Dear families, What a fantastic last week of this year at Nelson Infant. Super final attendance too with four of our six classes smashing the 96% target. Very well done! We hope you all have a happy & healthy summer break, and for those returning in September, we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 4th September at the new start time of 8.30am. SILVER BIRCH class - 97.9% Sycamore class - 97.4% Beech class - 97.2% Cherry class - 96.5% Hazel class - 93.4% Rowan class - 93.3%

Dear families, We would like to wish all our families a happy, healthy and relaxing summer holiday! Good luck to all our Year 2's moving onto their new adventures at junior school - you will be amazing! Year 1's & Reception we can't wait to see you all again on Wednesday 4th September at the new start time of 8.30am, for another exciting year at Nelson, but for now enjoy the lovely summer break. Best wishes,

Dear families, We have had a super exciting week with lots of new experiences, new faces and outings. Attendance has been much improved too, so thank you to everyone for your continued efforts: Silver Birch are top of the league with a mighty 98.9%, closely followed by Sycamore & Beech classes with equally impressive 97..9% & 97.8% We hope you all have a fun and relaxing weekend, ready for Monday and our last week of this school year. SILVER BIRCH class - 98.9% Sycamore class - 97.9% Beech class - 97.8% Hazel class - 95.6% Rowan class - 95.2% Cherry class - 94.2%

We recently came to speak to your children about this year's Summer Reading Challenge, 'Marvellous Makers', taking place in libraries across Norfolk. The Summer Reading Challenge is a FREE holiday activity for children aged 4-11. It's all about reading for fun, aiming to improve children's reading skills and confidence. Children can read anything they like (really - anything!) and collect free rewards for their reading. For under 5s there is a mini challenge, so they don't miss out. Developed by The Reading Agency in partnership with Create, this year's challenge is all about being creative - in lots of different ways. Children can sign-up to the Summer Reading Challenge free of charge at their local library. They'll receive a free pack that follows the Marvellous Makers characters as they try to find creative objects that have gone missing. They can set their own reading goals, but we recommend they read six books across the summer- all of which must be library books! For every book they finish, they'll receive a sticker to add to their pack and once they complete the challenge, they'll be awarded a certificate and a medal. It’s a great opportunity to keep up with their reading over the summer and to visit your local library (especially if you’ve not visited in a while!). Most importantly: it’s FREE! There's more information about the challenge on our special library page: www.norfolk.gov.uk/article/40279/Summer-Reading-Challenge-2024 To find out more about Norfolk Libraries- including how to join and find your nearest branch- visit: www.norfolk.gov.uk/libraries-local-history-and-archives/libraries

Dear families, It looks like the virus we had circulating last week has passed now and our attendance has much improved this week, we have been very pleased to see lots of children return to school feeling themselves again. Outstanding attendance from Sycamore class this week with 100% - very well done! Silver Birch class have also smashed our 96% target with 96.5% - super effort. We hope you all have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you all on Monday. SYCAMORE CLASS - 100% Silver Birch class - 96.5% Cherry class - 92.9% Rowan class - 91.9% Beech class - 91.1% Hazel class - 89.3%

Dear families, Please find attached July's whole school newsletter along with information regarding summer clubs & events.

Thank you to everyone for your support and understanding of our temporary rule of 48 hours clear for any vomiting or diarrhoea, this will hopefully created a break in the chain and reduced the likelihood of the virus being passed on further. We will continue with our intensive cleans over the weekend and continue to promote good hand hygiene to all classes. With this we hope to return to our usual attendance levels next week. SILVER BIRCH CLASS - 95.5% Hazel class - 93% Rowan class - 90% Cherry class - 85.2% Beech class - 83.3% Sycamore class - 77.3%

Dear families, We are very excited to inform you that 'luminoustales' will be performing their show "The Witch and the Egg" to all children at Nelson Infant on Monday 8th July, as an (almost) end of year treat. Further details about the show can be found on the flyer attached. If you would prefer for your child not to watch the show, please inform a member of staff and they can arrange an alternative activity for the duration of the performance. Thank you.

Dear families, We wanted to say a massive THANK YOU to each and every one of you for your supporting and attending the school Summer Fair on Saturday. This year we raised a phenomenal £1,800!!! As always this money goes straight back into the school to enhance your child's learning and help to fund the extra curricular activities, such as paying for the coach on school trips, end of year/festive gifts and much more. Thank you also so much to all the parent/family helpers both on the day itself and in advance with kind donations, our PTFA who always out do themselves at each event, pupils for creating beautiful crafts to sell & staff for helping to run the fair itself. All your help and support is vital to allow these events to continue & is very much appreciated. Our book fair was also a hit last week, through your support and purchases we have £50 worth of free books for our school, from the Travelling Book Fair.

Dear families, Please see attached details of Big Norfolk Holiday Fun which is running from 22nd July - 3rd September this summer. Bookings are now open. www.everyonemove.uk