I love the variety a week throws up: tonight, it’s a parents consultation evening, tomorrow our talent show returns, and Friday it’s Red Nose Day!
Yes, it is never dull at The St Lawrence Academy. I’m so pleased we’re hosting such events and our young people are getting the rounded education they deserve.
It is the first consultation evening for Year 7 parents tonight between 4pm and 6.30pm, enabling them to talk to staff about their child’s progress.
If you have not done so already, please click here and confirm your attendance on a simple form.
The TLSA Talent Show returns tomorrow evening for the first time in three years. It will run in Westaby Hall between 4 and 5pm with tickets costing £1 (available via ParentPay) with money raised going to Comic Relief.
We have 11 wonderful acts, full of variety, and yours truly is one of the judges.
I know it is going to be humorous, entertaining and an event where the whole school community can come together to support and admire talents outside the classroom.
Good luck to all our star performers.
We follow that with more fundraising for Comic Relief on Friday, Red Nose Day. It is an exceptionally good cause and a fantastic chance to help others who are less fortunate.
Another event I’d like to highlight is our first Easter Community Café, taking place on Thursday, 31st March.
It is going to take the same format as the brilliant Christmas Community Café.
It will run between 3.15 and 4.15pm in the atrium and offers an opportunity for any member of the community to experience the Academy’s special atmosphere.
Visitors will be able to take part in Easter crafts, led by our students, and see some live performances by our singing group.
The cafe also offers a chance to pop along for a chat with our young people, the staff team and other visitors and enjoy light refreshments.
The event offers a really good opportunity to finish the term on a real high.
Time is passing by quickly and parents / carers have been in touch about next year’s term dates so they can look to book holidays. They have been published here.
Every parent / carer should have had an email with details to log on to the new Arbor communications app.
From next week, we will be pushing lots of event details through the app, including start and finish times and other information that will help parents / carers. It is a way they can message us directly.
Please don’t worry if you have not received the email about Arbor but do get in touch and we will sort it out.
In the longer term, it will be where we post a child’s progress, including their reports.
Finally, the letters to September’s new Year 7 parents will be landing on doormats over the next day or two.
It is always great to have new people joining our Academy community. Parents / carers whose children left years ago still read about what is happening here, offering help and advice.
It is something I welcome. It all adds to that variety.
