Dear Parents & Carers,

We’ve had a very busy week this week with a successful transition day and much, much more!  This afternoon we were treated to the Year 6 Leavers’ assembly – not a dry eye in the house!  What a hard-working group of children they have been – we wish them all the best for secondary when they leave us at the end of next week.

Year 6 have also had their SATs results this week, and we are incredibly proud of them all.  Everyone has had something to be proud of and it’s great to see the children work hard to achieve goals and be successful – well done everyone!

Mr Cooper, the Headteacher of Thomas Adams Secondary School, had a wonderful time at Coleham this week and has asked me to share with you all his thanks and gratitude to everyone who spoke with him and made him feel so welcomed.  He has been incredibly positive about everything at Coleham.

Have a super weekend and enjoy the football.  It’s coming home!

Tom Larkham

Headteacher

Dear Parents & Carers,

What a super Olympic Week we have had this week – a huge thank you to Miss Lewis for putting together such an amazingly inspirational week of visitors and activities.

I have spent many hours and hours pouring over all your children’s reports over the last week and have thoroughly enjoyed reading such lovely comments: your teachers really know your children well.  End-of-year reports are always a big job, but it is one of my favourite jobs of the year!  Reports will be coming out on Monday 8th, so please do make sure your child hands you an envelope!

For Wednesday and Thursday next week, I will be at Thomas Adams School in Wem, and their Headteacher, Mr Mark Cooper will be at Coleham.  This is part of our ‘Head Swap’ activities where Headteachers across our Trust spend time in each others’ schools speaking to children and staff, observing lessons and finding out what it is like to be part of another school.  This is always a fascinating and interesting experience with lots to take in and learn.  Please do take the time to say hello to Mr Cooper at the school gates on Wednesday and Thursday.

Enjoy this week’s newsletter and have a lovely weekend!

Tom Larkham

Headteacher

Dear Parents and Carers,

What a week!  We certainly picked the right days this week for our Sports Days!  A huge well done to all the children taking part: there were some excellent moments of sporting behaviour and it was wonderful to see the children cheering on their Houses and celebrating the victories of others, too.  Well done also to Miss Lewis who has been busy organising with Mr Halford.  Not only that, but our crack team of Year 6 helpers did a fantastic job of running it all so smoothly.  Finally, congratulations to Severn and Darwin who, out of the 3 events, had a victory each and a shared victory!

More sport is coming next week – it’s Olympics Week!  Lots of exciting activities and special guests to come…

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Tom Larkham

Headteacher

Monday 24th June-Yr 3/4 Sports Day

Tuesday 25th June– Yr 6 Elephants Swimming

Tuesday 25th June– New Reception Children Group 1 1.30pm-3:00pm

Wednesday 26th June– Yr 5/6 Sports Day

Wednesday 26th June– Parents Musical Showcase Concert

Thursday 27th June – EYFS/1/2 Sports Day

Friday 28th June – SEND Parent/Carer Meeting with PACC (Parent & Carer Council)

Dear Parents & Carers,

It finally feels like summer and school is feeling just as sun-shiney (if that’s a useable adjective) and happy.  Lots of fun happening this week: Year 4’s Tudor Day (poor Mr Jones!), the smoothie bike, an art gallery trip, a WONDERFUL EYFS assembly and a discos tonight – so much going on!

Next week we gear up into proper summer term activities: sports days!  Following that we have our Olympic Week with some very exciting visitors and events planned.

Year 5 parents: please have a read of our ‘Welcome to Year 6’ event, which is happening on 10th July.  This will be a great opportunity to get to know a little more about Year 6 and everything that goes with it.

IMPORTANT GATE INFO

From Monday 24th, the only gates being opened for families to enter the school will be:

• The corner gate (opposite the butcher’s)
• The main gate (at the front of the school)

Children will all line up in the usual places – this is a measure to increase security of the school site at drop-off times.

Enjoy your weekends, everyone!

Tom Larkham

Headteacher

Dear Parents and Carers,

It’s been another busy week in school with trips out, Shropshire Sings, sport and lots of art going on.  The children have really enjoyed visiting the Barnabas art exhibition and seeing their own work on display.

The summer feels like it is moving along with the start of the Euros today – all the classes have had a team allocated to them so we’ll all be looking out for our teams’ progress!  I have been given Italy this time round so I’m hoping for great things…  In assembly this week we talked about the benefits of exceptional teamwork, and I showed them the famous Brazil team goal from the 1970 World Cup and also the individual brilliance of Gazza’s goal against Scotland in Euro ’96 – lots of children have talked to me about those goals and working as a team, which is great.

With any luck, the weather will take the hint about it being summer so we can properly look forward to our own sporting activities, with Sports Days happening the week after next (week of the 24th June) and our Olympic week the week after.

Have a lovely weekend and enjoy the football if you’re watching!

Tom Larkham

Headteacher

Tuesday 18th June – EYFS Parent Assembly @ 9.15am

Tuesday 18th June– Elephants Swimming

Thursday 20th June – Yr 4 Tudor Day

Friday 21st June – NON UNIFORM DAY Wear Yellow Day for charity

Friday 21st June– KS1 Disco 4:45-5:45pm  KS2 Disco 6.00 -7.00pm

Sunday 23rd June – Historic Open Gardens part of the Belle Vue Arts Trail

Dear Parents and Carers,

Quite a lot to fit in to this week’s newsletter!  Please make sure you see the information about classes for next year, and those of you with children in EYFS, Years 2 and 4 will be receiving separate letters shortly confirming which class they will be in.

