The Sports Day results (from Thursday 6^th July) are as follows: Godiva (Green) 146, Moorcroft (Blue) – 169 but the overall joint winners were Herbert (Red) and Mowlam (Yellow) with 171 points.. Congratulations to everyone in the winning teams – let’s hope they don’t mind sharing the trophy!

Just to confirm, the governors have ratified that from September 2023, the school day will begin ten minutes earlier at 8:50 am, meaning the classroom doors will open at 8:40 am. The end of the school day will not change – children will still need to be collected at 3:20pm.

Sports day was held on Thursday 6^th July and all of the children competed to earn points for their houses in a range of activities including discus, javelin, long jump and an obstacle course. We would like to say a huge thank you to parents, carers, friends and family for coming along to support the children.

On Tuesday 4^th July, Years 1 to 6 participated in workshops with Sarah from the Dogs’ Trust. We were told about the 'Five Happy Rules' for staying safe around dogs; these include: leaving a dog alone if it is sleeping, playing or eating, not hugging or squeezing them and always asking permission from an adult before approaching a dog. We were also told about the importance of caring for dogs, making sure they get enough exercise, learning basic commands and being treated as part of the family because they have feelings, too. Please find attached a link to the 'Be Dog Smart Leaflet:          https://www.learnwithdogstrust.org.uk/safety/be%20dog%20smart-parents%20leaflet-final-eng_updated_24_05_lowres.pdf .

On Monday 3^rd July we enjoyed hearing how our children have progressed in their brass instrument tuition this year. Philip, Zackarie, Tyrone, Ibtihaj, Leo, Sahr, Livia and Aysam (Year 5) played a range of brass instruments including the baritone and cornet and they impressed us all with their accuracy and reading of music – we especially enjoyed the finale: Let’s Stick Together by Bryan Ferry. Thanks to Mrs Alison for enabling our children to share their skills.

2CD impressed us on Monday 3^rd July with their knowledge of dinosaurs. They told us lots of interesting facts as well as singing and reading a poem. We had good fun attempting to identify the dinosaurs from the clues that they gave us. A great assembly! Thanks 2CD.

Our Year 2 children had the most incredible time at Conkers on Friday 30^th June. They conquered an outdoor adventure trail, rode on a train, went on a treetop walk, explored a maze and to most of their disgust went on a barefoot trail through a sensory trail. From start to finish the children made precious memories. A great time was had by all! Meagan said, “It’s the greatest day of my whole entire life. I love it here!”