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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
 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
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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:
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:
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. 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.
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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 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. 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. Best wishes Becky Wood
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Dear Parents and Carers, 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.  We are looking forward to a busy but exciting term for the children. Thank you as ever for your support. Best wishes Becky Wood
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Dear Parents and Carers, 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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Dear Parents and Carers, I hope everyone had a great half term break. The children have come back full of enthusiasm and have very much enjoyed all that Book Fortnight has to offer. We really appreciate your help with the events we hold as part of the fortnight and we hope this has helped to continue to engage your child with reading. OPAL Our OPAL areas have opened on Monday. This was a great success and it was good to see the children having so much choice about where to play. Please make sure that your child has wellies in school all the time as there will be times when they won’t be able to use some of the areas without them. We will go out unless the weather is exceptionally wet or dangerous so please make sure your child has a waterproof coat in school. NHS Guidance for Children under 5 We have been asked to share the following link for parents with children under 5. I hope you find the information useful. https://gmintegratedcare.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/nhs-gm-get-to-know-where-to-go-for-parent-and-carers.pdf Wrongsemble Theatre Visit Following the success of two visits by Wrongsemble Theatre Company, we plan to have them return to school on Wednesday 15th April. They will be part of the launch of our summer term Quest with their performance of Rapunzel. 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. Food Safety We have some children in school who have an allergy to nuts. Please could I politely request that all families support this by not sending any nut-based products into school either as a snack or in lunchboxes. The Big Walk and Wheel – 16th – 27th March The School Council has coordinated and publicised ‘The Big Walk and Wheel’ which is taking place between 16th and 27th March. You will have received correspondence from the School Council regarding this. I would encourage as many families as possible to either walk, cycle or scoot to school across this fortnight. 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. Thank you as ever for your continued support, Best wishes Becky Wood
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Dear Parents and Carers, I can’t believe how fast this term is going. The children are really settled in their learning and enjoying this term’s Quest – Are You Ready to Travel the World? The children are enjoying the history and geography foci within this. I have a few updates for you as we approach the half term break. Parent/Teacher Meetings Parent/Teacher meetings are due to take place after the half term break. With the exception of 4H and 5H the arrangements will be as follows: Tuesday 24th February – 3:30pm - 7pm Wednesday 25th February – AM (Nursery only) Thursday 26th February – 3:30 pm – 6 pm Parent/Teacher meetings for 5H (in person, by phone or online) These will take place on: Tuesday 24th February – morning only Thursday 26th February – morning only Parent/Teacher meetings for 4H (in person, by phone or online) These will take place on: Tuesday 3rd March – morning only Wednesday 4th March – morning only We will shortly be sending you an email from ‘Parents Booking’ who are the online platform system we use to organise Parent/Teacher Consultations. This allows you to choose, book and edit the meetings scheduled with the class teacher. The log in screen is very simple and straightforward to use, no username or password is required. The platform in now live and will close on Friday 20th February. Curriculum Evening Thank you to those parents who attended the recent curriculum evening supporting you in the work you do with your children at home. We are in the process of getting the resources shared at this event on to the school website so that they are accessible to everyone. OPAL Thank you so much to the parents and friends of the school who volunteered to help at our recent build day for the OPAL project. We are grateful for the time given and the enthusiasm of the team who achieved so much during the day. The OPAL project will launch after the half term holiday so please make sure your child has the appropriate waterproof coat and wellies so that they can access all areas! Thank you also for the donations that you sent in for the OPAL project. A group of our Year 5 children were an excellent help sorting them and getting them into the new storage. We are still wanting a few items so if you have any of the following, please send them into school at your convenience: · Lego · Sheets · Rolls of wallpaper · Small world – small people figures, animals, wooden dolls house/figures · Construction resources · Guttering Car Park Please can I politely remind parents that the car park should only be used if you have arranged this with the school office. I am mindful that there are a lot of pedestrians in the morning and at pick up in the afternoon and would like to minimise traffic in and out of the car park. School Discos Finally, can I remind you that our popular school discos are this Thursday. Please see below for timings. Thank you, as ever, for your support Becky Wood
