14.03.2025 Newsletter

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the Iftar on Tuesday. Thank you to Mr Afzal for sharing his knowledge and for leading the prayers.

It was so lovely to see so many of our families coming together to share this experience. Thank you also for the very generous donations of food.

I hope that all our Muslim families are enjoying the month of Ramadan.

We were joined by BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Graham Liver and his team who enjoyed the generous amounts of food that was provided. They also carried out interviews and did some filming and made a short video about the Iftar, as many of your have already seen. If you haven’t seen it, please contact Mrs Iqbal as she can share it with you.

Attendance

Whole school attendance this week is 96.72%.  All classes achieved 94% or higher.

This is the best attendance of the school year so far.

These five classes had the highest attendance this week.

Punctuality

Only Y1L Kingfisher Class had no children arrive late this week.

Please ensure all children are in school by 8.50am

Road-safety

Traffic wardens were present at school again this week, monitoring cars who stop on the yellow zigzags. There will be some drivers who may be receiving penalty notices as a result of this.

Upcoming Events

Children from Y1 – Y6 will be learning about safety around railway lines next week.

Fundraising

On Friday 21^st March, children are invited to wear red clothes and to bring a donation for the following charity. 

https://matwproject.org.uk/crisis-and-emergencies/palestine

If you wish to donate to BBC Red Nose Day Appeal, you can do this online.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3CzbhfYTNWBKnkdWhYfzBsz/donate

Events This Week

The school library bus visited this week and some children from each class chose new library books.

The staff from the library bus commented how well mannered the children were.

Children from Y1 – Y6 took part in the Spelling Bee. Five children from each class have gone through to the next round and are bringing home instructions with them today.

Parent Meetings

If your child has additional needs, you have been sent a time to meet your child’s class teacher on Friday 21^st March for a discussion about their progress. Please let us know if you are unable to attend and we can reschedule.

There is no need for you to book an additional meeting with the class teacher.

Reminder - Parents of the rest of the children in the school are invited to make an appointment with their child’s class teacher on either Tuesday 25^th March or Wednesday 26^th March.

Please book an appointment on School Spider.

Appointments will close on Sunday 23^rd March.

Key Dates

Fundraising – Friday 21^st March - Wear red to school and bring £1 donation.

Eid

School will be closed on Monday 31^st March and Tuesday 1^st April.

School will also be closed on Monday 9^th and Tuesday 10^th June.

Easter

School will be closed from Monday 7^th April for the Easter break.

It will reopen on Tuesday 22^nd April.

Y6 SATS test will take place from Monday 12^th May to Thursday 15^th May.

Y4 Times Table Check will take place between Monday 2^nd June to Friday 13^th June

Phonics Screening Check (for Y1 children and any Y2 children who didn’t meet the required pass mark last year) will take place from Wednesday 11th June to Friday 13^th June.