This is where you will find all of the information that will keep you up to date with our latest events!
We appreciate that our school site becomes very busy at the start and the end of the day as we have around 420 children settling into school in the morning and being safely handed to their parents at 3.15pm. To help manage so many people on the site we have a well established one way system around the school building. Thank you to the vast majority of parents who follow the one way system by entering through the main school gate, walking across the playground and exiting the site through the car park gate. Unfortunately we are starting to see more parents entering and exiting through the main school gate and as such would to like to politely remind everyone to support the school routines by following the one way system around the building at the beginning and end of the school day. Thank you for your ongoing support.
We are very proud that a pupil who attended Earlsdon Primary School won the Flame of Friendship torch design competition. The torch relay was launched on Thursday at Coventry Cathedral and it will spend four months travel?ling between 62 Coventry schools. We look for?ward to welcoming it at Earlsdon when pupils from All Souls will bring it to us on 15th March.
This term we are starting our class visits to our community allotment on Beechwood Avenue. Please look out for news of when your child's class is going. We would be grateful for volunteers to support with this. The class visits will take place on Friday afternoons. 5G visited the allotment this week and 5W will be going on Friday 1st March.
We are delighted that one of our robotics teams has qualified for Nationals. This is a great achievement as only the top twenty teams in the country qualify for this annual event. Good luck to the team as they prepare for the two day tournament in March!
We would like to remind parents that for safeguarding reasons, children should not be wearing smartwatches to school. In addition, we would like to ask that chil?dren do not wear watches to school that give them the option of playing games on them. These watches can be distracting during learning times! Thank you for your ongoing support
Pupils who are going to France in June as part of our Paris 2024 project had the opportunity to work with pupils from our partner schools. They took part in sports challenges and learnt how to order food in French. We have started to prepare for the Flame of Friend?ship which is a Coventry torch relay focused on the Paris 2024 Games. We will receive the torch on 15th March and we will run with it to Stivichall Primary School on 18th March. We have worked with the Royal Opera House dance team to prepare a dance to welcome the torch.
Pre-loved uniform sale - Reminder Our pre-loved uniform pop-up shop will be open during the parent/teacher meetings on Monday 5th & Wednesday 7th February. Come along, stock up and support the PTA. All items only £1- please bring along your loose change.
If you would like to donate any pre-loved uniform, please drop it off at the school office and the PTA will collect it from there. Easyfundraising Thank you to our 38 supporters on Easyfundraising.
We have already raised an amazing £238.04 for our school so far! If you would like to sign up to Easyfundraising and donate money to our school every time you shop online, just visit easyfundraising.org.uk and choose Earlsdon Primary School to donate. It’s really easy to set up.
Join us at the next PTA meeting • Monday 11th March • 7.30pm • Earlsdon Methodist Church Hall • Everyone welcome!
Thank you to all the families who joined us on Saturday for the launch of our school allotment. We are looking forward to planting fruit and vegetables in the coming months. There will be many more opportunities for families to get involved. Classes will be learning at the allotment on Friday afternoons and we will be asking for volunteers to support them. Please let Mrs Bollands know if you are able to help out.
As you are aware, in line with DfE guidance, Governors have adopted a new attendance policy. (A copy is available on the school website). We know that sometimes our pupils cannot come to school because they are really unwell - and that's the right thing to do for them and other students. However, medical advice is clear that children with mild illness will often be well enough to attend school- for example if they have a cough, or cold, without a temperature. The NHS guidance Is my child too ill for school? - NHS (www.nhs.uk) is designed to support parents in their decision making about mild illness. Children fall behind their friends and classmates when they miss school- we want the amount of missed education to be reduced as much as possible. We are keen to support families to ensure children are in school ready for their learning. As a reminder we have listed below the key attendance procedures: What YOU must do: • Try to telephone the school before 8.30am each day of your child’s absence. • Tell the school in advance, of any medical appointments and bring in appointment cards/letters. • If you are not sure whether your child is well enough to attend school, send them in anyway as they often perk up on arrival. • Have a backup plan if you are unable to bring your child to school e.g. call on a family member, neighbour or friend. • If you and your child are experiencing difficulties with school attendance then talk to us as a first step so we can help. What WE will do: • Check your child’s attendance every day. • Phone home to discuss your child’s attendance with you. • Write to you or invite you into school for an attendance meeting if we are con?cerned. • If we cannot establish a reason for ab?sence.
ongratulations to the members of our table ten?nis team for a great performance last Sunday at the Warwickshire Schools Individual Champion?ships. They scored highly against very strong com?petition. The Saturday morning table tennis club starts again this weekend.