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Dear Parents and Carers, Happy New Year! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas break. We are delighted to see the children back in school. The snowy start has been an added excitement for them but maybe not the staff team! We have started the new term by launching our new Quest – ‘Are You Ready to Travel the World?’ This will combine our history and geography as we all become international travellers. Each year group received a suitcase or bag containing clues about their destination to get them thinking about the world beyond Hazel Grove. Helping your child with their learning We would like to invite you to an event on Wednesday 28th January to support you in terms of helping your child with the basic skills of phonics, reading, spelling and number facts. This will follow the format of our September Meet the Teacher event with two sessions available for you to attend. The first one will be at 5:15 pm and the second session will be at 6 pm. Teachers will repeat the content in both sessions so that parents with more than one child can attend more than one year group presentation. The sessions will give you some ideas about how you can help at home as we know what a great impact this can make for our learners. PA Movie Afternoons The popular Parents’ Association Movie Afternoons are due to take place towards the end of January. Years 3 – 6 are invited to stay on Tuesday 20th January and Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are invited to stay on Thursday 22nd January. The event runs from the end of the school day with pick up at 5:30 pm. For further details please follow this link to the PA website - https://www.norburyhallpa.co.uk/movie-afternoons.html#/. To purchase tickets, please follow these links: KS1 https://tickets.matterpay.com/s/norbury-hall-parents-association/ZXZlbnQ6ODI2NA%3D%3D/norbury-hall-january-movie-afternoon---ks1 KS2 https://tickets.matterpay.com/s/norbury-hall-parents-association/ZXZlbnQ6ODI2NQ%3D%3D/norbury-hall-january-movie-afternoon---ks2 OPAL We are aiming to launch our OPAL project after February half term with new areas for the children to use during their playtimes. We are continuing to ask for donations to support this project. A Bingo Board was circulated via a special newsletter before Christmas for your child’s year group. These are on the newsletters section of the website and also on the school gates. Phase Team Leaders will be circulating these to you again via their newsletters. The donation date for these items is Wednesday 28th January. We will also be having an OPAL working party day on Friday 23rd January from 9.15am where we would like some volunteers to help us to construct some shelters for resources and some wellie boot storage using the pallets that have been donated. If you are handy with a drill, prepared to clear and dig or if you could help organise resources you would be perfect for this job! Even if you could spare us half an hour that would be amazing. We will have made some prototypes to get us started. There will also be some bacon butties for encouragement! If you can offer your support please get in touch with us at: [email protected] Cold weather Thank you for sending your child ready to play outside whilst we have the colder weather. The children have enjoyed playing in the snow. Please continue to send your child dressed for the outdoors. Unless the rain is torrential or it is deemed unsafe to play outside, we will get them out whatever the weather. Knowing they have spare socks if their feet get wet and something to keep their head dry is really important to their enjoyment and comfort. We are looking forward to a new term with the children and as ever very much value your support. Best wishes Becky Wood
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Dear Parents and Carers, I cannot believe how fast this half term has gone. The Christmas Fair on Friday marked the start of our Christmas activities in school and we look forward to welcoming you at the events we will be holding over the next couple of weeks. Thank you to those of you who attended parent / teacher meetings earlier in the half term. I hope you found the appointment useful. As ever, the team are always happy to discuss any questions or concerns you may have regarding your child. Staff News I am delighted to tell you that Miss Hannah Garrett and Mrs Bridget Adnett have been successful in securing the role of permanent Deputy Headteacher at Norbury Hall Primary School. Hannah and Bridget have been doing this role for the past 14 months in a temporary capacity. Members of the Governing Board joined me to interview last week. Both Hannah and Bridget’s enthusiasm and commitment to the role were highly evident. As the role is a job share, Miss Garrett will be available in this capacity on a Monday and Tuesday and Mrs Adnett from Wednesday to Friday. Whilst sharing this news, it seems relevant to share our leadership structure in school with you. Mrs Sarah Downes is also a member of the leadership team in her capacity as Inclusion Lead and SENDCo. Mrs Downes is non-class based on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and is available to meet with parents if you have any concerns about your child in relation to any additional needs they may have. We also have phase leaders who ensure the smooth running of a couple of year groups in the school. They are there for the children, staff and parents and spend their leadership time ensuring that the education of the children in their phase is the very best it can be. The phase leaders are: Mrs Kerry Robinson Nursery and Reception Mrs Sara Turner KS1 – Year 1 and Year 2 Miss Becca Morgan Lower KS2 – Year 3 and Year 4 Miss Hannah Garrett Upper KS2 – Year 5 and Year 6 Parents’ Association News I am delighted to tell you that our Parents’ Association raised a grand total of £4807 last Friday at our Christmas Fair. I would like to thank Dannielle and her team for another great event. Thank you to those of you who helped out in any way – it is much appreciated. The PA has raised approximately £7000 this term. Much of this will be supporting the OPAL project. The PA plan to run the following events in the spring term: Tuesday 20th January – Movie Night for KS2 Thursday 22nd January – Movie Night for EY and KS1 Thursday 5th February – School Disco More details about these events will be available nearer the time. OPAL The OPAL project is starting to take shape. The Working Party has met with our school mentor three times across this term. We plan to introduce new areas for play after the February half term holiday. I am sure you will appreciate that there is a lot of work to do behind the scenes before we can really get going. Mrs Adnett and Miss Garrett will be writing to you to explain some next steps including a bingo style collection event after Christmas and a working party day where we would appreciate parental help to help us get organised for our February launch. This date is Friday 23rd January. I explained earlier this term that we are getting the children outside even when it might be raining. We would ask that each child has a waterproof coat for playtimes as this will obviously dry off more quickly. Please make sure this has your child’s name in it. School Car Park Can I please remind you that parents should not use the school car park unless you have an agreement with us. I am mindful more parents are doing this and I am worried about everyone’s safety as cars pull out of the car park during the start and end of the day. 
