End of Year 6 Arrangements for Year 6

Dear Parents/Carers

 

It has been fantastic being able to welcome the Year Six children back to school before their transition to the various local secondary schools. The children have settled back extremely well, given the safety measures that have been put into place and the school day being different to what they were previously used to. We want the children’s last day to be a positive one, giving the children a chance to say goodbye to the teachers and some of their friends.

 

Due to the Government guidelines, we are unable to run a last day with the whole of the Year 6 cohort; the end of year arrangements will only involve the children in their Year 6 group. However, we feel strongly that this special time should be celebrated and recognised. Therefore, there will be three different days that we say goodbye to the children. Group A’s last day will be Wednesday 15 July; Group B’s will be Thursday 16 July and Group C’s is Thursday 9 July.

 

On the children’s last day, we will be running a few activities to make it special for them. They will also be receiving hoodies that this year have been specially donated by the Friends of the School (PTA), leavers’ certificates, leavers’ pen and the children will be able to bring in (not wear) their school shirt, which can be signed by the other children in a safe way.

 

We would usually be inviting the children to the popular leavers’ disco. This is something we still envisage to put on for the children when the government regulations permit, but as of yet we do not know a date for this - it won’t be until the next academic year. We will contact you via email.

 

You should have been refunded all monies paid to the school for the cancelled Osmington Bay trip. Please inform the office if this is not the case. You should also have received through the post your child’s annual report, which is in a reduced format due to the current situation where we have not been able to complete the academic year. Again, please inform the office if you have not received it. 

 

We are always very proud of the Year 6 children and even more so this year when faced with such challenging times. They have proven to be fun, resilient, determined and an engaging group of children that have made excellent progress, not just in year 6, but throughout their time at Mudeford Junior School. We will miss each and every one of them dearly but are confident that they will make a very successful transition to their new schools in the next academic year. We would like to take this opportunity to say goodbye to those parents who will also be leaving us. Thank you so much for all your help and support throughout your child’s time at school and in particular over the last few months.

 

We look forward to seeing you when you collect your child on each of their group’s last days over the coming weeks.

 

Stay safe and all the best

 

Mr L. Goodlet and Mrs K. Miller