Dear Parents/Carers

Thank you for reading our first newsletter for the new academic year! We are aiming to develop the use of our school website to regularly share and celebrate the children’s learning and communicate key dates. This academic year the newsletter will be published fortnightly.

The year has started very well—children have settled quickly, engaged in their learning and appear excited for the challenges ahead! A huge thank you to all the staff team who have worked so diligently to ensure the wellbeing and smooth start to school for all children.

The “Meet the Teacher” and “Head Teacher Welcome” workshops were well attended and I hope you found them useful and informative. Thank you for your support.

Next week we will select two parent representatives from each year group who will be invited to meet with me over the academic year to ensure we are working   effectively and in partnership. To make selection simple and transparent—names will be selected by children pulling them out of a hat! I will share the year representatives names in our next newsletter.

On Thursday morning we celebrated our first Mass of the academic year in church with Fr    Richard celebrating the Feast Day of the Holy Name of Mary. It was wonderful to see so many parents and grandparents who were able to join us. Please take note of the key dates for your diary.

By now you will have received communication about Mr Smith’s poor health. We keep him and his family in our prayers at this dark time.

Please take note and share with family and friends of our Open Days during the Autumn term. I would be delighted to welcome any new family for a tour of our wonderful school—either for new EYFS starters in 2025 or we have a small number of places in Y1, Y2 and Y4. Please contact the office to arrange a tour.

Wishing you all a peaceful and joyful weekend with your families. If you have any concerns or questions please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Poulter, Miss Byrne or Mrs Burden in the school office on 01225 752006.

Look forward to welcoming you back to school next week.

Kind regards

Mrs O’Rourke

Head Teacher