Lunchtime Staff We are still wanting to increase numbers in our team of adults who support the children during lunchtime. This is particularly exciting as we embark upon the OPAL project as this team will be essential in making this a reality. If you are interested, please find further details on the school website - https://www.norburyhall.stockport.sch.uk/job-opportunities-at-norbury.html Unless I have reason, this will be my last newsletter before the Christmas break. I would like to thank you for your support this term and wish you all a very happy festive holiday. Best wishes Becky Wood Dates for your diarySPRING TERM 2025
Dear Parents and Carers, We have received the following communications from the online safety team at Stockport LA. We regularly hold conversations with parents around this topic and unfortunately find ourselves in discussions with families when things go wrong online particularly for our older children. There is a large amount of support available in the resources that have been shared with us and I want to share a small part of these with you in this correspondence. I will continue to share more with you in newsletters across the year. I have shared guidance here with you regarding social media. I know a large number of our children access the apps that are mentioned here. I would remind you that many of these apps have a recommended age of 13. Whilst I understand there are many different ways to use these apps, I would encourage you to have conversations in your home regarding safe use if this is appropriate to your family situation. Please be assured that online safety is an integral part of our PSHE curriculum across the year but this is obviously one area where working in partnership is key. Find out how to keep your child safe online. Don’t forget that the Online Safety Hub is now live! You can access it for free here:
https://stockport.onlinesafetyhub.uk/ The Online Safety Hub is a brand-new online resource with lots of expert advice and guidance to help you manage your child's safety online as a parent. It includes information on the latest hot topics when it comes to keeping children safe, such as how to manage your child's screen time, understand the latest gaming platforms, what they mean for your child’s safety and lots more. We’re also offering you as a parent, a free Qustodio account facilitating parental controls on any individual device and free premium access for 30 days. Gain more visibility on what’s going on in your child’s online world. Block dangerous content, introduce screen-free schedules, receive alerts for inappropriate content, keep tabs on their location and more. Follow the link to create your free account https://www.qustodio.com/en/30-days-school-special/?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=OSHub&utm_campaign=stockport Social MediaNavigating social media and gaming safely https://stockport.onlinesafetyhub.uk/parent/articles/navigating-social-media-and-gaming-apps-safely Supporting families to discuss how to keep their children safe online using our ABC model. Safe Chat : The best messaging apps for children https://stockport.onlinesafetyhub.uk/parent/articles/safe-chat-the-best-messaging-apps-for-children-1 A good place to start for messaging apps. Snapchat https://stockport.onlinesafetyhub.uk/parent/reviews/snapchat Review of the snapchat platform Information, advice and guidance for parents Tiktok https://stockport.onlinesafetyhub.uk/parent/reviews/tiktok Review of Tiktok Information, advice and guidance for parents https://stockport.onlinesafetyhub.uk/parent/reviews/instagram Review of instagram - Information, advice and guidance for parents Discord https://stockport.onlinesafetyhub.uk/parent/reviews/discord Review of Discord - Information, advice and guidance for parents The prevent duty - advice and support for parents https://stockport.onlinesafetyhub.uk/parent/articles/the-prevent-duty-advice-and-support-for-parents Information and advice relating to the prevent duty. We have also been asked to share a current online safety concern. A safeguarding issue has been identified regarding the Spy Dog, Spy Pups, and Spy Cats book series by Andrew Cope. A web address printed in these books is now under the control of another party and redirects to inappropriate content. The publisher, Puffin, is currently addressing the matter and confirms that the website is not associated with Puffin Group or the author, Andrew Cope. If your child owns any Spy Dog, Spy Cat, or Spy Pup books, please check for website links at the back of the books and ensure the sites cannot be accessed. The stories themselves remain safe to read; the concern relates only to the outdated link. I trust this information is of use to you and your family. Best wishes, Becky Wood
Dear Parents and Carers, As we move towards the start of a new month, I wanted to update you on a few matters. The children continue to be very settled in school and are enjoying their new Quest – What Makes Our World Work? Thank you to those of you who attended the Meet the Teacher event for years 1 – 6. If you were unable to attend the presentations that were shared are on the school website. School Attendance For those of you who were with us this time last year, I wrote to you outlining new statutory guidance regarding attendance. I am sure you will agree that attending school is important for every single one of our children at Norbury Hall. We understand that children get poorly from time to time and need to be at home but we would encourage you to ensure that attendance at school is maximised. The following information may help to guide your thinking.  Please be aware that there is no way of authorising a term time holiday. These are now recorded as unauthorised absences which could lead to a penalty notice. I am being asked for an increasing number of term time holidays. As a school we do not currently issue penalty notices but this is a conversation I plan to revisit with our Local Governing Board this term. Safety at the start and end of the school day The gates to school are opened at approximately 8:30 am and are closed again at around 9:05 am. Please make sure you have left the site by this time. If you are detained in the school building you will need to leave via the school office. I would ask that conversations with teachers at the start of the day are brief as they have to start their teaching day. They will always be willing to make an alternative time to talk if it is a longer conversation. If you are late to school in the morning, please enter via the school office so that we can ensure your child receives their mark in the register. At the end of the day, the gates are opened at approximately 3 pm. They will be closed at around 3:25 pm. This is because we have after school clubs on site and need to ensure the children still inside the building are safe. Again, please make sure you have left the site by this time. The children are not allowed to play on the adventure playgrounds or tyre park at the start and end of the school day. Please keep your children with you at all times before the doors open in the morning and after your children have been handed to you at the end of the school day. School Fund We ask for a voluntary donation to school fund on an annual basis. We request a sum of £7.50 per family. This will be added as a payment to school money. This helps us buy additional resources for the children in their classrooms. Parents’ Association 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 – please see the diary below for events this term. 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. They are currently working in association with Tesco. Please follow the link to be able to donate – https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/norburyhall/?utm_campaign=pmc&utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_content=tesco-bff-wa1 The school disco on Thursday 23rd October, is for all children in the school. This is a Glow Disco with UV lights. We ask that the children wear a white T-shirt or top. The Parents’ Association have UV paints and temporary tattoos for the children. Children in Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are invited to come between 5:15 pm and 6:15 pm and children in Years 3 – 6 are welcome from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Nursery parents are permitted to stay but we ask that all other parents drop their children off and collect them at the end – this is simply due to capacity within our school hall. Plenty of school staff and members of the PA team are on hand to look after the children. There is an unlimited supply of juice or biscuits for the children. Sweets and other treats are available for the children to purchase. 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. OPAL In my last newsletter, I informed you about the Outdoor Play and Learning project we are taking part in. We have our audit and first staff training session for this on Wednesday of this week. As a result, we intend to get the children outside as much as possible even if it is wet. Please can you make sure they come to school dressed for this with wellies and waterproofs. Thank you as ever for your continued support. Best wishes Becky Wood
Key dates for your diary
 Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome back to the start of a new term and new school year. I hope you all had a restful and enjoyable summer break and that the children are refreshed and ready to return to school. Welcome to our new Nursery and Reception children who will be starting with us this week. Welcome also to children joining in other year groups. If you are a family new to school, you are very welcome. We know that your child starting school is an exciting time but also recognise this can be daunting as you get to know us and understand how the school works. Our Nursery and Reception teams are open to any query or question – if you are unsure about anything or need to talk to someone, please ask. Similarly, our office team are happy to help. Please either contact them by phone or [email protected]. Our website is a great source of information. All newsletters and year group information can be found here and there is a Parents Hub – the password for this is NorbertHazel2025. Staff News We welcome Mrs Sarah Gray back following her maternity leave. She is teaching in Year 4 and spent some time with the children in the summer term.
