Due to the expected number of children from 5M going to the Cross Country event on Tuesday 10th October, 5M’s Forest School Afternoon has been rescheduled to Friday 13th October that week to ensure that all children in the class can take part in Forest School.

Please can we ask all parents and carers of Year 5 children to check their hair for head lice.  This is important for pupil wellbeing and health.

Advice can be found here: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/head-lice-and-nits/

We have a great first two days in 5M. The children have all settled excellently and have got back into the routine of school very quickly.

So far, we have focused on our British Values. We have looked at Individual Liberty and the rights we have as humans. We also looked at Democracy when the children voted for our School Councillors for 5M. Congratulations to Fayed and Eva on representing our class!

Today, we have looked at Tolerance and Mutual Respect, identifying our differences and being proud of them and proud of each other.  We also looked at the countries of Europe in Geography and the children impressed me with their fantastic mapping skills.

I also had the pleasure in announcing that Macie, Scarlett, Leon and Willow were chosen to be Librarians for Year 5, I know the 4 of them will do an excellent job.

Pictures will follow tomorrow of our first week. If you need to contact me, my email is

thomas.marsh@taw.org.uk.