Weekly Newsletter

Upcoming Dates

Wednesday 10th September

• Year 6 Parents' Meeting, 5pm

Thursday 11th September

• Swimming lessons start (Year 4)

Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th September

• School photos

Thursday 18th September

• Year 5 trip to theatre

Weeks beginning 22nd and 29th September

• SEND parent meetings - more details below

Tuesday 23rd September

• Year 2 trip to Bath

Monday 6th October

• PSJ Stay and Play begins (For nursery age children) 8.30am

Tuesday 7th October

• KS1 Harvest @ The Methodist Church, am

Wednesday 8th October

• Year 3, 4, 5 Harvest @ St John's Church, pm

• Year 6 trip to Parliament

Friday 10th October

• Reception Harvest in the school hall, 10am

Message from Mrs Noall

Welcome back! It has been wonderful to see all our children looking so smart and ready to learn and to also welcome our new families to the PSJ community. A reminder that our newsletters and our website are the main way we share news with parents. The newsletter is sent home weekly on Mondays as an email and a link to it can also be found on our website. Our website is updated regularly with news items and is also full of information about what your child is doing at school. 

News and Events

Meeting for Year 6 parents- 5pm - 6pm, main school hall

On Wednesday this week we are holding a very important meeting for all our Year 6 parents and carers. At this meeting you will be given information about this very important year of school, including how we prepare children for SATs, transition to secondary school and the residential in the summer. You are welcome to bring your child with you to this meeting.

Starting School in September 2026?

We have a number of open days planned - if you have a child starting school next year and would like a tour please call our office to arrange this.

• Friday 12th September at 9:30am

• Wednesday 24th September at 9:30am

• Tuesday 7th October at 1:30pm

• Tuesday 4th November at 1:30pm

• Monday 24th November at 1:30pm

• Tuesday 9th December at 9:30am

• Friday 9th January at 9:30am

• Tuesday 13th January at 1:30pm

Clubs

We will send home information about school clubs in next week's newsletter. Once the list for clubs has been released, you will be able to sign up for places through Arbor.

Breakfast Club

We continue to offer an hour of wrap around care in the mornings for school aged children. There are three start times and children arriving at or after 8am can attend for free. Please book the pre-8am slots through Arbor. Children attending from 8am do not need to be booked and can be simply dropped off at the gate. for more information, including out T&Cs please refer to our website: https://www.psjprimary.co.uk/our-school/wraparound-care-at-psj/ 

School Photos

Individual photo's are being taken next week on 16th, with mop up for anyone absent on 17th in New Hall. Parents are invited for family photos afterschool on 16th and before school for any mop ups on 17th from 8:00 until 8:30.

Please can children wear jumpers/cardigans for photos.

🎵Music news! 🎵

We are very proud of our excellent musical offer here at PSJ. Pleas read the update below from Mrs Taylor, our music teacher.

New Instrumental teacher:

We're really excited to have a new peripatetic teacher joining the team. David Burgoyne teaches the violin and viola, percussion and drum kit as well as the piano. Please see below for details on how to book lessons with him.

Other instrumental lessons offered at PSJ are:

Guitar

Ukulele

Flute

Fife

Clarinet

Piano

All instrumental lessons are available to book via this link.

https://uksouthglos.speedadmin.dk/registration#/  

PSJ Music Bursary:

If your child is in receipt of Benefits Related Free School Meals, they are eligible to apply for the PSJ School Music Bursary, which can help cover the cost of instrumental lessons. For more information, please have a look at our school website:

https://www.psjprimary.co.uk/school-office/music-lessons/ 

Music Clubs this term:

This term, we are offering two Choir clubs and orchestra: 

Sunshine Voices: Years 1-3 - Wednesday Lunch Time - 12.30 - 1

Rainbow Singers: Years 4-6 Thursday Lunch Time - 12 - 12.30

Orchestra: Years 3 - 6 Tuesdays 3.15 - 4pm.

If your child is interested in joining any of the Choirs or orchestra, please sign up via Arbor next week.

📖Reading news 📚

Reading Passports

We were so pleased to see so many of you visit our library over the summer. It has been great to see some of you bringing in your reading passports already, please send your child/ren in with any completed passports to give to Miss Skipp. We want to make sure everyone gets their certificate and badge!

Year 4 Author Visit 

I am really excited to be able to begin to offer author visits to year groups again this year. The engagement with these was amazing last year so we would love to keep up the momentum. The first author, Jack Jackman, will be coming in to visit Year 4 on October 14th. He is the author of Maisie VS Antarctica, this is the book Year 4 are reading in Guided Reading lessons this term.  As before the chance to order books will be available to children and this will be uploaded to School Grid. 

