PAWS News
Summer Fair 25th June 12-3.30pm— This is our main fundraising event. This years events include many new attractions which we hope you will enjoy as well as some of the old favourites. We hope to see you on Saturday for a fun and enjoyable afternoon with us.
Summer Fair Raffle—Tickets £1 each or 6 for £5—lots of fantastic prizes!
London Eye tickets, Colchester Zoo tickets, Barleylands, Horse Riding lessons, Ice Skating, Paradise Wildlife Park, Adventure Island, Cinema tickets and many many more prizes.
Volunteers Needed—We still need volunteers on the day, to set up, or help run a stall or tidy up at the end. Even half an hour would be great.
Cake donations—we would love some home made cakes for our stall, donations to be received on 24th June (tomorrow) via the school office please.
Good Works Assemblies—There will be none on Friday 24th (tomorrow) due to hall being set up for Summer Fair.
Barleylands Trip Yesterday our Reception children visited Barleylands farm. They had a wonderful time looking around at all the animals and they also had a class based activity where they made pizza!
Evening of Song Last week we mentioned the wonderful ‘Evening of Song’ that happened in school on 9th June. We did not mention the fact however, that we also actually raised £235 during the evening, so a Big Thank you to all.
Parents of Year 5 Pupils Reminder the Transition meeting is ton
ight at 5.30pm. You can bring your child with you but they must remain seated alongside you.
Year 3/4 Athletics at Cricklefields Playing Fields Our teams did really well with Year 3 coming 5th and Year 4 coming 6th.
Particular congratulations go to Hannah Sullivan who won the 50m sprint and Alys and Carmel who came 2nd. Also to Danny who came 1st in the 400m distance run. To view detailed results and photographs please go to the Clubs>Sports page of Fronter. Mr Merchant.
Sainsbury’s Vouchers Thank you to everyone who helped to collect these for us. We collected approximately 9500 vouchers which is a great figure. These will be used to order sports equipment for the school and also some workshops for the children to enjoy next year.
Sports Day - 28th June
This is next week KS1 at 9.30am start and KS2 at 1.30pm start. Please ensure that your child is dressed in their team colours and is wearing the appropriate footwear. Please apply sun cream before school and ensure your child has a cap. There will be sufficient drink stops for the children. You may move around the course with your child’s class to enjoy the event,
Gifted and Talented Assembly This took place today. As always our pupils shone. Thank you to Mr. Merchant for organising this event. Marc Preston, one of our Governors attends this event regularly and has commented on the skills and talents of our pupils and the warm and supportive atmosphere is generated by staff and pupils alike.
Reminder for Year 6 from TFL Oyster card forms for free travel need to be done before we break up as they need the school stamp on them.
Industrial Action Thursday 30th June You may have heard through the media about large scale industrial action by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) regarding pensions. Many of our staff belong to the NUT and will be taking part in this action. We will be sending out a letter this week regarding the impact at Glade. Please be prepared for the possibility of school closure for your child’s class.
