Swimming Cancelled this week - Tuesday 27 Feb


Unfortunately the school pool will be closed on Monday and Tuesday next week due to maintenance. This means there will be no swimming next week (Tuesday 27 Feb) for Room 10.
We hope to return to our usual swimming timetable in week 5 on Tuesday 6 March).

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