Dear Parents and Carers,
 
Over the last few weeks your children have really enjoyed been immersed in a range of fairy tales and in particular enjoying the challenge of helping the three little pigs build a new house using different materials in the woods!  They were so excited to receive a letter from Mummy Pig and just loved building all kinds of structures with straw and sticks!  They have also been constructing some great bridges and retelling the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff as well as learning capacity with porridge oats and bowls through the story of Goldilocks. 

This week we will be…

• Learning more about the five senses,  
• Exploring colour mixing with the paints,
• Learning phase 2 sounds (phonemes) in phonics,
• Talking about measure and patterns,
• Practising our careful counting,
•  Counting out sets of objects to match a numeral with 10.

 
Dough Disco
The children have fun using play dough to music called Dough Disco.  This is something that we do most days and love! We have our own pot of playdough in the classroom and we choose a song to dance to and practise flattening, rolling and squeezing our playdough. Dough Disco helps us to strengthen the muscles in our hands, which in turn helps us with our pencil control and handwriting.

Home Learning and Handwriting
At school we use the handwriting scheme of Penpals. This a great resource that supports our children right through school. Your child is practising letter formation in school through explicit teaching and in phonics.  Each week your child will be sent home some reinforcing practice of handwriting linked to the sounds they are learning.  Please return the plastic folder and the completed activity in their reading bags each week by Wednesday please.
 
Star of the day
We also have ‘Star of the day’ each day in class. Children will each take it in turns to be praised on something we have seen that day and receive a certificate. For the next day, the Star of the Day will get to be at the front of the line and sit on a chair at carpet times. 
 
Packed lunches and nut-based products
For children who are bringing in a packed lunch to school, please can we remind you not to include nuts or nut-based products in packed lunches or in snacks.
 
Lost Property
Please can all parents check their child’s clothing and ensure it is well labelled.  There is a growing number of jumpers etc in our lost property already. We can only return clothing if it is named.
 
OPAL Play
The children love being able to play out in all weathers and their wellies are worn daily.  The fun of running through puddles typifies pure enjoyment and fun!  There were quite a few soggy socks and wet feet last week and we didn’t have enough spare socks to give out.  Please could you add a pair of extra socks in your child’s PE bags as I’m sure there will be more rainy days to come! 
 
Parents Consultations
Parent consultations are 20th and 22nd October.  Please make sure you have booked an appointment via the link sent by our school office.

Please do not hesitate to speak/email a member of staff if you have any questions.
Thank you so much,
The Reception Team

Dear Parents and Carers,

This is a short newsletter to share with you details of the school discos later this week. 
We will be holding the following two events on Thursday 8th October:
5:15 pm – 6:15 pm – Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 disco
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Disco for children in Years 3 – 6

The entrance cost for the disco is £3.  There is an unlimited supply of juice or biscuits for the children included in the entrance fee.  Sweets and other treats are available for the children to purchase.

Members of the Parents’ Association and school staff will be in attendance to look after the children.  However, Early Years guidance around safer eating means that if you child hasn’t yet had their fifth birthday, they will need a responsible adult to stay with them.  We will be unable to allow under 5s to attend unsupervised.

At the end of the disco, please queue outside the main entrance.  We will sit the children down on the hall floor and then allow parents to come through and pick their children up, exiting through the rear entrance of the hall and back on to the school car park.  We have found this is the most efficient and safest way to match the children to their adults at the end of the event.

Thank you to those parents who attended the AGM of our Parents’ Association last week and thank you to those parents who have put themselves forward to form the core committee.  We are looking forward to another exciting year of fund raising.  As well as attending events, an easy way to donate is to sign up to the Easy Fundraising website which brings funds directly to our Parents’ Association without any additional cost to you.  Please follow the link to be able to donate – https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/norburyhall/

​We look forward to seeing as many of the children as possible on Thursday evening.
Best wishes,
Becky Wood

We’re really excited about the progress we’re making with our OPAL (Outdoor Play and Learning) project and how it’s helping us make lunchtimes even more fun, creative and adventurous for our children!

We’d love to invite you to come along and experience OPAL for yourself at our upcoming Stay & Play session:
Thursday 15th October
3.30pm – 4.30pm
Come along, get involved and see some of the exciting ways our children are learning and playing outdoors.

Spaces are limited, so please visit our OPAL page for more information from our Deputy Headteachers Bridget Adnett and Hannah Garrett and to complete the form to secure your place: Opal at Norbury
https://www.norburyhall.stockport.sch.uk/opal-at-norbury.html

We can’t wait to see you there!

Dear Parents and Carers,

Thank you for your support at the start of a busy autumn term.  The children have settled well and are enjoying their learning and time with friends.  It has been lovely to see our Reception and Nursery children so integrated into school life. 

Four Rivers Trust
We continue to be proud to be a part of the Four Rivers Trust.  The annual report for last year can be found using the following link - https://www.four-rivers.co.uk/latest-news/.  Please take time to read this and find out what the schools in the Trust have achieved and what the Trust continues to do.

Office News
Fran Travis was successful at the end of the summer term in gaining the position of Finance Officer for The Four Rivers Trust.  The Trust is moving to a central team model for finance and HR and Fran will be an integral part of this.  Mrs Michelle Flannery and Mrs Dawn Campbell continue to ensure that our office runs as it always has and offer you that first point of contact with the school.

