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4 years ago
Posted on 30th Jun 2022 by

Food waste

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are suffering ongoing issues with a few children who sneakily drop food under the tables at lunchtime.

Very often this food has hardly been touched e.g. whole apples and sandwiches.

Some children are throwing food under the table that has been supplied by home and other times it is food supplied by school.

It is really important to have conversations and better still get children involved in making their own packed lunches so that they have some control over what it is they will eat. Our teams try so hard to ensure that children are eating a good lunch so they have enough energy for their afternoon sessions.

I have asked our catering managers to come into school to see if they can do anything differently in order to prevent school food from being dropped on the floor.

We understand that some children are just so desperate to get outside to play that they rush their lunch. However, during assembly we will again be discussing the need to slow down and eat a good lunch.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Miss Cook

Headteacher

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4 years ago
Posted on 29th Jun 2022 by

Reception’s first trip to Home Farm at Attingham.

We had such a great day. We were so excited to go on an enormous coach all the way to the farm.

Farmer Ben gave us some special animal food and gave us a guided tour all around the farm. We learnt about the different animals.

We enjoyed our picnic lunch outside and a run round in the park.

We know a few children missed our first trip due to chickenpox or illness. We missed you and wish you well soon. We do have some more lovely things planned in soon that you will get to enjoy.

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4 years ago
Posted on 29th Jun 2022 by

Fun at the farm

Today we had so much fun at Home Farm at Attingham. We met Farmer Sam and Farmer Ben who taught us all about the animals they take care of. We learnt about the types of food they eat, what the breeds were and all about their farm. 

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4 years ago
Posted on 25th Jun 2022 by

Reception Star of the Week

Congratulations to Marie, who is Mrs Sturrock and Mrs Evans’ Star of the Week, for always working hard and giving 100% effort in everything she does.

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4 years ago
Posted on 22nd Jun 2022 by

Safer, Stronger Overdale

Dear parents/Carers,

Telford & Wrekin Council has launched a project to help residents feel safer in their homes and communities by reducing anti-social behaviour.

The Safer and Stronger Communities investment will address community priorities and create tangible measures to address them. The project also builds and supports both new and current initiatives, such as youth groups, community projects, activity and social groups and openings for volunteers to get involved.

In response to the Safer & Stronger questionnaire our school circulated, several concerns and suggestions have been addressed. Firstly, a new CCTV camera is being shortly installed which will monitor the Overdale MUGA and field area. The lighting on the MUGA has also now been repaired.

In regards activities for older children (11-16) several new free multi sports sessions will be offered during the summer school holidays – delivered in conjunction with AFC Telford. These free sessions will be on the 27th July, 8th August, 17th Aug and 31st Aug. All sessions will be from 3.30pm – 5.30pm.

The Safer, Stronger Communities team are officially launching in Overdale on the 25th June at the newly refurbished hall at the Carpenter Family Centre. They look forward to seeing you there.  

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4 years ago
Posted on 20th Jun 2022 by

Reception sports day

Reception’s sport day is tomorrow starting at 9.00am. Please could all spectators wait outside the phase 3 gate (year 6 classrooms) once dropping children into school. A member of staff will meet you once everything is set up. Many thanks for your support.

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4 years ago
Posted on 20th Jun 2022 by

Art Day- Friday 1st July

We are excited to be holding another whole school Art day next week, on Friday 1st July. The theme this year is ‘Art around the world’, whereby the children will create pieces of art centred on their classes chosen country and artist. They will be focussing on a particular art style and using a range of mediums including paints, printing, and drawing.

This year, we would love the children to ‘dress to express’ in their most creative clothing, but as you can imagine, this may get messy, so please send your child to school wearing old clothing, or a large t-shirt or apron to wear over these clothes!

It looks to be a very exciting day for everyone involved and we cannot wait to see what everyone creates!

Kind regards,

Mr McFarland

Art Leader

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4 years ago
Posted on 20th Jun 2022 by

Sports Day

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are delighted to be able to run Sports Day again this year without the disruption of Covid. You will have already been given dates though our ‘Key Dates’ information, but I just want to remind everyone now of the dates again and relay some organisational points.

Year 5/6                     Monday 20th  June             1.15-3.00pm

Reception                Tuesday 21st June             9.00-10.20am

Year 3/4                     Tuesday 21st June             1.15-3:00pm

Year 1/2                     Wednesday 22nd June      1.15-3.00pm

We have a few reserve dates up our sleeve, but hope that the weather will be kind. We will update you if we have to pull on our reserve dates.

We are running the event in ‘Houses’. The children will run for either Wenlock, Ironbridge, Severn or Wrekin.

Children will undoubtedly tell you which house they are in.

The sports day will be carried out on the new Astro football pitch.  We will open the gate by Mrs Thomas’ classroom 10 minutes before each event starts. Children will be based on the side of the Astro that backs onto the Wrekin Way path. We ask parents to take up a spectator spot on the opposite side (where the Oak tree is) or up on the bank. Staff will direct you! Please make sure you use the toilet before coming to sports day, as we will not be able to offer toilet facilities to parents.

Due to the time the children will be outside, could you please ensure that your child has applied sun cream before coming to school and that they bring a hat with them.  Drinks will be provided for them at various stages but a water bottle on sports day is a must.

It is the first time we have run a sports day on the new Astro so please bear with us. Mr Birch, Miss Jones, and the team have worked hard in making sure it runs smoothly, with of course the main driver being that all children have fun!

Yours sincerely,

Miss Cook