Please also make sure you pop and see the children’s art for the Belle Vue Arts Festival which is on display next week in the Barnabas Gallery!  It was so lovely to see all the children working hard over the last few weeks creating some beautiful art.  Well done to everyone involved!

Finally, a big thank you to all the Year 6 staff that made the residential to Pioneer such a success for the children!  They had a great time and have come back with some wonderful memories.

Have a lovely weekend!

Tom Larkham

Headteacher

Monday 10th June– Shropshire Sings Event for Mrs Porrett’s Club

Monday 10th June– Priory & Meole Teachers visit Yr 6

Monday 10th June -EYFS Search & Rescue Visit

Tuesday 11th June-Priory Teachers visit Yr 6 & Elephants Swimming in afternoon

Thursday 13th June– Yr 6 Purple Leaf Exploitation Session

Thursday & Friday– Barnabas Belle Vue Arts Festival Gallery Exhibition visits

Friday 14th June – Year 6 Trip to Crucial Crew Safety Day

Year 6 Parents -the cost of Crucial Crew is £5 please if you can make payment prior to the trip.

Friday 14th June – Yr 3 Egyptian Day 

Mon 3rd – Wed 5th June–Year 6 Pioneer Residential Stay

Tuesday 4th June– Whales Trip to Hindu Temple

Tuesday 4th June– Year 2 Parent Lunch

Tuesday 4th June– NEW Reception Children Family Stay & Play Event

Thursday 6th June– Big Sing Trip @ Moreton Hall (Yr 5 selected pupils)

Thursday 6th June– Dolphins Trip to Hindu Temple

Please make payments for trips over the half term holiday

Dear Parents & Carers,

A huge well done needs to go to our wonderful Year 6 children: they have worked hard all year, diligently concentrating and doing their best this week with the SATs.  We all know that people are measured in more ways than academic performance in maths and reading, but it’s been so lovely to see them showing up to school, ready to go and fiercely applying themselves.  Determination, resilience, perseverance and ambition have been on show all week, and THAT is what really counts.  Not even an unscheduled fire alarm put them off… Well done!

Don’t forget the Plant & Craft fair tomorrow!  Lots of stalls and things going on – we’d love to see you: Saturday 18th May 10:00 am – 12:00 pm.

Have a lovely weekend!

Tom Larkham

Headteacher

Dear Parents & Carers,

We’ve all enjoyed the warm weather this week and the children have been enjoying the field with great gusto this week.  It’s always nice to be fully in to the summer term!

Next week is an important week for our Year 6s as they take on their SATs.  They are all completely ready and have worked really hard over the last few weeks to be as confident as possible.  It’s a great opportunity for the children to do their best, shine and take it all in their stride!

To the Year 6 children: make sure you all get good sleep, have a good breakfast and keep confident.  Mr Edwards, Mrs Morgan and I know what you can do – we believe in you.  Good luck!

Have a lovely weekend, everyone!

Tom Larkham

Headteacher

Mon- Thur mornings-Year 6 SATS

Monday 13th May–Year 4 Trip to Enginuity

Tuesday 14th May-Yr 6 Giraffes Swimming

Thursday 16th May–Yr 4 Tudor Trip

Thursday 16th May –Yr 6 Parent Information Session about Purple Leaf Programme

Friday 17th May-Non-Uniform Day

Saturday 18th May– Community Plant & Craft Fair

Year 4 parents, please remember to make payments for trips prior to the visit taking place.  Thank you.

To get ready for our Plant & Craft Fair Friday 17th May will be a non-uniform day!

To help make our Fair a success and in-exchange for non-uniform we would be SUPER grateful for any of the following voluntary donations:

-Plants or produce (house or garden plants) (vegetables or preserves)

-Cakes (home made would be FANTASTIC and shop bought too)

-Cuddly toys or tombola gifts (you may already have some items at home to donate)

-Old jewellery for one of our treasure stalls

-A monetary donation towards the Fair’s fundraising

Donations can be brought to the front of school on Friday morning or throughout the day.  Thank you!

Dear Parents & Carers,

It’s hard to believe that we are in May and we are busy getting things organised for next year already!

Lots has been going on in school this week, including a fantastic choral day for Year 4 that was a great success.

I would like to take the opportunity to remind all parents and carers about healthy snacks for playtimes:  we are seeing more and more children having crisps and chocolate bars at playtimes.  This means that Mr Jones is spending too much time collecting crisp packets and wrappers from around the playground and it does not reflect the healthy ambitions we all have for our children.  Please make sure that snacks for playtime are healthy options, such as fruit.  We may be asking children to put crisps / chocolate bars back in their lunchboxes if they are on the playground at breaktimes.

Have a lovely long weekend, everyone!

Tom Larkham

Headteacher

MONDAY 15th APRIL- Relationships & Sex Policy Parent Information Meeting

TUESDAY 16th APRIL-Yr 5 & 6 Author Event

TUESDAY 16th APRIL- Giraffes Swimming

TUESDAY 16th APRIL- Special Lunch Menu

THURSDAY 18th APRIL – Whales Reabrook Trip