NEWS FROM AROUND THE SCHOOL

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It has been a very busy week!

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On Monday we had our SIAMs inspection. Thank you to the parents who were able to speak to Mrs Underwood about their experiences of school life. It was a busy, but successful day and we look forward to receiving the report and being able to share it with you after half-term.

This week, many of our Year 6 pupils began their Bikeability training, learning about safer cycling. These sessions started on the playground and graduated to the roads, and will continue into next week. Our pupils were all very keen and very focussed, and it was great to see them take these skills out of the classroom and onto the roads.

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On Wednesday we had our open day for the September 2027 intake of Dexters. It was an extremely busy morning with around 55 families coming to look round. Our Belted Galloway pupils did an amazing job of showing the parents around school and were praised for their confidence and politeness. A huge thank you to Lou, Lucy and Sophie for providing refreshments and talking to the parents.

Friesian class spent a fantastic day at Greystones Farm Wildlife Reserve on Thursday. The farm is on the site of the Salmonsbury Camp, an important meeting place during Neolithic and Iron Age periods and a Scheduled Monument.  We visited the replica roundhouse and tried grinding corn with saddle and rotary querns, created wattle and doubt walls, and practised lighting fires, as well as investigating different objects that may have been used by the Dobunni tribe. We even got to handle 2000 year old pottery fragments and see the fingerprints left behind in the clay! The children were beautifully behaved and the team were impressed with their knowledge! Thank you to Mrs Seymour, Mrs Whitter and Mrs Kilyon for coming with us- it is very much appreciated. 

This week, you should have received your child's Christmas Card design that they are doing through Christmas 4 Schools. A flier and a form will have accompanied these designs: if you want to purchase cards or calendars or other gifts with these on, please complete the form and online payment and return to school by the last day of term (Wednesday 21st) at the latest.

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A reminder that the last day of Term 1 will be Wednesday 21st October and the school will be back after the half-term holiday on Monday 2nd November.

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On Tuesday 4th November Tempest Photography will be in school taking individual and sibling photographs. If you would like a photograph of your children with younger siblings, who are not of school age, please come to school at 8:30am when the photographer will be available in the school hall.

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I would like to kindly remind all parents and carers that a prompt start to the morning allows every child to settle in comfortably and begin their day alongside their classmates. When children arrive late, it can be unsettling for them and can interrupt learning for the rest of the class, who may already be engaged in their lessons. I greatly appreciate your support in helping create a calm, positive, and productive start to the school day for all our pupils. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

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Government Guidelines                          95%
School Target                                            98%