Superstars and Courtesy Badges - 2nd October 2020

02 October 2020

This week's Super Stars' and Courtesy Badge winners:

	Super Star	Courtesy badge
RE	Magnus S	Fikayo M
RG	Samuel F	Primrose M-B
1T	Dunni T	Ellie-Rose J
2MD	Ryleigh B-T	Amy J
2C	Calum B Abiola A	Elsa B

To watch the Super Star's assembly, please view through your child's Microsoft Teams page.

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