We've made full use of the extensive school grounds this week with the lovely weather. Let's hope it continues for the rest of the term!

A huge well done to this week's Stars of the Week. They have all worked really hard this week.

This week's school attendance is 96.7 %.

Whole school attendance so far this year is 95.1 %.

Early Years/Key Stage 1 class of the week is Reception Base 2 with 98.7% attendance!

Key Stage 2 class of the week is 6CLG with 99.3% attendance - well done!

Once more, here is the link to the attendance page of the school website which has information on the Penalty Notice system. Ultimately, more than 2 penalty notices could result in the council taking you to court and a criminal record. We really do not want any of our families to have to go through this.

Attendance | Low Ash Primary School

Monday 5th May - School closed - Bank Holiday

Tuesday 6th May - Class photographs

Wednesday 7th May - 5W trip

Thursday 8th May - 5B trip

Thursday 8th May - 'Red, white & blue' non-uniform day in honour of the 80th anniversary of VE Day

Thursday 8th May - EYFS May Day Parade

Thursday 8th May - Year 2/3 football match

Thursday 8th May - School Council cleaner air project meeting

Friday 9th May - 5E trip

Monday 12th May-Thursday 15th May - Year 6 SATs week

Tuesday 13th May - Nursery trip (afternoon nursery shut)

Friday 16th May - 5W and 5B Dogs Trust workshop

Saturday 17th May - Staff 3 Peaks Challenge

Week beginning Monday 19th May - Children's sponsored walk challenge

Tuesday 20th May - Family Breakfast

Tuesday 20th May - Reception vision checks

Tuesday 20th May - Nursery trip (morning nursery shut)

Wednesday 21st May - Year 4 watching Bournemouth symphony orchestra (live stream)

Wednesday 21st May - 5W trip

Thursday 22nd May - 5E and Year 6 Dogs Trust Workshop

Thursday 22nd May - 5B trip

Friday 23rd May - 5E trip

Friday 23rd May - Parents/carers invited into classrooms from 3pm

Friday 23rd May - School breaks up for 2 weeks

Monday 9th June - School re-opens

This week, a parent of one of our pupils came to school to talk to Reception about her job as a civil engineer for Yorkshire Water. She talked to us about how toilets have changed over the years and about the job that all the pipes do under the ground. This linked really nicely with the Skipton Castle visit where we saw a 'long drop'!

Reception had a fantastic time at Skipton Castle this week and what wonderful weather for their trip!

In honour of the 80th anniversary of VE Day, pupils can come to school wearing red, white and blue on Thursday of next week. We will also be holding assemblies on the subject. As part of the celebrations, EYFS will be doing their annual May Day Parade on Thursday too. This is always a fantastic event.!

We are very excited about the Family Breakfast on 20th May. Due to the popularity of the event, we have no further places left on this half term's Family Breakfast but we will look to put on another date next half term.

Thank you to everyone who supported the Year 2 bun sale today! The Year 2s worked really hard to prepare for this. We don't know how much money was made yet but we will keep you informed!

A reminder about the children's sponsored walk which will take place at school, week commencing 19th May. We know the children continue to be excited about this event and we are looking forward to it too.

As stated last week, the children's sponsored event will go alongside the staff challenge of the Yorkshire 3 Peaks taking place on 17th May. We've now raised over £1.000 for school which is fantastic. Any further donations would be really appreciated and a big thank you to those who have already donated.

Save the dates if you're interested!

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We hope you all have a good weekend and we will see you on Tuesday (don't forget Monday is a Bank Holiday!)