It was fantastic to see so many parents, grandparents and other visitors in school yesterday for our successful Open Afternoon and Evening. We have received lots of positive feedback about the event, as both prospective parents and existing parents enjoyed seeing the different activities taking place in each of the classrooms. Apple and strawberry tarts-Birch class The Orchestra put on a fine performance, including their latest number ‘Oh When the Saints.’ The French café was a real hit, with homemade apple and strawberry tarts selling quickly and raising lots of money for Children in Need. Elsewhere in Key Stage Two, Cherry class created some lovely textile work inspired by the Mayans, Rowan class demonstrated a range of sport skills in the school hall, Lime class produced some beautiful artwork inspired by Hokusai and Pine class wrote messages in a bottle, based on their class novel ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’. Mayan textiles –Cherry class and treasure maps- Pine class Meanwhile, in Key Stage One, the children had great fun testing materials with some fabulous science experiments as they investigated how to build the tallest tower in Oak class, which material would make the best roof for the Three Little Pigs’ house in Willow class, and which material would make the best bridge for the Gingerbread Man to cross the river in Beech class. The children in Reception class also did a super job as they had lots of visitors to their classroom to see them investigating nocturnal animals. My thanks to all of the staff for the hard work they put in to make the event a success, and to the children who were a real credit to you and to the school. As part of our ongoing journey of improvement, the school governors and senior leadership team recently held a ‘Vision Evening’ at which we discussed and distilled our thoughts about the vision for Girton Glebe as we continue to move forward. We are now planning for how we can involve the parents, children and other stakeholders in contributing their thoughts and ideas as we move forward with our plans for the school. In recent weeks, I have also been out to meet with the local Pre-Schools and nurseries to engage in discussions with them about the arrangements we have in place for transition from these settings into the school setting. These were very valuable dialogues and I look forward to developing ever closer partnerships with the pre-schools and nurseries to ensure that the children have the best possible start with us. Make sure that Girton Glebe’s Annual Christmas Fair is in your diary for Saturday 28 th December 2-4pm. Thank you to the FOGG committee who are working extremely hard to finalise their preparations for what promises to be a fantastic afternoon out for all the family. We hope that you will all offer your support, whether that is by donating prizes, assisting with setting up, manning of stalls or the clearing away or by coming along on the day. We look forward to seeing lots of you there! A particular thanks to the Pond and Garden group for all the fabulous work they have done and continue to do maintaining our school grounds. We recently had a return Girton Glebe Newsletter Issue 5 Friday 20 th November 2015 Open Afternoon and Evening Ongoing School Improvement Christmas Fair Pond and Garden Group