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Note from the Principal…
‘Happy hearts, enquiring minds,
promising futures’
Welcome to the summer term and what
a superb first few weeks back we have
had! It has been wonderful to see the children on
the field at play time with the sun shining. There is
a lot to look forward to in the coming months with
the usual summer term sports days, trips and visits,
as well as the exciting end events/products for the
children’s curriculums.
A reminder that children must be in their
classrooms by 8:55 am each morning. Too
many children are arriving late in reception
after 9 am and it causes too much disruption to
children’s learning. Please make every effort to
bring your child to school on time. Thank you.
A warm welcome to the new staff that have started
the school this term. As part of our expanding and
successful school, we have appointed Anna
Wichmann-Lima who is the new admin assistant in
the office. In addition to that, we have appointed
Sasha Morris as a lead TA to work with children
across the school on speech and language
development. They both come to us with a great
deal of experience and have already made an
excellent start.
Many thanks
Principal
These are the Principal’s Magic Makers. Well done to:
Madison
Taylor 3KM
Cassie
James 2HW
Attendance
We are delighted to see that our attendance
figures have improved. On our first week back
we reached 97.2%. We are certain we can
keep this up!
Last few places for reception in September
We are delighted to see that we have our
highest ever intake for reception in
September. We have a few places left, so
please contact school admission office at
County Council on 01905 822700 or
www.worcestershire.gov.uk/schooladmissions
if you would like a place for your child or have
not had a confirmation or if you hear of any
children requiring a school place. If you need
any assistance, please contact the Academy
office. Many thanks.
Curriculum Buzz
Bowl Extreme
On Thursday 16th April several children who
earned the most merits in their class in KS2 were
rewarded for their excellent behaviour, hard work
and perseverance in the Spring term with a trip to
bowl extreme. The children had a great time.
Key Dates
Tuesday 28th April—Year 3 Canals & Waterways
Visit
Tuesday 28th & Wednesday 29th - Health Eating
Visit to Early Years classes from School Nurse
Friday 1st May - Class, Teams & Year 6 Leavers
photos
Friday 1st May - Year 2 visit to Malvern Theatre
Monday 4th May - Bank Holiday Children not
required at school
We need your help
Do you have ball pit balls, Nursery rhyme CD’s, spare
boys and girls clothes aged 2/3 or sun hats/caps that
you would like to donate to our new nursery Happy
Hearts? Please see the Nursery staff if you would like to
donate.
We are also searching for old frying
pans, saucepans & colanders for
Nursery mud kitchen.
Please see the Nursery staff or the
Academy office if you would like to
donate. Many Thanks
Tuesday 5th May - Official Opening of the New
Build
Thursday 7th & Fri 8th May - Reception children
Audio Testing
Friday 8th May - Year 5 Blackwell Adventure Visit
Tuesday 12th May - Height & Weight Reception
Children
Thursday 14th May - New Nursery Parents
Information session 9:15am & 2.00pm
In the News….
Flower Power
Our gardening club are beginning work on the
courtyard area and supporting the
class individual growing beds. If
anyone has any spare plants of
any kind – flowers, herbs or
vegetables we would be very
grateful if they could be brought in
to your child’s class who will pass
them on.
Stay & Play Family Links
Parents & Carers are invited to attend a Family
Links Nurturing Programme at Oasis Academy
Warndon. It will be held on Tuesday 28th April
9.00-10.30am. Creche will be available to those
families with younger children. Hot & cold
drinks & snacks provided
School Photos
Photos for classes, teams and Year 6 leavers
will be held on Friday 1st May. We are now
using Tempest as our school photographer. All
orders, payments and queries will be direct with
Tempest
REMINDER – PARENTPAY IS NOW LIVE!
We can no longer accept cash and cheques
through school (with exception to the Year 6
upcoming residential & theatre visit).
Please use your username log in details to pay
online
Cash payments – please see the office, to order
a paypoint card or barcoded letter
Red Nose Day
We raised £205 .00 for Red Nose Day. Thank you
for all your efforts and participation to end a busy
Spring Term.
Year 2 Visit
As part of their ‘Africa’ project, Year 2 were treated
to an exciting day on Friday when they met two
pythons, a parrot, a bull frog, a scorpion, a
hedgehog, a skunk and even meerkats! Steve from
‘Tropical Inc’ revealed lots of interesting facts about
the animals and everyone had the opportunity to
hold one. Mollie said “I enjoyed holding the
hedgehog because it wasn’t spiky and it felt like the
top of a hairbrush”. Hayley liked holding the python
because it felt warm and soft but it was quite
heavy!