New House System

We are really pleased to be launching the new Woodgate Houses with the children this week.

These houses will be used to collect house points for good work, to take part in team and sports games and for other school activities. 

Our 4 new houses are: Wembley (Red), Edgbaston (Blue), Twickenham, (Green) and Wimbledon (Yellow). They represent 4 major sports venues in the country and celebrate 4 sports that the children learn to play during their time at school. 

As part of the launch for the children this week, during their PE lesson, they will be given a wristband, showing their house. We hope the children will be proud of their house, work hard to earn house points and wear the band with pride!

Dear Parents

Thank you to everyone that came to meet the teacher yesterday evening and took the time to look at their child's work.

There was a wonderful atmosphere in school and we had lots of positive and complimentary conversations with parents and children.

Thank you to those that have completed the questionnaire following their appointment - if you haven't yet done so, please take a moment to do so -your feedback really does help us. 

Some of the comments on the feedback say that the 5 minute appointment is not long enough. Because we are lucky enough to have high pupil numbers in each class, we can only offer a 5 minute slot with the teacher at this Autumn term meeting - the Spring term meetings in March are longer because we  use one of our training days and close the school to the children for the day and have longer slots. 

However, as mentioned in previous messages, if you would like  a longer conversation with your child's teacher, please book another meeting with them - they will happily meet with you again. 

If you did not attend a meeting last night, please do make a time to meet your child's teacher so that you can find out how your child is doing.

As Always, thank you for your continued support

Mrs Colley

Good Morning

Please could you take note of the following reminders:

Dogs MUST NOT be brought on to the school site - no matter how small they are.

Children MUST NOT ride scooters or bikes in the school grounds. A pregnant lady almost got knocked over yesterday by a child on a scooter. We also have lots of little children including toddlers on the school grounds before and after school who could suffer a serious injury if they were knocked over. 

Vaping and smoking is NOT PERMITTED on school grounds.

Parking and driving was particularly worrying on Trimpley Road this morning.

Please allow enough time for your journey so that you are not rushing and tempted to park your car in an unsafe place. Please also think carefully about where you are reversing, particularly when parked on the pavements.

I am seriously concerned that if driving and parking does not improve then one of our school community, a child or a parent, is going to be knocked over and seriously hurt. That would be catastrophic. 

Please, can we all play our part in making school a safe place for the children -and if a member of senior staff asks you to move your car, or slow down, please treat them respectfully, rather than with abuse. We are simply trying to make the school run safe for everyone. 

Thank you for your support in these matters. 

Dear Parents

Thank you to everyone that supported Macmillan Coffee Morning last week, whether through joining us for a coffee and cake, sending in donations of cakes, or sending in money for their child to buy a cake. We raised £206.10p for Macmillan Cancer Support.

We also had a wonderful 2 day Book Fair. The children enjoyed a pottery demonstration and then had the opportunity to buy a book. It was lovely to see so many parents in Book Fair after school. The commission that we earn is used to contribute towards the cost of buying every child a book at Christmas time, one of our Woodgate traditions. 

I hope you have enjoyed looking at the wonderful Scarecrows in school. Have you spotted the WWII Soldier and Evacuee,  Scarecrow's wedding,  the 3 blind Mice, The Gruffalo, The Very hungry Caterpillar or Ann Boleyn and Henry VIII?

Feel free to have a walk around the grounds after school one afternoon and find them all!

Have a good weekend and enjoy the mild weather while it lasts.

Mrs Colley