing this weekend, make sure you have a good one!

Tom Larkham

Headteacher

Tuesday- 9:15 am Yr 1 Hedgehogs Class Assembly for families

Wednesday – 9:15 am Squirrels Class Assembly for families

Friday – Yr 3 Trip to Sealife Centre, Birmingham

Please make payment for this trip via Arbor

Friday- Coleham School Quiz Night @7:30pm

Dear Parents and Carers,

Hopefully you have all been wrapped up warm on the playground this week!

It’s been another busy week, including the fantastic International Day on Tuesday.  A huge thank you to Madame Jones for putting it all together, and another huge thank you to all our parents visitors that came into school to tell the children about other countries and cultures.  It’s so valuable for our children to experience different cultures – and also wonderful to sample all that lovely food!  Thanks you to everyone who contributed – another example of our fantastic community!

Have a lovely weekend, everyone!

Tom Larkham

Headteacher

Dear Parents & Carers,

It’s been another busy week with lots going on at school – the first full week back after Christmas is always particularly tiring and I’m sure all the children will be looking forward to a restful weekend.

Playtime snacks:

We try to make sure that our school is as healthy as possible and have always asked that any playtime snacks brought into school are healthy food, such as fruit.   EYFS and KS1 children are all provided a piece of fruit each day by the Government.  We have noticed a lot of other unhealthy snacks lately, on the playground, which also has the effect of producing a litter issue around the school.

International Day

Remember that it’s International Day on Tuesday – I’m looking forward to seeing lots of interesting things and maybe trying some international food.

Have a lovely weekend, everyone!

Tom Larkham

Headteacher

Our International day celebrations take place on Tuesday

What will the day involve?

NON UNIFORM –It will be a non-uniform day. Your child is invited to come dressed in non uniform in the colours of any flag or cultural dress of their choice.  We do not expect you to buy a costume, you could wear a flag or get creative using face paints, decorate a plain t-shirt with felt tips or wear an international sports kit.

SINGING ASSEMBLY-During our singing assemblies on Tuesday (KS1) and Wednesday (KS2) Mrs Porrett will be singing International songs with the children.

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES – In the afternoon classes will be choosing a country to learn about.  Your child might listen to music, speak the language, do some map work, learn some history or look at the day in the life of a child from that country.

LUNCHTIME-We will have a theme menu on this day

KS2 GERMAN LESSONS – Madame Jones will be turning into Bavarian Brigitte this week so instead of teaching French, I will be giving Years 3 to 6 a German taster session!

PARENT GUESTS – We would love to host parent visitors in the classroom so you and your child can share your experiences from a different culture, country or travels.  You might like to bring some photos, traditional clothes or objects to talk about.  Please chat to your child’s teacher at the end of the day or contact Mrs Jasper in the school office to arrange a visit.

Email: helen.jasper@col.318education.co.uk

INTERNATIONAL FOOD MARKET– We invite children to bring food from another country into school to share at our after school event. (Children can bring this into class in the morning or parents can bring to the event-please note we will be unable to refrigerate goods) We will set up tasting tables with each year group’s contributions and we invite you and your children to pop into the school hall after school once you have collected your children to sample some tasters.  Please enter from the OUTSIDE HALL DOORS at the back of school.

Some guidance for the food event:

So we can easily display the food for the event we have allocated each Year Group the following countries:

EYFS-SPAIN

Yr 1-GREECE

Yr 2 -CHINA

Yr 3 -INDIA

Yr 4-GERMANY

Yr 5-POLAND

Yr 6-ITALY

-We have allocated countries to keep things simple for purchasing/displaying food, of course if there is a cultural dish closer to your heart then your child is very welcome to bring that in.

-Homemade and shop bought foods are welcome.  We would be grateful if you can cut up your offering into small pieces for tasters and wrap up on a paper plate.  Please label any special containers with your child’s name and class that you would like returned.

-At the event, please remember food is kindly donated by families so we are not able to confirm ingredients or allergens.  As it is an after school event, parents/carers are responsible for their children and what they are eating.  (If Year 6 children usually walk home alone then they are able to go to the hall without parents)

-Teachers will display the food, on year group tables and be on hand to help you with tasters.

We look forward to your support and hope this will be a fun and enriching day for all involved.

Dear Parents & Carers,

Welcome back to school and a Happy New 2024 to everyone!  It feels like an age since we were singing Christmas songs, but now we are back to it and all struggling to remember to write the date correctly!

I wanted to say  THANK YOU on behalf of all the staff who received small thank you gifts and messages from parents before the holiday – it’s never expected but always very much appreciated.

With only 3 days in, it’s only been a short week, but it’s been wonderful to see so many smiling faces back in school.  Here’s to a a new year and an exciting term ahead!

Best wishes,

Tom Larkham

Headteacher

We have an exciting new Coleham event coming soon!

Year 5 will be producing an Eco Fashion Show in the evening of Thursday 8th February and you will be hearing lots about this in the coming weeks.

Can you help? We are in desperate need of pre-loved clothes, shoes & accessories (adults & childrens) plus any ‘rubbish’ materials to create costumes (plastic bags, bubble wrap, paper plates, crisp packets etc) 

Please drop any donations into the School Foyer.

We will be really grateful for any items received.

THANK YOU

Tues 16th Jan- International Day

Tues 23rd Jan- Hedgehogs Class Assembly

Wed 24th Jan- Squirrels Class Assembly

Fri 26th Jan- Community Quiz Night