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We made it!!🙂 

 

• Year 1 had a great 'muddy' time over in the Forest School Classroom 
• Year 6 enjoyed their afternoon of Progressive Sports 
• Reception Class had fun on Tuesday with their Dragon Dance 🙂

 

A reminder that the deadline for the VALENTINES DISCO has now closed 🙂 

 

A reminder to Year 4 parents re: - Camp.  A 50% deposit is required to secure your child's place.  If we don't get enough children signing up then this fabulous opportunity will need to be cancelled.  Please note: - you can pay in instalments to spread the cost.

 

Looking ahead to the week after half term: - 

 

• Year 2 (am) and Year 6 (pm) Forest Schools on Monday 19^th February - children can come to school in old clothes, coat, hat, scarf and gloves.  Children MUST ALSO bring a change of footwear 
• Valentines Disco on Monday - KS1 from 3.15pm with prompt collection from the hall doors at 4.15pm.  KS1 children can come to school in their disco clothes and sensible shoes

KS2 disco from 4.30pm - 5.30pm.  Prompt collection for all children at the hall doors at 5.30pm

 

• Year 1 have Progressive Sports on Tuesday afternoon so can come to school in their PE kits 🙂

 

• After School Clubs (Tuesday and Thursday) until 4pm – same children as before the half term break for all clubs

 

• Year 6 'Watch Me Learn' sessions for parents to attend on Thursday 22^nd February 2024 from 9am - 9.30am.  Places limited to ONE parent per child please due to the limited space.  Please leave mobile phones at home.

 

• Parents APP Information Session on Friday 23^rd February 2024 from 9am in the Library.  An informative session for you to attend to find out more in relation to APPs 

 

Tickets are on sale for the Mother’s Day Hamper on Monday 19^th February 2024 £1 per ticket 

 

Have a lovely half term and we will see you all on Monday 19^th February @ 8.40am for another action packed half term 🙂 

 

Mrs B and the FL Team 

Everyone has learnt lots, had fun and made lots of memories 

 

So, this week at a glance: - 

 

• We started off the week with a whole school assembly to introduce 'Story Telling Week' 
• Year 2 spent the day on Monday over at Forest Schools making bread and burning their Fire of London Houses 
• On Tuesday everyone spent time with our fantastic Story Teller.  If you haven't already paid for this, please pay via Parent Pay £2 🙂 
• Year 4 enjoyed an afternoon with Progressive Sport on Tuesday 
• We ended the week with our 'Watch Me Learn' Maths Focus Sessions which were attended by lots of parents from EYFS and KS1 - we do hope you enjoyed yourselves. 
• On Friday we also celebrated NSPCC Number Day 

 

A big thank you to Mrs Fenton for organising the Book Fayre.  We raised over £800 and have chosen over 45 books for our FL library/classrooms.  We couldn't have achieved this without your amazing support - thank you all so much 🙂 

 

The following letters have been issued this week: - 

• Valentines Disco Letter (Year 1 - Year 6 only) 🙂 
• Year 4 camp letter 

 

Looking ahead to next week: - 

• It's the turn of Year 1 to spend the day over at Forest Schools - children need to come in old clothes, a warm coat, hat and gloves and a change of footwear (wellies are ideal) 
• Year 4 Swimming as normal on Monday 
• Safer Internet Day on Monday - whole school assembly 
• It's the turn of Reception to have a fun afternoon with Progressive Sports - children can come to school in their PE kit 
• Non-Uniform on Friday £1 for school council fund 

 

Have a great weekend and we'll see you on Monday to do it all again 🙂 

 

Mrs B and the FL Team 🙂 

• Year 3 had a fun filled day over in Forest Schools.  They enhanced their topic by making stone age tools, did a bit of spear throwing and then made some bread 🙂 
• Year 2 spent the afternoon with Progressive Sports learning how to play Tchoukball 
• After School clubs have started this week - a reminder to collect promptly from the school office @ 4pm 
• A selection of our Year 4 and 5 children went over to Stafford Manor on Thursday after school to take part in a selection of Multi Sports - they all had an amazing time.  One of our teams came FIRST, another of our teams came THIRD!!  What an achievement.  Well done to each and every one of you.  🙂 Proud HT moment 🙂 
• Year 4 spent an enjoyable morning with chef on Friday.  They concentrated on knife skills and made a lovely salad - why not ask them all about it? 

