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Issue Number: 16

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Happy New Year! 

Happy New Year everyone! I hope that you had an enjoyable break with lots of time with family and friends. I also hope that you were able to avoid the various viruses and illnesses that have been going around. The new year is always an exciting time, looking forward to what the year ahead has in store. Rodings is no exception, and we have lots of lovely things planned for the coming year. 

Although Mr Jinkerson is no stranger to us, I would like to officially welcome him in his new role as Deputy Head. He will continue to teach Toucans class part-time alongside Mrs Coates-Reynolds. As well as deputising when I am not on site, Mr Jinkerson's main responsibility will be for curriculum development. He has a wealth of knowledge that will improve the curriculum at Rodings even further. I look forward to you getting to know him more in his new post.

Fidget and Chews Toys

This week we have seen an increase in fidget and chew toys coming in from home, clearly a popular gift over Christmas. Fidget and chew toys have a really purposeful use when supporting children to concentrate and to feel comfortable in school. However, as a school, we do need to manage their use. For this reason, we ask that children don't bring their own toys in from home unless this has been agreed with the school. Otherwise, we will provide these support aids from the school's resources for those that need them. Thanks for your understanding. 

And Finally...

I want to say a huge thank you for your understanding today with the sudden closure of school due to our boilers breaking down. Closing school was the last thing I wanted to do, but with no hot water and the freezing temperatures, I was left with little choice.  I know this will have impacted your work and leisure plans, so I appreciate your understanding. 

Engineers are busy trying to rectify the problem as I type. I will keep you updated about any changes in the situation. We will do everything in our power to be open for Monday. 

Once again, thanks for your understanding and apologies for any inconvenience caused. 

Have a lovely weekend and keep warm! 


Mr Raraty 

Weekly Attendance 

Toast Week is back next week!

Make sure you book on the Arbor Shop for each child by Monday morning.

It is one of our favourite events of the year and the children love it.

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News from the Friends

Happy New Year!

We hope you all had a restful Christmas break and are excited for the New Year’s events. We have some exciting events coming up and hope to see lots of you there. For our upcoming events please see the poster below, please put these dates in your diaries so you don’t miss out. Your support at these event really does make a massive difference to the school.

Film Club

We started the year with our very popular film club on Wednesday and Thursday this week. We had over 150 students over the two day. All the children were very well behaved and we hope they all enjoyed the films.

Quiz Night

Our next event will be the very popular Rodings Quiz Night hosted by our quiz master extraordinaire, Mr Raraty. This will be held on the 14th March and is an adults only event so get that childcare organised now. More information will be released nearer the time but expect food, a licenced bar, great company and a chance to win some exciting prizes all while supporting our wonderful school.

Easy Fundraising

Thank you to all those that have already signed up to Easy Fundraising. Thanks to you we have already made over £455 just by you doing your shopping! This is such an easy why to support the school, please consider signing up now.

To sign up go to www.easyfundraising.org.uk - download the app or sign up on your browser. When signing up please select “Friends of Rodings Primary School” (there are a couple of other Rodings schools!). Once you are signed up you can access websites through the app or if shopping in your browser Easy Fundraising will ask you if you want to donate, this doesn’t make any difference to the cost of your shopping but a percentage of anything you spend will go directly to the school.

School Lottery

As some of you already know, we are a member of Your School Lottery. If you would like to support this you can sign up here: https://www.yourschoollottery.co.uk/lottery/school/rodings-primary-school. This is an easy way to support the school and you might be a winner!

If you would like to connect with us please follow us on social media: FB – Friends of Rodings Primary School, Instagram - @the_friends_of_rodings_school

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Lucy and Penny have both been working really hard and have been rewarded for their efforts. Lucy achieved a Distinction in her Grade 1 piano exam and Penny achieved her Level 2 and 10 meters award at swimming. Very proud of you both ??

Well done to both of you, we are very proud of you :-)

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Please check out the menu for some minor changes we have made.  Week 3 starts on 13th January.

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Toast week
All Day
From 13 Jan until 17 Jan
13
January
Young Voices
All Day
04
February
SEND Coffee Morning
9:00am – 10:00am
04
February
Break the Rules Day
All Day
07
February
Learning Consultations
3:30pm – 7:00pm
12
February
Learning Consultations
3:30pm – 5:30pm
13
February
Half Term
All Day
From 17 Feb until 21 Feb
17
February
INSET
All Day
24
February