Upcoming Dates

Week 5

• SEND parent review meetings continue

Thursday 5th February

• Year 3 visit Stonehenge

Tuesday 10th February

• Internet Safety Day: Join Mrs Steadman and other parents to talk about internet safety, 2:30pm in the main hall

• Uniform giveaway in the hall at the same time!

Wednesday 11th February

Y5/6 Gymnastics competiton 12.30pm

Friday 13th February

• Last day of Term 3

• PSA Cake Sale after school

Monday 16th - Friday 20th February

• Half Term break

Monday 23rd February

• First day of Term 4

W/c 2nd March

• Whole school CARE week

Thursday 5th March

• World Book Day

Friday 6th March

• Careers fayre

Monday 16th - Friday 20th March

• Turing trip to Bordeaux 

Tuesday 24th March

• Dance Umbrella (Years 3 & 5)

Wednesday 1st April & Thursday 2nd April

• Parent and teacher pupil progress meetings

Wednesday 1st April

• Mini Police visit American Museum

• Year 1 visit Holborne Museum

Thursday 2nd April

• Last day of Term 4

Friday 3rd - Friday 17th April

• Easter break

Monday 20th April

• First day of Term 5

Monday 20th - Friday 24th April

• Turing trip to Barcelona

Message from Mrs Noall

We are so happy to finally be entering February. The mornings and evenings are that little bit lighter and we are starting to see the first spring flowers of the year. We started this week by singing "The Power in me" in assembly. We reflected on the words and how they link to our school CARE values. It was great to remind ourselves that we all have the power to speak up and make a difference! With this in mind we want to wish our Year 6 team the very best of luck as they attend the "Speak Out" competition at Writhlington this evening. They will be competing against 11 other teams and we know they will be fantastic. 

News and Events

Internet Safety Day: Tuesday 10th February

Next Tuesday is Internet Safety Day. Parents are invited to come into school at 2:30pm to find out more about how to keep children safe online. There will be tea, coffee, biscuits and second-hand uniform at the same time.

World Book Day - Thursday 5th March 2026

World Book Day will take place on Thursday 5th March 2026, and this year we are delighted to be partnering with the National Year of Reading, encouraging children to ‘read their way’.

To celebrate this, we would love for children to bring their favourite book into school to share with the other children in their class. If your child would also like to dress up as a character from their favourite book, we would be thrilled to see their costumes; however, there is absolutely no requirement to dress up.

Following the success of last year, we have invited Mr B’s Bookshop to return with another fantastic book fair. This will take place in the school hall after school on Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th March. Children will have the opportunity to browse the book fair with their class on Monday and Tuesday before the event.

This year, we are also excited to offer the children the chance to return to school at 5:00pm on Thursday 5th March to take part in Bedtime Stories. Children are welcome to come along in their pyjamas and will be able to choose which story they would like to listen to. Further information about this event will be sent out closer to the time.

While the children are enjoying Bedtime Stories, we would like to invite parents and carers into the hall for a short talk about why reading is so important for children and how you can support reading at home.

We look forward to celebrating World Book Day with you and the children.

Reminders

Please remember to be mindful and considerate when parking and pulling out around school drop off and pick up times. We know it is a busy time and we appreciate everyone doing their bit to ensure the safety of our children. Thank you.

Class News

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

Home Learning

Please support your child to complete their home learning. Their learning includes reading, spellings and some maths, all planned to support your child's learning in class.

National Year of Reading 2026

This week is National Storytelling Week! 

Created by Society for Storytelling, this fantastic annual event is a joyful celebration of the power of sharing stories. Stories teach us about the world; they allow us to step into someone else’s shoes and feel empathy; they help us to relax and escape and they can help develop essential literacy skills.

National Storytelling Week 2026 is a celebration of oral storytelling, reading and writing for pleasure. At a time when young people’s writing and reading enjoyment levels are at their lowest, National Storytelling Week has never been more important.

The theme for National Storytelling Week 2026 is Soundtrack your story. Everyone has their own musical story - whether it’s in the songs we love and the music we dance to, through British Sign Language and the rhythms we feel, the soundscapes of everyday life, or the soundtracks we hear in films and games. Music connects us to words. It helps us express who we are and how we see the world.

Early Years
https://literacytrust.org.uk/resources/soundtrack-your-story-an-early-years-storytelling-project-with-simon-mole-and-gecko/ 

KS1
https://literacytrust.org.uk/resources/national-storytelling-week-ks1-p2-p3-resources/ 

KS2
https://literacytrust.org.uk/resources/national-storytelling-week-ks2p4-p7-resources/ 

Happy reading!

Miss Skipp 

SEND Updates

SEND parents' meetings will continue this week. this is a great opportunity to talk through your chiild's new SEND plan and to discuss next steps. If you have not yet arranged a SEND meeting for your child with their class teacher, please get in touch via the school office. 

EYFS Updates

PSJ BITESIZE Mathematical Development - Cardinality and Counting

Counting: saying number words in sequence

Children need to know number names, initially to five, then ten, and extending to larger numbers, including crossing boundaries 19/20 and 29/30.

Counting back is a useful skill, but young children will find this harder because of the demand it places on the working memory.

Counting: tagging each object with one number word

Children need lots of opportunities to count things in irregular arrangements. For example, how many play people are in the sandpit? How many cars have we got in the garage? These opportunities can also include counting things that cannot be seen, touched or moved.

Counting: knowing the last number counted gives the total so far

Children need the opportunity to count out or ‘give’ a number of things from a larger group, not just to count the number that are there. This is to support them in focusing on the ‘stopping number’ which gives the cardinal value.

Challenge

Can you count backwards from 10?

Can you count how many stairs are in your house?

Can you count how many windows are in your house?

How many hops can you do?

Fun Maths Facts for PARENTS

From 0 to 1000, the only number that has the letter “a” in it is “one thousand”.

Every odd number has an “e” in it.

Zero is not represented in Roman numerals.

Community News and Events

Brilliantly Engineered 2026

Sat 28 February - Tue 3 March

A fun and free festival for anyone interested in how things work. Come along and meet local engineering companies, learn about careers in engineering and get stuck into a host of fun activities.

Please register here for more information