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Please scroll through and look at all the amazing enrichment opportunities the children have at Lady Bay Primary School.

• Be Ready – Lady Bay going to Wembley

  Thu 07 May 2026

  As you will no doubt be aware, the boys’ football team have had an incredible season and remain unbeaten. Winning the regional finals in March booked their place playing at Wembley on Monday 25^th May. The EFL have said that they can pay £850 towards the transport costs. However, the coach there and back is going to cost us £2000. We are hoping over the next couple of weeks to run a fundraising event to try to support the cost for the parents. If you are in a position to support these, please do. In addition to this, we have set up a JustGiving page which Notts County have agreed to share on their channels. If you are in a postion to be able to help and wold like to do so, the link is below. Thank you in advance from the boys as they are very excited to go. https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ladybay-primaryschoolwembley

  In addition to this, they played Ruddington St Peters in the Rushcliffe Large School cup on Monday. The boys were excellent again. They convincingly won the game 3-0 and are now in both school cup semi-finals. Well done boys.

  

• Growing together – OPAL

  Thu 07 May 2026

  We were very excited this week to welcome the parents in to hear about the benefits of OPAL play and to have some time seeing how lunchtimes are set up and to play with their children. Thank you to the Behaviour and Curriculum leaders who also spoke to the parents about their experience of OPAL on the day. It was a really positive event and we had really food attendance on both days. It was also great to speak to parents as they were exploring the playgrounds and to hear what they thought. Thank you to all the parents who took the time to fill in the feedback book too. There were so many amazing comments and it shows how much everyone is valuing high quality play at Lady Bay.   

  

• Growing together - Community Art Project

  Thu 07 May 2026

  All the children are taking part in a community art project over the next two weeks. The children are all designing links which are going to be fastened together to create a long chain. The chain will be used to decorate the new pedestrian bridge when it is opened. We really enjoy engaging with the team from the Arts trail and we looking forward to the trail weekend.

  

• Caring for each other – Guide Dogs fundraising

  Thu 07 May 2026

  A huge well done and good luck to Ollie for his upcoming charity bide. Ollie usually rides 5 miles but he is extending this to a 33-mile ride for charity. Ollie will be cycling back form Grantham along the canal. He has been so inspired by Terry coming in to talk to the children that he is raising money for the Guide Dogs. Ollie had a target of £200 but has smashed that and is already on over £550. Go Ollie!!

  

• Caring for each other – RSPCA fundraising

  Thu 07 May 2026

  Well done to the girls in year 6 who set up a bake sale outside their house to raise money for the RSPCA. The girls were very proud to riase £92 for the RSPCA and were invited into the centre to pick up their certificates. Well done girls – another amazing effort.

  

• Be Ready – year 5 making bread

  Thu 07 May 2026

  The children in year 5 had a great time this week making bread. This was part of their Greek food topic. The children learnt how to make pitta breads. They worked collaboratively to follow the instructions and the outcomes were brilliant. This leads into their topic on Ancient Greeks for history and myths for English. Well done year 5 – looks delicious.

  

• Be Kind – Assembly this week

  Thu 07 May 2026

  This week, our senior leader assembly was focussed on the positive and negative impacts of screen time. As you can imagine, lots of children had a view on this and it sparked a really good discussion in the assembly. We thought about the positives that using screens can bring. The main positives were: using it for research, watching something to find out more about a subject that you enjoy, for talking and playing with friends and helps when they are bored. The main drawbacks were: the impact on your eyes, people spending too much time on them and becoming addicted. George, in year 3, stated, “Too much screen time can affect your eyes and can mean you don’t go out and play with your friends’.

  

• Be Ready – Foundation trip to Manor Far

  Thu 23 Apr 2026

  The children in Foundation went on a fantastic trip to Manor Farm to support their topic of ‘On the Farm’. The children met lots of different animals you would expect to see on a farm and they met a snake too. They also watched a bird of prey demonstration which they all thoroughly enjoyed. A super way to enrich the topic. Thank you to the staff for organising and to the parent helpers who came to support the trip.

  

• Be Ready – year 4 trip to the Mosque

  Thu 23 Apr 2026

  As part of our unique offering, our children attend a different faith centre each year through their journey at Lady Bay Primary. This is a great way to bring Religious Education to life and to see what people from that faith do whilst at their faith centre. In year 4, the children visit a Mosque. Whilst at the Mosque, the Iman gave a talk on the 5 pillars of Islam, what a pilgrimage is and how Muslims pray at the Mosque. The children were incredibly respectful and asked fantastic questions. It was a great way to reinforce their understanding and bring learning to life.

  

• Caring for the environment – David Attenborough turning 100

  Thu 23 Apr 2026

  The Eco committee met before Easter to reflect on what they had achieved so far and what their next steps were. They decided that they wanted to celebrate the fact that David Attenborough was turning 100. Please see below (and attached) their plans -