World Book Day

Friday 6th March

We are delighted to announce that we will be celebrating World Book Day on Friday 6th March. This is a wonderful opportunity for our school community to come together and share our collective passion for reading.

To mark the occasion, we invite all children to come to school dressed as their favourite book character. Whether they choose a classic protagonist, a modern-day hero, or a character from a beloved picture book, we cannot wait to see their imaginative costumes. Please ensure outfits are practical and comfortable for a full day of school activities.

Secondhand Book Sale and Donations

Throughout the week, we are asking for children to bring in one (or more if they're feeling generous) secondhand books.

On Friday afternoon, we invite all families to look through our collection of secondhand books, and we will be operating a 'pay what you can' system for these books, with a recommended payment of 50p per book. This money will go into broadening our classroom libraries.

As ever, thank you for your support.

Spring 2 Curriculum Newsletter and Homework Matrixes

Our new Curriculum Newsletters have been released. They can be found below, and can always be found further down the newsletter.

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

📣 Attendance 📣

Before the half term break and as part of our mid-year review, letters will be sent to families of children with attendance below 90% (the threshold for persistent absence). These are routine administrative reminders to help you keep track of your child’s time in school. You can check your child's current marks anytime via the Arbor app.

Class teachers will be available to discuss attainment and 'catch-up' support for any gaps caused by absence during Parent Consultations after half-term. Please remember that persistent absence or 10+ sessions of lateness can result in Local Authority fines. We look forward to working together to support your child’s progress!

📣 Pick-up reminders 📣

• 🐶 Dogs: Please ensure that dogs are on leads and under control. If you believe that your dog is not safe to be around children, please do not take it onto school grounds.

• 🛝 Playground equipment should not be used at the end of the day. This can encourage large groups of children playing unsupervised, which can be dangerous, as well as delaying the closure of gates.

• 🚗 Paths and roads: A reminder that, although Sutton Safe Streets are in place on Kingsmead Avenue, the road is still open to those with a permit. We have seen an increase in children cycling on the road, or families walking up and down the road, and not noticing cars (which can be incredibly quiet now). Please ensure that your children are being safe on the roads when travelling to and from school.

• 🅿️ Parking on double yellow lines is not safe for our children and families. Please be considerate of others.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Careers Fair

Friday 12th June

On the afternoon of Friday 12th June, we will be hosting our third annual Careers Fair.

We would be interested in inviting parents into school to talk about their jobs and to answer questions from children about their jobs/careers. We would love to find a real mix of jobs and vocations amongst our community in order to show the children a wide variety of future careers out there. Additionally, if you know of someone with an exciting career who you believe would be interested, please state this in the extra details section.

If you would be interested, please complete this Google Form and put the date in your diary!

Polite reminder...

As you know, we are a healthy school and therefore ask if your child would like to celebrate their birthday, they donate a book to a library instead of bringing treats.  This also ensures there are no concerns over allergies.

We have loved receiving some fantastic homework this term!

Remember: Each year group's homework matrix can be found in the section below. Completing these tasks is optional but can really help to enrich the children's learning and understanding of these topics.

Spring 2 Curriculum Newsletter and Homework Matrixes

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th March: CCJ Parent Consultation Evening

Friday 6th March: World Book Day (and secondhand book fair after school)

Tuesday 10th - Monday 16th March: Year 6 Ski Trip

Friday 13th March: Quiz Night

Monday 16th March: Book Fair Week (in hall 3:15-3:40pm)

Wednesday 18th March: Year 4 Trip to Kew Gardens

Thursday 19th March: Year 4 Chocolate Making Workshop (in school)

Friday 20th March: Rocksteady Concerts

Friday 20th March: Krispy Kreme Sale

Thursday 26th March: Year 3 local trip to church

Monday 30th March - Friday 10th April: Easter Holidays

Thursday 16th April: Year 3 Science Museum Trip & Sleepover

A gentle reminder, please only donate the items listed below.  

Logo jumper

Logo cardigan

Logo fleece

Logo waterproof jacket

Logo PE tshirt

Logo polo shirts

Junior PE black quarter zip top

Ties

Red PE shorts

Please do not donate, shirts, or grey uniform items; we have very limited storage space and we can’t store those items currently.  We will let you know when we are able to accept these items again. 

Thank you so much for supporting the second hand uniform sale on Friday.  We are delighted that good quality school uniform can be reused and help families. 

Going forward, we need to reduce the uniform service that we offer unfortunately. We will no longer be taking uniform email requests for the foreseeable future.  The uniform service has expanded immensely with donations and requests over the past year.  Whilst it has been absolutely wonderful to offer this service to the school community; sadly, we don't have the volunteers to sustain the huge amount of time this service requires.  

However, we are very happy to still offer a termly uniform sale, where we'll have plenty of uniform on offer to stock up for the term ahead.

Please leave donations at either the Infants’ or Junior’s office.

We hope you understand the decision we've had to take, and we thank you, as always, for your continued support.