Weekly Newsletter

Upcoming Dates

Tuesday 16th December

• Reception Nativity, 9:15am

• Year 1 & 2 Christmas Performance, 10:30am

• Year 4 Christmas Coffee and Carols, 2:15pm

Wednesday 17th December

• Reception Nativity, 9:15am

• Christmas Dinner (wear a Christmas jumper)

• Year 5 Christmas Coffee and Carols, 2:15pm

Thursday 18th December

• Year 1 & 2 Christmas Performance, 9:15am

• Year 3 Christmas Coffee and Carols, 2:15pm

Friday 19th December

• Last Day of Term 2

Monday 5th January

• INSET Day

Tuesday 6th January

• Term 3 starts for children

Message from Mrs Noall

This is the last newsletter for 2025. I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your support this term and to wish you and your families a wonderful Christmas. I hope that you can enjoy the festivities and take time to rest and recharge with friends and family ready for the new term in January 2026.

News and Events

Christmas Week!

We have a full and exciting week for children this week including our Reception nativity , Year 1 and 2 Christmas Show and our Years 3, 4 and 5 Coffee and Carols. Father Christmas is planning to pop in to visit our younger children on Tuesday and we will be sharing a Christmas lunch on Wednesday. School finishes at normal time on Friday afternoon. Please remind your child to take home all empty lunchboxes and water bottles for a good clean over the holidays!

Clubs

Next term we will be running the following school based clubs:

Monday - Craft Club (KS1)

Wednesday - Girls Football (Years 4-6)

Wednesday - Cross stitch (Years 5/6)

Thursday - Lego Club (KS1)

All clubs run 3.15-4.00 from the week beginning 12th January 2026 until the week beginning 23rd March 2026.

All clubs will be available on Arbor from 5pm this evening (Monday 15th December) and will close on Wednesday 7th January. We will let you know if your child is successful before the end of week 1. 

Choir and Orchestra will continue as normal for terms 3 and 4. 

Evo sports will also be running the following clubs next term:

Tuesday - Dodgeball (Years 3 and 4)

Wednesday - Gymnastics (Years 1-3)

Thursday - Dodgeball (Years 5 and 6)

Please use the booking link to sign up for Evo Sports Clubs https://evo-sports.childcare-online-booking.co.uk  

Cheerleading club will also be running in the school hall after school on a Friday from January 16th for 4 weeks. for any information about cheerleading or to express an interest please contact: bathallstarz@aol.co.uk  

Online safety 

With the holidays around the corner and new devices possibly arriving as gifts, this is a great time to sit down with your children to review your online safety rules and expectations. This link from the NSPCC might help you with this: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/talking-child-online-safety/ 

Just Talk Kids is currently a very popular chat-app with some of our older children. Whilst it is designed to be safer, it cannot control what children actually say when using it. We have been made aware of several incidents now of our children using very bad language, saying incredibly unkind things and generally acting in unkind ways when online, including when using this app. Please check your children's messages frequently and support them to navigate this app safely and respectfully.

Reminders

Events this week - reminders for parents

We are really looking forward to seeing you at our many events this week. Here are a few reminders to ensure we all enjoy the events:

• Please DO NOT park in the Hive car park (they have events running at the same time)

• Please arrive via the side gate

• Please DO NOT share any images that contain children other than your own online

• Please ensure your phone is switched off or switched to silent

• Please supervise younger siblings carefully

• Please be mindful that whilst the events are not ticketed, we cannot accommodate large groups of extended family or repeat visits (for the Y1/2 show)

Thank you in advance with your support.

Applications for Reception places, September 2026 

A reminder that the closing date for on-time Reception/Junior Transfer applications for September 2026 is 15th January 2026. 

School meals for January

Please remember to book your child's school dinner for the first week back by 10pm on Thursday 1st January 2026.

Class News

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

Home Learning

The button below will take you to this week's home learning for every year group. 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. 

Why not join the winter badge competition; an exciting event where two winners will have their designs featured in the apps and WIN Doodle goodie packs! 

How to take part

1. Print out the template

2. Design a winter-themed badge

3. Take a photo of the design and send them to doodlecompetitions@discoveryed.com before midnight on December 31st.

Attendance Matters

Well done!

There are 190 pupils who have finished this term with an attendance record of 98% or higher! With this season of horrible illnesses this is impressive. Every day counts so well done!

SEND Updates

The next SEND parent review meetings will be over the weeks commencing 26th January and 2nd February. Class teachers will make contact with you after Christmas to arrange a suitable time and day. They will share new SEND support plans with you and discuss reviewed targets.

PFSA Updates

EYFS Updates

PSJ BITESIZE TERM 2 Seventh Challenge - Fine Motor Skills

Why fine motor skills are important

Fine motor skills involve small muscles working with the brain and nervous system to control movements in areas such as the hands, fingers, lips, tongue and eyes. Developing fine motor skills helps children do things like eating, writing, manipulating objects and getting dressed.

Research shows that the development of fine motor skills depends on the development of gross motor skills and that a joined-up approach to physical development is important. Young children need many opportunities to develop fine motor skills alongside gross motor skills so they can become confident to explore the world around them.

Provide interesting experiences which help children practice fine motor skills. Cooking, gardening, sewing, fixing and making things are all good examples of activities that involve using tools and small movements with accuracy and precision. The fine manipulative control skills developed in these activities will begin to provide the foundations for holding a pencil for drawing, mark-making and writing when children are developmentally ready. (DfE,2024)

Challenge - You could have a go at one of these activities

Make a Christmas biscuit for Father Christmas

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/christmasbiscuits_93733 

Draw a picture for Father Christmas

Make some snowflakes for your window

Help decorate your Christmas Tree - Can you reach up high?

Go on a Winter Scavenger Hunt

https://muddypuddles.com/blogs/blog/free-winter-scavenger-hunt-sheet 

I hope you have enjoyed our PSJ BITESIZE for this term and our reception ⤊Pop Up and Play⤊ sessions. Have a merry Christmas and a happy new year from MRS TUTTON and the Early years Team

OPAL and Forest School Updates

OPAL 

Please remember to take your child's wellies home for Christmas.

Forest School 

The last Year 2 Forest School is this week and then next term it will be Years 3 and 4 rotating as per the letter that was emailed to parents. 

Evo Sports at PSJ

This week in after school club the children have been busy making Christmas cards for their loved ones. We also made some more decorations to hang on our g3stive display boards. 

We still have a few spaces available for a Christmas Holiday Club, which will be guaranteed fun. There will be cookie decorating, talent shows, Chicken Run, AMAZING arts and crafts, NERF wars and all sorts going on. You won't want to miss the last Evo Hol Club of 2025!

PSA Updates

Thank you for your support in 2025! The gift coming home this week with children is from the school, funded by the PSA. We wish you all a happy Christmas and look forward to your continued support in 2026.

Community News and Events

Free Bus Travel

This festive season, under 16’s can travel for free on most buses starting in the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority, of B&NES, South Gloucestershire, and Bristol from the 20th of December to the 4th of January. 

For more information: https://travelwest.info/bus/kids-go-free/