Court Farm Primary School

Events Summer 2018

Class assemblies

You are all welcome to attend our class assemblies this term. They will be held at 9.00 on Wednesday mornings.

Wednesday 23rd  May - Year 2

Wednesday 28th June - Year 1

Author visits

We have two author visits booked for this term to inspire our children to read and write. On Wednesday 18th April James Bishop will be visiting us - he won a writing competition on the tv show Lorraine and his book, Iguana Boy has just been released. On Monday 30th April, Eamonn Reilly will be in school to talk about his life as a writer. Both authors will be selling and signing copies of their books.

Enabling Enterprise

We will be running enterprise activities again this year with each class  running their own project. Every class will be working on an enterprise scheme and running their own business. We are working with Enabling Enterprise and looking forward to seeing how business minded our pupils are. Year 4 will also be having an extra enterprise day run by Enabling Enterprise on Thursday 26th April called Moonbase.

Open Evening

We will be holding an end of year open evening on Thursday 5th July. This will be an opportuninty for you to come and look at your child's work for the year and meet their teacher for next year.

Awards Evening

This year we will be holding our Year 6 Awards Evening on Wednesday 18th July at 6.00. This is an opportunity for us to celebrate the successes of the children in Year 6 during their time at Court Farm School. The evening will begin with the awards and then the children will stay for a disco. We look forward to seeing you all there.

Events Spring 2018

Easter celebrations

On Thursday 29th March at 2.00 we will be holding our traditional Easter assembly. Children in EYFS and KS1 are asked to make an Easter bonnet and bring it in to school for the parade during the assembly. KS2 children are invited to make their egg art models. We look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible.

Class Assemblies

This term there will be two class assemblies to share with our school community and you are all most welcome to attend. They will take place on Wednesday at 9.00 in the school hall.

Wednesday 7th February - Year 4

Wednesday 14th March - Year 3

Parents' Evening

Parent's evening  this term will be on Thursday 15th March and an appointment system will be used. This will be a chance for you to discuss your child's targets for this term and how you can support them at home. This will take place in the hall again.

Community Police Workshops

We are continuing to  work closely with our Community Police Support  Officers and they will be coming in on a number of occasions this term covering workshops on internet safety, stranger danger, road safety, anti-social behaviour and knife crime.

Events Autumn 2017

Class Assemblies

This term there will be two class assemblies to share with our school community and you are all most welcome to attend. They will take place on Wednesday at 9.00 in the school hall.

Wednesday 18th October - Year 6

Wednesday 22nd October - Year 5

Christmas Events

Tuesday 5th December          Y3/4 to Old Rep

Wednesday 6th December    Y5/6 to Lichfield Garrick

Thursday 14th December        Christmas Dinner

Tuesday 19th December          KS2 Carol Concert

Wednesday 20th December   KS1 play 2.00

Thursday 21st  December       EYFS nativity 2.00

Secondary Transfer

On Wednesday 18th October we will be holding a drop in session for any parents in Year 6 who would like help or advice in filling in secondary transfer forms. PLease come to the office and see Miss Kerman.

Parents' Evening

Our first Parent's evening for this year will be on Wednesday 18th October and an appointment system will be used like last year. This will be a chance for you to discuss your child's targets for this term and how you can support them at home. This will take place in the hall again.

Multi-Faith Week

During the week beginning the 16th October each class will be studying a different faith during our multi-faith week. The children will be learning about the celebrations, sacred texts, places of worship and symbols and artefacts associated with their faith.

Roald Dahl Day

On Wednesday 13th September the children will be exploring the life and books of Roald Dahl through a range of exciting activities.

School closures

School is closed on Thursday 3rd May for local elections and Monday 7th May for Bank Holiday.

Sport

Competitions this term:

Thursday 26th April KS1 Y5/6 Rugby 

Monday 14th May Y5/6 tri-golf 

Thursday 17th May Y2 5-a-side football

Thursday 7th June Y5/6 rounders

Monday 11th June Commonwealth Games @ Erdington Academy

Thursday 28th June Y5 Cricket @Walmley Cricket Club

Bikeability

On Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd July there will be a bikeability course in school for a group of children from Y3/4/5

Class Photos

End of year class photos and Year 6 leavers photos will be taken on Tuesday 19th June.

Reception Graduation

As our Reception class come to  the end of this year we they will be having a graduation for them on Monday 16th July at 2.00 in the hall. You are all invited to attend.

Leavers' Assembly

Year 6 will be performing their Leavers' Assembly at 2.00 on Thursday 19th July. We hope that you can come and join us to celebrate their time at Court Farm.

Sport

Competitions this term:

Monday 5th March KS1 Indoor athletics at St Edmund Campion

Monday 19th March Y3/4 Indoor athletics at St Edmund Campion

During  the week beginning the 19th March we will be holding a number of activities for Sport Relief.

World Book Day

We will be celebrating World Book day on Thursday 1st March and we are asking children to come to school dressed as a book character. During the day children will move to different teachers within their phase group to do book activities.

Health Week

The week beginning the 29th January is health week in school and the Life caravan will be visiting us on the Thursday and Friday of that week.

Anti-bullying Production

On Friday 26th January the whole school will watch an anti-bullying production in the hall.

Trips/Experiences

Year 1

Toy experience - Friday 13th October

 Greek Orthodox Church - Friday 20th October

Snowdome - Friday 24th November

Year 2

Locksmith's House - Friday 29th September

 Guru Nanak Nishkam Temple - Wednesday 18th October

Cinema - Monday 20th November

Year 3 

Birmingham Airport - Friday 22 September

Hindu Temple - Thursday 19th October

Year 4

Selly Manor - Wednesday 15th November

Year 5

Sea Life Centre Thursday 19th October

Year 6

Condover Hall residential - Monday 2nd - 4th October

Enabling Enterprise visit - Friday 6th October

Aston Mosque - Thursday 19th October

Space Centre - Thursday 16th November

Head Boy & Head Girl

During the first two weeks of October the children in Year 6 will be applying for the position of Head Boy and Head Girl. On Tuesday 17th October the final three boy and girl candidates will be making their speeches to the whole school hoping to get their votes later in the day.

Reception Intake 2018

We will be holding two open sessions for you to come and have a look around the school and speak to staff if your child is due to start school in September 2018. They will be held on Tuesday 10th October 9.30 -11.30 and Friday 20th October 1.30 -3.00.

Meet and Greet

Class teachers will be holding a short meeting in their classrooms after school for you to meet them and receive any information about the upcoming year.

Thursday 14th September Y4

Monday 18th September Y2

Tuesday 19th September Y1

Wednesday 20th September Y3

Thursday 21st September Y6

Friday 22nd September Y5

Easter Bonnet Parade and Egg Challenge

On Friday 7th April we are having our Easter Bonnet Parade at 2:15pm. We have asked all children in reception, years 1 and years 2 to bring in a home made Easter Bonnet. Children in years 3, 4, 5 and 6 have been challenged to create something wild and wacky with eggs... come back soon for pictures of the winners.