Thomas Reade Primary School

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Heads up from Mrs Day!

The forecast was correct and we have been enjoying the beautiful sunshine this week. Using the outside space is always great and I have loved seeing outdoor tennis lessons, maths investigations, science experiments, sharing books and the wonderful learning through play that happens in EYFS. Fingers and toes crossed it continues in the next few weeks. We were extremely lucky to have a visit from the Mayor of Abingdon this week, Cllr Gabby Barody. She joined us in assembly (with her escort - a grandparent of our Thomas Reade family) and spoke to the children about democracy and determination. The children asked insightful questions about her role as the mayor and she emailed to say the visit was ‘an honour and a privilege’. Our Reception and Nursery classes, along with Year 1 & 2 took part in a Perform Drama workshop on Tuesday which was well received by all. The hall was filled with the sounds of cheers and applause as the children worked on their performing skills and grew their confidence.

Thank you to everyone who has been attending our English course for parents. This has been a great opportunity to support English as an additional language and we have had a good uptake on the lessons. In further parent news, we have been working closely with the Mental Health Support Team and we are planning to hold parenting workshops on anxiety after the half term. We will keep you informed of the dates as soon as they are confirmed.

We apologise for the change in the date to our whole school sports day. I know how difficult it is to manage school events with work commitments and changing dates add a layer of difficulty to this. The new date in Monday 30th June and we hope that the weather is kind to us. Thank you for your understanding on this. The Saturday before this is our summer fete and I know that the School Association are already working hard to make it a special event. The information for our new Colour Run will be out next week which is very exciting!

Thank you, as always, for your continued support and I hope you all have a relaxing bank holiday weekend.

Pay it forward top up account available on Arbor.

In previous years, the school has been in a position to make some funding available to pay for school trips and activities for those children and families facing financial hardship. As the number of families in this group has risen and the national issues of school funding are hitting Thomas Reade, it is now no longer possible for the school to guarantee this facility going forwards. 

We firmly believe that every child in every class deserves the opportunity to benefit from all of these important enrichment experiences and are launching a pay-it-forward initiative to provide a mechanism for our community to come together and help support places on these school trips and activities so that no child is left behind. 

Any amount you can give will be used for a general 'pay it forward' fund to support places on school trips for families facing financial hardship. Payments to this account can be found on the front page of your parent portal under the accounts section where you can top up an amount of your choice. Please see below as an example:

Current Fundraising

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