Safety and Consideration of our Neighbours when Parking
We have had several complaints from our neighbours around the school site regarding irresponsible parking at the start and end of the school day.  I would, once again, ask that you make safety your key priority when you drop your children off or pick them up.  The new road markings may mean that you have to park further away and walk the final part of the journey.  Traffic wardens have been in attendance already this term and we have requested that they visit more frequently. 

Uniform and Jewellery
It has been good to see the children looking smart in their uniform.  Please could I ask that all items of clothing are named so that they get back to your child if they get lost.  Please label shoes as well as the children are frequently changing into their wellies to enjoy the OPAL activities at lunchtime.  It is amazing how similar boys’ black shoes can be!  Lost property is kept for a half term before being recycled.  The school office only holds a small stock of uniform – please could we ask that you order uniform from our external supplier - https://www.norburyhall.stockport.sch.uk/school-uniform-list.html - this can then be delivered to home or school.

The only jewellery worn permitted is stud earrings and / or a watch (not a Smart watch).  Hoop earrings in particular can be extremely dangerous to wear for school. 

Safeguarding
Safeguarding our children is integral to all that we do at Norbury Hall.  At the start of the school year, I want to remind you who our Designated Safeguarding Leads are and how to raise a concern if you feel you need to.  I am the Designated Safeguarding Lead with Bridget Adnett and Hannah Garrett assuming the role of Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead.  You can raise a concern directly with ourselves or you can talk to your child’s class teacher.  All of our staff undertake annual safeguarding training so they are well versed with the procedures in school.

Parent / Teacher Meetings
Parent and teacher meetings will be held on Tuesday 20th October and Thursday 22nd October. 

Early next week we will be sending you an email from ‘Parents Booking’ who are the online platform we use to organise Parent / Teacher Consultations.  

This allows you to choose, book and edit the meetings scheduled with the class teacher. These will take place on:
Tuesday 20th October – 3:30pm - 7pm
Thursday 22nd October – 3:30 pm – 6 pm
The log in screen is very simple and straightforward to use,
​no username or password is required.

If you have any queries regarding the online booking system, please contact the school office.

Christmas 2026
We are in the process of finalising dates for Christmas events.  Some are outlined in the diary dates below.  Please be patient with us as we finalise other dates.  I will get these out to parents as soon as possible.

Thank you as ever for your continued support
Becky Wood

Autumn Term — What Can We Discover at Norbury Hall?
Week Beginning: 21st September 2026
 
Dear Parents and Carers,
 
A big welcome to you all!  After a busy couple of weeks with the children settling into to school life, it is so lovely to see the children arriving with smiles and looking forward to an exciting day ahead! 
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They are continuing to familiarise and learn more about their learning environments and have been enjoying their lunchtimes with lots of exciting areas to play in.
 
Over the next two weeks, we will be…
Talking about our families and where we live. Please send in your family photo if you have not already done so.
Reading stories about families e.g. Owl Babies and retelling the story together.
Drawing pictures and labelling, ‘Who is in our family?’  ‘Where do I live?’
Exploring different materials in our construction area and building houses together.
Creating our own junk models, using different resources including using scissors
Looking at the sounds (phonemes): s,a,t,p, i, n, m, d.
Tricky words to learn by sight (these cannot be sounded out) I  go  no  to  the  into
Matching, sorting and comparing objects and numbers
 
Bug Club
Bug Club is a brilliant online resource we have in school and you’ll find your child’s login for Bug Club stuck in the front of your child’s reading record book. Please do let us know if you are having any issues logging on.

Last week, we allocated books without words for your child to share with you and to enjoy collecting the rewards through the little bugs.

We allocate new books on there each week (by Friday), in addition to the reading books that come home. Children can apply their phonic knowledge and practise further at home online.
To access please visit:
https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/loginc=0 

Labelling
Please can you ensure that clothing is well labelled.  This will include hats, scarves, coats and jumpers.  Many thanks.  PE starts this week!
 
Scooters and Bikes
As a school we encourage children to come to school on their bikes and scooters, but can we kindly ask they dismount their bike or scooter at the gate and then walk it into school. We do have a large bike shed in the junior playground which is available to use. Our school site is extremely busy in the mornings and at the end of the day and we want to keep everyone safe. Many thanks for your support with this.

Please do not hesitate to speak/email a member of staff if you have any concerns about your child or any questions.
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Thank you so much,
The Reception Team

A big thank you to everyone who came along to our Meet the Teacher Evening. It was lovely to see so many of you and we hope you found the evening useful.
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If you’d like to revisit anything that was discussed, you can now find your year group presentation in the Parent’s Hub on our website.

​Thank you for your continued support.

Dear Parents and Carers,
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Welcome back to our Year 5 and 6 children to another fun-filled year! We hope you have all had a great summer break and are enjoying seeing your children settle into the new term. We have enjoyed getting to know the children and we are excited to see the amazing work they will produce this term! We have been working hard across the school to follow new routines and we have been very impressed with the children’s attitude towards their learning.
 
What Will We Discover at Norbury Hall?  
This term there is a science focus right across school with the title of our new quest being ‘What Will We Discover at Norbury Hall?’ We are stepping into the shoes of scientists to bring our learning to life, beginning to think scientifically and to question the world around us.
 
