Dear Parents/Carers/Other

Welcome back for our final half term of 2021/2022! It’s been a rollercoaster of a year, the first full in-person year for many of our pupils for some time, and we couldn’t be prouder of what they’ve achieved. We’re looking forward to keeping up that momentum over the next six weeks!

– Sunflower Trust Day

Our Charity Teams have chosen the Sunflower Trust Guinea Pig Retirement Home as their local charity this year, and this is the first time we’re telling you that TOMORROW the children will be taking part in a Guinea Pig parade. They can wear yellow or dress up as a guinea pig. £1 to the class teacher. Please note that Year 2 will be going on their wilderness walk and will also need their school jumper, unless they’re in Mr Peterson’s class, in which case they need purple hats.

– Climate Kids

The brilliant team at Climate Kids will be coming in to do a creative dance workshop with us on Thursday 16 June! Children should wear green and bring their own ballet slippers. £6 to be paid on our intermittently working payment app, the password for which you can’t remember and we certainly won’t be able to tell you.

– Indigenous People of Alaska Day

Brrrrrrr! July 21 is Indiginious People of Alaska Day, and Y4 can come to school in furs, ski-suits, or polar bear costumes! £1 to the class teacher. Which you don’t have, as in a post-Covid world you no longer have easy access to physical cash.

– Seeing Red on non-Recycling

Monday 20 June is Seeing Red on non-Recycling Day, but only for Y1 and Y5. To raise awareness about this important issue children can wear red diagonal stripes, pointing to the left. They will also need 10 plastic milk bottles, 9 aluminium cans and 32 loo rolls for a fun junk-modelling activity in the afternoon! £1 to the class teacher.

– Acts of Kindness Day

We’re having a special Acts of Kindness day on Wednesday 6 July to celebrate one of our core school values! We’re lucky to have such wonderful kindness ambassadors here at XXXXX school, and we’re looking forward to a day of Acts of Kindness – including our Kind Cake sale! Please bake from scratch and leave your kindness buns at the front office before 9 o’clock. Your child will need £1 to buy a bun for someone. Any leftovers will be sold in the main playground after school for £2.

Children can come to school wearing blue for kindness, but not the blue of their actual school uniform, obvs. £1 to the class teacher.

– Bucaneer Bonanza!

Ah Hoy There, Foundation-ers! Tuesday 21 June is our Buccaneer Bonanza. Children can come in fancy dress for the day, and we’ll be having pirate games on the field. Don’t forget suncream, hats (or headscarves!) sunglasses (or eyepatches!) £1 to the class teacher.

– Les Mis-I-need-the-toilet

Tickets for the Year 6 play will be going on sale next week, £5 per ticket, which will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. Please remember your child will need a black school blazer with the ‘Les-Mis’ school logo painstakingly hand sewn on the right hand side, available from the office for £3.

We will be having three performances, July 13 at 14.00, July 14 at 14.30, and July 15 at 18.00, when your child will need picking up at 15.30 and returning at 16.30 after tea for dress rehearsal. This will be a particularly logistical nightmare for those of you foolish enough to have jobs and/or multiple children. Lols.

– Sports Day!

We’re delighted to announced that Sports Day is back, and parents are invited! For Y1 and Y3 it will take place on June 22, and parents can watch between 11.00-14.00. Please bring a picnic rug and picnic for your participating child/ren. Don’t forget wet weather gear because you never know! Sports Day for Y2 and Y6 will be on June 23, Y2 parents can spectate between 9.00-11.00, Y6 parents 13.00-15.00. Foundation and Y5 Sports Day will be on June 24, 10.00 to 12.00. Y3 Sports Day will be on July 18 13.00-15.11. Except for Ms Singh’s class, who will join the Y3 day at 12.15.

The main entrance will be open for parents just before the start time, for 30 seconds only.

We apologise that following the unfortunate events at our last Sports Day we will no longer be doing a parents race.

– Wear the Rainbow Day!

We felt like some of the other colours were missing their own dress-up days, and that there might be a week when your child is at risk of wearing its actual uniform you actually paid for FOR FIVE DAYS IN A ROW. Plus we wanted to create a real challenge for parents of boys. £7 to the class teacher (one for each colour). Date tbc the night before.

– Summer Fayre

Our Summer Fayre is back on Saturday 16 July and it’s going to bigger and better than ever! The Parents Association are looking for volunteers who can give just 300 hours and a tiny slice of their soul towards preparing and manning a stall.

Very Strongly Suggested entry donation fee will be £3 per adult and £1 per child. If your child wishes to take part in the prize draw please bring in £4 in a sealed envelope with their name and class on it by yesterday.

We’re also looking for tombola prizes! So if you’ve got a spare tin of peaches or a small fiesta in good condition, contact Mrs Robinson at the school office.

Let’s make the 2021/2022 school year go out with a bang!

Best wishes,

Mrs T Cher

Head

XXXX Primary School