 

So, looking ahead to next week: - 

• Story Telling Week 🙂 
• Year 2 Forest Schools all day on Monday - old warm clothes, coat and a change of footwear please 
• Book Fayre is in school from Monday - Wednesday in the library after school (separate facebook post with more details) 
• Story Teller in school on Tuesday - if you've not already done so, please pay via Parent Pay 🙂
• After School Clubs on Tuesday and Thursday until 4pm 
• Year 4 Progressive Sport on Tuesday afternoon - children can wear PE kits on this day 
• On Friday we are celebrating NSPCC Number Day - children can come to school in non-uniform wearing something with a number on it.  This could be a sports shirt, cap or even a onesie.  Or you may choose to be a bit more creative dressing as a dice or calculator 🙂 (good luck with that little task) 🙂 £1 donation towards NSPCC for everyone who comes in non-uniform. 

 

• Watch Me Learn Sessions for parents to attend for: - EYFS @ 9am and Year 1 and Year 2 @ 9.30am.  Please leave mobile phones at home and come to main reception for the relevant time.   A separate letter will be sent via MM to the appropriate year groups with further details on Monday of next week 

 

• Keep your eyes peeled for the Valentines Disco letter which will be issued next week 🙂 

 

Have a lovely weekend and see you all on Monday 

 

Mrs B and the FL Team 🙂 

Another productive week and we managed to get through the week with very little disruption due to the weather! 

 

So, this week at a glance: - 

• Year 5 had a very cold but fantastic day over at Forest Schools on Monday 
• Year 5 also enjoyed getting to grips with Tchoukball - why not ask them all about it? 
• I'm hoping that those of you who wanted to meet and have a chat with Mr Davies managed to attend the 'meet the teacher' on Wednesday 🙂 
• Year 1 and 2 girls did FL proud at the Football Tournament at Beaconside on Thursday - you were all amazing!!  A big 'shout out' to Miss Young and Mrs Aldridge for supporting the children 🙂

 

Looking ahead to next week: - 

• Year 3 have Forest Schools all day on Monday.  Children to wear old clothes, wear a warm coat, hat, scarf and gloves.  Please also ensure they bring a change of footwear. 
• Year 2 have Progressive Sport on Tuesday afternoon.  Children to wear PE kit on this day.  A reminder to leave all jewellery at home 
• All after school clubs start this week with the exception of DANCE.  Clubs run on a Tuesday and Thursday only until 4pm.  Notification of which club you child has been accepted on to will be via text to you all in due course 
• Year 4 have Chef in for their next session on Friday 🙂 

 

And that's it for this week.   Recharge those batteries and have a fun filled weekend.  Take care and stay safe 

 

Have a lovely weekend and we'll see you all on Monday 

 

Mrs B and the FL Team 🙂 

 

We hope you had a lovely Christmas and wish you all lots of happiness and fun in 2024. 

 

So, we've all settled very quickly into the school routine again 🙂 Everyone is looking super smart and lots of learning has taken place already this week. 

 

We welcome Mr Davies to our FL Team.  He’s now finding his feet and we look forward to his involvement and contribution to our FL community.

 

So, a recap of the week: - 

 

• Year 4 and Year 6 had fun enhancing their topic learning over at Forest School on Monday 

 

• Year 4 were amazing as always at swimming 

 

• Year 1 loved playing Tchoukball on Tuesday afternoon - why not ask them all about it? 🙂 

 

Looking ahead to next week: - 

 

• It's the turn of Year 5 to spend the day over at Forest School.  The forecast is for the cold snap to continue so please ensure children wear warm, old clothes, gloves, scarf and a hat.  Along with a change of footwear (wellies preferably as it's really wet over there) 

 

• Year 4 swimming on Monday afternoon - a reminder to leave all jewellery at home 

 

• Year 5 have progressive sports on Tuesday afternoon so children can come to school in their PE kits 

 

• Wednesday 17^th January @3.20pm we have organised a Meet The Teacher for our Year 5 parents to meet and have a chat with Mr Davies (if you haven't already had the opportunity to do so) 

 

• Please ensure with the colder weather that is on the way that all children come to school in proper warm coats (rather than a hoody or gilet) along with gloves, scarves and a hat as they still go outside for a bit of fresh air at both break and lunch.  Thanks for your support. 

