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Happy Easter

Fri 27 Mar 2026

As we come to the end of a busy spring term, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy and peaceful Easter.

This term has been filled with so many successes, and it has been a real joy to see the children continue to grow in confidence, resilience, and enthusiasm for their learning. From the excellent progress in classrooms to the many enrichment opportunities and special events, the children have shown just how capable and committed they are. Highlights this term have included the whole-school iSingPop workshop, the inspiring Young Voices concert, and our Easter services in church, which were a wonderful way to reflect together.

We are particularly proud of the way our pupils have demonstrated our school values in action—supporting one another and striving to do their very best each day. These achievements are only possible through the strong partnership we share with you as families, and we are incredibly grateful for your ongoing support.

We also hope that you found this term’s parent meetings helpful and informative.

We look forward to welcoming everyone back for the summer term on Monday 13th April, refreshed and ready for the exciting opportunities ahead.

Wishing you all a restful and joyful Easter break.

Mrs Cope

Easter is approaching

Fri 20 Mar 2026

We are sure everyone is looking forward to the Easter Holidays.

We have been so impressed by the creativity shown by our wonderful pupils with their entries for our Easter Egg Competition. This year's theme is Teamwork and we can see everyone has thought really hard to illustrate what working together means to them.

Reverend Laura will be judging the entries on Thursday 26th March.

See below for some of the entries so far. They really are great work.

The deadline has been extended if anyone does wish to get creative over the weekend and bring an entry in next week.

We will have our Easter Church Services at St Barnabas on Thursday 26th March and all the pupils will walk to and from the church to take part in these.

Thank you for your support with our recent non-uniform days.

The PTA have created lots of hampers with your donations ready for the Easter Raffle. Don't forget to get your raffle tickets from Class List.

We will finish for the Easter Holidays on Friday 27th March.

World Book Day and more.......

Thu 12 Mar 2026

What a busy few weeks we have had recently.

We celebrated World Book Day on Thursday 5th March. Pupils and staff dressed as their chosen word and there were some fabulous outfits and creations. Well done everyone. It was a really exciting and colourful day in school.

The PTA ran their Willy Wonka chocolate bar sale and the Golden Ticket winners have chosen their prizes.

Our Book Fair is running after school from Tuesday 10th March - Monday 16th March. Please come and have a look at the books for sale. World Book Day vouchers can be used at the fair.

This week Year 6 have visited Worcester Cathedral. They explored the cathedral and took part in some enriching activities. What a great learning experience for them.

Tomorrow (Friday 13th March) is a non-uniform day as part of the PTA's fundraising. Children are asked to bring in a chocolate item - Easter Egg, Chocolate bar etc for the Easter hampers. Raffle tickets can be purchased through Classlist.

Don't forget our Easter Egg competition this year is on the theme of TEAMWORK.

Entries should be brought into school on Monday 16th March and will be displayed until we break up for the Easter holidays. We are sure there will be lots of creative ideas from our pupils.

Young Voices Concert

Fri 27 Feb 2026

We were thrilled that our Young Voices Choir have finally taken part in the event at the bp pulse LIVE arena in Birmingham.

After months of rehearsals & the postponement of the first concert due to the snow it was great for the children to experience this amazing event yesterday.

Mr Mottershead and Mrs Wharton thought you all sounded amazing and were really proud of you all.

Well done everyone.

Have a restful February half term

Fri 13 Feb 2026

Children's Mental Health Week

Mon 09 Feb 2026

This morning in our worship time we have focused on talking about our feelings and how we have a sense of belonging as part of Children's Mental Health Week.

When we feel like we belong, we feel happy, safe, and ready to learn and play. It helps us grow strong in our minds and bodies, and it makes it easier to make friends, do well in school, and feel good about ourselves.

Children have looked at how to help others and themselves feel like they belong.

"Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody"

Our prayer today:

Dear God,

Please help us to feel loved and accept ourselves for who we are. Please guide us to remember that we all have a place where we are accepted, cared for, and loved. Thank you for our friends, family, school and community. Please give us the wisdom to connect with others if we are feeling sad or worried and help us to remember that we are never alone.
Amen.

Teachers Doing Something Silly!

Fri 30 Jan 2026

In the last week of this half term a fundraising event being organised by our School Councillors. Their chosen charity is Cancer Research and they would love your support.

The children have heard all about this during our worship time today.

See the poster below to see which of our teachers have volunteered to do something silly.

To vote for the silliest challenge, tokens should be paid for on Arbor.

£1 per token and you can buy as many tokens as you want.

Payments should be made by 9.00am on Monday 9th February.

The children will then vote and the chosen teachers will complete their challenge on the last day of half term.

Thank you for your support,

Mrs Wharton, Mr Crump and Miss Arnold

Happy New Year! So much in store for 2026.

Fri 09 Jan 2026

We hope you and your family enjoyed a peaceful and restful Christmas, and that the joy and hope of the season remain with you as we begin 2026.

The Spring term is a time of growth and renewal, and we look forward to a busy and enriching term ahead. There will be many opportunities for learning and celebration, including educational visits, themed weeks, collective worship, and special assemblies.

Please continue to check the school website, the newsletter and your Arbor messages to stay informed.

Please see below for upcoming events and celebration days in the Spring term.

Happy Christmas to all our families.

Thu 18 Dec 2025

Dear Families,

As we come to the end of the term, we would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you so much for your continued support throughout this term.

The Christmas festivities have been wonderful, with so many family members and friends joining us to watch the Christmas performances. The children have truly done us proud, and we are so pleased with the effort, enthusiasm and energy they put into everything they do.

Rev Laura was full of praise for both our children and staff at this week’s Christmas service, which was lovely to hear. We were also delighted this term to receive such a positive SIAMS inspection report — a real testament to the hard work and commitment of our whole school community.

Please join us in thanking all of our school staff for their dedication and hard work throughout the term.

Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a peaceful, restful and happy holiday.

Kindest regards,

Amanda Cope

Headteacher

Sparkle and Shine!

Fri 12 Dec 2025

We are so proud of all the children and have loved seeing them shine.

It has been lovely to parents, carers and extended family for the Christmas performances held in school this week.

It's been a joy to see the children enjoying taking part in their productions.

A huge well done to our Reception, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3 and Year 4 and Year 5 children.

You have all been incredible and made us feel very festive.

We are looking forward to our final festive concert when our Year 6 pupils take part in their carol concert on Tuesday.

We have been pleased to see the sun come out this afternoon while the children participated in the Rudolph Run for Kemp Hospice. Well done everyone. Thank you for your support with this fundraising.

Please remember we finish for the Christmas Holidays on Thursday 18th December at 3.15pm.