Another busy day yesterday, with the later Parents Evening which again was very well attended. Today has a full day in store with the presentation of achievement certificates and then trying to calculate the Walk to school numbers. It seems that once again we do not have enough badges for October. 335 children walked at least once a week, every week this month and the original number of badges sent to us was 240 badges, we then requested another 90 but we still find ourselves way short. Well done to all our children and families. We are gearing up to our sponsored walk this afternoon. The weather looks great and I am sure that we are going to have a great event. If the children finish the 10 laps they will have completed 5 miles. A great achievement. All we ask is that the children continue to collect their sponsorship money and let's see if we can beat last years total of £1600, I am sure that we can!
No newsletter this week, but we will make sure we have directed everyone to this blog and see how many comments we get back. Having a bit of a problem with the comments section.
It is interesting to see who reads the blogs that the school has set up, at the moment we are getting hits from the UK and America. I find it fascinating that someone in America is reading the blog of a Head Teacher in the UK.

A reminder that school reopens to the children on Tuesday the 2nd November at normal time.
Have a great half term, hopefully no more painting for me but a trip to Cambridge.

Mr. Rothwell

Apologies firstly if you are following this blog for missing yesterdays post but it was a long day with Parents Evening. It was great to see so many people attend. The night was very busy but very positive, so we look forward to Thursdays from 5.00 - 7.00. The best news of the day was the result from the Tag Rugby festival where we managed a first and third. Our children always make us feel very proud and yesterday they did this in the pouring rain. The win was made even more special because we beat Mr. Ellicott's new school.

Today has been its usual hectic pace. I have been interviewing for 2 new lunchtime supervisors and we have managed to succeed in appointing which I am delighted with. Meeting with lift engineers who officially declared our lift one of the the oldest they have ever seen and think the Thinktank would be interested in it because of its age. Funny old day.

That is the end of Monday, the bell has just rang and I am waiting for the clatter of feet going down the stairs and out of the building. Lots going on again today. Year 3 have been to Lunt Roman Fort, just waiting for the afternoon group to return, I am sure they will complete their blog about it. The biggest news of the day is Mr. Rothwell has been teaching today, yes i know, enjoyed every second of it. Thanks to Year 5 I really enjoyed my morning teaching Numeracy and P.E.
School is gearing up for the first Parents Evening of the year, I look forward to seeing every body there, attendance is usually fantastic.
Roll on Tuesday.

We have finally made it to the end of the week. The morning started with our Harvest celebration and our yellow certificate presentation. Well done to everybody who received one today. Newsletter next, and trying to explain the swimming debacle. I hope that everybody is happy with the explanation and the apology from the swimming pool. School is eerily quiet with all the children working hard is preparation for next week. The top floor toilets have now been finished and they look fantastic, just hope the children keep them to this high standard. Ok, that is enough for this week. Off to enjoy the weekend, more painting for me!

This second clip is the new girls toilets after the refurbishment. The children chose the colours and the fixtures and fittings. Comments back so far,

Wow!

Can we really use them?

A really, really busy day to day. I was visited by our school improvement partner today, Mrs. Hazel Pulley is another Head Teacher in the city and she visits six times a year to check on the progress of the school. I always look forward to showing her our school. We had the final performance of Language Alive, very successful. The rest of the day was spent fielding calls about the problem we had at swimming the previous day as well as talking to the swimming baths about what had happened. I was happy with the outcome, an apology, but will put more details on the newsletter tomorrow. Mrs. Harris arranged all the Harvest food that has been donated so far, it looks great. Friday is always busy, with assembly, writing the newsletter and completing all my jobs before the Friday feeling kicks in.

Language Alive in school today, children in Year 6 really enjoyed their sessions. We look forward to them coming back again tomorrow. This meant 150 children in Fun Factory for Star of the Week, a little bit of a squash. Another lovely day in school and everyone busy, busy. I'm sure this will continue tomorrow. First competition of the year next week for the Tag Rugby team. Rumour is Mr. Ellicott is bringing a team! Can't keep away!

Thankyou to those parents that attended Star of the Week today, but i suppose the first thing i should comment on was the annual Year 3 Roman day. The children looked fabulous and I especially found it amusing to watch the Romans playing football at lunchtime, priceless. Year 5 completed their second day at Wightwick Manor and at last i can confirm that the first set of new toilets are to be opened tomorrow for those girls on the top floor.

Another busy day in school. Half of Year 5 visited Wightwick manor and had a successful trip, it looks like Year 6 have started their Wake and Shake routines, very entertaining. The work on the toilets is proceeding well and the upstairs should be completed by the end of this week. Looking forward to Roman day tomorrow, always fun to see the children dressed up and the staff!

The rebirth of the school blog!

Having started this blog in 2009, I thought it would be a good place to complete a reflective diary of the school and the events that happen. So it is nearly the end of Friday and I am just waiting for the final Welcome meeting to commence, it has been a busy day. It started with the Year 4 Welcome meeting, moved on to issuing badges to Year 6 for their WOW walking campaign and then the newsletter as well as a number of administrative jobs. It has been the busiest week so far of the new term and I only feel it can get busier. I am looking forward to the weekend like most of the children but looking forward to welcoming Language Alive back in next week.

Have a good weekend

Mr. Rothwell