Today we were thrilled to welcome back all of our lovely children, some who have not been in school since December! Although everyone has worked so hard in live lessons & during home learning, nothing beats being back in class with friends & a real life teacher! Thank-you to all of our parents for working hard and persevering with home learning! We’ve got this now & your children are so happy to be back - you can take a break! 👍🏻🌈❤️

Yippee! 🥳😘💕All our wonderful children can return to school on Monday 8th March! This is fantastic news for us as a school community; school is the best place for all our children to learn & grow!
 

Thank you to all our parents who have supported us with all the home learning; you have done an amazing job! More information about start times etc....will follow! Keep an eye on the website for more information. 
 

We look forward to seeing you all again soon! ☺️💕☺️Love from Mrs F & Team OLSK

Today we bade a fond farewell to Mrs Foley! After 25 years moulding young minds with her care and compassion at OLSK she has now retired! The staff celebrated with a socially distanced afternoon tea in bubbles so that we could say a proper goodbye as a team! 🫖🧁☕️
We are all so sad to see her leave but we know that she will have her hands full in few weeks with the arrival of her first grandchildren, twin baby girls! 👶🏼👶🏼 
We wish her and Mr Foley a long and happy retirement together as they start this new chapter in their lives as Nanny and Grandad! God bless from all the staff and children, past and present, at OLSK! 👏🥳❤️ Xxx

Free School Meal - Food Hampers

Despite the current lockdown restrictions, your child is still entitled to receive a Free School Meal from week commencing 22nd February 2021, until the current lockdown finishes.  We have therefore arranged with Dolce to provide you with weekly food hampers.

  

If you wish take up this offer, you must email kevin.collett@dolce.co.uk by no later than 12pm on Wednesday 17th February) with your child's full name and their class. 

 

If you do not advise Dolce by 12pm on 17th February, then you will be unable to take advantage of the food hampers.  However, if you decide that you no longer want a food hamper, in order to avoid unnecessary food waste, please advise Kevin by email. 

 

The food hampers will be available for collection from the green school gates between 11:00-11:30pm on Tuesday 23rd February 2021. 

From week commencing 1st March, food hampers will be available for collection on Mondays between 11:00-11:30pm from the green school gates.  

For Children's Mental Health Week 2021 we will be encouraging children (and adults) to explore the different ways we can express ourselves, and the creative ways that we can share our feelings, our thoughts and our ideas. This year’s theme is ‘Express Yourself.’

 

Expressing yourself is about finding ways to share feelings, thoughts, or ideas, through creativity. This could be through art, music, writing and poetry, dance and drama, photography and film, and doing activities that make you feel good.

This morning, Susan from Operation Christmas Child rang school to say a HUGE thank-you to all of our families who filled in a box for Operation Christmas Child in December. 

 

She was amazed that of the 250,000 boxes that left the UK, 100 came from families at OLSK, and that didn't include the boxes that were filled online.

 

We are so proud of our contribution as a school, to this worthy cause and we are sure that wherever our boxes end up, the children who receive them will be overwhelmed to know that another family, thousands of miles away, is thinking of them and sending them love and kindness. 

 

Well done everyone!

We will be taking part in Team GB and ParalympicsGB's virtual Travel to Tokyo challenge!

 

We have turned each class into a Travel to Tokyo team and they will be making a 47,349 kilometre virtual journey around the world to reach Tokyo in time for the 2021 Olympic and Paralympic Games. All you need to do is get active as a family and record every bit of activity on the easy-to use Log Activity page. 

 

You can get started by trying some fun Travel to Tokyo activity ideas. All the physical activity your family does will count towards our team journey. You don’t need lots of equipment or space – playing in the park or having a dance off to your favourite song – if it gets your heart pumping, it all counts!

 

There will also be great prizes to win, like fitness trackers and Games hampers for the whole family.

 

You can keep track of our team's progress and check out the weekly prize on our School Dashboard. Select their team to see their journey across the world!

 

Let's see which class can make it to Tokyo first- there will be prizes!

 

Mr Hyde :)

Children can access a free book each week from the Oak Academy library to read online.  This week it is The Story of Tracey Beaker.  Please check out the website for more information:

https://library.thenational.academy