We are very lucky that he will be coming in to speak about his new book; Maisie VS The Himalayas:

Filled with humour, heart and a touch of the supernatural, this second book in a brilliant new series takes you on a non-stop adventure in The Himalayas, perfect for the most intrepid of readers!An action-packed cross between Adventures on Trains and My Brother is a Superhero. When Maisie travels with her Dad to the Himalayas to research his book, How to Find Buried Treasure, she doesn't expect their exploration to take them deep into the caves beneath the mountains. Before long, Maisie has discovered a cursed treasure, stolen a shark, been hunted as a thief, walked through an underground lake and outrun an explosion.

Reminders

Arbor

Arbor is our communication app where you can receive and reply to messages from school. You can also use Arbor to book your child into Breakfast Club and clubs give consent and pay for clubs and trips. If you have not yet signed up logged in to Arbor please talk to the office as a matter of urgency as without it, we may not be able to send you important messages and reports on your child.

School Grid

School meals should now be ordered through School Grid. Please be aware that the school office no longer has the ability to order meals for you if you forget. Parents/carers MUST order the child's meal themselves through School Grid. To help the kitchen to order the correct quantity of food we request that all orders are placed by 10pm of the preceding Thursday.

If you forget to order a meal and are unable to bring a packed lunch to school, your child will be offered a jacket potato or sandwich for lunch that day and School Grid will charge you for this. You can cancel an order up to 8:55am on each day so if you change or mind or your child is absent from school you will need to cancel any pre-ordered meals to avoid being charged. if you are having any difficulty setting yourself up on School Grid please talk to our team in the office who will be able to help.

We recommend that every parent gets set up, even if your child usually has a packed lunch so that you can order occasional meals such as Christmas Dinner.

Walking home alone?

Children in Year 5 and 6 may be given permission by parents/carers to walk to and from school alone. Please ensure that you have informed us of this via google form.

Y6 Walk-Home Permission 2025-26 

Y5 Walk-Home Permission 2025-26 

Class News

Find out what we have been up to on our class pages and on Face Book.

Home Learning

Every Monday children are set home learning tasks. The amount of home learning set will depend on the age and stage of the child, but in general it is reading, maths and spellings and is set by the teachers to support the learning happening in class. We do expect all children to try to complete their home learning each week. If your child is unable to compete this one week, please let the class teacher know. Children can complete home learning in the library at lunchtimes if they prefer. 

Some home learning tasks are online through apps that we pay for that are brilliant at supporting children's learning such as Doodle Maths and Times Table Rock Stars. We expect children to read 5 times a week and we also ask that children learn sounds and/or spellings depending on their age. Children will have a home learning book in which to complete any written activities.

You will find some helpful pages have been stuck into home learning books this year which can help you at home such as key spellings for the year and your child's reading book level.

Home learning will be sent as a link in the newsletter, but it is also available directly through our website: https://www.psjprimary.co.uk/our-learning/home-learning/ 

If you have any questions or concerns about your child's home learning please talk to the class teacher in the first instance. 

Attendance Matters

We are aiming for all children to be in school on time every day all year. But we know and understand that sometimes it is unavoidable for children to be absent such as illness and appointments. Where possible, please request appointments that fall outside of school hours. If you are reporting an absence, you should call the school office, or you can use Arbor.

Please be aware that if a child does not arrive at school, we have not had a message and we cannot get hold of you, we may need to contact children's social care or the police as unexplained absence is a safeguarding concern. 

SEND Updates

This year, we will be inviting parents/carers of children with SEND to meetings with class teachers three times per year, in addition to our regular parents evenings. The first of these meetings will be over the weeks commencing 22nd and 29th September. Class teachers will contact you next week to arrange a suitable time slot. The purpose of the meeting will be to share your child's new SEND support plan. We have made a few changes to the format of the plans this year, to ensure that all the key information about their needs and support is included. 

PFSA Updates

Hello my name is Catherine. I am the Parent & Family Support Advisor here at Peasedown.  I am here for our parents and families.

You can find a range of support services on the Support for Families page on our website www.psjprimary.co.uk and information of upcoming events in the newsletter and on the noticeboards.

If you would like to speak with me about any concerns you have you can call the office or email me pfsa@peasedown.mnsp.org.uk.  My usual working days are Mon-Wed 9:00-3:00.

Evo Sports at PSJ

Evo sports will be starting their after school clubs this week. If you would like to book onto these paid clubs, please use the link below:

https://evo-sports.childcare-online-booking.co.uk 

Monday - Y1/2 - Football

Tuesday - Y4,5,6 - Hockey

Wednesday - Y3/4 - Football

Thursday - Y5/6 - Football

Please be advised that you must register with Evo sports before attending any of their after school clubs. You cannot book into Evo sports clubs through our school office. 

You can also use the above link to register for Evo Sports wrap around care.

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