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OwlsOwls will be operating from Wednesday, 5 th September from 3.15pm until 5.30pm. Pleasepress the front door bell labelled Larks and Owls when collecting your child. Apart from inexceptional circumstances, children should always be collected by 5.30pm.After School ClubsAfter school clubs begin in the week commencing Monday, 10 th September. Due to thepopularity of football club we have employed an extra coach and consequently there are afew spaces left in this club that runs on a Tuesday for years 1 and 2 from 3.15 – 4.15pm;please contact Mrs Butler if you would like your child to attend.Parents collecting children from clubs should come round to the rear of the school throughthe Nursery gate.UniformChildren may return in winter or summer uniform. However, if girls are wearing summerdresses they should wear summer socks with them. If tights are preferred, please wearwinter uniform.Michaelmas Term CalendarA copy of this is attached. A hard copy will be sent home with your child on the first day ofterm. We have tried to make our calendar more user friendly and would be interested inyour feedback.This year, we are introducing Families’ Afternoons. These are to give our children theopportunity to show their grandparents or other relatives or family friends their school. Inthe Michaelmas Term it will be Year 2s turn and we have chosen the afternoon of theirassembly with the aim of combining events on a single day for your convenience. Due tospace limitations we have to limit the numbers for each child to 2 and would ask thatparents do not attend on this occasion! Further details will follow later in the term.Key Lent Term events for parents are published on the back page of the calendar.Improvements to The PelicanDuring the summer both school cloakrooms have been refitted and redecorated.The garden outside the Reception classrooms has been levelled and landscaped and mostexcitingly, the pond fencing has been removed and replaced with a sturdy grill. This willenable the children to observe pond‐life changes on a regular basis. The area around thepond will gradually be developed into a quiet, wildlife garden. We are most grateful to the