Happy New Year! It is lovely to see all the children back in school after a super Christmas holiday.

We started the new term off with our ‘It’s a Masterpiece’ Arts Week, focussing on improving our drawing skills to produce some excellent work. Each class has been at a different still life masterpiece and they are busy carefully selecting objects to arrange for their own still life composition. It’s clear the children are enjoying this and we are looking forward to seeing all their wonderful work which will be on display throughout the school corridors in the next couple of couple. We will make sure that parents have an opportunity to look at the work too.   

Next week, all the children will start their new topics for the term and there will be lots of geography work focussing on the physical nature of our wonderful planet. Here are the Big Questions and links to curriculum newsletters for parents with details of what the children will be learning.

• Year 5/6 – Upper Key Stage 2 – What makes the Earth angry?
• Year 3/4 – Lower Key Stage 2 – Why is water important?
• Year 1/2 - Key Stage 1 –  Where have all the leaves gone?
• Reception class newsletter

Here are some of the events we are looking forward to this term:

• Young Voices – Friday 11^th January
• Y5/6 workshops with Paralympian Sam Ruddock – Mon 21^st January
• Sarah Outen Assembly – Tuesday 22^nd January
• Y3/4 Living Faith trip – Wed 23^rd and Thurs 24^th January
• Swimarathon – Saturday 2^nd February
• Safer Internet Day – Tues 5^th February 
• Swim Gala – Wed 6^th March
• Legacy Tour Assembly – Tuesday 12^th February
• Infants Great Wood Farm Lambing visits - Thurs 7th and Fri 8th March
• TakeOver Day – Friday 8^th March
• Science Week – w/c 11^th March
• Grantham Music Festival – Wednesday 13th March
• Red Nose Day – Friday 15^th March
• Parents Eves – 19^th and 20^th March
• KS1 have baby chicks – w/c 25^th March
• Y4 Church Schools’ Festival – Tuesday 2^nd April
• Y3/4 Performances- Wednesday 3^rd April
• KS2 Easter Service at St. Sebs – Thursday 4^th April
• Infant Easter Service in school – Friday 5^th April

Parents should also look out for an invite to their child’s class assembly this term and details of clubs their child can attend.

Parents can keep up to date with school events via the School Calendar.

Class Assembly Dates:

• Defoe – 17^th January
• Carroll – 24^th January
• Blyton – 31^st January
• Dahl – 7^th February
• King-Smith – 14^th February
• Lewis – 28^th February
• Potter – 7^th March
• Ahlberg – 14^th March
• Sendak – 21^st March
• Carle – 28^th March