Friday 02 October 2026

It has been a wonderful week at school, and it has been fantastic to see so many parents back in our building, working in partnership with us to support and celebrate our children. Your involvement makes a massive difference.

Working in Partnership:

It was great to have so many of you join the Year 5 & 6 CLIC sessions on Monday, we hope you enjoyed them (and well done to the teachers for adapting to the lack of internet!) It was so heartwarming to watch our oldest and youngest students sharing their new friendships in our Reception & Year 6 Buddy Assemblies and we were delighted to welcome Hedgehog's Class parents into the dining hall to share a lunchtime experience with the children.

We are always looking to further develop our strong partnerships and a great opportunity to do this is through our Parent Forum. If you would like to help shape our school community, do come along. The next meetings are on the following dates: Our upcoming meeting dates are:

•13 October 2026, 14:00

• 12 November 2026, 09:00

Our 'Jupiter Choices'

In our whole-school assembly this week, we revisited our Jupiter Choices framework. This is a practical set of tools that aim to give the children skills to help them resolve smaller, everyday problems independently. It has been wonderful to see the children applying these skills in the playground and around the school. Please see the attached information for further details on how you can reinforce these positive choices and tools at home.

Harvest Festival & Year 5 Assembly

Next week is our annual Harvest Collection. We welcome donations to support our local community - please refer to the letter sent out yesterday for specific item requests and drop-off points. We are also very much looking forward to our Year 5 Harvest Assembly on Friday 9th October at 9:15. All Year 5 parents and carers are warmly invited to attend.

Parking

Please remember to park carefully outside the school at the start and end of each day to help keep everyone safe. Also, please be mindful of our wonderful neighbours and do not block drives and entrances.

Finally, another sad farewell today as we say goodbye to Mrs Sutherland who leaves our school today after being part of our team for many years. We are very sad to see her go but Mrs Sutherland is leaving to pursue a new challenge outside of education. We will really miss her and I am sure you would want to join me in saying a huge thank you as we say goodbye.

Thank you for your continued support and collaboration. Have a wonderful weekend ahead.

Warm regards,

Mr. Robinson

Headteacher

Upcoming dates

Monday 5 October

Black History Month

Monday 12 October

Rec CLIC 2.40-3.10

Tuesday 13 October

Y3/Y4 CLIC 9am-9.45am

Wednesday 14 October

Y1/Y2 CLIC 2.40-3.15

Thursday 15 October

2.30- SEND Parent Coffee afternoon - Mental Health awareness

PTA Halloween Disco- Details below

Monday 19 October

3.30pm -6.30pm Parents Evening

Wednesday 21 October

3.30pm -7pm - Parents Evening

Friday 23 October

9.15am - Y5 Harvest Festival performance to parents/carers

Attendance

At Danes Educational Trust, we believe that regular attendance is vital to support high-quality teaching and learning. Learners cannot reach their full potential unless they attend school consistently.

Reception | Hedgehogs

Weekly attendance: 88%

Attendance YTD: 90.1%

Reception | Rabbits

Weekly attendance: 92.3%

Attendance YTD: 91.7%

Year 1 | Deers

Weekly attendance: 97.8%

Attendance YTD: 98.4%

Year 1 | Foxes

Weekly attendance: 96.9%

Attendance YTD: 95.9%

Year 2 | Owls

Weekly attendance: 97.3%

Attendance YTD: 94.2%

Year 2 | Puffins

Weekly attendance: 95.2%

Attendance YTD: 94.5%

Year 3 | Ducks

Weekly attendance: 94.7%

Attendance YTD: 93.4%

Year 3 | Swans

Weekly attendance: 97.7%

Attendance YTD: 97.4%

Year 4 | Kingfishers

Weekly attendance: 88%

Attendance YTD: 94.8%

Year 4 | Woodpeckers

Weekly attendance: 97.7%

Attendance YTD: 94.2%

Year 5 | Otters

Weekly attendance: 98.6%

Attendance YTD: 96.2%

Year 5 | Pine Marten

Weekly attendance: 88.3%

Attendance YTD: 89.2%

Year 6 | Eagles

Weekly attendance: 96.7%

Attendance YTD: 94.9%

Year 6 | Wildcats

Weekly attendance: 93.4%

Attendance YTD: 93.8%

Awards and celebrations

We are so proud of these students for earning the Values Award, being recognized as Star Learner, and becoming the Timetable Champion! Your hard work, positive mindset, and commitment to learning shine through in all that you do. Keep it up ! You’re setting a fantastic example for others, and we’re excited to see all the amazing things you’ll achieve next!