Reading
As always, reading is a very important part of learning at Norbury Hall. We encourage children to develop their reading skills and want to inspire their own reading for pleasure. Every classroom has a reading area for our children to enjoy and an adult in school will hear them read each week. To benefit your child, we are asking children to read at home at least three times a week and for this to be recorded in their reading records. This will be checked daily, during the school day.
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Each class also has an author box which allows them to explore a range of books from chosen authors. The author boxes will then be swapped between year groups after the half term break.

TTRS
Every child in the school also has an individual login for Times Tables Rock Stars. This is a brilliant way for our children to secure their times tables in fun way. Your child’s class teacher will set specific times tables personalised to their ability and they will be allocated time at school to practise, however we know that any additional time spent using TTRS at home has a huge impact on securing a quick recall of division and multiplication facts. Alongside reading, we are also asking that children play TTRS at least 3 times a week.
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Scooters and Bikes
As a school we encourage children to come to school on their bikes and scooters, but can we kindly ask they dismount their bike or scooter at the gate and then walk it into school. We do have a large bike shed in the junior playground which is available to use. Our school site is extremely busy in the mornings and at the end of the day and we want to keep everyone safe. Many thanks for your support with this.
 
General Information
With the colder weather on its way, please can we request that children bring a coat with them each day. A pair of wellies  and full waterproofs are also essential for our OPAL lunchtime play and outdoor learning opportunities. It would be useful, as with all items, that they are clearly labelled. Can we also request that children bring water to school, rather than juice for their classroom drink.

Dear Parents and Carers,
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Welcome back to our Year 3 and 4 children for another fun-filled year! We hope you have all had a great summer break and are enjoying seeing your children settle into the new term. We have really enjoyed getting to know the children a little better and we are excited to see the brilliant work they will produce this term! We have been working hard across the school to follow new routines and we have been very impressed with the children’s attitude towards their learning.
 
What Will We Discover at Norbury Hall?  
This term there is a science focus right across school with the title of our new quest being ‘What Will We Discover at Norbury Hall?’ We are stepping into the shoes of scientists to bring our learning to life, beginning to think scientifically and to question the world around us. We’ll be making the most of our fantastic school grounds with Year 3 exploring plants and pollination as brilliant botanists and Year 4 will also be bioloists using classification keys to identify animals and insects around the school grounds and finding the perfect habitat for their own creature.
 
Reading
As always, reading is a very important part of learning at Norbury Hall. We encourage children to develop their reading skills and want to inspire their own reading for pleasure. Every classroom has a reading area for our children to enjoy and an adult in school will hear them read each week. To benefit your child, we are asking children to read at home at least three times a week and for this to be recorded in their reading records. This will be checked daily, during the school day.
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Each class also has an author box which allows them to explore a range of books from chosen authors. The author boxes will then be swapped between year groups after the half term break.

​TTRS
Every child in the school also has an individual login for Times Tables Rock Stars. This is a brilliant way for our children to secure their times tables in fun way. Your child’s class teacher will set specific times tables personalised to their ability and they will be allocated time at school to practise, however we know that any additional time spent using TTRS at home has a huge impact on securing a quick recall of division and multiplication facts. Alongside reading, we are also asking that children play TTRS at least 3 times a week.
 
Scooters and Bikes
As a school we encourage children to come to school on their bikes and scooters, but can we kindly ask they dismount their bike or scooter at the gate and then walk it into school. We do have a large bike shed in the junior playground which is available to use. Our school site is extremely busy in the mornings and at the end of the day and we want to keep everyone safe. Many thanks for your support with this.
 
General Information
With the colder weather on its way, please can we request that children bring a coat with them each day. A pair of wellies is also essential for our OPAL lunchtime play and outdoor learning opportunities. It would be useful, as with all items, that they are clearly labelled. Can we also request that children bring water to school, rather than juice for their classroom drink.

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome to Years 1 and 2! We hope you have all had a great summer break and are enjoying seeing your children settle into the new term. In the first few weeks, we have enjoyed getting to know the children, talking with them and seeing their personalities shine. We have been working hard across the school and have been impressed with the children’s attitude towards their learning.

What will we discover at Norbury Hall?
The children have been working hard and have already produced some fantastic work. This term there is a science focus right across school. With the title of our new quest being ‘What will we discover at Norbury Hall?’ We are stepping into the shoes of scientists, inventors and explorers to bring our learning to life and are discovering how to think scientifically, questioning the world around us.

Reading
As always, reading is a very important part of learning at Norbury Hall. We encourage children to develop their reading skills and want to inspire their own reading for pleasure. Every classroom has a reading area for our children to enjoy and an adult in school will hear them read each week. To benefit your child, we are asking children to read at home at least three times a week and for this to be recorded in their reading records. This will be checked daily, during the school day. We are also encouraging the use of our online reading platform, Bug Club for the children to read a range of books and develop their understanding of what they have read.
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Each class also has an author box which allows them to explore a range of books from chosen authors. The author boxes will then we swapped between year groups after the half term break.

General Information
With the colder weather on its way, please can we request that children bring a coat with them each day. A pair of wellies is useful for our weekly, outdoor learning activities. It would be useful, as with all items, that they are clearly labelled. Can we also request that children bring water to school, rather than juice for their classroom drink. All Key Stage 1 children are still entitled to the free fruit and veg scheme and do not need bring in any snacks for break.

