Weekly Newsletter

Upcoming Dates

NB There has been a swap in the dates for Year 6 going to the Houses of Parliament. The dates in the Arbor letter and this week's newsletter are the updated dates.

Tuesday 29th September 

• Year 2 visit to Bath and The Victoria Art Gallery

• Book Wagon Pop-Up bookshop, after school

Tuesday 6th October

• KS2 Harvest Festival, St John's Church, 1:45pm start

Wednesday 7th October

• KS1 Harvest Festival, Methodist Church, 1:45pm start

• Year 6 LILAC Class, visit to Parliament, London

Thursday 8th October

• Year 3 visit to the Bristol Museum

Friday 9th October

• Reception Harvest Festival, main school hall, 10am start

Saturday 10th October

• B&NES Job's Fayre, PSJ School

Weeks beginning 12th and 19th October 

• SEND review parents meetings 

Monday 12th October

• PSA Disco: Reception (5pm - 6pm) then Years 5 & 6 (6:30pm - 7:30pm)

Tuesday 13th October

• Nursery Harvest, in nursery, 3pm

Wednesday 14th October

• Year 6 VIOLET Class, visit to Parliament, London

• PSA Disco: Years 1 & 2 (5pm - 6pm) then Years 3 & 4 (6:30 - 7:30pm)

Monday 19th October

• Year 6 Parent Meeting (Surviving and Thriving in Year 6), 5pm

Thursday 22nd October and Friday 23rd October

• INSET Days - children not in school

Monday 26th October - Friday 30th October

• HALF TERM

Friday 6th November

• Reception Phonics meeting 9am

Friday 4th December

• Year 1 phonics meeting 9am

Monday 9th November

• Year 6 visit Bath and No.1 Royal Crescent

Tuesday 17th November and Thursday 19th November

• Parent, Pupil, Teacher meetings

Wednesday 25th November

• INSET Day - children not in school

Thursday 24th September

• PSA Meeting, 7:30pm, Peasedown Cricket Club

Monday 30th November (tbc)

• Year 6 Christmas performance, Bath Forum

Sunday 13th December

• PSJ Village Christmas Together service

Monday 14th December

• Year 5 Theatre Visit, Theatre Royal Bath

Friday 18th December

• End of term

Monday 21st December 2026 - Friday 1st January 2027

• CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY

Monday 4th January

• INSET Day - children not in school

Tuesday 5th January

• Choir to Young Voices, Birmingham

Message from Mrs Noall

This week we are choosing our Pupil Voice representatives. Every child has the opportunity to represent their class as the Class Rep. These reps then join together to form the Pupil Voice team, led by Mrs Dallimore. The Pupil Voice team takes ideas and thoughts from their class to these meetings and then decide on how they can bring about positive change for our school. If your child is interested in putting themselves forward for this opportunity, they will need to prepare a short statement to share with their class on Friday. All classes will vote on Friday and our new Pupil Voice Team will be announced on Monday next week. Democracy in action!

News and Events

Clubs update

All our after school clubs start this week.

Choir

Many apologies about the confusing information about choirs. There are two choirs - a Junior Choir and a Senior Choir.

Junior Choir is for children in Years 1, 2 and 3. This takes place on Tuesdays after school. 

Senior Choir is for children in Years 4, 5 and 6. This takes place on Thursdays after school.

There are spaces in the following clubs:

Fine Motor Skills Club (Y1/2 Thursday after school)

A fun and engaging club designed to help children develop their fine motor skills through a range of creative and hands-on activities. Children will have opportunities to strengthen their hand muscles, improve pencil control, develop coordination and build confidence through activities such as threading, cutting, drawing, modelling and construction. 

Photography Club (Y5/6 Thursday after school) 

We have been lucky enough to have some digital cameras donated to the school for us to explore the exciting art of photography.  Come along to photography club and enjoy learning how to take effective photos using perspective, focus and composition. We'll get outside and enjoy capturing nature at its most beautiful as the seasons change!

Reminders

Bags and Cloakrooms

Our cloakrooms are not huge and the space between each child's peg is only about 10cm. If your child uses a large rucksack each day, they will be struggling to make it fit. Where at all possible we ask that children use a smaller, drawstring bag or similar instead of a larger rucksack. Drawstring bags are available from the school office.

Toys

Please do not send your child to school with toys from home, including fidgets. 

Class News

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

Home Learning

Home learning is designed to enable children to practice skills they will need in school and so it is really important that they spend some time over the week on this home learning. 

Family Support Updates

Free online sessions for parents and carers on "Keeping Your Child Safe Online from Grooming and Exploitation", delivered by Avon and Somerset Police.  Click on the links below to book. 

29th September 2026 - 7:00-8:30pm

6th October 2026 - 1:00-2:30pm

EYFS Updates

Each week we will have special updates specifically for our Nursery and Reception classes.

Click on the button below to read it.

PSA Updates

Disco tickets now on sale!

Please use this link to buy your tickets for the PSA Autumn Term Discos:

https://www.ticketsource.com/psj-psa 

Evo Sports at PSJ

Evo Sports After-School Club Booking Policy

To help us provide a consistent, well-organised and enjoyable experience for all students, we have introduced some updates to our After-School Club booking policy.

Sports Clubs – Termly Commitment
Sports clubs must be booked for the full term. This allows us to maintain consistent groups each week and plan appropriate drills, activities and competitions knowing which students will be attending. Regular attendance also helps students develop their skills and make progress throughout the term.

After-School Club – Daily Bookings
Bookings for After-School Club can be made up until 12:00pm on the day of the club. This gives us sufficient time to organise staffing and attendance lists.

Any booking made after 12:00pm must be arranged by contacting the school office by telephone. Parents will need to confirm their acceptance of the applicable payment terms when making a late booking.

Bookings Made by Staff
Evo Sports staff will no longer be able to add children to After-School Club bookings directly.

This change has been introduced to ensure that there is a clear and consistent process for all bookings and payments. Unfortunately, there have been occasions where childcare fees have remained unpaid, particularly when bookings have been made directly by staff. Moving all late bookings through the school office will help us maintain accurate records and ensure that payment arrangements are clear to everyone.

We appreciate parents' support in following these procedures. These changes will help us to provide a more consistent service, plan our clubs effectively and ensure that the administration of bookings and payments is managed fairly for all families.

Thank you for your continued support,

The Evo Sports Team

Evo Clubs

Evo Sports clubs will officially be starting back this week. There is still availability so please sign your children up via the Evo Sports’  booking system. 

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

On Tuesday we have our brilliant football club for the younger children from Year 1, 2 and 3. 

On Wednesdays we have our awesome Nerf club with Years 3, 4, 5 and 6. 

After School Club

Well, it would have been Road Dahl’s birthday this week so what better way to celebrate than to create dream jars and dream catchers. Children brought in their own dream jars so all we needed to do was create the magic to go in them. And just for good measure we created dream catchers so we can all sleep peacefully and be ready for school on time from now on :) We have added some photos of our creations below. 

Community News and Events

Webinar on Healthy Bladder and Bowels 

The School Aged Health Service are pleased to offer a FREE webinar on Healthy Bladder and Bowels to support parents and carers of primary aged children. The session will take place on the 24th of September 10:00-11:00.

If you would like to attend, please use the link below to sign up. We encourage you to join us for this valuable session!

https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/21a6c353-2a02-4676-9f73-5535a8f1f555@2c2b1ee0-a8a1-49e6-a820-5ce4890cf466

Raring2Go!

Please find the Raring2go! Autumn edition below…

CLICK HERE FOR LINK