Meet the Teacher Event – Wednesday 10th September Parents of children in Years 1 - 6 are invited to attend our annual Meet the Teacher event. We will be holding sessions at 5:15 pm and 6 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. Uniform It was lovely to see the children looking so smart yesterday as they returned to school. Please can I remind you that the children are unable to wear jewellery to school and we will be asking them to remove any items they do wear. The children need wellies in school for outdoor activities – please make sure these have your child’s name in them. The weather is quite changeable at the moment and we will endeavour to have the children outside whenever possible. Please make sure they have a coat in school so that they can stay dry in wet weather. 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 17th September at 6 pm – all are welcome to attend. School Office Administrator We have a vacancy in the school office for an administrator. If you think you might be interested or know someone who could be the post is advertised on the Greater Jobs website (https://www.greater.jobs/job/75732649). We are looking forward to another great year for the children in our care. We very much want to work in partnership with you to make every moment safe, exciting and successful for your children. Best wishes Becky Wood
Autumn term dates for your diary
Autumn term dates for your diary
Dear Parents and Carers, This will be the last newsletter of the year. Your children have amazed us this year with their enthusiasm for learning, their caring and polite manners and their sense of fun. Their annual reports are a real celebration of all they have achieved and we are very proud of them all. We wish our Year 6 leavers the very best of luck as they start new adventures at high school. We will miss them. There are a few updates I need to give you some of which relate to events in September.  Sports Day At the time of writing, the weather looks fairly unsettled for this week. We are very much hoping Sports Day can go ahead but will need to decide on Wednesday morning based on the safety of the children. We will communicate this to you as quickly as possible. The Nursery beginning of the week group, RN, Year 1 and Year 2 event will take place at 9:30 am and the Nursery end of the week group, RH and Years 3 – 6 will take place at 1:30 pm. Meet the Teacher For Years 1 – 6 we will be holding our annual Meet the Teacher event in September. We do not hold a September meeting for Nursery and Reception as the induction meeting took place in June. The presentations shared at the Nursery and Reception meetings are on the school website if you want to refer back to them. The Meet the Teacher sessions will be on Wednesday 10th September. The teachers will share their presentation at 5:15 pm and 6 pm – this is repeated so that parents with more than one child in school can attend different presentations. The event will be held in the classrooms. We hope to see as many of you attend as possible. Following the event, the presentations will be on the school website. Parents’ Association News Thank you to those of you who attended the Summer Festival. I am delighted to say that we raised £3639 on the night. Thank you so much to the team for organising such a great event. The total raised this year by the Parents’ Association is £15,700. The school are so grateful for this as it means we can offer so much more to our children. The children really enjoyed the cinema visits which were funded by the PA and we were also appreciative of the time some members of the PA gave to organise a Teddy Bear’s Picnic event for our new Reception children. The Parents’ Association will be holding their annual AGM on Wednesday 17th September at 6 pm. This event will be held in the school. All parents are welcome to attend. School Meals The cost of school meals will be rising to £2.80 in September. This increase has been passed on to us by our school meal provider. School meals continue to be free for children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 as part of the Universal free school meals scheme. School Library Do you have some time to spare during the school day to help us keep our school library organised and tidy for the children? We would welcome any offers of help from September. If you would like to know more or volunteer, please email the school office. School Uniform I sent links to uniform providers on my last newsletter. Please can I remind you of the uniform requirements for PE lessons. The children need black shorts, a white T-shirt, black pumps and trainers and jogging bottoms for lessons outside when the weather is colder. We ask that PE kit isn’t branded – please save these items of clothing for wearing outside of school. OPAL OPAL is an Outdoor Play and Learning initiative that we have signed up to as a school. Children in British primary schools spend 20% or 1.4 years of their school attendance in play. The programme looks to enhance the offer given to the children during their recreational time. This will be an 18 month to 2-year programme as we work alongside a mentor from OPAL. A working group has already been established and taken part in an introductory meeting. You will hear more about this project as we move forward but we are asking that if you have a tidy of toys over the summer break you consider donating anything suitable to the project. We are particularly looking for moving toys e.g. cars, diggers etc and small world play toys. Additionally, if you are getting rid of any old suitcases, these could be excellent for storage. We will set up some donation points in the new school year. If you want to know more about this initiative please visit the OPAL website - https://outdoorplayandlearning.org.uk/ I would like to finish by thanking you for your support this year. I hope you have a lovely summer break and we look forward to seeing the children in September. Best wishes, Becky Wood
Dear Parents / Carers I am writing to primarily update you on staffing arrangements for next year. However, there are one or two other pieces of information so please read beyond the information about 2025 / 2026 classes! 2025/2026 – Early Years Phase Team Leader – Mrs Kerry Robinson
2025/2026 – Key Stage 1Phase Team Leader – Mrs Sara Turner
2025/2026 – Lower Key Stage 2Phase Team Leader – Miss Becca Morgan
2025/2026 – Upper Key Stage 2Phase Team Leader – Miss Hannah Garrett
