Dear Parents and Carers,
This week, we were pleased to welcome visitors into school as part of our ongoing commitment to maintaining high standards of teaching and learning. We are delighted to share some of the positive feedback received:
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Teachers demonstrated strong subject knowledge, ensuring that pupils benefit from well-informed, high-quality instruction across the curriculum.
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Classrooms were calm, orderly and purposeful. Pupils responded promptly and consistently to routines and signals, reflecting a shared culture of respect and readiness to learn.
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Behaviour for learning was consistently strong. Across all classrooms, pupils remained focused, engaged and committed to their work.
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Middle leaders were enthusiastic and ambitious, demonstrating a clear desire to explore, strengthen and articulate the impact of the subjects they lead.
We are extremely proud of the professionalism of our staff and the exemplary conduct of our pupils. Thank you for your continued support as we work together to provide the very best educational experience for all children.
OPAL
As the bad weather continues and the grass is becoming muddier, please ensure that your child has a pair of outdoor shoes (not their PE shoes) and a waterproof coat in school each day.
OPAL Donations Request
As we continue to develop our OPAL play provision, we would be very grateful for any donations of the following items:
Craft Items
- Buttons
- Sequins
- Straws
- Lollipop sticks
- Chalk
- Felt tips
Den-Building Resources
- Crates
- Pallets
- Large wheels
- Tyres (large or small)
- Tarpaulin
Construction & Small World Items
- Lego
- Wooden bricks
- Small cars
- People and animal figures
If you have any of these items at home and are happy to donate them, please send them to school. Also, if you have old Wellington boots or waterproofs at home that no longer fit, we would appreciate the donations in school. Thank you for your continued support in enriching our children’s play experiences.
Year 5
Can we please have donations of medium and small cardboard boxes for our upcoming computing lesson? These will need to be in by the 3rd of February.
In addition, could any Year 5 children who own football or rugby boots please bring them in for our Tuesday PE lessons.
Clubs
There will be no clubs during the week beginning 9th February due to Parents’ Evening.
Mental Health
You are warmly invited to join Poppy, our Mental Health Advisor, for two upcoming parent workshops:
Emotional Regulation
Date: 24th February
Time: 9:00–10:00am
Location: Wilnecote Junior Academy
Understanding Worry
Date: 24th March
Time: 9:00–10:00am
Location: Wilnecote Junior Academy
These sessions will offer practical strategies to support children’s wellbeing at home and in school. We hope you will be able to join us.
Parents evening
Parents evening will take place on Wednesday 11th February and Thursday 12th February. You can sign up for a 10-minute appointment with your children's class teacher via the Arbor app. Please remember if you have more than one child to allow a gap in-between appointments and if you have to travel between the sites, please allow sufficient time. This goes live today at 4.30pm.
Celebrations
The House Champions this week were Team Aethelflaed.
The class with the best attendance was class Sachar with 100%.
The class with the highest number of readers was class Pearce with 100%.
The class with the most TTRS engagement was Shakespeare class with 76%.