Scooters and Bikes
​As a school we encourage children to come to school on their bikes and scooters, but can we kindly ask they dismount their bike or scooter at the gate and then walk it into school. We do have a large bike shed in the junior playground which is available to use. Our school site is extremely busy in the mornings and at the end of the day and we want to keep everyone safe. Many thanks for your support with this.

Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome back to a new school year.  For those of you joining us for the first time, can I extend a very warm welcome to the Norbury Hall family.  We recognise that this may all seem very new for you and your child and you may have many questions.  Please ask either the staff who are working with your child or feel free to contact the school office as we want you and your child to feel confident in this new venture.  Please contact the office either by phone or [email protected].  Our newsletters are published on the school website and you will receive a text message when new letters are posted.  The school website is a great source of information about the school so please use this to keep up to date and informed.

Meet the Teacher Event – Wednesday 16th September
Parents of children in Years 1 - 6 are invited to attend our annual Meet the Teacher event.  We will be holding sessions at 4:00 pm and 4:45 pm – the session will be a repeat so that you can attend more than one session if you have more than one child in the school.  The session will outline the necessary information for the children in each year group and you will have a chance to ask any questions.  Please enter the school via the main entrance; sessions will be held in the classrooms.

Communication with School
It is really important to us that you converse with us regarding your child.  There are obviously formal events within the calendar to facilitate this but we recognise there are many other times where you may have messages you want to convey or need a conversation. 

You are welcome to hold an informal conversation with teachers at the end of the day.  However, if this is a longer conversation, it may be necessary to make an appointment for a more formal conversation.  A quick message can be placed in your child’s reading record.  These are checked each day.  The office staff are also available if you need to get a message to us.  Please contact them either by telephone or email. 

Teachers will respond to an email you send to their personal email address but please be mindful that within a busy teaching day they do not have time to check their emails whilst they are teaching.  Emails will not be responded to before 8 am and after 5 pm.

Medical Updates
If following the summer break, you have any medical updates regarding your child, please let us know.  You can either email the office with the update or make an appointment to see your child’s class teacher.  If your child has an inhaler, please make sure we have this in school and that it is date.  If your child has a Medical Care Plan, we will shortly be sending them out for you to review and sign.

If your child needs medication given to them during the school day, you must complete a form which is available in the school entrance.  This must be passed to the office team who will ensure that the right people know about this.  Our School Nursing team encourage us to only administer prescribed medication however we recognise that sometimes medicine such as Calpol will help your child be in school.  If you are available to come and administer this during the school day, we would appreciate this.  However, if this isn’t possible we are happy to administer Calpol that you have sent into school – a form needs to be completed in the same way outlined above.

Safer Eating
In line with statutory national statutory guidance, we have been updating our policy and practice around safer eating in school and the management of allergies.  To support this, we would ask two things:

• Please don’t send any nut-based products into school including in your child’s lunchbox.  This supports our children with allergies and reduces risks.
• Please make sure that any treats you send in for your child’s birthday or another occasion are given to the class teacher as they will have the necessary information about individual dietary requirements and allergies.

Attendance
It is really important that your child is in school as much as possible.  Missing time in school impacts learning and the important social interactions your child has whilst they are with us.  Any child with attendance of 90% or below (regardless of the reason for any absences) is considered to be a persistent absentee by the government and we will pursue a conversation with parents if this is the case. 

We do recognise that children get poorly and if your child is genuinely unwell and cannot come to school we ask that you contact the school office to inform us of the absence.  If your child has sickness or diarrhoea, they must stay off school for 48 hours from the last episode of diarrhoea or vomiting.

We ask that you make any routine medical appointments outside of the school day.
Your child should not be absent for day trips, holidays or birthdays or if a parent or sibling are ill. 

In essence, it is really important that your child is in school.  Equally, it is important that they are punctual so that they don’t miss the start of the learning day and don’t feel anxious about coming in late. 

More information about attendance can be found on our school website in our Attendance Policy.

Home/School Agreement
Please could you read our Home/School Agreement and our Expectations of Parents and Carers.  Both of these documents can be found on the school website.  If you would like to discuss the content of either document, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Online platforms
We use the following online platforms:

• Tapestry (Nursery and Reception) – you will receive information about this from the relevant year groups.
• School Money – this is our school payment system.  This is used for school trips, school events and school uniform.  The best way to access this is through the Eduspot App.
• School Grid – this is the platform for ordering school meals.  It is designed with the intention that you order your child’s school meal rather than your child ordering their meal when they come into school.  This really helps us know what you want your child to eat and helps the kitchen know how much food to cook.  It is the expectation that you order your child’s meal rather than this happening in school.
• Eduspot – this is a messaging service – you may receive either text messages or emails.  You can’t reply to these messages.
• Times Table Rock Stars (from Year 2 upwards)
• Bug Club – an online reading platform
• My Maths – used with older year groups to support maths home learning
  
  

Parents’ Association
Our Parents’ Association raised in excess of £15,000 for us last year.  This money enables us to offer so much more to our children.  They are holding their AGM in school on Wednesday 30th September at 6 pm – all are welcome to attend.
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Finally, we never underestimate the trust you put in us as we care for your children and support their learning journey.  We very much want to make this year a successful partnership with you so that your child can achieve the very best possible outcomes and successes.

