Dear all,

 

So, I can’t imagine that any children will be checking this blog now so I will address this directly to you parents (I’m hoping that one or two of you might read it still).

 

The last day finally came and went and while it was a hot and stuffy end to the year, it was a pleasure to teach the class for one last time! I felt the children all dealt with the end of year events admirably with just a few tears here and there (including some teary eyed moments from myself, I have to admit). I think it really shows how ready they all are to move onto bigger and better things.

 

I’m sure you will all agree that the show on Thursday was absolutely fantastic and they well and truly smashed it out of the park –and some! Thank you for all of your help in putting together the costumes (sorry for the last minute rush on green outfits).

 

Thank you to the class for being so brilliant this year and to you parents for your support and the incredibly generous gifts/kind words etc! Thank you also for having us at the Leavers’ Party –I’m sorry if I didn’t get to speak to all of you, my mind was on not messing up the song after Aila had got it word/note perfect on Thursday. I was too tired to polish off the bubbly in the end when I got back home but it will no doubt be enjoyed tonight!

 

For all of you with younger children in the school still, I will see you all on the gate next year and to those whose children have now all left, do come back and see us at any of our events –you are all more than welcome any time!

 

Have a wonderful summer…

 

Mr Gradwell

 

Dear all,

 

One more week to go! I trust that you all enjoyed your visits to your respective secondary schools yesterday and this has made you excited to start in the autumn.

 

This week in school has of course seen you rehearsing for the play for much of it and although we didn’t quite get through to the end this morning, I’m sure with a few last minute tweaks that we need to make on Monday, it will all go without a hitch when we perform to others from Tuesday. In the meantime, please continue to practise your lines and learn the lyrics to the songs if you don’t already know them all.

 

The next few notes are for your parents:

 

For our final performance on Thursday, please can you ensure that your child is back in school by 6pm so we can make sure that they are all ready to go in their costumes for the 6.30pm start.

 

Our Leavers’ Assembly will be next Friday at 9am and should last around an hour. This assembly gives us an opportunity for the younger children in the school to say goodbye to the class and they will finish with a song if they can keep it together.

 

After the assembly on Friday, the children can have their shirt or polo shirt signed by the younger children. Please send your child in with the pens that they would like to be used for this.

 

We will finish the day on Friday at 2pm with our Leavers’ Parade where the rest of the school get to clap out the children before they leave for secondary school.

 

Have a good weekend!

 

Mr Gradwell

 

Dear all,

 

I know I have not been with you much this week but I was glad to see how much the play has come along over the last couple of days and the singing sounds amazing!

 

Going back to this time last week, I am pleased to confirm that during your ‘Apprentice’ day, just over £650 was raised in total, which will be going to Cancer Research UK, chosen by our winning team, Fun Time.

 

Moving on to next week, we will be continuing with our rehearsals for most of the week (apart from Thursday when most of you will be having your secondary transfer day). Following on from our discussion earlier today, from Monday, please could you begin to bring in the items to be used as costumes so that we can start to rehearse in full costumes on Friday –that really makes the whole thing ‘come alive’.

 

Have a good weekend.

 

Mr Gradwell

PS Come on England!