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Dear Parents & Carers,

I have had a lovely week hearing lots of Christmassy singing coming through wall in my office!  I’m really looking forward to our Nativities this year which are happening the week after next!

A huge congratulations to our Sports Leaders in Year 6 who have been working incredibly hard to achieve their Sports Leadership qualifications.  They have been working with Year 1 children and have demonstrated excellent leadership qualities.  Well done!

Next week is anti-bullying week and we are having an odd-sock day on Monday 27th.  There will be lots of PSHE activities throughout the school to help the children understand what bullying is, how to spot it and what we can all do to make sure people are kinder to each other.

Please also remember that our parent survey is open and we rally value your feedback – if you have any serious concerns about anything, please contact us directly.

And finally, we are still receiving reports from our neighbours in Slater’s Lane of inconsiderate parking blocking private driveways and parking on double yellow lines.  There is adequate parking available to everyone at St Julian’s Friar’s using the free Park & Stride option, so please do use that option if you are driving to school.  The Council has been contacted on behalf of the residents so there may be traffic warden patrols in the future.

Have a lovely weekend!

Tom Larkham

Headteacher

Dear Parents & Carers,

It’s been another great week at school this week, and we have enjoyed lots of fun activities: Year 6 netball; a group of children representing the school with their beautiful singing and a visit to Years 1, 3 and 5 from the Dogs’ Trust.  The stand out has be EYFS Nursery Rhyme Week with a focus on a different rhyme each day with some fantastic visitors and trips arranged to bring it to our life.  Our very own ‘Grand Old Duke of York’ has put together a film showcasing the highlights! 

I have also had the pleasure of reading through many of your children’s books and it has been wonderful to see so much excellent work happening throughout the school!

Christmas is approaching faster than we can imagine, and all the classes are busy getting their Nativity performances ready: I’ve already had a sneak preview of Mrs Porrett’s singing assembly practice!  All our Christmas Events are arranged with details here.  Both the EYFS/KS1 and KS2 Nativities promise to be a real treat.

Have a lovely weekend, everyone!

Tom Larkham

Headteacher

Dear Parents/Carers,

On Tuesday 16th January we will be hosting our International Day and celebrating different countries and cultures around the world and diversity within our school community.

What will the day involve?

NON UNIFORM – It will be a non-uniform day. Your child is invited to come dressed 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 special theme menu lunch on this day.

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KS2 SPANISH LESSONS – I will be turning into Flamenco Flora this week so instead of teaching French, I will be giving Years 3 to 6 a Spanish taster session in full Spanish costume!

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.

INTERNATIONAL FOOD MARKET- We invite children to bring food from another country into school to share at our after school event.  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 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-

Yr 1-

Yr 2 –

Yr 3 –

Yr 4-

Yr 5-

Yr 6-

-If you would like to bring in a food, try to stick to the countries assigned to your year groups, of course if there is a cultural dish closer to your heart you are 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 school are not able to confirm ingredients or allergens.  As it is an after school event, you MUST be responsible for your child and what they eat if attending.

-Teachers will display the food handed into them, 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.

Yours sincerely,

Chloë Jones

Foreign Languages Coordinator

Next Week Badgers & Foxes will be participating in Nursery Rhyme Week.

There are some really exciting activities and visitors each day, a dress up day and Rhyme Sessions that parents/carers are invited too.  Please click the link above to read all about it.

We kindly ask that parents contribute the amount of £10 per child.

It’s going to be so much FUN!

Our timetables for Autumn 2 have changed so please check the website Class Pages for PE days

Reception Class Page

Year 1 Class Page

Year 2 Class Page

Year 3 Class Page

Year 4 Class Page

Year 5 Class Page

Year 6 Class Page

Clubs

Clubs for next half term will be released on Arbor on Friday 27th October at 6:00pm.

Dear Parents and Carers,

Here we are at the end of a very long but productive first half-term of the year.  I hope that everyone gets the well-earned rest they need and can come back fresh and ready for an exciting second half-term and the last one of 2023.  We have lots to look forward to: more trips, more visitors and of course – lots of Christmas events!

This week has seen Coleham crowned X-Country champions, a visit from the Fire Service, and a long-distance trip to Liverpool for our Year 6s, a Roman Day and Pumpkin Party for EYFS.

Please remember that the first week back sees out Parents’ Evenings (Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th) so please, please make sure you have booked your slots.

Well done, everyone, on a great start to the year, and have a lovely week!

