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Latest News 24 06 2022
Fri 24 Jun 2022Dear Parents and Carers,
What a lovely week we have had; there have been multiple trips across the school, a fabulous choir performance at De Montfort Hall, our first sports day and some great weather. Please see below this week’s latest news, updates and reminders.
Latest news:
- Musical Instrument Lessons – We are excited to announce that we are expanding the number of instrument lessons available to our pupils. Please see the letter here for more information and please complete the form within the letter if you are interested.
- Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF) – will be available over the summer holidays for children eligible for benefits-related free school meals. Eligible children can access up to 4 weeks of free activities and they will also receive a healthy lunch each day that they attend. Please see a list of programme providers and to register click here, registration closes on Sunday 29th June.
- Cricket Camp – Leicestershire CCC will be delivering summer camps at local cricket clubs around the County in 2022 during the school holidays. Please see here for further details.
- Better Health with Disney – Please see some PDF’s here from Disney for some 10 minute shake up games.
- Sports Day Raffle – Have a look at the three fantastic hampers that are available to be won. 1st Prize includes an Amazon Fire; 2nd Prize includes an Amazon Echo Dot; 3rd Prize is the perfect pamper package as well as other lovely goodies! Tickets cost £1 each and these are now available to purchase online via pay360 - you are very welcome to purchase as many as you would like. We will also be selling tickets at each Sports Day (cash only). All money raised will go towards enrichment activities and resources for the pupils.
- School Milk – Our school provides a milk scheme that is available to all of our pupils and we would like to invite you to register your child. School milk is free for under-5s, and for over-5s it is available at a subsidised* price of 25p per day. Click here for further information.
- Summer Reading Challenge – Go Gadgeteers Go! Get your children reading with their local library this summer. Throughout the whole of July and August, children 0-15 years can sign up to take part and they have until Sunday 11 of September to complete the six-book challenge. Track down six amazing books with our team of Gadgeteers and explore the key role of imagination in both reading and the sciences. For further information, please see here.
Upcoming dates:
- Meet the Teacher Morning – Children across the school will spend a morning with their new teacher in their new classrooms on Tuesday 28th June. Further information regarding your child’s new teacher has been sent today and is available here.
- SEND Coffee Morning - Mrs Watson would like to invite parents and carers into school for a SEND coffee morning on Tuesday 28th June at 9 am. Please click here to register.
- Year 5 Drayton Manor Trip – Year 5 will be visiting Drayton Manor Theme Park on Thursday 30th June as part of our ‘Innovative Inventions’ topic. Please see the letter here for further information.
- Nursery – The Little City visit for children in the Nursery will be on Wednesday 6th July. For more information, please see here.
- Sports Days – Please see below the date of each year groups’ Sports Days. We are excited to announce that there will be a raffle for several luxury hampers – tickets for these will be available for purchase on each Sports Day. More information regarding these events will be sent to you via Seesaw:
Reception23rd JuneYear 1
29th June
Year 2
27th June
Year 3
30th June
Year 4
28th June
Year 5
1st July
Year 6
6th July
- Reception (Year 1 in Autumn 2022) – We have arranged for the children to go to Loughborough Town Hall to see Sleeping Beauty in pantomime on Wednesday 23rd November 2022 when they are in Year 1. Click here for further information.
Reminders:
- Dogs – We have seen an increase in dogs being brought onto site; please remember that dogs are not allowed on the school site.
- Parking – We have received more complaints this week from our neighbours regarding some parents and carers parking inconsiderately. Some of our neighbours are now in contact with the police regarding the issue. We would like to again remind parents and careers to park safely and considerately and ensure they are not blocking people’s driveways. Thank you.
Club timetable:
- Y5/6 Girls’ Football – Friday after school.
- Y6 Boys’ Football – Monday after school.
- String Orchestra – Tuesday after school in the upstairs hall.
- Tri-Golf – Thursday 3.20-4.20pm for Y3 and Y4.
For all this week’s letters, please check the Letters area of the school’s website or click here.
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Latest News 17 06 2022
Fri 17 Jun 2022Dear Parents and Carers,
We hope that you have been able to enjoy the lovely weather we have had this week and can enjoy a relaxing evening in the sun today. Please see below this week’s latest news, updates and reminders.
Latest news:
- New Nursery Play Area – We have recently worked with Fawns to create a new play area in the Nursery Quad. We have been thrilled with the results and we know the children have enjoyed playing on it too. Please see here for pictures. Fawns will be working in the Reception outdoor learning area over the next few weeks – we will upload some pictures once the work is complete.
- Football summer camp – Please see here for a Summer Camp being held at Beaumont Leys School during the summer holidays.
- Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF) – will be available over the summer holidays for children eligible for benefits-related free school meals. Eligible children can access up to 4 weeks of free activities and they will also receive a healthy lunch each day that they attend. Please see a list of programme providers and to register click here, registration closes on Sunday 29th June.
- SEND Coffee Morning - Mrs Watson would like to invite parents and carers into school for a SEND coffee morning on Tuesday 28th June at 9 am. Please click here to register.
Upcoming dates:
- Year 6 Gorse Hill – On Monday 20th June, the Ocelots (6CM) and the Jaguars (6CU) will be visiting the farm. On Thursday 23rd June the Pumas (6SG) and the Panthers (6AV) will be visiting the farm. Please see the letter here for further information.
- Year 5 Leicester Music Festival – Year 5 have an exciting opportunity to take part in the ‘Leics Make Music Summer Festival’ at De Montfort Hall and Gardens, celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee. The date for this is Tuesday 21st June 2022. Please see the letter here for further information.
- Year 2 Conkers – As a reward for their amazing behaviour and focus during the Year 2 SATS, Year 2 will be going to Conkers. The trip will take place on Wednesday 22nd June 2022. Please see the letter here for further information.