You will notice that some members of staff are not included in next year’s teaching profile. Mrs Julie Rice is moving to a job within the Four Rivers Trust. Mrs Rice has been at the school as an Assistant Headteacher for 12 years. For a large proportion of this time she has been the Inclusion Lead and SENDCo at the school and I know many of you have appreciated the support she has given individual children and families. We will very much miss Mrs Rice’s wealth of knowledge and the care and nurture she has given to so many of the children. We are delighted to welcome Mrs Sarah Downes to the school as our new Inclusion Lead and SENDCo. Sarah is currently SENDCo in another Stockport school and is looking forward to joining the Norbury team. Mr Dan Hopwood is also moving to a job within the Four Rivers Trust. Mr Hopwood has made a big impression on the school in a short space of time and I know that those children who have been taught by him have enjoyed their time in his class. Mr Hopwood has also helped to coordinate many sporting events at the school and we are grateful to the time and energy he has given this. Mrs Claire Miles also leaves us. Mrs Miles has been part of the Year 1 team for a large part of this year and we are grateful to her for her thorough teaching as well as the care and nurture she has given the children in 1H. Transition Week All children will move to their new classes during the week beginning 14th July. They will be taught by their new teachers during this week. They will go to their current class teacher on the Monday morning and will then move to their new classes during the morning. From Monday afternoon to Friday you will be able to drop them off and pick them up from their new teacher. We will send details nearer the time explaining which entrance and exit you will be using. Stockport Food Bank The foodbank has been in touch to offer support to any family who may need this across the longer summer break. We have to nominate families and then give you the paperwork to be able to visit over the summer. If this is something you would be interested in please get in touch – we are keen to support families who may benefit from this invaluable service. School Uniform We are trying to hold a more limited stock in school so if you still wish to order uniform for September, the best way to do this is online via the Your School Uniform website - https://www.yourschooluniform.com/ The next delivery date to school is 17th September 2025 (order online by 24/08/25). If uniform is required for September 2025 you can organise delivery to your home address. Please remember there is also the option of using Cress who are a preloved uniform shop supported by our Parents’ Association - https://www.wearecress.com/find-your-school/?srsltid=AfmBOorGdWN-cbW8-salKVNKcT9pQjr-Q3ZASIpvHWTR3lQk_X6bCLKV I have added the calendar of outstanding events below. Please refer to my previous newsletter for further details. Best wishes, Becky Wood
Summer Term Dates
Dear Parents and Carers, I hope you had a lovely weekend and enjoyed the warm spell we are experiencing at the moment. The children have come back to school after the Easter break refreshed and ready to learn. Our Quest ‘Who do I aspire to be?’ continues with a focus on art, dance, music and narrative. Initial work is focused around the theme of giants with a focus on the BFG. Relationships and Values at Norbury Hall I recently wrote to you to consult on our work to redefine the values in school and to share part of the revision of our behaviour policy. This is a consultative process and I asked for any responses to be sent into school. Please see the newsletters section of the website to view this and make any responses by the end of this half term. Sun safety Whilst we are enjoying this warm spell, I would like to remind you to send your child to school with a hat, a water bottle and with sun cream applied. If you require your child to reapply sun cream during the school day, we are unable to do this for them. However, they can do this for themselves. Please however keep an eye on the weather. If rain is forecast, please send them with a waterproof jacket or coat. We endeavour to go outside even when wet so please make sure they have this back up. Drop off and pick up times Thank you for your continued support with both parking and safety whilst using scooters and bikes. Could I please also request that dogs are not brought into the school grounds. I have been made aware that a couple of dogs are being brought on to the playgrounds. This could be unsafe and we do have some children who are wary of dogs so I would ask you to consider alternative arrangements. Appointments in the school day We have an increased number of parents picking children up for appointments during the school day, particularly during the afternoon. It is important your children are in school as much as possible so where it is feasible we would ask you to make appointments outside of the school day. I understand that in some instances this isn’t possible and school will always support genuine appointments. PA news As ever, our PA are working hard to support our children in a variety of ways. Thank to those of you who took part in the Easter egg challenge. We have school discos this Friday (16th May). The EY and KS1 disco will be from 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm and the KS2 disco will be from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm. The disco at the end of Year 6’s SATs week is a Norbury tradition and we look forward to seeing all of our children but especially our Y6 children. For further details please see the PA Facebook page or notices on the school gates. The PA Summer Festival is on Friday 4th July starting at 4 pm. We hope to see as many of you there as possible. We are grateful to the PA for funding a whole school event for our children. Over the course of a couple of days in July, all of the children will be going on a visit to the Savoy Cinema in Heaton Moor. We will be going in four separate groups and will be needing some parent volunteers to support each group. Further details to come from school shortly. This is a very short half term but a very busy one! Thank you as ever for your support Best wishes Becky Wood
Upcoming dates for your diary
Our new values are prominent in our school entrance, on our school website and we are familiarising our children with these. Our values are:
We think this summarises what it means to be a learner and part of the Norbury Hall community. To further our work on a new approach to rewards and consequences, we wanted to ask for parent and carer viewpoint on our thoughts. We have formulated the attached documents as a full staff team alongside our local governing board and a small council representing the children have also considered them. If you have any views on our proposals, we would like you to get in touch with us and share your thoughts. We have used the language within our work of ‘rewards for actions’ and ‘solutions for mistakes’. We haven’t used the language of sanctions or consequences as we want the children to understand that with the right set of actions we can move forward. We obviously plan to make sure the children understand these guidelines once they are formalised. I would like to make it very clear that these guidelines are not for instances of bullying or racist behaviours – these will still be considered under the relevant policies which can be found on the school website. Similarly, for some children we sometimes have more bespoke plans in place. We will be rewriting the behaviour policy in light of this work and the attached documents will be a part of this. This has to be reviewed by staff and governors and will be published for September 2026. We look forward to your comments and thoughts. Please put these in writing and email them to your child’s class teacher or to the [email protected] address.
 Dear Parents and Carers, As we move towards the Easter break, I wanted to get in touch to thank you for your support this term and to update and remind you about a few things. We have started our final Quest of the year this year. It is entitled ‘Who do I aspire to be?’ Today the children have discovered the BFG’s knapsack in the school grounds. The BFG had left the children a letter telling them about their new Quest which will explore the themes of giants and then dreams. This Quest will focus on the arts and will begin with a focus on painting and drawing skills before moving on to look at sculpture, dance and music. Our Norbury Fest afternoon on Wednesday 9th July will showcase our learning from the Quest and we hope to see as many of you as possible at this event. Safety on our Playgrounds You will have recently received a text message informing you that we had an injury on one of our playgrounds because there was a collision with a child on a scooter. I have previously written and requested that all parents and children come off scooters or bikes as they enter the school grounds and stay off them once through the gates. We have a small number of children and parents who are continuing to use scooters and bikes within the school grounds. This disappoints me as this has led to an injury for one of our school community. I am sure you will agree with me that the safety of all within our community, especially our children, must be paramount. I would ask that all adhere to this request. School Meals Please could we remind you that you need to give one week’s notice to move your child from school dinners to sandwiches and vice versa. This is because the kitchen order in advance. Please email the school office to make any changes to meal arrangements. Term Dates – 2025 / 2026 I included these dates on my previous letter but have kept them here in case you missed them. These are available on the school website. Autumn term 2025 · Term starts: Monday 1 September 2025 · INSET days (children do not attend school) – Monday 1st September and Tuesday 2nd September · Half term holiday: Monday 27 October to Friday 31 October 2025 · INSET day (children do not attend school) – Monday 3rd November 2025 · Term ends: Monday 22 December 2025 Spring term 2026 · Term starts: Monday 5 January 2026 · Half term holiday: Monday 16 February to Friday 20 February 2026 · Term ends: Friday 27 March 2026 · Easter public holidays: Good Friday 3 April and Easter Monday 6 April 2026 Summer term 2026 · Term starts: Monday 13 April 2026 · May Day Bank Holiday: Monday 4 May 2026 · Spring bank holiday: Monday 25 May 2026 · Primary half term holiday: Monday 25 May to Friday 5 June 2026 · INSET day (children to not attend school) – Monday 8th June 2026 · Primary term ends: Friday 24th July · INSET day (children do not attend school) – Friday 24th July 2026 Parents’ Association News There will be a planning meeting for summer term events on Wednesday 9th April at 6 pm at the school – all are welcome to attend. Thank you for your continued support. Best wishes Becky Wood
Useful Dates...SPRING TERM 2025 Wednesday 9th April 6 pm – PA planning meeting at school Friday 11th April School finishes for the Easter break
Dear Parents and Carers, I hope you are all well and enjoying the spring like weather we have been enjoying. The term continues to be busy. Book Fortnight was a great success and the children really enjoyed the many activities made available. We have now returned to our Quest ‘Where do I? When do I?’ with a final focus on our geography and history skills. Our final Quest of the year starts the week before the Easter break so that we can fit everything in with Easter being so late this year. This will focus on the arts and is entitled ‘Who do I aspire to be?’ Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel to School Challenge The following message is from the School Council: We would like to tell you about a special event we will be taking part in. Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel to School Challenge is from 24th March to 4th April. If 15% of the children walk. Bike, scoot or drop the car and walk the last part of the journey, we will be entered into a daily prize draw. It would be great if lots of you could do this. We will obviously be talking to the children about this but if you would like to know more, please visit https://bigwalkandwheel.org.uk/ School Meals We welcome Kirsty as our new school cook. She is working hard to get to know the children. Thank you for your patience during the time when we were working with relief staff in the kitchen. We know things didn’t always run smoothly but we are confident that now Kirsty is in post the service will continue to go from strength to strength. The school meal provider has increased the price of school meals. For those of you who pay for meals the cost will be £2.75 from the 1st April 2025. Term Dates – 2025 / 2026 The Local Governing Board has agreed the term dates for 2025 / 2026. These largely mirror Stockport term dates but there is one amendment and obviously INSET days have been added. Autumn term 2025 · Term starts: Monday 1 September 2025 · INSET days (children