Reception | Hedgehogs

Values awards: Blake

Star Learner: Teona

Reception | Rabbits

Values awards: Ellie

Star Learner: Rebecca

Year 1 | Deers

Values awards: Alexis

Star Learner: Amarisa

Year 1 | Foxes

Values awards: Raven

Star Learner: Achazia

Year 2 | Puffins

Values awards: Leo

Star Learner: Joshua

Year 2 | Owls

Values awards: Ethan

Star Learner: Shayan

Year 3 | Ducks

Values awards: Harrison

Star Learner: Cosmo

Timetables champions: Jaber

Year 3 | Swans

Values awards: Arthur

Star Learner: Rhea

Timetables champions: Valentina

Year 4 | Woodpeckers

Values awards: Alexis

Star Learner: Issy and Safiya

Timetables champions: Daruis

Year 4 | Kingfishers

Values awards: Calli

Star Learner: Ben

Timetables champions: Andrei

Year 5 | Pine Martens

Values awards: Stevie

Star Learner: Mia

Timetables champions: Thomas

Otters

Values awards: Marty

Star Learner: Rayan

Timetables champions: Anaya

Year 6 | Wildcats

Values awards: Callum

Star Learner: Mathilda

Timetables champions: Charlie

Year 6 | Eagles

Values awards: Jack

Star Learner: Charles

Timetables champions: Ahmed

House points

Jupiter topped the leaderboard this week with a massive 92 points, while Venus dominates the overall term standings with a grand total of 299 points! Mercury chased hard with 65 points this week, followed closely by Venus with 58, and Saturn with 57, bringing Jupiter's overall term total to 266. Excellent effort across all houses. Keep pushing for those points!

Jupiter

Points this week: 92

Total points this term: 266

Saturn

Points this week: 57

Total points this term: 237

Venus

Points this week: 58

Total points this term: 299

Mercury

Points this week: 65

Total points this term: 213

Learning this week

This week in Reception

This week in Reception we have been talking about comparison and comparing size, weight and capacity. It was great to see so many of you doing this at home too. We have enjoyed reading the Magic Porridge Pot and using jugs, cups and bowls in our sensory porridge tuff tray. This week children have begun reading words using the sounds we have learnt so far, please continue to watch the phonics links sent home - it really does make a big impact when you are supporting them with their reading too.

This week in Year 1

This week in Year One we have looked at the part whole model and how we use this tool to help us add 2 numbers together. We continued practicing our sounding out and writing skills based on the story how to catch a star. We are working hard to sound out words with more independence. Our art work this week we used our tracing skills to print the features of our faces onto paper. We enjoyed using our sense of hearing to identify different sounds and distinguish if they were loud or quiet.

This week in Year 2

This week in Year Two the children have showcased some fantastic knowledge in Maths. We have been working on fact families. This is where the children can use an addition question to create a family of number sentences, 2 addition and 2 subtraction, using the same 3 numbers. In Literacy, the children have been working extremely hard on using adverbs in sentences. We discussed the difference an adverb can make when showing how a character is feeling. In Computing, we have continued our learning on e-safety. The children were confident to explain the difference between online friends and offline friends. We discussed how everyone needs to be kind to their friends regardless whether they are online or offline friends. We also reminded the children that if anyone is unkind, either online or offline, they need to report it to a trusted adult.

This week in Year 3

This week in Year Three the children showed wonderful resilience during their Spelling, Grammar, and Punctuation (SPaG) and Maths assessments, which will help us tailor our upcoming lessons and address any learning gaps. Beyond test prep, creativity and curiosity were in full flow: the children honed their sketching skills by imagining plants growing from seeds, compared human and animal skeletons in Science, explored the meaning of miracles in RE, and wrote fantastic postcards from Venice in Geography. We are so proud of their hard work this week and hope you all have a lovely, relaxing weekend!

This week in Year 4

This week in Year Four we completed our Reading, Mathematics, Arithmetic, and Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation assessments, which we have been working really hard on in the mornings. Our afternoon lessons have consisted of learning about ABBA and practising the song Mamma Mia in Music. For Singing Assembly we are learning Bruno Mars’ ‘You Can Count on Me’. In Computing we are continuing to learn coding and build up our skills on Scratch. PSHE this week consisted of understanding empathy, understanding perspectives outside of our own. Art was a real highlight, creating our own collages based on artist Beatriz Milhazes style using recycled packaging!

This week in Year 5

This week in Year Five the children have been working really hard on their assessments. We have been so impressed with their resilience and perseverance. We have also begun to practice for our Harvest Assembly, learning our lines and singing our songs!

This week in Year 6

This week in Year Six we were very excited to meet our Reception Class buddies. We had fun finding out about each other and drawing pictures of our buddies for the younger children’s Buddy Assembly. We have been learning about creating suspense texts in English, based on our reading of the extract ‘The Library’ and having been practising some skills in readiness for writing our own stories. In Geography we continued to develop our knowledge of the world’s frozen kingdoms by comparing the polar oceans to others around the world. Our Maths lessons have been focused on looking over our recent test papers and thinking about how we can continue to improve our skills. Another busy week - well done Year 6 - keep up the hard work!

Jupiter PTA

We are proud to have a dedicated and enthusiastic team of parent teacher association (PTA) at our school. The PTA plays a vital role in bringing together families , staff and the wider community to support and enhance the education experience of all our children. Through fundraising events, volunteer support, and community initiatives, the PTA helps provide valuable resources, enrich learning opportunities, and create a positive, inclusive environment for everyone. We welcome all parents and carers to get involved, whether by joining the committee, helping at events, or sharing ideas every contribution makes a difference!

PTA Events and website link

School News

Reading Nook for EYFS

We are doing a make-over recreating a reading nook for EYFS around literacy, confidence, expressive arts.

If you have any weatherproof seating, stage accessories, story baskets, puppets, costume trunks, sound makers/musical instruments, sturdy books ect that you no longer need, we would greatly appreciate any donations.