Friday 25th October 2024
Key Information
- Young Voices – Ticket and t-shirt orders need to be completed by Wednesday 30th October. Any orders placed after this may not arrive in time for the concert. If you are missing a letter, please let us know and we can send an electronic copy for you to follow the link.
- Secondary Transfer deadline – Please note the secondary transfer deadline is 31st October. Please use the link below for further information www.herefordshire.gov.uk/schools-education/secondary-school-admissions
- Shoe boxes – We have hats & gloves available outside the office. Please feel free to pick up these items to add to your own shoe boxes
- Headlice – We have had a case of headlice in school. Please check your child and treat accordingly if necessary.
- After School Club – Please note there are no After School clubs running the first week after half term. Clubs start again week commencing 11th November.
- Arrival time – Please remember that the school gates now close in the morning at 8.45am. Children arriving after this time must be accompanied to the school office to sign in.
My Child at School (MCAS)
- Parent’s evening – Slots are now available to book on MCAS. Please book one session per child.
- Data Collection – You will be aware that we ask you to review your child’s key information annually. Please go to the ‘Data Collection Form’ section on MCAS to check the information we have recorded for your child/children, including Contact Information and Medical Information. This is to ensure that the details we maintain on our system are accurate and current. Any changes you make will be submitted for approval to the school. If we have any queries we will get in touch.
- School Lunches – Please book in School Lunches by midnight on Wednesday 30th October for the week after half term. Anyone who does not order by this deadline will have to provide their child with packed lunches, as the extra administrative work in booking and keeping track of late orders is very time consuming.
- Nursery Lunches – We shall continue to use the link sent to you via email.
Events
- Thursday 31st October – Deadline to apply for secondary school transfer places
- Monday 4th November – Back to School
- Tuesday 5th November – Parents Evening
- Thursday 7th November – Parents Evening
- Thursday 7th November – School photographs for anyone who was absent last time
- Wednesday 20th November – Deadline for Teams4U Shoe Boxes
This week’s Stars of the Week
| Reception Archie and Arthur | |
| Year 1 Radi and Bryn | |
| Year 2 Whole Class | |
| Year 3 Whole Class | |
| Year 4 Vaughn and Lincoln | |
| Year 5 Henry and Thea | |
| Year 6 Jasper and Lara | |
| Mrs Harrison’s Star of the Week: Duncan and Mrs Smith | |
| Forest School Stars of the Week: Matthew, Lacey, Isla, Julie-Anne |
Farewell Mrs Smith
On Thursday, we said goodbye to Mrs Smith who has worked as a dinner lady at the school for 36 years. We wish her well in her retirement.
We are delighted to report that as a result of a grant application to the Great Western Railway Community Fund they have given £10,000 to the project. Aspects of the site will be GWR-themed to reflect this generous donation. In addition, a previous ‘Just Giving’ appeal by Colwall Rotary, minus some preparatory planning application costs, leaves us with an additional £850. The friends of Colwall Primary have pledged a wonderful £7,000, and we have also received a pledge of £1,000 from the local West Malvern Festival Charity. All up we currently have £18,850 towards our target. SO CLOSE. We are now WITHIN TOUCHING DISTANCE of being able get the outdoor classroom and with your help we may be able to finally reach our fund-raising target.
If you can possibly contribute, no matter the amount, it would be really appreciated.
Please visit the ‘JUST GIVING’ website
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/Colwall-Outdoor-Classroom
Thanking you all in anticipation.
Parent Information
Up coming Events
Herefordshire Council is running a very special competition for primary school pupils to help name our fleet of gritters that are in action to keep our roads safe during the colder months.
It’s a great opportunity for Herefordshire children to get thinking creatively over half term.
The competition is open to the following age groups:
3 to 5 years
6 to 7 years
8 to 11 years
All entrants have to do is visit the official competition page, enter a few key details so that we can contact the winners, and submit their suggested name for one of our gritters.
Each winner will be invited to attend the Balfour Beatty Living Places depot to meet their gritter in person, along with some of the winter heroes who maintain and operate them. They will also be awarded their own competition winner certificate to take home with them.
But this isn’t all – a new online system is launching this winter that will allow people to see the locations and progress of the gritters in real time. This means the competition winners will be able to follow their named gritter as they work hard to keep Herefordshire roads safe during the colder months.
The deadline for entries is Tuesday 27 October 2024.
If you have any questions about our gritter naming competition, please email submit@herefordshire.gov.uk