Welcome back to The Circle! As we approach the end of term, there is so much we have achieved together as a community. The Year 3 children represented the school incredibly well in their performance of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Stratford Arts Centre. The Year 2 children have been a beacon for how learning through play not only makes their learning more meaningful, but also helps them develop important skills for the future. Year 1 organised a wonderful Spring celebration and raised over £350 for the year group! The Reception children continue to grow so much in confidence and ability and it is a joy to see how excited they are to be at school and learning every single day. All of this makes our work a privilege. Thank you so much to the staff, parents and families for your continued support. Have a great Easter break and we will see you back on Wednesday 23rd April! Best wishes, Andi
Reception – Joy & Responsibility
Our Reception children have been rolling up their sleeves and discovering their green fingers in our garden area! With joy and curiosity, they have been busy planting plants, salads and bulbs and taking great responsibility in looking after them. Their excitement is already bringing fresh life to the space, and we can’t wait to see the garden really come into bloom!
Year 1- Joy
This week, our Year 1 children have been incredibly busy, taking part in their sponsored scoot and organising a fantastic Spring Celebration. The event was a great success, and the children truly excelled! We are thrilled to have met our fundraising goal, which covered the cost of our trip, all while ensuring the children had lots of fun. A huge thank you to all the parents for your continued support and generosity, we couldn’t have done it without you!
Year 2 – Joy
The children have absolutely loved our Victorians topic this half term! It has been wonderful to see them so passionate about their work and it has definitely shown in everything they have produced! They have worked so hard with their Victorian house models and shown resilience when making their furniture out of woodwork! This week the children have been acting out what a day in the life of a Victorian school and used their oracy skills to record a voice note explaining their day.
Year 3 – Curiosity
In Year 3 the children have been learning about persuasive writing and have spent that past week working on persuasive posters. They thought very hard about how to use ambitious adjectives, imperative verbs and alliteration.
Community Corner:
Winnie gets a Medal!
Olympic diver, Noah Williams, presented our very own Winnie with a very special medal at her gymnastics competition with Little Socks Gymnastics. Winnie said, “We had to go on the trampoline and do a tuck jump… I was so happy to get 3rd place!” Well done, Winnie!
Collaboration with the new Coffee House!
Next term, the children in Year 3 will be doing a short project with the Signorelli in the East Village. They will learn from professional bakers in their kitchen. They will then use their skills to train up some of the younger children to bake in a sustainable way with minimal waste. We are excited about this partnership and we hope you can visit the Coffee House when you are in the area to see where the children will be working!
Christchurch Three Mills
'Christchurch Three Mills invites you to our annual Easter Egg Hunt and Community Fun Day. Happening on Easter Saturday; 19th April, from 2-5pm in the afternoon on Leggatt/Bisson Road Green. The Easter Bunny will be there, they'll be eggs to find and win, face painting on offer, crafts and easter gardens to create, games and sports, food, drink, music and lots more. A great event for the whole neighbourhood – and all free (though donations are always welcome). We do hope you can join us!'
Many thanks!
Dan
Rev. Dan Scott (he/him)
Community Vicar
Christchurch Three Mills
email: [email protected]
phone: 07859053933
Community Garden now open on Saturdays!
Thank you to everyone who has helped make our garden so beautiful. Please remember to sign up to confirm your attendance. Please fill in this form – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1h53zjtw8QHmFf7HgLRDkjGgMxlv4ioHHEgQqzs7Qtes/viewform?edit_requested=true – Click this link to join the WhatsApp group for more details and to confirm your attendance – https://chat.whatsapp.com/JX6D7JWzdVTIjhWsTtNwXi.
Notices:
After School club updates
F.R.E.DS Club
Mondays & Thursdays – Multisports
Wednesday-Drama
Years – Reception only
Coaches – Jamie & Matteo
Friday – Drama club
Half-term Club:
Monday 7th April – Friday 11th April
Monday 14th April – Thursday 17th April
Tuesday 22nd April
WEDNESDAY
Football club 15.15-16.15pm
Year Groups 1,2,3
Start date: Wednesday 23rd April 2025
End date: Wednesday 21st May 2025
Please click on the link below to secure your place limited spaces available
https://4cornersports.classforkids.io/info/73
FRIDAY
Football club 15.15-16.15pm
Year Groups R,1,2,3
This class will be split into two groups
Start date: Friday 25th April 2025
End date: Friday 23rd May 2025
Please click on the link below to secure your place limited spaces available
https://4cornersports.classforkids.io/info/71
Breakfast Club and After School club
Link to pay for breakfast club and the school trip:
We will be moving our Student Management Information System (MIS) to Arbor in September 2024 and we are no longer using Reach More Parents (WEDUC) to take online payments for trips and the breakfast club. Please use this link to purchase breakfast club places and for trip payments.
Breakfast club opens from 7:50am Children need to arrive before 8.30 to join the breakfast club. If parents arrive at 8.30 or later they will be asked to wait at the main gate until 8.40, because the breakfast club is closed and children are already being taken to their various classes. If a child arrives a few minutes before the club closes, they can still eat breakfast in the classroom as we would never want a child to go without breakfast. It’s the case for all parents that if they let a member of staff know in the morning that their child hasn’t eaten breakfast, they will always be offered and encouraged to eat something as this is best for their wellbeing and learning.
We will be asking for a contribution of £2 per day. We can offer a discount for siblings and this cost does not affect families eligible for Free School Meals. If you are experiencing financial difficulties, please contact the School office and we will do our best to help.Thanks for your understanding.
After School club
Premier Wraparound will run after school every day the school is open, subject to demand/minimum bookings being met. For booking enquiries please contact [email protected] or Sophie Morris, [email protected] alternatively you can call on 01953499040 / 07857987693
Attendance Matters – every day counts
This week the average whole school attendance went down to 88.25% and our target is 97%. The class with the highest attendance this week was Reception and Malala (Year 1) classes. Thank you for your efforts in making sure your children are here on time every day. If you ever need support with this – please let us know. You can email the office or speak to your child’s class teacher.
Diary Dates:
Here are some important upcoming events for your calendar, please make a note of them!
Community Cafe is open to the wider community and runs every Thursday from 9am – 11.30am. Please donate to the foodbank if you are able to. Next week there is an art workshop for parents, come along!
Easter Holiday – Monday 7th April – Friday 18th April
Easter Monday– Monday 21st April (Bank Holiday SCHOOL CLOSED)
INSET DAY – Tuesday 22nd April (SCHOOL CLOSED)
First day back to School – Wednesday 23rd April
Key Dates:
Last day of term – Friday 4th April (Early closure at 12:45pm)
INSET DAY – Tuesday 22nd April (SCHOOL CLOSED)
Chefs in Schools menu
All our meals are cooked daily with fresh ingredients. Click here to find out more about Chefs in Schools.
Week 1 – Week commencing 17.03.2025
Week 2 – Week commencing 24.03.2025
Week 3 – Week commencing 31.03.2025
