Friday 14th January 2022

@ALEX, our weekly email newsletter, is sent out via Parentmail every Friday.  You will find the current terms newsletters available for download at the bottom of the page.

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Message from Mr Waiting

Dear Parents and Carers,

I hope you had a good week and have managed to navigate the wintery weather each morning. I am pleased that so many children are coming in with suitable outdoor clothes, so that we can still maximise time outside for break and lunchtimes.

As mentioned last week, we had a visit on Thursday from the Associate Director for School Standards in Kingston, Rosemary Hafeez, reviewing the teaching of mathematics across the school. She observed classes, looked at books and spoke to pupils about their learning. She was impressed with the knowledge that the children demonstrated in their understanding of maths and commented on the high standards of teaching and learning she saw in all classrooms. A report summarising the key points of the visit will go to the Governing Body this term.

Parents will notice if they drop their children off at the front entrance of the school that we are currently enhancing the area for visitors. Mr Jelly is working hard to paint the space in the school colours and we have new photographs of all staff displayed in the area. Alongside this, we are hoping to have a laser-cut acrylic outline of the new logo displaying some of the memorable experiences that we want each child to have at Alexandra (see summary below). If any parents have any contacts that might be able to help us in getting the design created, we would be really grateful as we want it to become a centrepiece at the front entrance of our school.

Finally, I wanted to congratulate the Year 6 children who were selected, following their applications to be Captains for our new teams – Oak, Maple, Willow and Beech. They will have an important role of sharing the team points every week in assembly and collecting the trophy at the end of term. I was proud of all the children who put themselves forwards for the role.

Have a great weekend everyone,

Robert Waiting