Weekly Update Friday 26th April

This week saw our Year 2 children having a visit from the Hampshire River Trust as part of their project. They learned about the different animals that live in the river in our area, and learned about a salmon's journey. They cannot wait to go and visit the river in Bishops Waltham with the experts.

Year R have been busy learning to ride the balance bikes. They managed to get outside on the couple of hours of fine weather we had this week. They were all busy concentrating and the collecting game looked great fun!

Year 1 have been out and about on the scooters, learning safety rules and how to balance. Lots of children at our school scoot to school and we hope that parents will also talk about safety when they are scooting too.

Our PTA quiz is tonight and we are looking forward to having a night of fun with staff and parents. This week the PTA let us know the final figure raised from the Easter event which was an impressive £585.00. The sweet stall events raised £188 and when our PTA heard about a local appeal for Easter Eggs at the Children's Neurosurgical Ward at Southampton General Hospital, they donated 30 leftover eggs to them at Easter time. A huge thank you you to Claire and her team for all the fundraising support. After our upcoming summer fayre, we will be looking at the funds available to transform our corridor space into our learning/wellbeing communal area, following the theme of our 'Wonder Wood' library.

Please remember to bring bottle donations on 3rd May for our Summer Fayre Bottle Tombola. Friday 3rd May will be non-uniform day in exchange for a donation.

Our Whole School Sculpture Day exhibition is now open, if you would like to come and see it. It is in the entrance area, and the area outside my office. It is truly magical and the children are talking about the different sculptures they can see every time they pass it.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend

Best wishes

Mrs Riches

Headteacher