Our value this half term is: Academy News 26th April 2019 Welcome to the Summer Term! It is wonderful to see everyone back to school—old friends and new. The children all welcome their new classmates; do you think the parents could offer that friendship branch to a new face on the playground? It could make a big difference. Headlice… Once a week Take a peek A few lovely days of sun, followed by a day of rain showers. As we never know what the weather will do, please can the children be prepared with a coat, sun hat and water boles. Sensible footwear is always recommended but NO TRAINERS please. Pre-School Consultaon On Thursday this week we sent home a leer and quesonnaire about the pre-school provision that is on site—presently run by Carbrooke Pre-School Commiee. The ability for school and pre-school to work closely together will be hugely beneficial to both pares, and could offer an increased number of hours to families with pre-school aged children. If the demand is there, we would look at offering before and aſter school club provision for those aged 2-4yrs from June 2019—extending the childcare available for working families. Our new value of Responsibility is perfectly med for this half term, parcularly as the children in some year groups prepare for some statutory tests. During May the children from Year 2 and Year 6 will have tests to complete. Formal results are not given unl the end of term, and will be sent home with the yearly school reports on or before Wednesday 10th July. An addional leaflet is being sent home today with the children in those year groups, that will explain things a lile more. If you have further quesons, please speak to Mr Smith or Mr Cunningham. Punctuality and aendance is hugely important during the tesng period. Mr Smith is sll looking for more packets of seeds. Even if they are beyond their ‘use by’ date or only half full, the children would very much like to use them. Pop them into the school office, for the aenon of Mr Smith. Daily Mile and Breakfast We are thrilled to see so many people arriving at school early to take part in the daily mile and to have breakfast. Each me the children take part in the mile, they receive a team point. Bagels and Porridge are then available from 8:40 to everyone—which are proving to be very popular! Race to Read and Buster’s Book Club! Remember that Race to Read is sll a high priority— where each child who reads 5 mes in the week (from Thursday to Thursday) will receive a raffle cket and contribute towards the class total. Buster’s book club is the number of minutes and extra minutes that they read on a TUESDAY night. We try to post updates and reminders of the school Facebook page so keep your eye out for them. If you have any quesons, be sure to catch Mr Cunningham. Children on Gold The Gold count re- sets this week for the summer term. We very regularly are full for breakfast and aſter school club. If you book your place, but do not need it, please be sure to cancel it, allowing someone else to book in. During May and June, Tesco Waon is offering Carbrooke Primary the opportunity of having one of the 3 token collecon secons. Each group that is chosen will receive a guaranteed sum of at least £1,000, which we have chosen to support the library and reading. The winner will receive £4,000—a sum of money that would have a huge posive impact on the quality of books we can offer to readers at all levels. Fingers Crossed— tell friends and family to support us.