Ready, Set, School with Nursery:    On Thursday 22^nd January, we launched our first ready, set, school session, working alongside the Family Hub to ensure our children are ready to start school. This week there was a focus on building relationships and making connections, in a fun and interactive way. The children and parents had the opportunity to make sensory bottles, playdough faces, emotion wheels and matching emotions, as well as playing games to encourage turn taking. The favourites were giant Jenga and the sensory bottles! A lot of fun and engagement was had by all and we are looking forward to welcoming more parents in the following weeks. If you are interested in joining us, please come along to the school office next Thursday at 1:30pm.

 

School Council Visit:           On Thursday 22^nd January, our School Council were lucky enough to visit the Council House in the city centre. They met the Lord Mayor (Councillor Rachel Lancaster), who answered lots of questions about her role and gave the children a tour of the special rooms in the Council House. The children were fascinated by the chambers and had lots of questions to ask about the Lord Mayor’s roles and responsibilities, which mainly consist of promoting Coventry far and wide about the amazing city that it is! The children had a wonderful time, were all perfectly behaved (this was commented upon by staff at the Council House) and were rewarded with a special pen! 

 

Read Write Inc:               Thank you to those parents who came in to school, on Wednesday 21^st January, to find out how we teach our children to read. Our Year 1 parents were informed about the statutory phonics screening test (which will happen in the week commencing June 8^th) and they were able to watch Read Write Inc in action with their own children. We hope it was helpful and urge you to support your children with their reading at home, as a result.