Dear Parents/carers
Another half term has come to an end, and I wanted to tell you a little about the events that have happened across the school since my last letter, many of these can be seen on the Blog:
The term began with our best Year 6 and 5 swimmers taking part in the interschool swimming gala. The children came 4th out of all the local schools; with a number of our swimmers coming 1st or 2nd in their races. The children’s attitude to taking part was superb.
The Year 5’s this term have been busy again with their singing workshops at Thomas Mills High School along with a number of local schools, their concert to parents will be on 25 June at the High School.
Years 3 & 4 had a super time at the Farm Fair at Trinity Park even though it was rather cold and wet. Nursery held an ‘Open Afternoon’ for prospective parents, in which they were able to show off the newly fitted nursery kitchen which enables all nursery children to enjoy regular cooking sessions.
The children in lower Key stage 2 and in Key Stage 1 have enjoyed their teaching on Road Awareness and we are really grateful for the support of the volunteer parents who made their ‘traffic trail’ learning walk around Framlingham possible.
A number of classes have taken advantage of the wonderful help from the Suffolk Wildlife Trust who arranged for the children to have outdoor learning sessions at the Mere. This was a huge success and we are looking forward to other children benefitting from this learning opportunity in the future.
Cycle awareness has been running this half term for our Year 5 children. Mr Byer, with his tireless energy, has been running the sessions with Mr Mulrenan and the support of a wonderful team of parents without whom it could not run.
The children have all been working very hard in preparing for and taking their SATs, I am sure they and all the staff are pleased that these are now finished for another year!
We are rounding the term off today with celebrations for the Queens Diamond Jubilee. Your child will have been given a commemorative mug (donated from the Framlingham Business Association) by our local MP, Dr Dan Poulter, today; the Friends have kindly bought each child a commemorative bookmark as a memento of this occasion; as well as generously supplying the refreshments for today’s Jubilee Tea Party on the playground, for which special thanks must go to Mrs Chapman for baking 360 cupcakes!
We are all looking forward to an exciting last half of the summer term where many of the activities will be centred around the topic of the Olympics, including a very special sports day.
May I wish you all a relaxing half term break and hope you enjoy all the local Jubilee celebrations. Mrs H Picton