Dear Parents,

As we reach the end of another school year, I wanted to get in touch to thank you for all your support this year.  It is truly a privilege to work with your children and we appreciate all that you do to make their time in school successful.

Thank you to so many of you who have attended sports day events over the last couple of days.  We had the perfect weather conditions and no tricky decisions about whether to go ahead or not!  Please could I ask that any photographs or videos of your children are not shared more widely on the internet but limited to family and friends. 

Results for the Key Stage 2 Sports Day are as follows:
1st place- Yellow (curiosity) with 67
2nd place- purple (bravery) with 61
3rd place- green (understanding) with 59
Well done to team Curiosity!

If you need to contact us over the summer, we will be periodically checking the office emails.  The school office will be open from 9:30 am – 12:00 pm on Tuesday 1st September and Wednesday 2nd September if you need to talk to someone.  These are INSET days for the children.

I hope you all have a marvellous summer.  I want to wish our Year 6 leavers well as they start their high school journey.
 
Best wishes
Becky Wood

Dear Parents and Carers,

We are fast approaching the end of the school year and I wanted to update you on arrangements for next year as well as imparting some other key pieces of information.

Staff News
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Miss Gregory has made the difficult decision to step away from teaching for a while. 
I would like to thank her for the contribution she has made to Norbury Hall and wish her well in the future.

Miss Manfredi has been appointed as a class teacher from September 2026.  Miss Manfredi has supported the school this year in an agency capacity and we are delighted to welcome her to the team.

We are also saying goodbye to Mrs Boygle.  Mrs Boygle has worked with our Year 6 across this year and has been a great addition to the team.  We wish her well in the future.

Class Arrangements for 2026 / 2027

The children will work with their new teachers during the week beginning 13th July 2026.  On Monday 13th July they will come into school as usual and after registration will move to their new classes and teachers.  They will work with their new teachers for the remainder of the week.  Our current Year 5 children will be at Robinwood with their new teachers from the Wednesday to the Friday.  Our current Year 6 children will work with other teachers during this week.  Their focus will be on finalising plans for their Leavers’ Assembly.  They will be based in the hall on Monday and Tuesday and then in their classrooms from Wednesday to Friday.
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This will obviously alter drop off and collection arrangements for the week (from pick up on Monday 13th July):

Annual Report to Parents

Annual reports to parents will be sent home with your child on Friday 10th July.  These will give you a picture of your child’s attainment and progress across this academic year.  If you want to discuss the report further, please get in touch directly with your child’s class teacher.  There is a section on the report for you to be able to respond to the report.  If you wish to do so, please return this page of the report to school.  We will then make a copy for our records and return the original to you. 

Request

Thank you for sending in cardboard boxes for use at lunchtimes in our OPAL zones.  Please could we ask that boxes that have contained nut-based products are not sent into school. This supports members of our school community with allergies.

Price Increase – School Meals

From September the cost of a school meal will rise to £3.00.  This reflects increasing food prices and a price increase from our current meal provider.  Meals continue to be free for children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 as well as those eligible for a free school meal.
We still have many events and activities taking place before the end of the school year.  The relevant dates are below and you should have received further information from our phase team leaders.
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Best wishes
Becky Wood

Dear Parents and Carers,

It is so lovely to see the children return to school refreshed and ready for their last half term in Reception.  It’s amazing to reflect on how quickly the year has flown!
As we look ahead to the final few weeks of the summer term, we have plenty of exciting activities planned.  These will give the children opportunities to celebrate their achievements, enjoy time with their friends and make lasting memories as the children look forward to their school visit to Imagine That! 

In this final half term, we are learning to: 

• Recall number facts within 10, exploring ways to make 10.  E.g. 7 and 3 make 10.
• Practically add and subtract and begin written calculations within 10.
• Share and group amounts practically.
• Write simple sentences using their k
  
• nowledge of phonics and tricky words
  taught so far. 
• Start a sentence with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.
• Explore nature through our learning walks and outdoor learning; looking for
  signs of summer, including finding out about minibeasts and their habitats.
• Care and understand for our world, in particular the creatures in our
  immediate environment.
• Learn songs for Norbury Fest.
• Practise a range of activities for sports day including running and skipping races.

 
As the weather is so changeable, please make sure your child has a combination of suitable clothing brought into school so your child can fully enjoy outdoor learning and lunchtime play e.g. sun hat, showerproof coat and sun cream for the weeks ahead.  Please could we also ask for any spare socks and tights etc to be returned.
 
If you feel you need any support or have any concerns about your child, please contact us. 
Many thanks for your continued support and partnership.  It truly makes a difference in the children’s learning and wellbeing.
 
The Reception Team

Dear Parents and Carers,

I hope you all had a good half term break and enjoyed the sunshine we had.  The children return to a busy half term at school.  Our Quest ‘Trapped’ continues to involve them in art, music, dance and drama activities – we are looking forward to sharing these with you at our Norbury Fest event in July.  I have included dates and times of events below.  Further information about these events will come to you through correspondence from our Phase Team Leaders.

