Thomas Reade Primary School

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Heads up from Mrs Day!

Welcome back! I hope you all had a lovely holiday and ate lots of chocolate. We have started the term well with the Year 4 and 5 children getting ready for their production at the beginning of May. It is wonderful to see the confidence grow as the children learn their lines and their dances and I can’t wait to see the final thing. Year 2 started their first swimming lessons yesterday and the staff were incredibly impressed with how they represented the school. Our Reception class have been working on where their food comes from and it is always great to hear some of their answers. Thursday 8th May marks 80 years since Victory in Europe day (VE day) and we would like to mark it as a whole school. The children (and staff) can come to school wearing red, white or blue and we are going to have a street party style picnic in the courtyard with bunting prepared by the classes. In singing assembly, Mrs Evans has been teaching the children songs from this era and we will come together as a school to understand what this day may have felt like at the time. School meals will be a picnic style lunch on this day which the children will eat outside (weather permitting) with the children who bring packed lunches in. We hope it will be a lovely day and we are looking forward to sharing some photos and videos of the day.

May is the month of assessments at school which we hope to do in a way which is the least stressful for the children whilst maintaining the integrity of the tests. The Year 6 children are invited to our SATS breakfast during their assessment week which is a lovely opportunity to come together and enjoy a nice meal. This alleviates the worries and ensures the children have full bellies before the long mornings.

A gentle reminder regarding after school club, please check your bookings and if your child is not going to attend a session that they are booked on, could you please let the office or the club know directly to avoid any safeguarding issues.

The weather forecast for next week is hot, sunny days so if this does happen (who knows with our weather...) please ensure you send the children in to school with water bottles, sun cream and sun hats. Have a good weekend everyone!

Pay it forward top up account available on Arbor.

In previous years, the school has been in a position to make some funding available to pay for school trips and activities for those children and families facing financial hardship. As the number of families in this group has risen and the national issues of school funding are hitting Thomas Reade, it is now no longer possible for the school to guarantee this facility going forwards. 

We firmly believe that every child in every class deserves the opportunity to benefit from all of these important enrichment experiences and are launching a pay-it-forward initiative to provide a mechanism for our community to come together and help support places on these school trips and activities so that no child is left behind. 

Any amount you can give will be used for a general 'pay it forward' fund to support places on school trips for families facing financial hardship. Payments to this account can be found on the front page of your parent portal under the accounts section where you can top up an amount of your choice. Please see below as an example:

Current Fundraising

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