Dear Parents and Carers,

We come to the end of our final full week of the academic year - where has the time gone? So much has been achieved yet equally it feels as though the last ten months have flown by in an instant. 

The highlight of my week this week would have to be the Year Six production! It is always a date in the calendar which fills all of us with so much joy: children, families and staff alike. The sense of pride and excitement was really evident and I know for the Year Six staff team, the weeks of hard work, dedication, and teamwork coming together brought more than just a few happy tears. I would like to extend a thanks to all of our families who were in attendance: you were a superb audience and thanks to those who made a point of sharing how much they enjoyed the show. For our Year Six children and families, we now look forward to next Wednesday and our annual Leavers' Assembly when we will say a final goodbye to the children.

Today you will be receiving your child's school report. This contains a highly personalised one page summary of your child as a learner as well as their attainment levels as they currently stand. For those of you with children in year groups where statutory assessments have taken place, the results of these will also be shared with you. As always, we have done our best to ensure the results are as easy to understand as possible; however, should you have any questions regarding what they indicate about your child's progress and attainment, please do speak to your child's class teacher. I fully appreciate that statutory assessment results are not always straightforward to make sense of for those of you who do not work in education, so I want to ensure you have that clarification. 

Whilst the children and staff are having a well-earned break over the summer holidays, there is still a lot of work planned  over the summer here at De Hav. We are continuing with the gradual refurbishment of the children's toilets, replacing several carpets, painting, upgrading some of our play equipment and laying some new astro-turf! Needless to say, we are grateful for Mr. Briggs's hard work and organisation in ensuring these jobs are booked in whilst school is closed. 

There will be a final newsletter of the year next Wednesday which will include the final 'special' special mentions of the year as well as some words to celebrate the impact of the staff members who are sadly leaving us. Until then, I wish you a very pleasant few days.

Mr. Bostock