OPAL working party day

We have another OPAL working party day on Friday 26th June.  The last day was highly successful with 20+ parents and friends of the school helping to build and create our OPAL zones.  If you can spare any time during this day, we would be more than grateful.  If you can help, please contact Bridget Adnett ([email protected]) so that we have an idea of numbers.

Parking

Please can I politely remind you again that the new traffic calming measures in the area around the school are to ensure your children are safe on their journey to and from school.  Please park responsibly to ensure that this is the case.  Can I also again remind you that unless you have permission from the school, the school car park is not to be used to drop off or pick up your children.

Picking children up from the school office

I realise it isn’t always possible to make appointments for your children outside of the school day.  However, we have an increasing number of children being picked up from the school office particularly at around and after 3 pm.  I would ask that unless this is unavoidable you pick up from the appropriate playground at the end of the school day.  The school office is busy at the end of the day with many parents making a range of enquiries and this puts additional work on an already busy team.

2026 – 2027

We are in the process of finalising our team for 2026 – 2027 and allocating classes to teachers.  We will inform you who your child’s new class teacher will be in due course.  For those of you new to Norbury, we have a transition week for all children starting on Monday 13th July.  The children work with their new teacher in their new classroom during this week to support the transition from one year group to the next.  We know many children find this transition unsettling and hope that a full week enables the return to school in September to be smoother.  New Reception and new Nursery children have a separate transition programme which will be communicated to you if your child is joining us in one of these year groups.

Thank you as ever for your support.
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Best wishes
Becky Wood

Dear Parents and Carers

I hope you are all well and looking forward to the Bank Holiday weekend.

Thursday 7th May – Polling Day

The school is being used as a polling station on Thursday 7th May.  This is something that is determined by the local council and we are notified after we have set our term dates for the year.  School will be open to the children on this day.  The hall and dining room will be used as a polling station and we are able to safely lockdown this area of school so that the general public can’t get into the areas where the children are. Lunchtime arrangements will be different with the children either eating outside or in their classrooms.  The school kitchen is providing a sandwich-based lunch for children who have a school lunch.  Norbury Tinkers will be based in Mrs Mills’ and Mrs Williams’ classrooms and access to these rooms will be the external doors on to the car park.  Drop off and pick up arrangements remain largely the same.  The Year 3 children will come out on to the same playground but not via the hall doors. 

Bikes and scooters

With the recent good weather, we have more children cycling and scooting to school. 
We have such large numbers doing this so we are looking into buying an additional
cycle shelter for storage.  Our Parents’ Association are helping us to fund this. 

Can I however remind children and parents that bikes and scooters must not be used inside the school grounds.  I would also urge caution on the surrounding streets as the new traffic calming measures have made some pavements more narrow and we need to be mindful of the safety of pedestrians. 

OPAL

OPAL is now fully up and running at lunchtimes and the children are really enjoying using all of the zones that we have created. Photographs will appear shortly on our website so that you can see the children in action and the fun they have been having.

In the second half of the Summer term we would like to hold another parent volunteer day on Friday 26th June as there are several jobs we would like to do to enable us to open additional zones. This includes creating a pallet hut village as an area where the children can sit and relax with friends as well as share books. We are also hoping to create a track to enable us to have a wheeled vehicle area. If you have carpentry skills or are able to construct storage that would be amazing but we are also looking for helpers that can just help us to organise and move resources. In addition, there are also some painting jobs to do including the fencing for the Reception area that is looking a little tired.

The parent volunteer day in the Spring term was so successful and we achieved so much. If you can spare an hour or two it would be fantastic and make such a difference for the children. As we did previously, we will provide bacon and sausage butties mid-morning for refreshments.

If you are able to help please email
Mrs Adnett at [email protected].

Dear Parents and Carers

We are pleased to share that our school will be recognising World Mental Health Week from Monday 11th to Friday 15th May.

Throughout the week, children will take part in a range of age-appropriate activities designed to promote positive wellbeing, encourage open conversations and help them to understand the importance of looking after their mental health.

To mark the end of the week, we will be holding a non-uniform day on Friday 15th May. On this day, we invite all children to come to school wearing green – this could be a small item, a splash of green, or even head to toe in green, if they wish.

Please note that no donations are required for this event. The focus is on raising awareness and showing support for mental health in a positive and inclusive way.

We look forward to a meaningful week across the school,
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Kind Regards,
Sara Turner

Summer Quest Trapped?

Last week we kicked off the summer term with a new quest and a series of discoveries to make! The children received letters from a mysterious stranger, R, who needed their help. They spent the first two days of the term making plans and examining evidence to find and rescue the trapped character who we later discovered to be Rapunzel! On Wednesday, we were then treated to an amazing performance by the Wrongsemble theatre company to their version of the fairy tale. We later discovered that the performance had been inspired by the twisted tale ‘Rapunzel’ written and illustrated by Bethan Woollvin. Now we are immersing ourselves in the creative world of Bethan Woollvin, learning about her inspirations and building upon our drawing and painting skills.

Dance
This term, both Year 3 and 4 will have the opportunity to work with our dance specialist Laura Kendall who has created bespoke performances for the children. Year 3 will have dance lessons on Tuesday morning and Year 4 on Wednesday morning. At the end of the school year, we hope to share our learning with you, to perform and to celebrate our successes at Norbury Fest. This will also include a whole school collaborative performance and an enterprise project to showcase our artwork.
Year 3 will continue to have their outdoor P.E lesson on Monday afternoon and 4N will begin swimming lessons on Friday morning, with 4H playing cricket.

