Newsletter 3rd October 2025
Dear parents and carers,
It has been a lovely week in school where we have had two major events showcasing the Fundamental British Value of Democracy. Firstly, we held our Year Six House Captain elections where all children in Year Six who wished to be Captain of their House team stood up and gave a speech to their year group explaining why they would make an excellent House Captain. Every Year Six child and every member of staff then had a vote and the winners were announced in Thursday’s assembly. Well done to the chosen Captains and Vice Captains; we look forward to seeing you in many ambassadorial roles for our school and leading your House for the year ahead!
Also on Thursday, every class from Y1 – Y6 held their School Council elections with the class representative being chosen by their classmates in a democratic way. We spoke to the children before this about the qualities of a good School Councillor and many children gave their speeches with some excellent ideas for how they wish to improve our school. We look forward to their first meeting and a productive year of fundraising and their contributions and ideas for school improvement.
Please see attached photos of our newly elected School Council and very well done to those who were chosen and to those who put themselves forward. House Captain photo to follow next week (one child was absent!)
Celebration assemblies
Well done to the certificate winners in our Friday celebration assembly who were awarded Stars of The Week. Well done also for the children chosen for #HotChocolate Friday today. A special mention to Imogen in Y4 who is our first recipient of a bronze house point award so far this year, she has been awarded an incredible 75 house points already.
Bartonian Blooms
During week commencing 13th October we will once again be checking Bartonian Blooms passports for all children in Y1 – Y6. Our House Captains will be helping to conduct the “interviews” with every child who thinks they have been awarded a new petal-coloured certificate and these will be given out before the October half-term.
Reception children will start their passport in January to give them time to settle in and for this initiative to be explained fully to children and to parents.
House point sponsorship
We are very grateful to the businesses and individuals who sponsored our termly house point rewards last year, this enabled us to offer some lovely and incentivising activities for the winning house team which would just not have been possible to fund from the school budget. Last year, the kindness of our sponsors provided: a bouncy castle; Christmas crafts; a delicious afternoon tea; ice-creams; movie and popcorn afternoon and a disco! If any individual or company would like to sponsor one of this year’s six house point rewards, please contact the office. We can offer advertising and public thanks in return, as well as the feelgood factor of providing fun and enjoyment of our children!
Harvest Festivals and The McCarthy Dixon Foundation
A reminder that Years One and Three will lead the Harvest celebrations at All Saints church next Thursday 16th October. Anyone in the school community can donate a food item or monetary donation to our charity The McCarthy Dixon Foundation (TMDF).
TMDF donations can be online here through their Local Giving Page or via our ParentMail app and we will have a collection tin in the school office. You could also buy items from their “Amazon wish list” here which will be passed on to families in need. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
YR outdoor area
A polite reminder to please not let children play with / touch / swing on the outdoor equipment which is outside the Reception class area. This is not ready for use yet and is being built / stored. After half term, the new outdoor area will be finished with a fence to keep the children’s items enclosed and for their safe use within the school day only. Please supervise your children before and after school and keep them away from his equipment. Thank you.
Parents’ evening appointments
We have our term 1 parent-teacher meetings scheduled for week commencing 20th October. If you have not yet made your appointment, there are a few slots available in each class. Please log into your ParentMail account to book your meeting.
Attendance
Attendance this week was 96.60%. The top classes this week were Daisy with 99.32%, Ash with 99.57 and well done to Buttercup class with an unbeatable 100%!
Wishing you a lovely weekend.
Miss Lally & Mr Morris
Co-Headteachers
Letters home
EYFS Phonics invitation to parents
Y3 Harvest Festival celebrations invitation
Parents’ evening booking
Year group calendars – individual year groups
Attachments
Happy Hols half term advert
EA sports FC 26
School Council 2025-26
HOUSEPOINTS TERM 1
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