Newsletter 4
Newsletter 4
3rd October 2025
In this week's news...
Music at St Stephen's, Celebrating 150 years of St Stephen's Church
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DATES AND REMINDERS
DATES AND REMINDERS
Dates may be subject to change. For a full list of our yearly dates please check our 'Summary of Dates' page on our website
Where dates have been changed, reminders are yellow.
Newly added dates are green.
OCTOBER
Monday 6th October - Wednesday 8th October - Year Six residential trip to Hooke Court
Wednesday 15th October - Year One trip to Bocketts Park Farm
Wednesday 15th October - Reception Autumn walk to Moormead Park
Thursday 23rd October - Year Four trip to Thames Explorers
Friday 24th October - Inset Day - Stars will be open
Monday 27th - Friday 31st October - Half Term
NOVEMBER
Monday 3rd November - Children return to school
Thursday 6th November - Whole School Flu Immunisation (further details to follow)
Monday 10th - Friday 14th November - Anti-Bullying Week
Friday 21st November - Year Two trip to Gilbert White's House (THIS IS A CHANGE OF DATE) (further details to follow)
Tuesday 25th November - Year Three Mandela class trip to The Museum of Richmond (further details to follow)
Wednesday 26th November - Year Three Thunberg class trip to The Museum of Richmond (further details to follow)
Wednesday 26th November - Year Five trip to Hampton Court Palace
DECEMBER
Monday 1st December - Year Six Swimming Group - last session
Monday 8th December - Year Six Helping Hands Workshop (further details to follow)
Wednesday 10th December - Reception Nativity, 2.30pm
Thursday 11th December - Reception Nativity, 9.30am
Wednesday 17th December - Christmas Service at St Stephen's Church (further details to follow)
Thursday 18th December - Christmas lunch and Christmas jumper day
Friday 19th December - Last day of term - children finish at 2.15pm
For FOSS Fundraiser Dates, please see page 6 - FOSS UPDATE
Safety Notice:
Please note that animals are not allowed on the school premises unless authorised as part of an event which has associated risk assessments completed.
A message from our school nurse:
Re: Pharmacy First – an NHS service being offered from pharmacies across England for children and adults
I would like to let you know about an NHS service which pharmacies across England are offering for children (as well as adults) called Pharmacy First.
What is Pharmacy First?
This service enables children and adults to get quick access to healthcare advice as they can walk in to a pharmacy and access the service (some pharmacies also offer the service remotely as a video consultation). The person will then be offered a consultation with a pharmacist in a private consultation room. This service takes away the potential delay of having to wait for a GP appointment and may help ensure children get well and back to school as quickly as possible, as well as supporting parents/carers to also get better sooner if they are unwell.
The service supports primary school aged children in the below age groups who need help with:
Earache (aged 1 to 17 years)
Impetigo (aged 1 year and over)
Infected insect bites (aged 1 year and over)
Sore throats (aged 5 years and over)
The service also supports older children and adults (so is applicable to you as parents/carers) in the below age groups who need help with:
Earache (aged 1 to 17 years)
Impetigo (aged 1 year and over)
Infected insect bites (aged 1 year and over)
Sore throats (aged 5 years and over)
Shingles (aged 18 years and over)
Sinusitis (aged 12 years and over)
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women (aged 16 to 64 years)
The pharmacist will provide advice and, if clinically necessary, offer an NHS medicine to treat the condition (these medicines are supplied free of charge to children under 16 years, with the normal NHS prescription charge rules applying to people aged 16 or over). The pharmacy will then send an electronic message to the person’s GP surgery so their health record can be updated.
Should the pharmacist be unable to help, they will direct the person to their GP surgery or other health professional as appropriate.
A summary of the service is available as an animation and more information can also be found at nhs.uk/thinkpharmacyfirst
Our wraparound care team are busy making the most of our new outdoor marquee, and the children are loving their all-weather playtime outside. To make the space even more fun and creative, Stars would be very grateful for any donations of toys that could be used for outdoor play and den-building.
They are especially looking for things like:
Pop-up tents or small play tents
Tarpaulins, cushions and blankets
Plastic outdoor toys
If you have any of these items at home that are no longer needed, we’d love to give them a new lease of life at Stars! Please bring donations to the school office. Thank you so much for your support — it really does make a difference to the children’s play.
STARS OPEN ON INSET DAY
Stars will be open 8am - 4:30pm on our upcoming inset day on Friday 24th October. The cost will be £40 for the day, breakfast will be provided but please provide snacks and a packed lunch. Food sent into school should be in line with our Food in School policy and not contain nuts, sesame, coconut, bell peppers, red peppers or any of it's derivatives such as paprika, cayenne or chilli. Bookings can be made on Parent Pay from Wednesday 1st October. Drop off and pick up is from the Winchester Road gate.
A message from Vikki, our Finance Officer:
ParentPay Payments:
We understand that it is a busy time for everyone with a lot to juggle. Please can we ask that you open your ParentPay account and settle any outstanding monies owing.
To settle outstanding balances:
Log into your ParentPay account
Click on ‘Payer Dashboard’ in the drop down menu
Click on ‘Active Payment Items’
Scroll down through all payment items and outstanding balances are highlighted in red text
Payments are now due for the following trips:
Year 5 Hampton Court
Year 4 Thames Explorers and PGL
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