Dear parents and carers,

I hope you have all had a relaxing and enjoyable summer. The new school year is fast approaching so I wanted to take this opportunity to extend a warm welcome back to families returning after the summer holidays, and to those new families joining us this year, welcome to Churchill CE Primary School. In this letter I have included some exciting news about our school’s 200th anniversary as well as a few key reminders.

It has certainly been a hot few days!  Thankfully it was a little cooler today and the children were able to be out enjoying the field, once again.

Last week, we saw our super Year 6 class sitting their SATs tests. The whole class reflected our rules for life and showed fantastic resilience, responsibility, readiness and respect for themselves and all their classmates.  Thank you to all of the school team, members of the governing body and to families for  supporting the children to have such a positive SATs experience.  The young people should feel incredibly proud of themselves.

It is hard to believe that we have just one more week and we will be breaking up for the Easter holidays. Term 4 has been really busy, but there has been so much to celebrate. Our success in the Rotary competitions continues, with three of our pupils being awarded the top prices in the Young Musician competition.  We have also had great success with our netball and girls’ football teams as they performed brilliantly in their matches and have now progressed on to the regional stages of their competitions.

This term has flown by! The children have been really busy showcasing their learning in their spring assessments as well as enjoying trips to the SS Great Britain (for year 2), Design and Technology days, visits from Farmlink and a trip to Life Skills (for year 6).  This week, pupils from years 5 and 6 are taking part in the North Somerset school’s swimming gala.  We wish them all the best of luck.

On this, the last day of term, our school is a festive scene of Christmas jumpers and outfits. There was much excitement as the children looked forward to their special Christmas lunch and final whole school service.