Newsletter 20th March 2026
Dear Parent/ Carer,
It has been an eventful week in school with no less than three separate school trips out! Reception had a great day in the spring sunshine Thursday at West Lodge Farm; Year One are enjoying a wonderful day at Woburn safari park today and our Key Stage Two “Student Aspiration” squad had a great time on Wednesday afternoon at the Benham Centre, trampolining.
“Back at the ranch” we have had a great week too; Year Six have had their final opportunity to practise their test skills ahead of KS2 SATs week in May. They have focussed hard and any gaps / errors will be used to tailor their teaching in the weeks leading up to the tests. Year Four performed a wonderful brass concert to their parents, carers and visitors on Thursday; the culmination of nine weeks of learning the trombone or trumpet. All children have enjoyed some sunnier weather and are enjoying playing outside and making use of the playgrounds and grass space we have.
School events next week
The last week of term is a busy one, especially on Thursday! On that day we are having a whole school Crazy Hair Day to raise funds for the Air Ambulance (one of the School Council’s three chosen charities). Year 4 will be out on their Geography trip to Stanwick Lakes so will have their crazy hair on Friday. We also have our ‘eggciting’ Easter egg raffle on Thursday. Tickets will be on sale all next week in the classrooms for KS1 and on the playground in Cool Kids for KS2 at breaktime and lunchtime. (Due to their Stanwick Lakes trip, Year Four only should buy raffle tickets from their class teacher and their raffle will be drawn on Friday.)
Also, on Thursday Year 3 families are invited in at the end of the day to view the children’s woven God’s Eyes.
On Friday we will have our Bartonian Assemblies, house point reward and our termly reading reward Easter egg hunt will be squeezed in too!
Happy Hols at Easter
A reminder that Happy Hols is open at EBPS for Holiday Club during the first week of the Easter Holidays. Please do book your place. If you are already registered with Happy Hols, please collect a booking form from the school office. If you have not registered, please see a staff member at Happy Hols to collect admission and booking forms. Alternatively, contact Wendy on 07591 004884 or email info@happyhols-playscheme.co.uk
Spring Term Reports
Next Friday is the final day of the spring term and your child’s spring term report will be emailed to you. As before, an email will come to your email address (not via the ParentMail app) and you will need to enter your child’s date of birth for security reasons. In the autumn term, only around 70% of parents viewed their child’s report which means 30% of you are not as well-informed as you could be about your child’s performance in-school.
Please take the time to read these one-page reports as they give a clear picture of your child’s attendance, attainment, effort and progress and are a useful starting point for a conversation at home about how school is going academically.
Attendance
Attendance this week was 96.48%. The top classes this week were Bluebell with 99.31%, Crocus with 99.64% and the winners, with an unbeatable 100%, were Daffodil class. Well done!
Wishing you a lovely weekend.
Miss Lally & Mr Morris
Letters home this week
Buttercup class message
Hazel class message
Y1 phonics session for parents invitation
Meningitis information
Y1 collection after Woburn trip
Y4 brass concert tomorrow reminder
Easter eggs for the PTA request
Excellence in everything certificates
Hazel class letter – staffing
Buttercup class letter – TA change
Attachments
Online safety – encouraging violence
Happy Hols Easter booking
Allstar Easter football
AIR
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