Here Comes The Sun!
As the sun is finally shining again, please can you ensure that your child is prepared and safe to enjoy the warmer weather. The children will need a hat to protect them from the sun – please ensure that this is labelled. They may also want to have a pair of sunglasses and their own sun lotion. This can be reapplied by the children at break or lunchtime.

Reading
We continue to work hard in school to promote a love for reading and encourage the children to read consistently at home. Reading books and Reading Records are to be brought into school every day. Please listen to your child read at home as frequently as possible, record this in your child’s Reading Record and support them in bringing these back into school each day. Please ask them questions about the text, to make predictions and to discuss characters to check their understanding. You may also want to discuss any new vocabulary with your children and use dictionaries to define any unknown words.

Thank you for your ongoing support,
Year 3 and 4 Team

Summer Term – Trapped

Dear Parents and Carers,

It has been lovely to see our amazing Reception learners return to school after the break happily. We have loved hearing all their news and what they have been up to!
The arrival of a letter sent by ‘R’ saying she was trapped somewhere in the school grounds launched our exciting new Quest!  After talking about the photographic clues, the children went outdoors and found her stuck in a hanging basket! The children came up with lots of creative ideas as to how to rescue her and worked together as a team to bring her down safely. 

The children have enjoyed the performance of Rapunzel and is this steering our learning into sharing different stories and letting our imaginations take us to fun and magical places.
This term we will also be inspired by the artist Matisse, learning about colour and shape to create our own masterpieces for Norbury Fest. 

We are learning to:

• We continue to recall number facts within 10, exploring ways to make 10.  E.g. 7 and 3 make 10.
• Simple addition and subtraction practically – How many more/less?  And then written calculations within 10.
• Sharing and grouping amounts practically.
• Selecting, rotating and manipulating shapes to develop spatial reasoning skills.
• Writing a simple sentence using their knowledge of phonics and tricky words taught so far.  Starting to learn that a sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.
• Exploring in outdoor learning and looking for signs of summer, including finding out about minibeasts and their habitats.
• Learning to care and understand about our earth, in particular the creatures in our environment.

 
Bug Club and Weekly Reading

Please can we encourage you to use Bug Club as it is such a valuable resource ensuring the bug’s eyes get closed.  We would like you to aim at reading with your child three times a week in line with the school policy.  As the books become longer, a few pages or for 10 minutes would be ideal!  Many thanks for supporting us with your child’s reading development.
 
As ever, it is a busy term with lots of learning and activities planned for our children.  If you feel you need any support or have any concerns about your child, please contact us. 
 
Many thanks as always for your continued support
 
The Reception Team

Summer Quest – Trapped?
We have started the Summer term with the launch of a new Quest entitled ‘Trapped’.  The children came back into school to clues and a mysterious letter from ‘R’ who had been trapped in the school grounds. The children planned, designed and carried out rescue missions for R who had been trapped by the Wicked Witch. It was then revealed that R was in fact, Rapunzel! The children enjoyed the theatre production from Wrongsemble and found out more about Rapunzel’s predicament of being trapped.  This forms the starting point for a term of narrative based learning incorporating music and the arts. We are focusing our learning around the twisted tale, ‘Rapunzel’ by Bethan Woollvin.
 
Dance
As in previous years, each year group will have a different dance focus for the term. This year, both Year 1 and 2 will have the opportunity to work with our dance specialist Laura Kendall.
At the end of the year, we hope to share our learning with you, to perform and to celebrate our successes at Norbury Fest.

Here Comes The Sun!
As the sun is finally shining again, please can you ensure that your child is prepared and safe to enjoy the warmer weather. The children will need a hat to protect them from the sun – please ensure that this is labelled. They may also want to have a pair of sunglasses and their own sun lotion. This can be reapplied by the children at break or lunchtime.

Best wishes,
The Year 1 and 2 Team

Dear Parents and Carers,
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I hope you all had a good Easter break and enjoyed the sunshine we had.  The children have returned to school enthusiastically.  We have started the term with the launch of a new Quest entitled ‘Trapped’.  The children have been planning and carrying out rescue missions for R who has been trapped in the school grounds.  Today the children have enjoyed the theatre production and found out more about Rapunzel’s predicament of being trapped.  This forms the starting point for a term of narrative based learning incorporating the arts.

Thank You
Thank you so much for your patience and cooperation following our school closure on Monday morning.  I can inform you that we did find the cause of the issue with our water and that we are happy that there should be no reoccurrence for the same reason.

Parking
The proposed traffic calming measures have been installed over the Easter holiday.  I would strongly request that you park responsibly taking the measures into account and avoiding these areas completely.  I have already had a couple of local residents get in touch with me to indicate that parking would seem in some instances to be worse and not better.   One cited that examples of parking they had seen would not allow emergency vehicles to get through if needed.  Your parking is directly related to the safety of all our children – please be mindful of this at all times.

Marathon Fund Raising for Make a Wish
The children had a great time running their part of the marathon just before the Easter break.  Some had drier weather than others but all had a great time.  Thank you so much to Paul Richardson who encouraged the children along as he did his run and thank you to our School Council for promoting this event.  I am pleased to tell you that donations to date are very close to £2000 which is excellent and will support many families who work with this invaluable charity.

