Dear Families
We have reached the end of January and the staff and myself have been amazed by how well the children continue to work and learn. They have started the new year so brilliantly and the work they are producing is excellent. Here’s to some lighter evenings and warmer weather in the weeks and months to follow.
Assembly
The week started with our assembly led by myself and we focussed on our values of Work Hard and Believe.
We watched this video of Heather Dornidens and discussed the commentators’ words such as ‘unbelievable’ and how she had to both work hard and believe in herself to finish her 600m race – even after she fell.
Year 6 SATs’ information evening
On Tuesday, our Year 6 team held an information session for parents about the Year 6 Standardised Assessment Tests (SATs). This was a very important meeting in order to help you and your child prepare for the national tests. If you were unable to make it, please contact your child’s class teacher to obtain the information you missed. Please note that SATs week is Monday 12th May 2025 and all children must be in school this week.
History Alive
On Wednesday, Year 3 jetted off to The Natural History Museum in Oxford as part of their history and science learning. The children loved touring the museum and had a great time taking part in the ‘Rock-Stars’ interactive workshop which really supported their science learning.
Walk in Wednesday
This week, we held our termly Walk in Wednesday – thank you to everyone who was able to attend. This week’s focus was on reading and it was wonderful to see our children sharing books with their families, friends and staff. Our next Walk in Wednesday is on 12th March.
If you haven't thought about magazine subscriptions for your children, please consider them. Here our Year 6s are enjoying catching up on what's been happening in the world around them with magazines This Week - out every week, and Science & Nature - out every month. It prompted lots of discussion, and the children even had fun completing the puzzles inside. These magazines are available for all of our children to access and read in the library.
Governor visit
The week has finished with another visit from our Governors. This time they came into school to monitor and evaluate maths and they spoke to many children across the school about their maths learning. Once again, they were very impressed with what they saw including the behaviour of the children.
Is your child getting enough sleep?
We are noticing that some children are starting the day tired – please can you make sure that your child/ren go to sleep at a sensible time so that they are ready to learn and focus first thing in the morning. If you need any support with supporting your child and their sleep pattern please speak to Karen Keay or Lindsey York
Please see below the recommended sleep time for children
Coming up next
Next week, is children’s mental health week and we will be having an assembly all about eating healthily and what we can all do for our mental health. We also have our much-anticipated Smile Mile happening (please refer to previous letters) and FEHPS Bingo night on 7th February – who’s coming?! There is a fantastic raffle!
That’s it for this week. Thank you for your continued support which helps to make this school the brilliant school that it is!
One final thing… please remember to check lost property!
Have a super weekend.
Ms Pennington