3rd October 2025

Dates for Diaries

Monday 6th October - Tempest Photography in school - Individual photos

Tuesday 7th October - Parents Evening 3.30-6pm YR, Y1, Y3-Y6

Wednesday 8th October - YR & Preschool Open Morning

Wednesday 8th October - Parents Evening 3.30pm-6.30pm Preschool & YR-Y6

Friday 10th October - PTA Disco - Reception and KS1 - After school until 4.15pm, KS2 4.30-5.30pm

w/c 13th October - Cycle to school week

A huge thank you to all parents, grandparents and friends who attended our Harvest festivals today. It gives us a wonderful sense of community all joining together in the church like this. We were so proud of the children for all their efforts especially are new reception children who were the most fantastic scarecrows! Thank you also for all your wonderfully kind donations which will be collected by the foodbank on Monday. Thinking back to last Friday can I also thank you parents for your kind donations of cakes and donations of money to our MacMillan sale. We raised an incredible £143 for this charity which is very close to Wilden's heart.

Polite reminder - Deposits and payments required for the following Autumn trips on ParentPay:-

Y5 Canal Basin Trip - Consent only needed by 17th November

Y1 Hartlebury Castle - Consent & Payment needed by 7 November

YR Bells Farm - Consent and payment needed by 13th October

Y4 DEPOSIT The Lion King - Consent & payment needed by 17th October

Y6 Blackwell Adventure Residential - Consent & Deposit needed by 31st October

Y3 Smite Farm - Consent & payment needed by 31st October

Y5 DEPOSIT Space Centre - Consent & payment needed by 14th November

Y5 Black Country Museum - Consent & payment needed by 24th November

Y2 Mosque & Cathedral Visit - Consent needed only

Y2 Aston Hall - Consent & payment needed by 3 November

School Disco - Friday 10th October

Next Friday is our first PTA school disco. These are always great fun and a brilliant fundraiser for the school, so please do support if you can.

Reception, year 1 and 2 - Can wear their disco clothes to school on Friday, staff will take them straight down to the hall after school so there's no need to collect. At the end of the disco class teachers will bring the children out onto the playground through their normal classroom exit door onto the playground. Reception 1 and 2 children don't need money, snacks are included in the ticket price, but there will be a tuck shop available on the playground at collection.

KS2 - Wear uniform to school as normal. They return to school at 4.30pm for the disco and come to the WASPs gate at the side of the hall. Children should also be collected from this gate. A drink and snack are included in the ticket price, but there will also be a tuck shop and hot dogs available if they wish to purchase more food!

Follow this link to purchase tickets All tickets must be purchased by Wednesday 8th October 2025.

Tempest Individual Photos

On Monday 6th the children will have individual and sibling photos in school taken by Tempest. If you have a non school age sibling who you would like your child to have a photo taken with, then please come to the WASPs gate from 8.30am. All other sibling photos will be organised by us. All children need to wear school uniform. Year 6 have football training on this day so we request they bring PE kit and trainers with them to school (they will change after they have had photos taken).

Parents Meetings'

Bookings are currently live on parentpay for Parent's meetings next week. Please ensure that you have booked an appointment with your child's class teacher. If you have any problem with the booking process please get in touch with the school office.

Term Time Holidays

Please can we remind parents that no term time holidays can be authorized by school and depending on the circumstances you may receive a penalty notice from Worcestershire County Council. If your child has a pattern of unauthorised attendance (including from the previous year) then this may result in court hearings and ultimately parents gaining a criminal record.

We also want to make the point that periods of absence for children particularly at the beginning of term, are exceptionally disruptive to the children both educationally and socially. Although a holiday is a wonderful experience for a child, it can have a negative impact on them when they return to find friendship groups have changed and important learning missed.

Prospective Parents Open Morning

Wednesday 8th October 2025 - 9:30am - 10:30am

We will be holding a Whole School & Nursery Open Morning on 8th October 2025 9:30 - 11:00am for those parents looking for a place in Preschool or Reception in 2026. If your child will be 4 by the 1st September 2026 for Reception Class or 3 by the 1st September 2026 for Preschool we would love to see you. We do have a few spaces throughout the school, so if you do know other families who might be interested in joining the school then please encourage them to come along too.

Outdoor Shoes for KS2

As the weather gets wetter please can we ask that all KS2 children have old trainers in school so that we can continue to use the field during the winter months. These can be the same trainers that they would where on a PE day, but if that is the case they would need an alternative pair of indoor shoes to change into on their PE day. Trainers should be kept in a named plastic bag and will be sent home regularly for cleaning!