Roblox
I know Roblox is very popular with a number of our children.  A couple of parents have recently highlighted the potential dangers of your children using this platform and I wanted to share this with you.  Please find attached with this newsletter a leaflet which will give you more information.  I wanted to highlight that Roblox has user generated content and chat features which could pose a risk to your child’s safety online.  Using parental controls and monitoring closely your child’s online experiences is so important and I would urge you to review these regularly. 

Dear Parents and Carers,
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This is just a short newsletter to update you on a few things and to remind you of some previous correspondence.

Staff News
We are very pleased to welcome Miss Gregory back to Year 5.  Miss Manfredi will continue to work alongside her as she makes this return.  To support Miss Gregory, we need to move our Year 5 children to the ground floor of the building.  Our Year 4 children will be moving upstairs.  We intend to move things between classrooms on Friday morning.
We are saying goodbye to Mrs Davis after over 15 year’s service at the school. 
We are immensely grateful to Jo for all she has contributed and she will be missed.

Medication
All medication that comes into school must come via the school office and the appropriate paperwork needs to be completed.  Medication must also be collected from the school office – it cannot be sent home via the class teacher.  If your child attends Norbury Tinkers medication can be sent to and from school via their team.

Fans
We have recently enjoyed some warmer weather after a very long a wet winter.  We obviously do all we can to make the children safe and comfortable in the warmer weather but would ask that the children don’t bring hand held fans into school.

Wrongsemble Theatre Visit
Wrongsemble Theatre Company are in school on Wednesday 15th April.  All children will be watching the performance including our Nursery children.  To support this visit we would ask for a £2 voluntary contribution per child towards the cost.  This has been set up for you on School Money.

The Big Walk and Wheel – 16th – 27th March
Thank you to those families who have walked, biked or scooted to school across this fortnight.  Thank you also to our School Council for encouraging us to do so and collating the information about the number of children who have done this.

Primary Sports Coaching – Holiday Camps
Primary Sports Coaching are running a holiday camp at the school during the Easter holiday (excluding bank holidays and Monday 30th March).
For more information, please visit https://www.primaryscl.co.uk/holiday-camps/  
or email [email protected]
There are a limited number of free places for children who receive ‘benefits related free school meals’ and attend school or reside in Stockport. Vouchers will be sent to eligible families by email in the next few days. Please keep an eye on your emails and on PSCL’s social media pages.

Term Dates – 2026 / 2027
Alongside this newsletter we are publishing term dates for next year.  I would like to use this opportunity to remind parents that term time holidays are unauthorised.  It is important that your child is in school as much as possible.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a lovely Easter break. 
​We look forward to seeing the children after this.

Best wishes
Becky Wood

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Spring Term – Are you ready to travel the world?

Dear parents/carers,

Over this last term we have been having lots of fun in Nursery and learning lots of new things. We had a brilliant time during book fortnight and loved coming to Nursery dressed as some of our favourite book characters. Thank you so much for all your continued support.
During this term in Nursery, we have been:
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• Practising counting in order to 10
• Counting small sets of objects with 1:1 correspondence
• Counting out sets of objects
• Singing number songs and rhymes
• Naming 2D shapes
• Using positional vocabulary in our play
• Recognising our name around the environment
• Identifying the first sound in words
• Orally blend simple words
• Practising to write/ form some letters from our name
• Mark making using different media
• Finding out about different countries around the world
• Creating our own models using the junk model equipment
• Looking at changes in our environment, due to the change in season
• Practising our gymnastics skills in the hall, using the different apparatus

 
Requests
Over the next two weeks we will be exploring more history and changes over time. Next week we will be talking about our favourite toys and looking at how toys have changed/remained similar over history. The following week we will be looking at how we have changed and grown. To help us with our discussions we would be very grateful if you could upload to Tapestry a photo of:

1. A baby photo
2. A photo of your child’s favourite toy at home

 
Sound tins
After the holidays we will have a ‘Sound of the week’ focus and ask if you can please bring in a named pencil case, small container or clean take away tub that your child can use as their sound tin. Each week we will add the new sound for your child to share with you and practice at home.
 
Reading Books
After the Easter holidays we will be sending home a wordless picture book each week in your child’s library book folder. Children will be given the choice of which book they would like to take home each week. Please share this book each week with your child and return in their library folder the following week. Wordless picture books are an important starting point because they allow children to explore stories through pictures before they are able to read written words. By looking at the pictures, children can use their imagination to describe what they see, predict what might happen next, and create their own version of the story. This helps develop early language skills, storytelling ability and confidence in communicating ideas. Wordless books also encourage children to focus on emotions and what is happening in the pictures, which supports comprehension and observation skills.
Library/reading book day:
Beginning of the week/full timers: Wednesday
End of the week: Thursday
 
Key Points
Just a reminder we are a nut-free school and we also have children in Nursery with a range of allergies. We therefore ask that no nut products are put into lunchboxes.
Remember to check Tapestry regularly as we share photos and what we have been doing each week on there. Please do speak to one of us if you are struggling to login in to your account.
 
Thank you so much for your attendance to our parent’s meetings,
The Nursery Team