 

• A polite ask please: - we appreciate that on occasions end of day arrangements change and that requires a telephone call to the office to inform us who is collecting your child or who your child is going home with.  Can we please, please ask that any calls of this nature are done before 2.45pm on the day as otherwise it cuts it very fine for Mrs Wileman to run around school with messages to relevant class teachers, if parents aren't ringing until 3.10pm.  Many thanks for your co-operation in this matter.  

 

• Dates for the SPRING Term have been issued via Facebook/MM and have been uploaded to the website and calendar.  We endeavour to remind you of each event in advance, but this doesn’t always happen as ‘stuff’ gets in the way 😊 so it might be an idea to pop all relevant dates in your diary now to avoid disappointment. 
• If you require or prefer a paper copy, please pop in to the office and we can arrange that for you 😊

 

• Spring Class Newsletters should now have been issued which give details of ‘learning’ that will be happening in each class 😊

 

• The dreaded 's' word is being mentioned for next week!!  School closures due to snow are not taken lightly and don't happen very often at all.  However, if we do need to close school due to weather conditions, notifications will be sent as soon as a decision is made via our MM app and Text 2 Parents app.  
• Please ensure you have the MM app downloaded on your phone so that you receive all notifications. 

 

Have a fabulous weekend and we'll see you all on Monday 🙂 

 

Mrs B and the FL Team 🙂 

A few bits for straight after the Xmas Break. 

 

• Year 4 are swimming on Monday 8^th January in the afternoon so need to bring kit with them.  
• Forest School is the turn of Year 4 on Monday 8^th January (in the morning) and Year 6 (in the afternoon) - children to come in old clothes, warm coats and bring a pair of wellies as it's going to be a muddy experience 🙂 

 

Thanks to everyone who took time out of their busy week to come to watch our XMAS PERFORMANCES and SING A LONGS!!  I’m sure it has got you all in the Xmas spirit 😊

 

I’d like to take this opportunity to wish Mrs Amos all the best in her move up North.  We hope you enjoy your new challenge and settle in to your new job 😊

 

On behalf of the whole of Team Flash Ley – we’d like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.   Thank you for all our gifts 😊 They are very much appreciated.

 

Thanks for your continued support this year, we couldn’t do it without you.

 

A big thank you to my amazing team and of course our amazing children.  You’ve all been wonderful this year. 

 

Take care, have fun and make lots of precious memories.

 

For now, it’s time to rest and recharge the batteries after a very busy term.

 

We’ll see you all on Monday 8^th January 2024.

 

Mrs B and the FL Team 😊

• So, Year 3 enjoyed their day over at Forest School enhancing their curriculum learning 🙂
• Everyone danced the night away at the School Disco on Monday and got very sweaty in the process 🙂 
• Year 5 enjoyed Dodgeball on Tuesday afternoon with Progressive Sports
• EYFS/KS1 enjoyed a scrummy Xmas Lunch on Wednesday - a big thank you to all staff who helped out and to Lynne and Tracy for preparing a feast 🙂 
• Thanks to everyone who supported our Xmas Pact Session and also spent lots of pennies at the Xmas Fayre on Wednesday – we raised an amazing £1061 so far, but we are still selling raffle tickets.  Many thanks to our parent volunteers who manned stalls for us and helped set up the stalls.  It's very much appreciated. 
• Thanks to everyone who came along to listen to our Year 4 Steel Pan Performance - it was a lovely end to a very busy week 🙂

 

• Year 5 met their new class teacher Mr Davies on Thursday - we are all super excited to be welcoming Mr Davies to our FL family in January 2024.  I'm sure he'll be an asset to our amazing team 🙂  

 

Xmas Fayre Raffles will be drawn next Wednesday.  Winners will be notified via MM/text.  Prizes can then be collected from the School Office on either Wednesday afternoon or Thursday.  

