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Barlaston First School
Weekly Newsletter
19 January 2024
Let your light shine through family, friendship and faith
“Enabling our whole school community to flourish and let their light shine, preparing them for their role as gentle and humble agents for change in the world we share.”
Records of Achievement
We are no longer bringing home certificates into our celebration family worships. Instead we will hold a “Records of Achievement” day, initially termly. Children will be provided with a folder and asked to bring in all of their certificates, photographs and mementos from places you’ve visited to put in their Records of Achievement folder. Parents and carers will be invited into classrooms to join in with this. Our first Records of Achievement day will be Friday 22nd March and will be held in school after the Easter Service. I will provide more specific times in due course.
Wraparound Care
Numbers in our breakfast and after school clubs are rising rapidly. We need children to be booked in in advance for staffing and catering purposes. The booking process remains the same, but the breakfast and after-school provision now has its own email address for any queries.
wraparound@barlaston.staffs.sch.uk
Phone: 07591 918 955
All wraparound care users will be asked to complete a registration form with up to date details. These will be sent out next week.
Squirrels and Badgers
Please don’t allow your children run up and down grass bank behind the Squirrel and Badger classrooms. I understand how tempting it is, but part of it is intended to be an unspoilt wild area and the remainder will very shortly be in much more regular use as we develop our curriculum further. Thank you for your co-operation.
School Uniform
A polite reminder to ensure that your child is wearing school uniform each day. We do have a large selection of pre-loved items at school. We are trying to promote a more sustainable approach generally and it would be great to see the items we have being put to good use.
Clubs
Teacher-led clubs will start again after the half term break.
Dates for the Diary
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Monday 5th February |
Children’s Mental Health Week – Details to follow |
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Friday 9th February |
Break for Half Term |
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Monday 19th February |
Return to School 8.45am |
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Tuesday 20th February |
Parents Evening – Details to follow |
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Wednesday 21st February |
Parents Evening – Details to follow |
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Monday 26th February |
Teacher led clubs recommence |
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Thursday 7th March |
World Book Day- Details to follow |
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Monday March 11th |
Science Week – Details to follow |
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Monday March 11th |
Early Years Disco – Details to follow |
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Tuesday March 12th |
Key Stage 1 Disco – Details to follow |
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Wednesday 13th |
Key Stage 2 Disco – Details to follow |
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Tuesday 19th March |
Squirrels and Badgers Easter Performance 2pm |
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Wednesday 20th March |
Squirrels and Badgers Easter Performance 6.15pm |
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Friday 22nd March |
Easter Service in Church 9am |
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Friday 22nd March |
Records of Achievement Morning |
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Friday 22nd March |
Break for Easter |
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Monday 8th April |
Return to School for Summer Term 8.45am |
Regards,
Mr J Gordon