Issue 425: 19th May 2023

Dear Parents and Carers,

Our first full week in school for a while, and it has been great seeing the children enjoying the warmer days and getting out onto the field. It was lovely to see so many parents join our Year One children for their family learning session yesterday. These events are always a great opportunity for family members to get involved with school life and work alongside the children. 

Open Day

Yesterday, a letter was sent home giving details about our upcoming open day which will be on Wednesday 7^th June. We introduced this event last year as an opportunity for parents and carers to have a chance to look through the children's books, something we did when we had face-to-face parents' evenings. There is a link on the letter to Schoolcloud where you can book a thirty-minute slot to come into school, meet your children in the school hall, and they will bring their books with them to show off their work. I know we have already had many parents sign up for this event, please be quick as there are a limited number of spaces for each time slot. 

Goodbye to Mrs. Edwards

Mrs. Edwards has worked at Orton Wistow Primary School since 2011! She has had different roles in school during this time including being part of the senior leadership team and being the English lead. More recently, Mrs. Edwards has decreased her days with us over the past few years whilst her family grew, and she has now taken on a new role working for Bishop Grosseteste as a senior lecturer for the School of Teacher Development and this has become a full-time position. We will be sad to say goodbye to Mrs. Edwards, she has made significant contributions to the school and has been a colleague staff have enjoyed working alongside. We will wish her the best of luck in this exciting new role when she leaves in July. 

I hope you all have an enjoyable weekend. We will see you on Monday for our final week of this half-term.

Mr. Marks

Headteacher

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Each week, we publish the latest achievements of the children at Orton Wistow Primary School.

Sustrans Survey

We work with Sustrans who help us to promote sustainable travel.  If you have 10 minutes to spare, please could you fill out the survey as below.  If we have 25% or more parents complete it, we will be entered into a Prize Draw to win a £200 donation to FOWS.

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Celebrating Success 19.05.2023

Here at Orton Wistow Primary School, we recognise that success comes in all different shapes and sizes! We celebrate the children's achievements in school in the Achievements section of the newsletter and website.

Many of the children, however, are also achieving things outside of school.  We would like to recognise these successes too.

It might be that your child has passed a music or dance exam, gained a karate belt, starred in a show, volunteered, taken part in a sporting event, or done something that they didn't think was possible!

If you would like to share your child's achievements with us so that we can celebrate their success, please complete the Celebrating Success form which can be found on the school website. Contributions will be considered for inclusion in upcoming editions of the newsletter.

We look forward to hearing about your children's extracurricular achievements!

This Week's Successes

This child in Nightingales recently passed his Level 4 Swimming. Well Done!

Discover what is coming up in the OWPS Dining Car.

Read about what is happening in the local community.

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