Headteacher Message
Dear Parents and Carers,
Hopefully the daffodils are smiling in your gardens as we head into March – where has the year gone!?
This week I had the pleasure of buying a ticket to watch some EYFS drama of Jack & The Beanstalk which was great fun! Well done to all the children who had a go on the stage! I also enjoyed seeing Miss Heap in Year 5 today prepping the children for the Eco Fashion Show which promises to be a real treat.
Thank you to all the parents and carers who made appointments to speak to your children’s teachers – if you haven’t managed to do so, please do get in touch and we can see what can be arranged.
Next week, we are looking forward to World Book Week! I wonder what your favourite books are?
Have a lovely weekend!
Tom Larkham
Headteacher.
What’s on next week?
All week– World Book Week!
Monday 4th March–After School Book Fair
Tuesday 5th March– Yr 4 Dolphins Class Assembly @ 9.15am
Wednesday 6th March– Yr 4 Whales Class Assembly @ 9.15am
Thursday 7th March– World Book Day Dress Up
Book Fair
We hope you can join on after school on Monday!
Kath Saunders will be running an Usborne Book stall on Monday. Coleham School will receive free books for school depending on the total sales so please help to support this if you can. You are also able to purchase books online until 2pm on Tuesday which also helps Coleham School receive free books. See the online QR code below.
Illustrator Gisela Robinson will be with us all day, working with Years 3 and 4, shop her lovely merchandise after school including prints, notebooks, postcards, bookmarks and stickers.
Our World Book Day Sweet Shop will include four different stalls all linked to childhood stories. Year 1 will be helping to bag up the sweets for their enterprise event and looking to raise a profit for school. Please support this, each bag of sweets costs £1 (cash only) and a donation goes to school.
After School Care- if your child normally goes to After School Club with Miss Gregory and wishes to buy something at the fair we can arrange this. Your child should bring in money in a sealed envelope labelled with their name and kept in their school bag. A member of staff will take these children to the Book fair.
World Book Week
We’ve got so many treats instore for the children! We have worked with Shrewsbury Independent book shop Pengwern Books to provide a World Book Day book for every pupil to bring home! This saves families scouring the supermarkets to spend their World Book Day vouchers.
Fashion Show
Coming up soon! Date for your diaries…
A new event, Year 5 are putting on an Eco Fashion Show for families and pupils to watch after school. They’ll be modelling pre-loved clothes and telling us all about fast fashion and how to shop responsibly with the planet in mind. Afterwards they will be selling pre-loved clothes for £1 an item!
Year 5 Parents please save the date. Pupils have been getting involved in activities during school time if they have wanted too and there is a space for any child wanting a part or wanting to help in some way. We will have a full rehearsal in school on Monday 11th March. If your child wants to take part they will need to be free to stay after school on Wednesday 13th March.
School Production
Our School Production of ‘Alice’ is coming up on the last week of term, before we break up for Easter. We will be selling tickets soon but need to set up an Arbor School Shop to do this. Don’t worry though, of course all the crew and cast members families will be able to attend and also other members of our school community.
Year 6 Leaver Hoodies
Thank you to Lucy’s mum for kindly arranging the online shop for this year’s Leaver Hoodies!
Year 6 parents can order and pay for these online.
Leaver Hoody Shop
Parent Letter
The print deadline was 14th March 2024.
These will be delivered to school and handed out before the Year 6 Residential to Pioneer.
E-Safety Newsletter March 2024
Please see the E-Safety Newsletter for March. This gives information on Fortnight game, Instagram and parental controls.
Online Safety Newsletter Primary March 2024
House Fashion Competition Results
To tie in with our upcoming Eco Fashion Show, we asked the children to design an outfit made from recycled materials. The children below are featured with their winning entries. Do we have some future Designers here? Year 5 have taken inspiration from these designs and been busy creating outfits for the ‘Rubbish Runway’.
Results: Greyfriars 50 pts, Severn 40 pts, Darwin 30 pts, Quarry-no entries
Yr 5 Fashion Show Prep
We are gearing up for the Year 5 Eco Fashion Show. The children got busy customising old clothes and creating new clothes from recycled materials for the ‘rubbish runway’. They really enjoyed this process and we saw some great teamwork. We can’t wait to see the finished articles being modelled in a few weeks time!
Lunchtime Fun
Some healthy lunchtime fun from our Catering Team who love a dress up! The tasting table was a hit with the younger children at lunchtime. Tasting peppers in the ‘Eat them to defeat them’ campaign. #healthyeating #
Sculpture Walk
In Art this half term, the children in Reception are learning about sculptures. Today we enjoyed walking through town to find different sculptures. They were excited to find many different sculptures on the buildings throughout town as well as larger sculptures such as the Charles Darwin statue at the library, Darwin’s Gate in Mardol and The Evolution sculpture.