Dear Parents, Staff and Governors,

Parent/Governor AGM - The time of the meeting next Wednesday, 30th June, has changed to 5.0Op.m. Mr. Chris Chamberlain, the new Head Teacher, will be present. Charmian Shepherd, Portfolio Holder for Education, will be presenting me with a long-service award in recognition of my 31 years with Gloucestershire LEA. Each family should have received a copy of the Annual Report & an invitation to the meeting. Please note the following amendments to the contents of the report:

. Page 2 should state that it is written by Mrs. Sue Hillier-Richardson, Chair of Governors. Page 3 Natasha Barnett should have ICT under her responsibility instead of Newly Qualified Teacher.

. Page 12 under netball it should read boys & girls.

We are grateful to the Gloucestershire Echo for permission to publish articles from their publications.

Rugby - On Monday afternoon our Y5 team finished second in a tournament at the Prince of Wales Stadium. They played well to win one & draw 3 matches. Results were won 1-0 v Andoversford, drew 2-2 with Cleeve & Gotherington & drew 1-1 with Shurdington. Well done to the team: Calum Armstrong, Jacob Dutton-Keen, Ross Evans, Joe Geagan (Capt), Louis Kershaw, Aaron Lewis, Amy Slade, Matthew Th0mas, Steven Trinder & Luke Wellfair.

Cricket League Winners - On Tuesday, we won our league with a fine win against Dunalley Primary School by 249 runs for 2 wickets to their 240 for 4 wickets. Our good bow1i:ng display looked as if it was in vain until Matthew Adair (Y6) batted impressively in the last over to score 16 runs. This result meant that we are the unbeaten league winners & we move on to play in the Cheltenham finals. Yesterday we played in the Cheltenham Primary Schools' Knockout trophy at the Victoria Ground. After a good win against Holy Trinity we were unconvincing when losing against both Richard Pates, & Prestbury St. Mary's.

Cheltenham & District Athletics - On Thursday we took part in the Cheltenham field events at Lakeside Primary School. We await the final results.

Football - This afternoon our girls' team is taking part in a Cleeve Colts football 7-a-side tournament at Kayte Lane.

Swimming Awards - We congratulate the following Y4 children who were presented with swimming awards in Tuesday's assembly:'

. Silver Challenge - Liam Hampton

. 200metres - Matthew Bailey, Craig Cameron, Emilia Fuorvito, Lee Freydanck, Sam

Green, Amal Mistry, Todd Slaughter & Ashley Warren

. 100 metres - Robyn Fretwell, Louis Hyde & Samuel Lewis

. 50 metres - Isabella Hillier-Richardson, Beth Langdon, Richard Smith, Jamie Styman,

Alice Thursfield & Ryan Watling

. 25 metres - Yasmin Safavi & Philippa Skinner

Tree Lopping - Thank you to those parents who assisted one of our governors, Clark Miller, last Saturday.

Friends of the School

June Fair - We hope that the weather will stay fine for our June Fair tomorrow. We hope that you will give the event your full support & we look forward to a successful afternoon.

5-a-side Football Tournament - We welcome 10 teams into the competition tomorrow starting at 1.45p.m. The fixtures will be as follows:

Programme Designs - The Friends would like to thank the children for their lovely designs. There were some fantastic drawings & it was very hard to choose a winner from each class. The prize winners are listed below:

100 Club - The £30 winner for June was number 37 Adam Slaughter.

Competition Winners - Sainsbury?s have recently run a Euro-Championship art competition. Dannielle Hopkins has won first prize (England T-shirt, Singing Lion, Michael Qwen Bubble Bath & leather football) & Lauren Fennell runner-up (leather football). The school has won a Coca-Cola Sports' Day Kit.

Music Workshops - Some of our pupils are taking part in workshops next week at the Town Hall from 9.30a.m. to 2.3Op.m:

. Monday - Strings' workshop

. Wednesday - Brass workshop

Conservation - On Monday, as part of their project, the Year 1 classes will be releasing

painted lady butterflies into the wild. Apparently, the Gloucestershire Echo has recently run

an article on the demise of butterflies in the area. It is hoped that the photographer will be present.

Course Attendance - The following staff are on courses next week:

. Monday 28th June - Mrs. Wendy Berry is conducting performance management in school; Ms. Emma Margetts is covering her class.

. Monday 28th June - Mrs. Kate Dimmer is on a Literacy INSET day in school; Miss Dawn Atkinson will cover the class.

. Tuesday 29th June - Mr. Paul Edwards on a Sports' course; Miss Dawn Atkinson is covering his class.

. Tuesday 2tjh June - Mrs. Doreen Humphries on a PSHE course; Mrs. Bev Atiyah is covering.

. Wednesday 3dh June - Mrs. Kate Dimmer on a literacy course; Mrs_Bev_Atiyah is covering.

. Wednesday 30th June - Miss 0' Sullivan on a Reception/Y1 Transition course; Ms. Emma Margetts covering.

Life Education Centre - Next Wednesday, Thursday_& Friday we welcome the mobile classroom into school that will be the centre for drug and health education for the Junior classes. Parents should have received an invitation to visit the van on Thursday morning between 8.50 & 9.05a.m.

Educational Visits - Next Tuesday the Year 3 classes are visiting the Plump Hill Nature Centre in the Forest of Dean as part of their natural history programme of work. On Wednesday, the Reception classes are visiting Hayles Fruit farm as part of their studies on Food. On Thursday afternoon, our Year 5 classes are spending the afternoon at the Pittville School Science & Mathematics Fair.

Yours sincerely,