do not attend school) Monday 1st September and Tuesday 2nd September · Half term holiday: Monday 27 October to Friday 31 October 2025 · INSET day (children do not attend school) Monday 3rd November 2025 · Term ends: Monday 22 December 2025 Spring term 2026 · Term starts: Monday 5 January 2026 · Half term holiday: Monday 16 February to Friday 20 February 2026 · Term ends: Friday 27 March 2026 · Easter public holidays: Good Friday 3 April and Easter Monday 6 April 2026 Summer term 2026 · Term starts: Monday 13 April 2026 · May Day Bank Holiday: Monday 4 May 2026 · Spring bank holiday: Monday 25 May 2026 · Primary half term holiday: Monday 25 May to Friday 5 June 2026 · INSET day (children to not attend school) Monday 8th June 2026 · Primary term ends: Friday 24th July · INSET day (children do not attend school) Friday 24th July 2026 Parents’ Association News Following the non-uniform day and the costume sale the Parents’ Association have now passed the £10,000 mark in their fundraising this academic year. This is amazing – thank you so much to the team but also to all parents and carers who have supported events so well. We are in the process of organising a cinema trip for all the children in school – this will take place in July and will be fully funded by the PA. More details to follow shortly. There will be a planning meeting for summer term events on Wednesday 9th April at 6pm at the school – all are welcome to attend. Thank you for your continued support. I have added summer terms dates below. Best wishes,
Useful Dates...SPRING TERM 2025 Wednesday 19th March School Council fundraising event – odd shoe day Monday 24th March Y4 to visit Stockport Air Raid Shelters Tuesday 25th March 5N to visit Ewden Water Treatment works Wednesday 26th March 5H to visit Ewden Water Treatment works Wednesday 9th April PA planning meeting at school - 6pm Friday 11th April School finishes for the Easter break
Dear Parents and Carers, I hope you all had a lovely half term break. We are looking forward to working with your children again this half term. The half term begins with our Book Fortnight with many exciting activities planned for the children. We then return to our Quest – Where do I? When do I? Website Our new website is now live – thank you to the Parents’ Association for part funding this. We hope this will help to improve communications between home and school as well as celebrate the many things that are part of Norbury life. Newsletters will now be posted on the website rather than emailed to you. We will send a text alert when a new letter is available. Governing Board Following a recent recruitment process, we are delighted to welcome Ruth Rawsthorne and Miriam Bentley to the Governing Board. Visit from Lisa Smart MP We were delighted to welcome Lisa Smart to school on 7th February. She had a tour of the school, met with some representatives of the School Council and led an assembly for the children in Years 1 – 6. She was genuinely interested in our school in terms of our successes but also some of the challenges we face in the world of education. We are hopeful that this relationship will continue.  Parents’ Association News The recent disco raised an amazing £1511. Thank you to those families who supported this event. Thank you to the PA for the Valentine’s sweet treat – the children and staff appreciated this. The Parents’ Association have organised a costume swap before our World Book Dress Up Day on Wednesday 5th March. Please see the PA website for further information www.norburyhallpa.co.uk. The Easter egg challenge will be returning – look out for details coming shortly. PE kits Please could I remind you that that PE kits shouldn’t include branded items – we appreciate your support with this. The PE kit is as follows: Indoor games kit
Additional outside kit for colder weather
Thank you for your continued support Best wishes Becky Wood
Dates for your diary (these can also be found on the Parents Hub)
Monday 24th February Return to school Book fortnight begins Tuesday 4th March Parent / Teacher meetings Wednesday 5th March Norbury’s dress up day for World Book Day Nursery Parent / Teacher meetings Thursday 6th March Parent / Teacher meetings Wednesday 19th March School Council fundraising event – odd shoe day Monday 24th March Y4 to visit Stockport Air Raid Shelters Tuesday 25th March 5N to visit Ewden Water Treatment works Wednesday 26th March 5H to visit Ewden Water Treatment works Friday 11th April School finishes for the Easter break Educational visits for Nursery, Reception and Year 2 will take place in the summer term. Dear Parents and Carers, This half term is moving at pace and the children have achieved many things in the four weeks since our return to school. We have unfortunately had a lot of our children unwell but we are hoping as we nudge towards spring, we are healthier. Children's Mental Health Week Thank you to those of you who attended our coffee morning for Children's Mental Health Week this morning. This will be a focus of learning for the children across this week. This is the link to the official website for the week if you would like to explore this further - https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/. School staff are obviously willing to discuss anything related to children's mental health with you. Parent Teacher Meetings Parent and teacher meetings are scheduled for Tuesday 4th March and Thursday 6th March. For Nursery parents there is an additional session on Wednesday 5h March in the morning. We will be using the online booking system again for you to be able to book appointments. The system will go live later today and we will send a text to inform you that appointments are available for booking. If you have any queries about how to use the system, please contact our office team. For parents of children in Mrs Matthews' class we will not be taking bookings at this point. We will look to arrange appointments as soon as possible. If in the meantime, you would like to talk to us about your child, please either contact myself or Sian Murphy. Parents' Association News The movie nights were well attended and raised £750. Thank you to the PA team who cooked for the children and thank you to the staff team for supervising the children. We have a school disco this Thursday with a 'Love is in the Air theme. The discos are on Thursday 6*h February - for Nursery, Reception, Y1 and Y2 the disco is from 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm and for Years 3 - 6 the disco is