Welcome back to the new school year and welcome to our Greetland family our new reception parents! Your little superstars have settled in so well to school life.

For those parents who are new to school, I send out regular Principal’s Messages through Seesaw (usually every two weeks) to celebrate successes and keep you up to date with what has been going on in school. I also put a copy on the school website which can be found here:

https://greetlandacademy.org.uk/diary-news/principals-seesaw-messages/

The children have all settled back amazingly into our school routines and it is like they have never been away. It’s been lovely to hear all the things they’ve been up to over the summer and to meet our new reception children and their families.

You should all be able to access your child’s Seesaw account so that you can keep up to date with what is going on in school and what your child is learning. Just a polite request that parents do not send teachers messages on Seesaw in the evening and at weekends. The school office email should be used for this purpose. I’m sure you’ll all agree that our staff work extremely hard and they should not be expected to receive and respond to messages outside their working hours.

Today, we held our first celebration assembly of the year and I know the teachers really struggled to choose their first certificate recipients as all the children have been so impressive. If your child got the certificate, this will have been shared with you on Seesaw.

Whilst the children have been at home over summer, we have been busy developing the dining hall at KS2 with the help of some ideas that the children gave us. It really is looking fantastic.

The ongoing issues with our KS2 gym roof are nearly fully rectified and we are hopeful that we will be able to start using it again within the next couple of weeks, which is music to everyone’s ears

Today you will all have received the first Learning Launchpad of the year via Seesaw. These let you know what your child will be learning over the upcoming term and also highlight key dates. Copies of these can also be found on our website.

Over the next few weeks we will be working on our clubs plan for this year and you will all be sent a full year overview. Watch out for a letter in the future about our clubs offer and the details on how to request a place for your child.

On Monday our Year 6 children go on their residential trip to Robinwood and we know they are going to have an amazing time. There will be some photos on Facebook of all the exciting activities they got up to.

As the cost of living increases, I fully understand the pressures on everyone’s household budget. FOGS offer a pre-loved uniform service at most school events and we can also accept requests via email. You will see in our uniform policy that there is also no expectation that you purchase the jumpers and t shirts with our logo on- a plain red jumper or plain white polo shirt is absolutely fine. If you do have any issues with sourcing the correct uniform, please do let us know: we do understand that sometimes things cannot be avoided. I am aware that the YMCA also has excellent quality pre loved uniform. Please note that children should not wear any jewellery or watches (including fit bits). One pair of plain studs can be worn but the child must be able to take them out themselves for PE.

Wishing you a great weekend and hopefully some sunshine! I will see our KS1 families on the gate on Monday morning.

Mrs Crowther