Parents

Weekly Parent Bulletin - Friday 8th May

Dear parents,

I hope you all enjoyed a cracking bank holiday weekend!

At our PTA meeting this week we saw new bids approved, bringing the total spend on projects by the PTA to almost £19,000 for this academic year! From new outdoor table tennis tables to skipping ropes for Opal Play to whole school pantomimes. In a world where school budgets seem to get more challenging every year, having a PTA charity able to fund these items makes such a difference to our school. #TeamAvonwood

On the subject of the PTA, our brilliant chairs Charli and Steph are thinking about a succession plan. It's often a role that seems well suited to two friends, supporting each other as co-chairs or a chair / vice chair. If you think you might be interested in shadowing them next year, with a view to possibly leading the PTA in the future, please get in touch:

avonwoodpta@gmail.com

One of the bids approved this week was for a school football kit. The PTA are planning to fund a new kit for our boys and girls school teams, if any local business are willing to sponsor our kit then we would love to hear from you (again via the email address above). We are looking for a donation of £500 to cover the cost of these kits.

Lastly, a reminder of our new PTA Golf Day coming up later this term. Given how popular golf is with many of our parents, we are hoping to see a busy day of action at our first tournament. If parents have friends and family that would like to complete they are very welcome to join us. More details can be found at the link here Golf Day.

Have a great weekend!

Mr Jackson

Whole School Reminders

PTA Updates

Thank you to everyone who attended our successful meeting on Tuesday at The Way Outback.

We’re pleased to share that funding was approved for:

EYFS potion bottles
Maps of Europe
Skipping ropes
Table tennis equipment

To help fund more exciting resources, our next fundraiser is:

Break The Rules Day - NEW DATE

📅 Friday 12th June

Suggested donation: £1 per rule broken

Rules to break:

No makeup or nail varnish
No Squash in water bottles
No Crazy hair/styles
No Odd socks
No Unhealthy snacks
No Temporary tattoos
No Trainers on a non-PE day

Break all 7 rules = suggested £7 donation.

Donations can be brought in cash on the day or paid online here:

https://pay.collctiv.com/break-the-rules-day-32181

Thank you for your continued support!

Whole School Updates

OPAL

The children have been playing at the other end of the school this week. They have also had extra lunchtime play as the children are able to go back outside after they have finished their lunches. Staff are checking that the children have eaten enough before allowing them back outside to play.

A different request for donations this week. We are fortunate that the weather has been really kind to us. However, thinking ahead to the Autumn term there is usually lots of rain, so we are asking for donations of wellington boots that children have outgrown. Please either clip them together with a peg or put them into a bag and drop them in the OPAL donations bin near Reception.

Thank you for your continued support with OPAL. Click here for OPAL photos.

Weekly Year Group Updates

EYFS

Class photo - A reminder that class photos are scheduled to be taken on Friday 15^th May. Please ensure your child is dressed in the correct school uniform.

Photo frames - A plea to parents to send in any unused photo frames (A4/A4+ size) for an art project. Thank you!

Year 1

None this week.

Year 2

As it is school photo day onl Friday 15th all year 2 children to come to school in full school uniform. We will still have forest school activities so if the weather looks unsettled, please provide wellies or a change of shoes. Please ensure the children have a long sleeved top or coat as even though it looked sunny this morning, it was quite chilly and some children were cold during our session this morning.
Don't forget our trip is on Monday May the 18th.
Next term we will be making puppets as part of our design technology lessons. We would be very grateful of any donations of ribbon, wool, googly eyes etc that we can decorate our puppets with. Thank you in advance.

Year 3

On Friday 22^nd May, we are having a DT day to design and make sandwiches. Children need to come in with fillings that they would like to add to their sandwich. A reminder that we are a nut free school. Families are also welcome to join us from 2-3pm for a picnic to celebrate this half term.
We are going to be having our Ancient Greek day on Friday 5^th June. Children can come in wearing Ancient Greek costumes but normal mufti is fine if not dressing up. We do not expect families to buy new costumes for this day.

Year 4

A polite reminder to return the medical form for the residential to your child's class teacher asap.

Year 5

What a fantastic time we had at the River Piddle yesterday! The children had so much fun wading through the water and improving their geography fieldwork skills.
A reminder that swimming resumes on Monday, please send your child with their kit if they are attending.
Class photos are taking place on Friday, please can we ask that every child is sent in with a jumper.

Year 6

Message to Year 6- You have a busy week next week and the temptation to try to cram in last-minute revision over the weekend will be strong. If you feel like you absolutely must, please do no more than one hour in total. You have all worked so hard and you are ready. Please try not to worry (that’s our job!). Tests are important in life, but what is more important is everything that makes you the wonderful people you are. Tests don’t show off your amazing personalities; they don’t show off your humour; they don’t show off your creativity and spark. All we ask is that you try your best and believe in yourselves. We are so proud of every one of you!
SATs breakfast next week (Monday 11th - Thursday 14th May) - Please arrive at 8:15am next week ready for SATs breakfast. Children do not need to arrive earlier than this. We will open the classroom doors 8:15 for them to come straight in rather than going to the middle playground.
On Friday 15th May, children will need to come to school in their school uniform at normal time (8:40am). We will have our whole class photos in the morning. As we have our Forest School celebration in the afternoon, please can children bring in a change of clothes to wear for Forest School.
Change to PE days - Next half term, Year 6 will be returning to having PE on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Please ensure that children are wearing PE kits on these days.
Kit list reminder for Buddens - Buddens Activity Centre Kit List