2025 Summer #1

Welcome Back!

Welcome back! We hope you all had a restful and enjoyable Easter break. It’s been a great start to the summer term, with children returning eager and ready to engage in their learning.

Today, your child will be bringing home an overview of the learning they will be completing this half term. This is a helpful way for parents to understand what’s being taught and to support learning at home. Even simple conversations about what your child is learning can make a big difference, helping them embed new knowledge into their long-term memory.

We’ve also included the key dates for your diary for the summer term in today’s newsletter. There’s so much to look forward to this term, and we’re excited to see the fantastic progress the children will make.

This week, a group of Year 2 children had the opportunity to visit Arthog Outreach, accompanied by Miss Pugh and a parent helper. They had a wonderful time exploring the outdoors, taking on new challenges, and working together as a team. We were thrilled to hear that our children were described as the best group who attended – what an amazing piece of feedback to receive! We are incredibly proud of how they represented our school with such enthusiasm, respect, and responsibility.

As always, thank you for your continued support. If you ever have any questions or would like to speak to someone, please don’t hesitate to contact a member of staff in school.

Online Safety Newsletter

Please click on the link below for this month’s Online Safety Newsletter.

Online Safety Newsletter Primary May 2025_PDF_Coalbrookdale

Parent Online Safety Information Session – 7 May 2025

There is an online information session for parents next Wednesday 7 May (4.00pm – 4.45pm).  More information can be found in the poster below.

Online Safety May 2025

This is a valuable opportunity to find out more and ask any questions you may have.

The session will also highlight the importance of online safety, a vital topic in today’s digital world. As children increasingly engage with technology, it’s essential that we work together to help them stay safe, make informed choices, and develop healthy online habits.

Below is the link to access the session.

Please note:  This session is a repeat session (last delivered Jan 2025) so if parents/carers attended that session, then they don’t need to attend again.

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NzViMDEzNGEtYWM3Ni00MjkzLTg1ODAtZWI2Y2YyZDkwNmFh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22dcdb1ea5-3b10-49a2-bf8f-5fd59edcd762%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%225772fa8f-9814-4199-aef2-9195804f833e%22%7d

Attendees do not need to register, simply click on the link at the above time to access the session.  Cameras and voice/audio will be switched off for all attendees.  Attendees can ask questions by typing in the Q&A box, but this will be explained during the session.

The event will be streamed using Teams.  Attendees can watch the live event in:

• Teams app—desktop (Windows or Mac) or mobile. (The Teams app is free to download if attendees would like to do that beforehand).
• If you don’t have Teams you can access it via one of the following browsers – Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox.

As a reminder, this session will be recorded and will be subsequently shared so if you can’t make the live session you can watch it back at a time that is convenient to you.

Introducing the New Friends of Coalbrookdale

We’re delighted to introduce our new Friends of Coalbrookdale who have already made a fantastic start in supporting our fundraising efforts. A huge thank you to all the parents who are getting involved – we truly value your time and commitment in helping to enhance our curriculum and wider school offer for the children.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the outgoing members of the Friends of Coalbrookdale. Your voluntary service and dedicated support to the children over the years have made a lasting impact, and we are incredibly grateful for all you’ve done.

Please see below, a message from the new Friends of Coalbrookdale team, detailing information about upcoming fundraising events.

Friends News

The Friends of Coalbrookdale have some fun events for everyone to take part in during May.

Wonderlicious golden ticket chocolate bars

Hidden among the bars are five chocolate factory tour golden tickets and an array of other prizes.

Bars can be purchased online via the below link or send £2 per bar into school in a sealed envelope with your child’s name and class number on the outside. Sales will close at 8pm on Friday 16th May.

Bars will be distributed on Monday 19th May at the end of the day.

Friends of Coalbrookdale Wonderlicious golden ticket chocolate bars

Ice Cream van visit

On Wednesday 21st May the ice cream man is coming to school; each class will have the opportunity to visit and purchase an ice cream from the van in the last hour of school. Children will be required to have the exact change for their purchase. A price list will come out to children the week before his visit.

Summer term Friends meeting

Our summer term meeting will be held on Monday 12th May at the Whiteheart in Ironbridge, upstairs room (6.00 -7pm).

All are welcome, parents, family, teachers and local community.

We will be discussing and approving requests for funding from the school, proposals to be submitted to the school for 2025/26 school year fundraising events and co-opting a new trustee. We have space for one more trustee if anyone is interested in joining us on a more formal basis.

Thank you for your continuous support and we look forward to a fun filled May

The Friends

After School Clubs

Next week tennis (Tuesday; Years 3 – 6) and orienteering & team building (Wednesday; Years 1 – 6) start.

Multi-skills (Years 1 & 2) will start on the following Monday (12 May).

There are still spaces in tennis and multi-skills if your child would like to join.  Please click on the link below to sign them up.

https://forms.gle/HZvNz1ck13Tx19Gx7

Please return payment (cash or cheque (cheques should be made payable to Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge Primary School)) to the school office in a named envelope before the 1st session.

All clubs finish at 4.20pm

Moments Matter – Attendance Counts

Highest class attendance for week ending 11 April:  Year 5

Most improved class attendance from the previous week:  Year 2