Notification of PTA AGM

On Tuesday 21st October at 7.30pm the PTA will be holding their Annual General Meeting at Wilden Cricket Club. Please do come along if you would be interested in hearing about what the PTA have done over the past year and the incredible amount of money that has been raised for your children. ALL parents are members of the PTA and welcome to attend meetings, but if you would like to get more involved please do get in touch with the school office. Attending the meetings is a great way of meeting other parents and making a real difference to our school community.

Earrings, nails and hair accessories

Just a reminder that long hair does need to be tied back in school with either blue, black or brown hair ties. Please save the fancy ones for parties! We also ask that no children have false nails/acrylics or nail varnish on.

Earrings are allowed to be worn in school, but only a simple stud ear ring. On PE days we would prefer it if ear rings weren't worn, or if they are worn, children need to be able to remove them themselves.

Parking - Important

Please can we continue once again to reiterate how important safe parking and drop off arrangements are. Sometimes parents need to park a bit further away and walk or simply have to wait for a space. We have had reports of parents parking on the Zigzag lines which is not only illegal, but very dangerous for our children.

Please could I also remind you that parking on zigzag lines is illegal and dangerous at all times of the day. We have had a complaint regarding parents parking on the zigzags whilst dropping off at breakfast club, making it near impossible for secondary school children to safely cross the road.

Morning drop off

We politely ask parents that they do not park and leave cars in the lay by outside school between 8.35am and 8.50am. This then allows parents to pull in, watch their children into school and then drive away again. Unfortunately if there are Wilden Lane resident's cars parked here there isn't anything we can do about this as we don't own the lay-by. Please try to avoid double parking and allowing children to weave between cars into school. As a parent you need to make a safe decision about how your child makes it to the school gate. Please be aware that blocking the road to allow your child to get out the car causes a lot of difficulties.

Some staff and parents make use of the ample parking at the Wilden cricket club and walk down the hill from there. For the few minutes that it takes to walk, this provides an excellent safe route to school and a great bit of exercise (although not suitable for pushchairs).

Punctuality and Attendance

Punctuality and attendance are very important for all children. There are morning learning activities and opportunities available but the whole class learning and routines start at 8.40am in year R-2 and 8.50am in 3-6. Our school worships begins at 9am. Although it wouldn't be our intention, arriving late is often upsetting for children, especially those who are anxious or sometimes dysregulated in school. Please ensure that your child attends regularly and on time, this will support friendships, learning, routines, anxiety and many other learning behaviours. For us to enable your child to settle, be happy and learn at their best, we do need your support with their morning routines and regular attendance.

Attendance is expected at 95% or above. We realise we say this every year, but the Government is now taking a very strict view on attendance and our hands are tied with our approach. Please ensure you contact us before 8.30am if your child is going to be away for any reason; there is an answer machine for these messages and you can leave them at any time. Alternatively, you can email office@wil.saet.co.uk. Emails are picked up constantly and often an easier option than trying to get through on a busy phoneline. It helps us enormously if we are not having to chase absentees who have not messaged us. As you will appreciate, our front office is a very busy place, making these calls is time consuming.

Fancy Volunteering?

We are always keen to welcome parents into school to help listen to readers or join us on trips and visits. If you would like to become a volunteer please contact the school office. We do need to ask you to complete some paperwork and gain a DBS check, but we can help you with this.

Tax Free Childcare Vouchers

You can get up to £500 every 3 months (up to £2,000 a year) for each of your children to

help with the costs of childcare. This goes up to £1,000 every 3 months if a child is

disabled (up to £4,000 a year).

If you get Tax-Free Childcare, you’ll set up an online childcare account for your child. For

every £8 you pay into this account, the government will pay in £2 to use to pay your

provider.

You can check your eligibility and apply here: https://www.gov.uk/tax-free-childcare

Free Data for those who need it most

For those struggling with the cost of living at the moment, it may be worth you looking at this service O2 are offering of free data for those that need it most. Follow this link for details

Are you entitled to Free School Meals?

During this very unsettled time family’s circumstances can change, please check to see if you are entitled to Free School meals. This not only gives you Free School Meals within school but you receive shopping vouchers throughout the holiday periods (£2.20 per day per child) You will also receive assistance with trips costs and Holiday activity clubs. We therefore encourage even those children that currently receive Universal Free School meals (Reception - Year 2) to apply so they are entitled to vouchers, trip assistance and activity clubs. Please click here to access the link.

Worcestershire Children's First, Family Support Hub

All families come under different strains at times, and as part of our Early Help offer, we would always want you to talk to us and see if there is support that we can offer. WCF Virtual Family Hub Page offers a wide range of services to support families. Click this link or picture below to take you to the site.

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