• Key Dates

• Christmas Dinner Day - Wednesday 17th December - Children will be able to wear a Christmas jumper with school uniform. 

• Nursery Christmas Performance and craft afternoon - Wednesday 17th December (1:00 - 2:30)

• KS1 and Year 3 Christmas Performance - Wednesday 17th December (2:00 - 3:00)

• Year 4, 5 and 6 Christmas Karaoke - Wednesday 17th December (5:30 - 6:30)

• Christmas Crafts Day - Thursday 18th December (This will be non-uniform)

• End of Term - Friday 19th December

• INSET Day - Monday 5th January

• Children back to school - Tuesday 6th January

Value of week:

Aspiration

Message from Mr Lyle

This week has started to feel Christmassy here at Welton. Aspiration has been the focus this week and our children have shown this in abundance. They have been busy learning songs, lines and continuing to work their socks off as we come into one of the busiest times of the year. We have been so impressed with their willingness to continue to learn even though we are getting closer to when Father Christmas is coming. 

The week has been full of music this week with children performing in their Rocksteady concert, participating as part of the choir at Midsomer Norton Methodist and it was topped off today with Dylan, Scarlett, Monty and Rory performing in our assembly demonstrating great aspiration. We have truly been blown away. 

We are also very excited to share some updates regarding some of our spaces with our library getting a further revamp - look out for images in the first week back after Christmas. A huge thank you to Wealthtime in Bath for supporting us with this. If you have any books you are clearing out, that may be useful for our children, please bring them in. Over the coming days, children will be bringing some books home to share with you over the Christmas break. Keep encouraging them to read as this is vital for them to succeed in life and is the foundation for everything they will do. 

As we come into our final school week of 2025, please be reminded about all of the things that are going on (see below). This and the parent calendar is where you will find all of the information. 

Please also note, there has been an error for the menus for next week. If you have ordered lunches for next week, it is the week 3 menu and not week 2. If you have ordered, don't panic as Christmas lunch will remain the same. This is an issue from Cypad themselves. Apologies if this causes any issues - it is out of our control. 

As always, thank you for your continued support and have a lovely weekend. 

Mr Lyle

Christmas Events

In the build up to Christmas, I would like to share some key dates with you to help keep you in the loop with what is going on. 

Wednesday 17th December - Christmas Jumper Day - children can wear a Christmas jumper with their school uniform.

Wednesday 17th December - Christmas Lunch - Please order Christmas lunch on Parent Pay. This is £2.60 and must be ordered before the 11th December. 

Nursery Christmas and Parent Session - Wednesday 17th December - 1:00 - 2:30. Come along and join us for a sing a long followed by a mince pie and a catch up in nursery. All families from the nursery are welcome to join us that day.

Reception, KS1 and Y3 Christmas Performance - Wednesday 17th December @ 2:00. Join us in the hall for our nativity. 

Year 4, 5 and 6 Christmas Karaoke - Wednesday 17th December 5:30 - 6:30 in the school hall. Come and join us in the evening for a sing a long and some retelling of some famous Christmas stories. Children need to arrive by 5:15. They will need to wear Christmas jumpers and school trousers/shoes.

Christmas Crafts Day - Thursday 18th December. This is a day where children will be in their houses creating some Christmas crafts to bring home. This will be a non-uniform day and there will be a £1 donation to Parent Pay to help the school resource the event. 

Many thanks for your continued support whilst we strive to give your children a lovely build up to Christmas. 

Y3 @ Mendip Golf Club

What a fantastic experience! We reminded ourselves of the skills that we had been taught during our lessons at school, then had a go at using metal golf clubs with real golf balls. The children demonstrated remarkable resilience and perseverance during the session, as well as a fantastic use of team work. We had children teaching and coaching other children! We are very proud of Year 3 - Well done!

Welton Choir Perform

On Thursday afternoon, children from our school took part in a carol concert at Midsomer Norton Methodist Church. Children from across the school have been busy learning songs, as part of the choir, to perform at this event. 

The children were superb, and the event was a huge success. We received wonderful feedback from the organisers about the commitment and talent shown by every child involved. Well done to all the children who took part! Their singing was absolutely beautiful and filled the church with festive spirit. They represented Welton magnificently!

Thank you to the Midsomer Norton Methodist Church and the MSN Good Afternoon Choir for inviting us to be part of such a lovely community event. It was a wonderful opportunity for our children to shine. We loved the cakes and squash afterwards too!

Rocksteady

What a fantastic musical treat we had last Tuesday! Our young musicians took to the stage for the highly anticipated Rocksteady Concert, and they truly rocked the house down!

We are so incredibly proud of all the children who participated. The hard work they have put in during their Rocksteady sessions really paid off, and the confidence they showed on stage was inspirational.

We were so impressed with how well they have learned to play their instruments, whether it was drums, keyboard, guitar, or vocals.

They sang their hearts out and performed their pieces with enthusiasm and skill. Their energy was contagious!

A massive round of applause and a huge well done to all the Rocksteady band members! You gave us a concert to remember and demonstrated just how much fun learning music can be.

Thank you to the Rocksteady team for inspiring the next generation of rock stars!

Christmas Fayre Celebrations

Many thanks to everyone who joined us last week as part of our Christmas Fayre. The grand total was a huge £2244.65. We are hoping to share what this will be spent on in the next week. We would also like to extend a huge thanks to everyone who took part, particularly our PTFA. Without them, and you, these events wouldn't be half as successful. Keep an eye out in next week's newsletter for dates for events for 2026!

Parents in PE

On Wednesday, parents from Y5 joined us to take part in our final parent in PE session. It was a fab session run by Mr Kingwell working on problem solving and resilience. Well done to all parents involved. 

Class Pages

Take a look at our class pages below! We will be updating these on the school website in the coming weeks!

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