Please note that there are NO before or after school intervention groups this week.

We were hoping to hold our end of year assembly outside and be open to all parents – but due to the hot weather we are going to have to hold it in the hall.  Therefore we will have to limit numbers due to capacity, and so will be for Year 6 parents only.

Ditton Priors is currently forecast to have top temperatures of about 38 degrees next week so we would like to remind parents of the importance of ensuring all children have sun screen protection, as well as a sun-hat and water bottle.  We are also suggesting that children wear their P.E. uniform (shorts and t-shirts) so that they are cooler.

We will be encouraging children to drink regularly throughout the day and to refill waterbottles when needed.

The Fireflies/Grasshoppers beach party is now taking place first thing on Monday morning to avoid the higher temperatures.

In the face of rising costs, we are having to raise the cost of a school meal from September to £2.50.  This is the first increase for many years, and will ensure that we can still provide good quality meals made with fresh produce.

We are looking forwards to welcoming parents, family and friends to watch the first performance of ‘Shakespeare Rocks’ by our KS2 children!  The doors will open at 1:40pm and we kindly ask that parents remain seated for the duration of the performance and also use all available chairs (please don’t leave empty chairs within a row).

We hope you enjoy the show!

A necklace has been handed into the school office which was found on the car park today. If you think this could be yours, please call by the office.

Please note that there is a change of menu on the last day of term – as a special treat it will be hotdogs, chips and baked beans or peas, with jelly and ice cream!

Please can all children ensure they have had sun screen applied before coming to school, and also ensure they bring a sun hat and full water bottle to school.

We have received the following e-mail from Severn Valley as the baton will be travelling on the Railway on Saturday 23rd July from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth and they thought that some of our families may be interested –

Good afternoon,

I hope you’re well.

We have the Queen’s Baton Relay for the Commonwealth Games coming to the Severn Valley Railway on Saturday 23rd July and we’d like to invite as many local people as possible to see the purple engine, Elizabeth II, and the baton travel along the tracks from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth.

We’re providing free entry to our stations for you see it:
– Bewdley Station at 10.22am
– Arley Station at 10.37am
– Highley Station at 10.47am
– Hampton Loade Station at 11.00am
More info can be found here: https://www.svr.co.uk/events/birmingham-2022-queens-baton-relay/

If you want to see the baton at Kidderminster, a space on the station concourse has to be reserved using the link above.

Can you share this with your children’s parents please? We’d love to see you wave the train through.

Thank you 

Kindest regards,

Lewis Maddox
Events Manager

Good Morning!  We have carried out a risk assessment and Sports Day is going ahead – we are just hoping the weather forecast is right and we manage to avoid any heavy rain showers this morning!

The gates will open for parents at 9.45am and races start at 10am.

We are hoping the picnic lunch will still be able to go ahead, but be prepared that this may have to be cancelled if the weather changes.

The school photographer will be collecting any orders for Class photographs on Thursday. Please could you send in any orders by Wednesday afternoon at the latest. Thank you.

Please check your emails and child’s bag, as letters informing you of the procedures for our upcoming Parent Feedback Appointments are being sent out today.

The appointments are on Thursday 7th July:

2 – 5pm for year 1 Fireflies (Reception Parents receive a written report instead to summarise end of the Early Years Curriculum attainment).

1 – 7pm for all other classes.

Please note, that due to the Scorpions Residential there will be no Well Done Assembly this Friday – 24th June.

Due to a clash with secondary school Year 7 transition days, that we have only just been informed of, we are having to rearrange our Sports Day to Wednesday 29th June, 10am to Noon.

We do apologise for any inconvenience, but it is important that our year 6 pupils get the opportunity to participate in their last Sports Day – especially following the disruption of the past two years.

We will be asking secondary schools to keep us more informed of these events in the future, so that we can plan our summer events without clashing.