We are all looking forward to our annual sports day being held on Wednesday 22nd May. Early Years and years 1 and 2 will be competing in the morning, years 3-6 in the afternoon. We hope that parents and carers are able to join us for a family picnic at lunchtime. Fingers crossed for good weather! 

On Monday, members of our School Council were invited to visit the Mayor at his Civic Offices in Fareham. We were delighted to attend. The children enjoyed a tour around the Mayor's Parlour, an introduction to what life might be like as Mayor, a question and answer session and they were even treated to squash and biscuits! We have now returned to school with lots of ideas about how to improve our own Council meetings. 

Despite other schools in the area closing, children at Redlands have been enjoying playing and learning in the snow. This morning we have used the excitement of the snow as a starting point for stories, poetry and fantastic science experiments! We have been very busy, but still found time to build snowmen and snow angels!

Did you see any aliens this week around the school? If you did, you must have been lucky enough to see our Nativity! Our KS1 and EYFS classes have been busy  performing to parents, governors and friends of the school. We are all really proud of their performance. Some cast members even visited Parker Meadows to share their costumes and songs with the residents. 

Our netball team made their debut against St. Anthony's last week. They proved themselves to be promising and resilient players! You can read full details of the match on our school blog.  

Thank you to everyone who filled a shoebox for our Christmas Shoebox Appeal. We had a fantastic response this year, collecting 77 boxes in total. They have now been collected and are on their way to help brighten up Christmas for many children around the world. 

Year 6 children are getting very excited about their five day residential trip to Osmington Bay in Dorset which takes place between 15 th and 19th October - starting today!! Then... zip wires, quad bikes, climbing walls and archery, amongst many other activities - no wonder the children are excited! Photos from last year's trip are on the gallery page and this year's will be up as soon as they return. Children will also be adding to the school blog which you can access via the link just on your left.

For every child that is entitled to free school meals, Redlands receives a "Pupil Premium" of £600 this year!
In the past twelve months we have used Pupil Premium to: pay for counselling and support for children who need it;
pay for additional teachers to do small group work and one to one tutoring; subsidise school trips and residentials;
provide free places at TJs Breakfast Club.
To check if you are entitled go to http://www3.hants.gov.uk/caterers/hc3s-freeschoolmeals
If you simply want a form you can ask to see Mr Harcombe who will deal with your request in private away from the busy main office.
When teachers call dinner register no one knows who is free and who pays - there should be no shame in claiming your entitlement and, remember, you are not just helping your child to a delicious and nutritious school lunch but you are helping the school too! 
Even if you don't actually eat the school meals (you can still bring packed lunch) the school gains £600 because you are entitled.   
CLAIM IT!