 

Looking ahead to next week: - 

 

• KS1 and KS2 children to wear XMAS JUMPERS for the PERFORMANCES ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY of this week 
• Xmas Performances (Monday and Tuesday) at various times in the day.  Please DO NOT turn up unless you have a ticket 🙂 Also bring a couple of pounds for our POT OF GOLD and leave mobile phones at home 

If you are bringing a pram or pushchair to the performance - please leave outside as space inside will be extremely limited.  Thanks for your support 🙂

 

• EYFS/Nursery - Xmas Sing A Long on Wednesday 20^th December @ 9.15am.  Once again, only turn up if you have a ticket as it's a full house!! 🙂 
• Autumn Reports will be issued on Wednesday 
• KS2 Xmas Lunch Day on Wednesday 20^th December.  KS2 children can come to school in their XMAS JUMPERS with school uniform 

 

NO AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS THIS WEEK - NO DRAMA CLUB OR DANCE CLUB 🙂 Children to be collected at 3.15pm.

 

It's CLASS PARTY DAY on Thursday 21^st December so ALL children can wear their party clothes, along with sensible shoes and a coat for break and lunch 🙂 

 

A reminder that we are still selling raffle tickets.  All raffles will be draw on Wednesday 20^th December 2023.

 

And our last day of term is: -

Thursday 21^st December @ 3.15pm.  Please collect promptly at the end of the school day. 

 

Have a lovely fun filled weekend and we'll see you all on Monday - only 4 more get ups 😊

 

Mrs B and the FL Team 🙂

 Lots of fun was had by us all.  Only 9 more school get ups 🙂

 

• Year 6 had an amazing time away at Camp.  They became much more independent as the week went on, learnt new skills and made Mrs Fenton and Mr Atkinson extremely proud.  I'm sure they will all require a hot shower, cuddles and a good night’s sleep tonight 🙂 
• Year 5 enjoyed their Greek Experience Day in School on Monday which enhanced their topic learning - we are still waiting for a few payments.   Please pay at the school office 
• Year 4 and Reception enjoyed their camp fire over in Forest Schools on Monday
• Year 4 had a fun session in swimming - that was the last swimming session until the New Year 
• Year 4 enjoyed dodgeball with Progressive Sport 

 

And we got in the Christmas mood on Thursday with Year 1 - 5 going to the Panto over at Rising Brook and EYFS having lots of fun with the magician 🙂 

 

We finished the week by collecting lots of chocolate in readiness for the Christmas Fayre next week. 

 

Looking ahead to next week (it's a busy one)!! 🙂 

 

So here goes: - 

 

• Year 3 are over in Forest School all day on Monday - wellies, old clothes and they must come with a coat, gloves and a warm hat 

 

• Xmas Disco on Monday night for those children who have paid.  The deadline has now passed for this.  

 

EYFS/KS1 collect from the school hall at 4.15pm.  EYFS/KS1 children can come to school in their disco clothes if they are attending the disco. 

 

KS2 children need to come to school in normal school uniform on disco day.  

KS2 to arrive at school no earlier than 4.40pm and be collected from the school hall promptly at 5.45pm.  ALL CHILDREN MUST BE COLLECTED BY AN ADULT. 

 

• It's the turn of Year 5 Progressive Sport on Tuesday - children can come to school in their PE kits 

 

• The only after school clubs his week are: - DANCE on Tuesday until 4pm, DRAMA on Thursday until 4pm 🙂 

 

• Wednesday 13^th December is Xmas Lunch Day for EYFS/KS1 - children who have ordered a lunch will receive a Xmas Lunch with all the trimmings 🙂 EYFS/KS1 can wear their Xmas Jumpers on this day. 

 

• Wednesday 13^th December from 2pm - 3pm is XMAS PACT for Year 1 - Year 6.  Parents are welcome to attend this event.  Please report to main Reception for 2pm and leave your mobile phones at home. 

 

• Wednesday 13^th December from 3.30pm - 4.15pm - XMAS FAYRE in the hall and Dining Room (food and drink will be available) 🙂 

 

• We finish the week on Friday 15^th December @ 2.30pm with a Year 4 Steel Pans Performance.  Please come to the hall doors at 2.25pm.  Again, please leave mobile phones at home. 

 

Pamper Hamper Raffle Tickets are now on sale - £1.50 each.  The hamper is absolutely amazing. 

 

Finally, our FL Xmas Tree is now at St Mary’s Church.  A massive thank you to Mrs How for dressing the tree and Miss Bunn/Art Club for the amazing decorations.  If you are passing St Mary’s Church, do pop in to have a look at the Xmas Tree Festival.  Ours of course, is the best tree 🙂 

 

And breathe 🙂 

 

Have a lovely weekend, have a rest in readiness for a very busy week ahead. 

 

Mrs B and the FL Team