Headteacher’s Weekly News

Dear Parents Thank you to everyone who was able to walk to school this week, even part of the way, it was good to make the children aware of the important issue of clean air and started some great discussions in school. Final House meetings were held on Monday when our House captains showed photos…

Dear Parents Welcome back to the last half term of this academic year. We hope you had a lovely half term holiday. We were so pleased to send Years 5 and 6 to Roedean for their sport this week. It feels like things are really getting back to normal. Year 4 will also be going…

Dear Parents We started the week with our Upper School singing assembly. We hope to return to whole school assemblies in September. This is a lovely opportunity to come together. Currently the children are practising lots of songs that they will be performing in their end of year show, Romeo and Juliet, which we are…

Dear Parents Year 1 headed out first thing on Monday to the Secret Garden. They enjoyed being out in the fresh air and were able to identify lots of plants, flowers and vegetables as well as learning about the pond habitat. This is such a fantastic resource to have on our doorstep. House meetings on…

Dear Parents We began the week in beautiful sunshine. All of the children came in looking extra smart and I think their class photos will look fantastic. Year 3 then headed off to Bramber for the afternoon where they were able to spend time planting and identifying different trees and birds. They even got time…

Dear Parents What a busy week! School Council met and discussed changes that the children would like to see around the school. Although I am not sure that a zip wire or zoo with a tiger can be achieved we will look at the ideas closely and feedback to the council about what is achievable…

Dear Parents Thank you so much for helping the children dress as pirates on Friday. They all looked fantastic and raised an impressive £119 for Greenpeace. They really enjoyed finding out their new pirate name and listening to sea shanties. We had a great start to the week with a visit from Tim Wade, our…

Dear Parents Welcome back! We have had a brilliant first week and have really enjoyed hearing about all the lovely things that the children got up to over the Easter break. I have to say that the children have all come back with such a positive attitude to their work and we have already held…

Dear Parents We have had a great three weeks back at school and are so proud of the children and how they have coped with the transition. Schools are places of routine and structure- even if those routines have had to change, the predictability of the school day has been hugely reassuring for them. There…

Dear Parents A huge congratulations to Cameron for gaining the position of runner up in the Springboard Junior championship last weekend. What a great achievement and well deserved. A big well done also to all those that took part. Thank you to all those who attended Parents evening. We really appreciate the time to see…