Well done Middle Park! We have been awarded the Primary Quality Mark for the third successive time. This is an award that celebrates our continuous improvement in literacy and numeracy. We really impressed the awarding body with our vibrant classrooms, problem solving pupils and constant drive for high quality learning in all areas of literacy and numeracy within school.

This week we welcomed a professional photographer into school to capture our lovely children in action. The photographs will be used in our new prospectus, in large prints throughout the school and on the school website. We can’t wait to see the end results – Well done to all the children for being so gorgeous!

FS2 Gruffalo & Tango had a fantastic opportunity this term to work with a professional artist, Emmanuelle Camus. They took part in a Community Arts Project, along with Vista Fields Children’s Centre. The project took place over 3 days, where the children helped to create wind chimes and stunning ceramic garden accessories. Their fabulous creations are on display outside, at the front of Vista Fields Children’s Centre. Go and have a look! There will also be a public exhibition of the children’s work, along with the other schools that took part, at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich during the month of August.

The children in Years 5 and 6 have been thinking about e-safety and how important it is to be cautious online. This video showed them some of the many issues to be mindful of. Please keep talking to your children and monitor their internet use carefully.

Our dining room is looking pretty posh after a major re-branding of our catering team. The new ‘Incito’ brand has been launched and the children are already enjoying the extra healthy options and the new resources. I wonder if we have any mini-chefs ready to be inspired!!