Friday 2nd October 2026
Black History Month Activities
Dear Parent/Carer,
We are very excited to share with you some additional information around events taking place this October in celebration of Black History Month.
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🗓️ Monday 19 October – Visitor Alim Kamara – £5 contribution
Children across Year 1 to Year 6 will take part in a series of assemblies and workshops with rapper and storyteller Alim Kamora. During his visit, children will explore storytelling, African history and oral tradition in an interactive way. To find out more about Alim Kamora’s work visit www.storiestorie.com/
Parents/Carers are invited to join us for the first assembly at 9am
please register your interest to attend via our parents/carers visit form.
We are asking all families to make a £5 contribution towards the cost of this event, payments can be made via the Arbor App.
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🗓️ Thursday 22 October – International & Black History Celebration – 3.30pm – 4.30pm
To celebrate our diverse community, we are inviting our families to host a very special event! Everyone is encouraged to bring a delicious homemade dish for this occasion. To help us to understand where in the world your dish originates from we are asking for you to also provide a flag which should be drawn or made by children at home.
All dishes are welcome, whether sweet or savoury, however, we kindly ask that food brought does not contain nuts and that a list of ingredients is provided with each dish.
To help support our school to raise funds, we are suggesting a £15 stall fee for anyone wanting to sell their own products – this will be available to purchase via the Arbor App
Parent/Carer Volunteers are needed to make this event a success:
2.45pm: Families can bring their dish(es)and handmade flags to help with setting up.
3.30pm: Join us to taste fantastic dishes from around the world – remember to bring cash to buy dishes
4:00pm: We would greatly appreciate your help with tidying up and taking home any remaining food.
If you are able to cook a dish or assist with setting up, please follow this link or scan the QR code on the poster to let us know alternatively Ms. Robertson would love to hear about your delicious cooking and availability.
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We look forward to celebrating with you!
Yours Sincerely,
Samantha Robertson – Deputy Headteacher
