Thursday 2nd November Please purchase your tickets in advance for this event. This helps FoY make sure they have enough refreshments etc. Children love giving their Halloween outfits another outing and this is the perfect opportunity! More details were sent out earlier in the week.

Maya Day - Children in Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed their history-themed day learning about the Maya civilisation on Tuesday. Bake Sale - Miss Hutson (our mental health leader) and her team raised £106.60 for MIND in the bake sale on Tuesday. Thank you to all those who supported this. Apologies if you were one of the disappointed parents when we ran out!

Egyptian Artistry - One of our children’s grandparents, Judith Wetherall, kindly came in to school during the week to talk about Egyptian art to Year 6. She brought with her a wealth of knowledge and experience as an internationally renowned conservator with expertise in gilding. The children were thrilled to be able to handle authentic materials and even gild their art work in 24 carat gold! Maddie (6F) said ‘Judith was really kind and knowledgeable. I loved using the 24 carat gold and painting with the colours Judith had made herself. My experience was amazing - thank you, Judith!’ Robert reflected that he ‘liked the experience because we got to look at and smell things we hadn’t seen before’.

We continue to request that you are considerate when parking down Oakwood and Lumley Roads. I received an email this morning from a distressed resident telling me that a parent parked over the entrance to their house, making it impossible to get in or out of their driveway. Please reflect on where you park your car and ensure that you do not park over driveways, on the zig-zag lines or in any place outside school that will make it dangerous for our children to cross the road. We are also conscious that new double yellow lines have appeared along Oakwood Road overnight. We were not aware of this - it is a County Council Highways decision. This will, of course, make parking near school more difficult, so you may need to reconsider your routines if you drop off and pick-up from the front gate. Additionally, The Highway Code addresses ‘The Driver and the Environment’. It states that drivers must not leave a parked vehicle unattended with the engine running or leave a vehicle engine running unnecessarily while the vehicle is stationary on a public road. Some families choose to arrive quite early for school and sit in their cars with the engines running; I would ask you to reconsider this please. Whilst all of these things might feel inconvenient and add some stress to your day, it is really important that we keep our children safe, park considerately and ensure that the air the children are breathing as they walk to school is clean. We can help by offering free parking permits for the car parks in town.