St Michael’s Weekly Post
14th February 2025
Hazel class celebrated 100 days of being in year 1 yesterday! They spent the morning making cakes, biscuits and pizzas as well as decorating bunting before hosting their parents for a party in the afternoon. They have been counting the days as part of their maths learning and they all had a great time celebrating finally reaching 100!
Rossco the snake has grown longer and longer over the past week and is looking so colourful with all of the children’s rocks – thank you all for getting involved in this lovely project raising awareness for Children’s Mental Health week and positivity in general!
Birch continued their learning about the history of flight this week. The children have loved learning about the Wright Brothers and Bessie Coleman and have had a wonderful time making planes, inside and outside, as well as making themselves pilot licenses.
We hope you all have a wonderful half term break and we look forward to seeing the children back in school on Tuesday 25th February.
Brass Lessons
Please note that brass lessons will be on Friday 28th February because there is a TD day on Monday 24th. If any of the year 3 children who were learning cornet or baritone during the first half of the year would like to continue learning, Michele Lomas has a few spaces for new starters from Easter. If you would like any more information please contact Michele at michele.lomas.brass@gmail.com.
School Uniform
A reminder to please familiarise yourself with our school uniform section of the website. Earrings should be studs only and hair should be tied back with only blue hair accessories. PE shorts and trousers should be plain (no branding please), and jumpers/cardigans should be plain navy blue or with the St Michael’s logo, no hoodies please.
Poetry Slam – World Book Day, Thursday 6th March 2025
It is that time of the year when the classrooms and corridors of school will be filled with the sound of poetry being performed by all children! We will be holding our annual ‘Poetry Slam’ on World Book Day (Thursday 6th March) and we are wholeheartedly encouraging ALL children to enter, be it individually, in pairs or small groups. Please see the Weduc message for more information.
Picture News:
Story: Global retail giant, Amazon, has announced its first UK drone deliveries will take place in Darlington as part of a trial.
Question: Are drones the future of delivery?
Virtual Picture News: www.picture-news.co.uk/discuss
Message from the PTA
A huge thank you to all who attended the Burns’ Night event. We raised £1,248.66 which was absolutely fantastic! A big shout out needs to go to Fiona, Sam, Donna, Alex and Mhairi who did a lot of prep for the event beforehand and some serious hard work on the night – thank you so much!
Message from the Aldbourne Book Group:
Aldbourne Children’s Book Group is celebrating its 50th Birthday with a Birthday Party on the 22nd March with Korky Paul, and Winnie and Wilbur of course! We are offering 50 free places to any children aged between 6 and 10 who are not already members of the Book Group. Please email jowillbutt@gmail.com for more info.
Message from the Aldbourne Tennis Club
Please see below coaching sessions available from the Aldbourne Tennis Club. Please email aldbournetenniscoaching@gmail.com if you are interested or would like more information.
Mondays:
3.30-4.15pm (5-7year olds)
4.15-5pm (8-9 year olds)
5-5.45pm (10-11 year olds)
5.45-6.30pm (12 plus)
6.30pm (Adults)
Message from AYC
Tickets are still available for the AYC ball on Saturday 15th March, from 7pm-1am at the Ramsbury Brewery. If you have any questions please contact Georgie Littlewood on 07742 143560. Please also see the link to the silent auction.
Term 3
2025/2026 term dates are now available on our website. Please note there is one more TD day to be added on, a date to be confirmed, we will inform you when it is updated.
| Monday 17th– Friday 21st February | Half term break | Whole School |
Term 4
| Monday 24th February | TD Day (Children not in school) | Whole School |
| Wednesday 26th February | Hockey festival (8:45am drop off at Marlborough College, PE kit to be worn) | After school hockey club teams |
| Wednesday 26th February | No brass ensemble | Brass ensemble |
| Friday 28th February | Brass lessons | Brass students/Cherry |
| Thursday 6th March | World Book Day – Poetry Slam | Whole School |
| Friday 14th March | School Disco – more details to follow | Whole School |
| Tuesday 25th March | Rowan trip to Museum of Natural History & Pitt Rivers, Oxford | Rowan |
TD Days:
Monday 24th February 2025
Monday 23rd June 2025
Friday 24th July 2025