Tom Larkham

Headteacher

Our Christmas Performance Dates are on the website

Our EYFS/KS1 Nativity and KS2 Nativity concerts are always a very special occasion for us all.  The singing in school sounds incredible and you will be in for a real treat!   The performance times for parents are as follows:

Performances at Holy Trinity Church

• Monday(04/12/23) 1330-1430: Performance for EYFS parents
• Tuesday(05/12/23) 1000-1100: Performance for Year 1 parents
• Tuesday(05/12/23) 1330-1430: Performance for Year 2 parents
• Thursday(07/12/23) 1000-1130: Performance for Year 3 parents
• Thursday(07/12/23) 1330-1500: Performance for Year 4 parents
• Friday(08/12/23) 1000-1130: Performance for Year 5 parents
• Friday(08/12/23) 1330-1500: Performance for Year 6 parents

Guidance

• Please be kind and only attend your child’s nativity
• Please aim to attend the performance set aside for your child’s year group.
• For those wishing to see siblings, you may be able to see them all in one EYFS/KS1’s nativity (Monday and Tuesday) includes EYFS, Year 1 and Year 2 in the same show.  KS2’s Nativity (Thursday and Friday) has Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 in the same show.
• Those of you with a child in each Key Stage can, of course, see both shows
• The KS2 children will be performing all around the church and in the aisles, so every seat in church will have a good view, including those at the very back of the church.

We understand how tricky it is to manage work, a household and all the school appointments/administration for your children!  So we aim, to streamline our communications as best we can with this weekly Newsletter.

Our website is always live and is the first place we post letters and events.  See the Parents Section for Newsletters, Letters Home and Calendar dates.

Going forwards we will also attempt to send all our school letters on FRIDAYS to avoid multiple emails across the week.  (sometimes we may need to send out urgent or last minute emails but we try to avoid this where we can)

Teachers use Dojo for sharing the children’s work with you as a ‘window into the classroom’ and can also use this for smaller class reminders.

Parents Evenings will take place on the first week back after half term.

Don’t forget to book your slot online at the web page below

Wednesday- Year 6 Trip to Liverpool , War Tunnels

Thursday – Year 4 Ancient Rome Day

Thursday- EYFS Pumpkin Party

Friday- SCHOOL CLOSED STAFF TRAINING DAY

Coming up soon

Friday 10th November- Diwali Workshop for EYFS, Yr 2 and Yr 5

Please make payment for trips and visits before they take place.  Thank you.

Lots of trips and visits are coming up!

Please check Arbor, to make payment for these in advance of the school trip.

Yr 6 Giraffes Choral Day Shrewsbury High School- Parent concert at 3pm.  Don’t forget to book tickets

Yr 6 Elephants Careers Trip

Yr 4 Chester Roman Museum

Yr 6 Liverpool War Tunnels

EYFS After School Pumpkin Party

The EYFS staff and children will be kicking off our first Enterprise Event in school.

With Autumn here, they have decided to make ‘chocolate apples’

Badgers and Foxes classes will be selling these to pupils in school time on Friday 20th October.

Children will be given the opportunity to purchase one, on a FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED basis. Chocolate Apples will cost £1 if children wish to bring in money next Friday.

Thank you Badgers and Foxes for being our first entrepreneurs.

We have received a complaint from a resident about parking clogging up Salter’s Lane in the morning and afternoon.  This has always been a problem at Coleham owing to the lack of parking around the school.  The School Street scheme (road closure) has not increased the parking issues around Salter’s Lane, but it has highlighted the problem more whilst improving safety outside the front of school.  Before the road closure began operating, the same issues were present and we had similar complaints.

• Please DO NOT use Salter’s Lane as a quick drop off / pick up point.  Cars are parking illegally; causing blockages and preventing our neighbours from going about their business.
• Please DO NOT drop off in the road outside the staff car park.
• Please DO NOT park on Greyfriars Rd before the road closes unless you are prepared to wait for it to reopen.

If you must use your car to get to school, please use one of these 2 options:

• FREE parking at ASDA (5 min walk)
• FREE parking at St Julian’s Friar (2 min walk over Greyfriars Bridge)

Please see the office for a permit to use St Julian’s Friars Car Park.

We must make sure that we are acting with consideration and courtesy for each other and our neighbours, and it goes without saying that any verbal abuse towards staff or traffic wardens / PCSOs, or anyone, will never be tolerated.