16th November 2012

Hi Everyone
What an exciting day we've had today!
Children in Need day is always such a big event at Welland School and so well supported by children and parents. This year our theme was 'Legs Go Crazy'. So many children (and their parents) made such an effort transforming their legs into 'crazy' legs. I will put a slide show on the school blog as soon as possible.
Children also voted in 'Strictly Welland-The Dance-Off'! The videos are on the website to see. The Early Years Team had almost 200 votes and were the winners by far!
Children set up and ran a number of games stalls in the hall during the morning which raised a lot of money also.
The grand total so far is £580 which is tremendous, well done everyone. Of course, because it was more than £500, I danced with my lovely partner Betty, although I don't think she enjoyed it quite as much as I expected she would!
All in all, a great day. Thanks to the staff for being such good sports and parents and children for supporting us so much.

Have a great weekend, see you next week.

GC

9th November 2012

Hi everyone,
it doesn't feel like we've only just had a week off! Phew!

The Y6 class had a magnificent trip to the Space Centre in Leicester this week. I know that children in Miss Sismey's class and Miss McKearney's class are looking forward to their trip next Tuesday to Coates in Cambridgeshire.

The next round of after-school clubs begin next week. There's NARNIA for Y5&Y6 on Mondays, FILM on Tuesdays for KS2 children, MULTISKILLS for Y3/4 children and Spanish for KS2 children on Thursdays and FAMILY CHRISTMAS ART & CRAFT on Wednesdays for all children and their parents.

52 parents attended assembly this morning! It's great that so many parents are able to come and join in our celebration. Although it is getting a bit tight!!! I think we shall have to start considering how we can create some more space.

It's the build up now to Children In Need. If you missed the details on the flier that went out this week, you can find it in the newsletters section of the website.
Monday is going to be very exciting as the staff from each phase will perform their dance in the hall. This begins at 2:30pm. Parents are welcome to attend too. It will give you a chance to see which group you'd like to vote for. Of course the best bit will be my special dance!! But we have to raise over £500 for that to happen (I'm not cheap!). You can buy votes in each class.

It's been a tiring week for all of us, children and adults. I hope you all have a restful weekend and I look forward to seeing you next week.........especially for the Dance Off!

GC

26th October 2012

Hi Everyone,

Thank you to those of you who were able to make to to parents’ evening last night.  84% of our parents came which is our highest since my arrival at Welland.  I’d really like to reach 90%. If you have any suggestions to make parents’ evening better, please let us know.

I hope you like the slideshow for parents’ evening.

We aim to make parents’ evening a positive and enjoyable event for all parents and children. We try to invite agencies to present stalls that parents would find interesting or useful.  Obviously it’s difficult getting so many parents seeing their respective teacher but we try to keep to time. Don’t forget, if you would prefer to sit down and discuss your child’s progress with their teacher at any time, please ask! We are happy to arrange this outside of formal parents’ evenings.

This week in school we managed to complete all the teaching-staff performance appraisals (!!!), some training for support staff and our adult courses have continued.

Next week, the school is closed for the half term holiday. We hope you have an enjoyable break and look forward to seeing you all back on Monday 5^th November.