- Year 1 Captivating Creatures Visit – ‘Captivating Creatures’ will be visiting our school and holding workshops on the environments that different animals live in on Thursday 23rd June 2022. Please see the letter here for further information.
- Year 5 Drayton Manor Trip – Year 5 will be visiting Drayton Manor Theme Park on Thursday 30th June as part of our ‘Innovative Inventions’ topic. Please see the letter here for further information.
- Nursery – The Little City visit for children in the Nursery will be on Wednesday 6th July. For more information, please see here.
- Meet the Teacher Morning – Children across the school will spend a morning with their new teacher in their new classrooms on Tuesday 28th June. Further information regarding your child’s new teacher will be sent in the coming weeks.
- Sports Days – Please see below the date of each year groups’ Sports Days. We are excited to announce that there will be a raffle for several luxury hampers – tickets for these will be available for purchase on each Sports Day. More information regarding these events will be sent to you via Seesaw:
Reception
23rd June
Year 1
29th June
Year 2
27th June
Year 3
30th June
Year 4
28th June
Year 5
1st July
Year 6
6th July
Reminders:
- Dogs – Please remember that dogs are not allowed on the school site.
Club timetable:
- Y5/6 Girls’ Football – Friday after school.
- Y6 Boys’ Football – Monday after school.
- String Orchestra – Tuesday after school in the upstairs hall.
- Tri-Golf – Thursday 3.20-4.20pm for Y3 and Y4.
For all this week’s letters, please check the Letters area of the school’s website or click here.
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Latest News 10 06 2022
Fri 10 Jun 2022Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome back to school after the half term. This final half term looks to be a very busy one! Please see below this week’s latest news, updates and reminders.
Latest news:
- Welcome Back – Please see here for a Welcome Back message from the Senior Leadership Team.
- Summer Club – We have been informed of a Summer Holiday club which will be held at Barley Croft Primary School. The club has free places for children who receive free school meals. Please see here for more information.
- Football – On Tuesday boys from the Y6 Football team attended a final in connection with the Leicester City Primary Schools Football League, Division 1 league. We finished as runners-up in the final, however, we then went on to win the Fair Play and Respect cup - LCSFA introduced a Respect Initiative in September 2021 for the whole of the 2021/22 season. All LCITC coaches have been observing each session and awarding marks out of a 100 to all schools. For the team to win this Cup is a fantastic achievement. We are incredibly proud of how well the boys represented ARH not just on Tuesday but throughout the entire season – well done! For photos, please click here.
- First Aid – Next week children across the school will be learning about First Aid and things they can do to help in an emergency.
- Choir – The ARH choir (Y4/Y5/Y6) have been selected to perform at De Montfort Hall as part of a massed choir for a concert celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee. The date of the performance is Wednesday 22nd June 2022. The songs we are performing are from children’s films released during the Queen’s reign, ranging from Mary Poppins to Encanto. Tickets are on sale and are priced between £7 - £12. For more information, please see here.
- Parent and Carer Letters – For all of this half-term’s parent and carer letters, please click on your child’s year group:
Upcoming dates:
- Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check – Year 4 children will be undertaking the statutory multiplication check during the week of the 13th June. For further information please see the DfE leaflet here.
- Year 6 Peak District Trip – As part of our ‘50 Things to do before you are 11 ¾ ’, on Thursday 16th June 2022, pupils will go to the Peak District, which is a fantastic place to tick many activities off the list. Please see the letter here for further information.
- Year 6 Gorse Hill – On Monday 20th June, the Ocelots (6CM) and the Jaguars (6CU) will be visiting the farm. On Thursday 23rd June the Pumas (6SG) and the Panthers (6AV) will be visiting the farm. Please see the letter here for further information.
- Year 5 Leicester Music Festival – Year 5 have an exciting opportunity to take part in the ‘Leics Make Music Summer Festival’ at De Montfort Hall and Gardens, celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee. The date for this is Tuesday 21st June 2022. Please see the letter here for further information.
- Year 2 Conkers – As a reward for their amazing behaviour and focus during the Year 2 SATS, Year 2 will be going to Conkers. The trip will take place on Wednesday 22nd June 2022. Please see the letter here for further information.
- Year 1 Captivating Creatures Visit – ‘Captivating Creatures’ will be visiting our school and holding workshops on the environments that different animals live in on Thursday 23rd June 2022. Please see the letter here for further information.
- Year 5 Drayton Manor Trip – Year 5 will be visiting Drayton Manor Theme Park on Thursday 30th June as part of our ‘Innovative Inventions’ topic. Please see the letter here for further information.
- Nursery – The Little City visit for children in the Nursery will be on Wednesday 6th July. For more information, please see here.
- Meet the Teacher Morning – Children across the school will spend a morning with their new teacher in their new classrooms on Tuesday 28th June. Further information regarding your child’s new teacher will be sent in the coming weeks.
- Sports Days – Please see below the date of each year groups’ Sports Days. We are excited to announce that there will be a raffle for several luxury hampers – tickets for these will be available for purchase on each Sports Day. More information regarding these events will be sent to you via Seesaw:
Reception
23rd June
Year 1
29th June
Year 2
27th June
Year 3
30th June
Year 4
28th June
Year 5
1st July
Year 6
6th July
Reminders:
- Reminders – heights and weights for Year 6 and Reception are being taken on Wednesday 15th June.
Club timetable:
- Y5/6 Girls’ Football – Friday after school.
- Y6 Boys’ Football – Monday after school.
- String Orchestra – Tuesday after school in the upstairs hall.
- Tri-Golf – Thursday 3.20-4.20pm for Y3 and Y4.
For all this week’s letters, please check the Letters area of the school’s website or click here.
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