As the end of term draws near there is so much going on I forgot again to enter my Blog last week. As I do this at home I have been unaware that the South West Grid for Learning have, for some reason that remains a mystery, filtered my Blog at school. I must get in touch with them as it means I can only write it at home and more importantly no one can read it in school.

Since my last news the year 4 children have visited their friends in Newham and had a great time by the sounds of it. The year 5 children went to Cullompton Community College for a Business Enterprise Day together with other schools in the Culm Valley. The year 6 have been very busy visiting Uffculme to meet their tutors for next year and experiencing life after Kentisbeare. The year 6 also had a barbecue and 'sleepover' in the school and went off for an equally tiring day at Woodlands the next day. I went along to the latter and although I spent most of my time drinking coffee and people watching it was great just to 'escape' from school for a while. This has been a very busy year and this is probably one of the few days I have had out that wasn't a meeting or training.

The Ofsted report went out this week and we are all very pleased with the outcome. There are obviously areas to work on but there were no surprises. The Lead Inspector was very complimentary with regard to our plans for curriculum development and praised our active participation with the wider community and cultural diversity. Our commitment to sport and the well-being of our children was also praised highly.

I am very proud to be part of Kentisbeare school and its community and part of a strong team which includes governors, staff, parents and of course the children.

Lots happening again next week.

Tracey Hailey