Dear Parents & Carers, 
This week, the school has been transformed into the magical world that is a Primary School Christmas! Lots of lovely hand-made decorations are hanging from the walls; the fairy lights are up; the costume cupboards have been raided and the muffled sound of carols and rehearsals for the big Nativity shows are coming through my office wall… Christmas is nearly here!
We’re really looking forward to the Nativity shows starting Monday 8th December in a week or so, but in the meantime, normal school is still very much GO!
We’ve had more sporting success in football and netball this week – well done to all the children involved: it’s so wonderful to see and hear about our children working so well together to succeed and enjoy themselves as they do it. It’s what being at Coleham is all about! Well done, also, to Miss Lewis, Mr Halford and Mr Hughes for all they are doing to ensure that our children are active, engaged and working together as teams in The Coleham Way to bring about success.
A huge well done to QUARRY who were the first House of 2025-26 to lift the House Cup for winning the Times Tables Rockstars (TTRS) challenge in last week’s Maths Week! I haven’t been on TTRS for some time – my avergage time of 0.75s per question has been at the top of the leaderboard since 2019, and after having a go earlier this week, my average has slipped to 1.23s, meaning I am no longer top. This is a terrible place for a Headteacher to be (I blame an ageing mind) but I will persevere and regain the top spot! There are, however, a couple of Year 5 children who are intent on scuppering that!
Thank you all for your continued support and cheeriness on the gate! Have a lovely weekend.
Tom Larkham
Headteacher