Newsletter 28th November 2025
Dear parents and carers,
Another busy week in school with the joy of school photo day yesterday where the individual and sibling photos were taken and every child and family group looked angelic! Special thanks to Mrs Alexander (our school business manager) and PTA helpers who coordinated this logistical challenge across the school and ensured every photograph and family group was taken as it should be. You have probably seen that our EYFS outdoor area is now complete and being enjoyed by the Reception children for their outdoor “busy time”.
Celebration Assemblies
Well done to the chosen stars of the week today for a variety of reasons including perseverance, self-belief, positivity, reading, lots of certificates for wonderful writing and succeeding in maths challenges. Well done also to the chosen children who joined me for Hot Chocolate today who were selected due to showing our school values this week and ALWAYS, even when no-one is looking! We have talked to the children a lot about “Integrity” and doing the right thing, even when no-one is looking! We love it when our children show integrity and celebrate this publicly as much as possible.
Healthy Schools Bronze
Well done to Miss Lawton (our PSHE leader) who has been working hard over the past year to get the school our first accreditation for being a “Healthy School”. We will be presented with our Bronze award in assembly next Friday. Next stop – silver!
Book Fayre
Many thanks to those of you who have already visited the Book Fayre this week. A reminder that the final opportunity to do so is Monday 1st December. We will confirm the commission raised for our school library stock next week.
Christmas Lunch Ordering
A reminder that the school’s Christmas lunch is on Thursday 11th December. If you would like to order a Christmas lunch for your child please do so by midnight Wednesday 3rd December. Please see the attached flier for further details of the menu and also a special December competition which HAT catering are running for every child who orders a school lunch between 1st and 16th December with the chance for one lucky winner to win a Nintendo switch and another person to win a Crayola art set.
Christmas post boxes
A reminder that from Monday the school Christmas post boxes will be in action! Please remember to label Christmas cards with the recipient's name and class to make it easier for our pupil volunteers to deliver them. Class teachers have a list of pupils’ first names in their class.
Class Christmas raffle
Tickets for the class Christmas raffles will be on sale from Monday. This lovely activity is organised by our wonderful PTA. Tickets cost 20p each and there is no limit to how many tickets a child can buy as this is a fundraiser!
A reminder that PTA Christmas raffle tickets are available to buy online here for the draw which will take on Saturday 6th December at the Christmas Fayre at EB Working Men’s Club from 11am – 3pm where both of our choirs will be performing.
End of term clubs
A reminder that the after-school gymnastics clubs have finished now until January.
The last rehearsal of Senior Choir will be Friday 5th December.
There will be no Junior Choirs or Recorders in the last week of term so the last rehearsals will be week ending 12th December.
Hotshots will carry on to the end of term, the last session being Friday 19th December.
Football (before and after school) and Dodgeball (before school) clubs will also continue to the end of term – all with Coach Ryan.
Attendance
Attendance this week was 96.40%. The top three classes were Buttercup with 98.67%, Daffodil with 99.31% and Ash with an unbeatable 100%. Well done!
Wishing you a lovely weekend.
Miss Lally & Mr Morris
Letters home this week
Senior choir performances
Book fair reminders – individual year groups
Y5 DT materials, please
Inclusion Team newsletter and Tea and talk invitation
Y5 swimming next week – please bring t-shirt
EYFS outdoor area is finished
PTA events
Y2 DT invitation
EYFS safer eating guidance
Y1 phonics session tomorrow reminder
Excellence in Everything certificate – individual pupils who showed excellence
Attachments
Online safety – Tiktok
Christmas lunch 2025
Christmas competition 2025
EBPS Inclusion Team information
Free sleep workshop
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