Here you will find news, photographs and films of what has happened at our amazing school.

You can also read about what is being learned in the classrooms throughout the week as well as ways you can help your child / children at home.

If you have any comments or suggestions about how we can improve our newsletter please do send an email to Mr. Ringrose at neirin@balladen.org.uk or come and have a chat at school.

Thank you so much for your support!

Dear Parents and Carers,

First of all I would like to say a huge thank you to you for your support, encouragement and especially your generosity.

It was wonderful to see so many of you at our Christmas Fair on Tuesday. I am constantly amazed at how popular the tombola is! Thanks to your generosity we have raised over £1,000 which we will use to enhance all children's learning experiences. This would not have been possible without you and your amazing home baking skills! Thank you so much!

We have begun the Christmas season in earnest here at Balladen this week. The hall is being constantly used for rehearsals and I am sure that you are all looking forward to seeing your child / children in their performances. The tickets are now on sale. Tickets for the Infant production are limited for two weeks and then will be on general sale after this time. We have to comply with all health and safety regulations as well as ensure fairness to all families. This is why we do this and we ask for your understanding in this matter. Thank you.

It is always a privilege to show other around our school. One of the things that is always commented upon is the excellent behaviour of the children. Here at Balladen we have very high expectations of your children in academic and social areas. All within the community work extremely hard to ensure there is a solid foundation for learning and for having fun. Thank you to all of those with whom we are lucky enough to spend our time. Thank you!

On Wednesday we were fortunate enough to have Vision for Kids come to share our assembly. They were wonderful and we were all stunned by Matts expertise with the diablo! I think some children were inspired by him!

Thursday is dodgeball training day and this week it was Year 6 that spent their time learning and having fun. Year 6 were also lucky enough to go out with Mr Grime this week as well! Please do check our twitter page here to see some of the amazing things that happen around school!

Have a wonderful weekend. I look forward to seeing all of those Monday smiles!

With respect,

Mr Neil Ringrose

This week in English we are learning to record the Christmas Story.

This week in English we will be creating a non-chronological report, about toys in the past. This writing will be for our autumn term assessment.

In Religious Education we will be investigating the question

How do special stories teach worshippers and others?

This week in English we are learning to write a letter to persuade our school governor not to ban playtime with links to our healthy humans topic. We will continue to practise our hf words and use them in oral dictation. Our letter will be used for our writing assessment.

Please practise the words and songs for the show.

This week in English we are completing our writing assessment and we will then write stories inspired by Christmas films.

Please continue to practise your spellings - they are getting trickier.

Please continue to learn your times tables and division facts - we want you all to reach your targets!

Don't forget to continue to read on a daily basis.