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We were delighted that our table tennis team qualified for the national semi-finals that took place in Dudley on Saturday. The whole team played brilliantly and won a lot of matches. They were eventually beaten by the London Table Tennis Academy - an elite table tennis centre for the top players in England. Our team showed resilience, respect and friendship. We are very proud of what they have achieved.
Please support one of our parents who has been busy fundraising: For just £2 per raffle strip you have the chance to win one of many exciting prizes, including tickets for a tour of the iconic Leicester City Football Stadium, a restaurant voucher for a delicious dining experience including a luxurious beauty and chocolate hamper. Every ticket sold helps improve the care and support for children admitted at Leicester Hospital, so don't miss your chance to win. Tickets will be available to purchase on the 10th, 11th and 12th of March at 3.15pm in the playground, winners will be drawn on the 13th of March. Thank you!
We will be inviting the children to support Comic Relief by wearing something red to school on Friday 21st March. They could simply wear red socks, a t-shirt or come to school wearing a complete red outfit– whatever they have access to and feel comfortable with. £1 donations would be gratefully received for towards this national charity event.
We’ve all enjoyed celebrating World Book Day throughout the week. The children have visited Earlsdon library, enjoyed sharing their favourite books with another class in school, visited the preloved book sale, lis?tened to and been inspired by visiting authors, participated in live online World Book Day events and of course dressed up as their favourite book characters. In addition, classroom doors have been decorated as favour?ite class books and have stimulated much inter?est and discussion. Thank you for your support in helping the children to dress up, for donating costumes and books and encouraging the children to visit the preloved book sale.
We have been notified of and asked to share Operation Snap within the school community. Operation Snap is running in police forces across the country, including in the West Midlands. Members of the public can report traffic offences directly to the team by submitting digital footage, or images (if they capture the offence) via the website. All footage and images are reviewed and police action is taken where appropriate. The only important criteria is that it must be submitted as soon as possible and definitely within 10 days as the police have to notify the driver of any intended prosecution within 14 days of the offence. To find out more or report an offence please search for the West Midlands Operation Snap webpage.
Twelve pupils in Year 5 and 6 have been a fantastic judging panel for the Royal Society's Young People's Science Book of the Year Award. They have spent the last two months reading and discussing the six shortlisted books. They have unanimously voted for "Where Are You Really From" - an engaging book about evolution, biology and history. We have submitted our vote and we are excited to find out the overall winner which will be announced in March.
We would like to thank UNICEF volunteers from Warwick University who have worked with all classes in Key Stage 2 over the past month helping children to learn about human rights and the refugee crisis. Pupils have also been interested to learn about university life and subjects that they could study at Warwick University in the future.
Last Thursday, the choir took part in the annual Young Voices concert at the BP Pulse Arena in Birmingham. Young Voices is the largest children’s choir series in the world and provides an amazing opportunity to perform live music with professional singers and musicians. The choir sang and danced with nearly 6000 other children and displayed fantastic energy and enthusiasm for the whole event. They represented our school brilliantly and we are really proud of them! Thank you to Mr Hook, Mrs Hine and Mrs Leigh for accompanying and supporting the children at this exciting event.
e are delighted to be working in collaboration with Earlsdon Library on a British Science Week initiative. This will include a fantastic photographic exhibition celebrating the one year anniversary of our community allotment. This will open on Friday 7th March at 3.30pm. Our allotment leaders will be running science activities on Saturday 8th March 10am - 12pm.
It’s World Book Day on Thursday 6th March. We work hard to promote a love of reading for pleasure throughout the school year and will be celebrating this national event with a range of activities. We want to give parents plenty of notice as the children have asked to dress up as book characters. There is no expectation that families spend money buying costumes– please encourage the children to make a costume. If you have any dressing up costumes that your children have outgrown and they could be useful to other families for World Book Day, please send them into school. They will be gratefully received and will be displayed on the preloved uniform rail in the entrance area. Thank you During World Book Day we will also be holding a 50p book sale so the children can buy some new books to enjoy at home. Please help by donating unwanted picture books, chapter books, novels and comic. Please send any donations into school by Monday 3rd March. Thank you for your ongoing support