Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Macmillan Success £180 raised!

  Mon 03 Oct 2022

  Thank you to all the parents for joining their children and staff in raising money for Macmillan on Friday afternoon.  A big thank you to staff too for donating cakes.  We raised £180 for the cancer charity and it was a lovely atmosphere having you all in school!

  

• Author visit to school!

  Mon 26 Sep 2022

  Your child will be attending an event in school with the author Alex Foulkes on Monday 3^rd October 2022. Alex Foulkes has written her debut Middle Grade Rules for Vampires which was published in 2021. Your child will have the opportunity to buy personally signed and dedicated copies of her new book Rules For Vampires: Ghosts Bite Back for a reduced price of £5.91.

   

   

  If you wish for your child to be able to purchase a book he/she will need to bring the exact amount of money on the day or anytime between now and 3^rd October into school in a sealed envelope and handed over to Mrs Driver or the School Office.

   

   

  Often pupils are very inspired to read the authors book after such a visit, and this is a unique opportunity from them to have books signed and personally dedicated.

  

• Family Reads are live!

  Wed 21 Sep 2022

  We have started our family reads this term where parents can come in at the end of the day and read with their children in our wonderful library!

   

  This term - Tuesday 3pm Year 3

                    Thursday 3pm Year 2

   

  All children will be picked up from the library on these days - come to the front of the school!  Come and join the fun!

• Year 6 Teambuilding and map skills outdoor day

  Thu 15 Sep 2022

  Year 6 spent the day outside taking part in a number of team building activities and orienteering tasks. 

  

• Summer Reading Challenge 2022

  Mon 18 Jul 2022
  

• We celebrated the Jubilee

  Wed 01 Jun 2022

  We celebrated the Jubilee in school on Friday 27th May. 

  All children took part in activities related to the Queen and her reign. We then had a street party picnic with the whole school and we were very proud of the older children and how they sat with the younger children and helped them. 

   

  All the children in school helped make two collaborative Union Jack's for display using their hand prints. One for EYFS and Key Stage 1 and one for Key Stage 2. 

   

  The children took their Union Jack hats, books about the Queen's life and wildflower seeds home at the end of the day. 

  

• Reading Tea Parities

  Fri 13 May 2022

  Reading Tea Parities were help celebrate good reading at home ! Well done everyone that attended !

  Children enjoyed drinks and biscuits with Mrs Hill and Mr Foster. They all received a book mark and some children who had earned several raffle tickets received a book prize. 

• King Edwards Music Concert

  Sun 01 May 2022

  King Edwards visited Forestdale to play and talk about their music.  Children showed their increased knowledge of music and asked some thought provoking questions about the instruments and players!  A thoroughly enjoyable afternoon!

  

• Holiday Club at Easter

  Wed 23 Mar 2022

  Holiday Club at Easter – Year 1 to Year 6

   

  Monday 11^th April to Thursday 14^th April

   

  10am to 2pm

   

  Dear Parents,

   

  If your child receives Free School Meals there is an exciting Holiday Club being held at Forestdale School for four days during the Easter Holiday – it will be run by Premier Education.

   

  Places are limited so it will be on a first come first serve basis.  You will receive an email on Friday which gives you the link to the website to book your child’s place and the code you will need to confirm the booking.  You cannot book this through school.  Lunch will be provided although your child will need a water bottle.

   

  If this is a success, Premier Education will be running similar clubs in the Summer and at Christmas.

   

   

   

• Welcome back to Parents' Evening!

  Sun 13 Mar 2022

  It was lovely to see so many of you at Parents' Evening this week.  We will be rearranging Year 5 and Reception very soon - watch this space!  It was lovely to hear your positive feedback and there were some great responses to "If you could change one thing about the school...." I will be responding to those in the next newsletter - we need to work together to take the school forward.

   

  Mr Foster

  Acting Head Teacher