Afternoon all, IMPORTANT REQUEST: Reminder that tomorrow we will be making a memory box as part of our English unit. Please provide your child a shoe box or cereal box to bring into class. WILD WEST: We are still looking for parent helpers to support during Wild West on Friday 19th (AM) If you are available and would like to help, this would be greatly appreciated. Please drop the office an email letting them know. Our learning for this half term: English - Our stories this h

Choir will finish back at the normal time of 4 now the festival has finished. We will be learning and practising songs for the school date!

We are still looking for some parent helpers for our Wild West session on Friday 19th June between 9:30am-11:30am. If you are able to offer your help, please let us know via the office. Thank you in advance!

Please arrange to collect your child at the normal time.

If your child attends choir, please be advised that choir will not finish until 4.20pm on Friday 15th May and Friday 22nd May. When we return after term break the finish time will revert to 4.00pm. Collection arrangements remain the same.

Year 1 Wild West: We would love some parent helpers for our Wild West session. If you are able to help on Friday 19th June between 9:30am-11:30am. Please let us know via the office. Over the holidays, please collect lots of cardboard boxes and toilet roll tubes as we are in need of these for our Wild West session (making bug hotels and bird feeders). Thank you! Call of the wild zoo trip: We are still looking for some parent helpers to come along to Call of the Wild with us on

Unfortunately, choir will be cancelled tomorrow Friday 22nd May. Please arrange to collect your child at the usual time or book Night Owls before 2.00pm tomorrow https://www.westerings.com/book-online We apologise for any inconvenience. Choir will resume again on Friday 12th June, finishing at 4.00pm.

If your child attends choir, please be advised that choir will not finish until 4.20pm on Friday 15th May and Friday 22nd May. When we return after term break the finish time will revert to 4.00pm. Collection arrangements remain the same.

Good afternoon, As you are aware, during the first week back after half term the children will complete their official Phonics Screening Check, which assesses their reading and phonics skills. This week, the children completed another practice paper. Please check your child’s school bag for their results sheet, which will show their most recent score. In previous years, the pass mark has been 32; however, this may change. To ensure children are working securely above the expe

If your child attends choir, please be advised that choir will not finish until 4.20pm on Friday 15th May and Friday 22nd May. When we return after term break the finish time will revert to 4.00pm. Collection arrangements remain the same.

As payment for the trip was due by 8th May 2026 please ensure that the payment is made as soon as possible via Arbor. Thank you to those families who have already made the payment.

If your child attends choir, please be advised that choir will not finish until 4.20pm on Friday 15th May and Friday 22nd May. When we return after term break the finish time will revert to 4.00pm. Collection arrangements remain the same.

We have had another fantastic week in Year 1! In English, the children have been writing about where they would prefer to live – in the town or the countryside – and explaining their reasons. We were very impressed with their use of adjectives, verbs, conjunctions and punctuation. In Maths, we have continued learning about money. The children have been exploring British coins and notes, and understanding their values and equivalences (for example, five £1 coins equal a £5 not

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Afternoon all, Events: Monday we have Trunk Theatre coming in for a morning show to engage the children on our History subject of The Great Fire of London. Recyclable collection: Later in the half-term we will be building our own Tudor houses to take to Belchamps and burn as part of looking at how quickly the fire spread during the GFOL. If you can, please start collecting up used cardboard boxes (cereal boxes/shoe boxes.) The children will have to carry these so please be ca

Thank you for the payments received to date and a polite reminder that payment on Arbor was due by Wednesday 15th April. Your attention to this by Monday 27th April is appreciated. Please see letter attached.

Unfortunately, choir has been cancelled this week. Please collect your child at the end of the day as usual or book Night Owls at https://www.westerings.com/. We apologise for any inconvenience. Friday 3.20pm - 4.00pm Choir Year 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 Small hall

CONNECTING WITH YOUR CHILD'S TEACHER JUST GOT EASIER... Dear Families, We are always looking for ways to strengthen communication between home and school, ensuring that any questions or concerns you may have are addressed quickly, clearly, and effectively. With the significant rise in of the use of emails, and increasingly AI generated content, we are finding that our ability to effectively process and respond to parents is slower than we would like, and certainly less person