from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm. The entry cost is £3. For more information, please see the PA website (www.norburyhallpa.co.uk). Friday 14th February will be a non-uniform day as it is Valentine's Day. The children can come in something suitable to mark the day or just something they find comfortable to wear. Please bring a £1 cash donation to support the PA. Parking Our School Council have been working hard to encourage responsible parking around our school. You will have noticed that we have cones in certain locations to deter parking. Shortly, you will be seeing banners go up to support this initiative. The School Council held a competition for the children in school to design a banner. Well done to Oakley in Year 2 who was the winner. Safeguarding Safeguarding our children at Norbury Hall is at the heart of all we do. Please do not be offended if your children attend Norbury Tinkers after school and school staff will not let you enter the building to pick them up. It is important that you use the Norbury Tinkers doorbell so that they can supervise the collection of your children. Website We are in the process of updating our school website and we are very nearly ready to go live. We are very pleased with how the new site is looking. Once live, we would welcome your feedback. There are statutory items that have to go on a school website but we want the new website to be informative for our current parents and carers as well as parents or carers who may be new to our school. Your feedback will help us to achieve this. We will send a text to inform you when the website is available. Primary Sports Coaching - February Half Term Holiday Club Please see the following message from Primary Sports Coaching: Primary Sports Coaching Limited are delighted to be running our established multi sports holiday course at Norbury Hall Primary School this February Half Term. The course will be led by PSCL's coaching team who work every day in primary schools delivering lunchtime ports, after school clubs and PE lessons. Jordan Fletcher will be leading the course. Jordan is qualified sports coach and can normally be found delivering sports sessions at St Pauls Primary School in Withington. Jordan will be supported by Amy Shipton who the children will know from lunchtime sessions and after school club at Norbury Hall Primary School. If you would like to attend our fantastic holiday course please book soon as places are limited (https://primaryscl.coordinote.cloud/project/60548) Our ethos is to provide a fun and exciting experience for all children that attend our holiday clubs. We want every child to experience a variety of sports and help them create a lifelong love of sport and physical activity. PSCL Holiday Courses are a registered Ofsted provider, all of our settings are on the voluntary part of the childcare register. Key Information Monday 17h February - Friday 21" February Boys and Girls aged 5 - 12 years old can attend PSCL Holiday Courses. Children currently in reception can attend specific courses from 9am - 12.45pm. They are not able to access our early drop off. Times and Prices of Courses Children can be dropped off from 9am. Children can be collected from 3.30pm. Standard Day - £22 Reception Child Day - £14 Sibling Discount Discounts are available for siblings attending together. Please use discount code 'SIBLING25' to reduce the cost to £19.50 per child per day. Week Discount When you book a 5 day week use our discount code 'FULLWK' to discount the price to £100 per week Wrap Around Care Early drop off - 8am - 8.55am = £3.50 per child, per morning Stay and Play - 3.30pm - 5pm = £4.50 per child, per afternoon. Thank you as ever for your support.
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Dear Parents and Carers, Happy New Year. I hope that 2025 is a happy year for you and your family. Thank you for all your support at our Christmas events; the children love having you as part of these special occasions and we enjoy seeing you too. The start to the new term was a cold one! Thank you for your support with extended registrations – there was noticeably less traffic on these mornings helping to keep everyone a lot safer. Thank you also to Mr Holland, our site supervisor, who worked tirelessly all week to keep the site safe for all. The children loved playtimes and I think the snow sculptures they made will last well into this week. Our learning this term is entitled ‘Where do I? When do I?’ The learning focuses on both history and geography and the children will be developing their skills in both of these areas. Year 4 have been enlisted as WWII soldiers, Year 3 have already visited Stockport County FC and our younger children have talked about where they live and the house they live in. As the term progresses, there are many exciting learning experiences planned for all our children. The children are working in role as Junior Ministers in governments both past and present to understand why national issues are of importance. We are delighted that Lisa Smart, the local MP, will be visiting school later in the term to help them understand more about the workings of Parliament. Movie Nights Two movie nights will take place this week. Tuesday 14th January will be the chance for our Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children to attend and our Key Stage 2 children are invited on Thursday 15th January. You can book these events on the Norbury Hall PA website up until 8 pm the night before the event. All further details are on the PA website. The children don’t need a change of clothes for this event. At the end of the event, please come to the main door to collect your children. We will organise this in the same way as a disco where parents will come through the main entrance, go into the hall and collect the children and then exit via the back door of the hall. Thank you in advance to the PA team and teaching staff who will make these events happen. Children's Mental Health Week - 3rd February 2025 The school will be marking Children’s Mental Health Week at the start of February. On Monday 3rd February at the start of the school day, there will be a coffee morning in the hall. All are welcome to attend – the event is free but we will be collecting donations for Beacon Counselling. Further details will be made available shortly. There will also be special assemblies and PSHE activities during this week. Unifrom We have noticed that some of our children are moving away from some of our school uniform expectations. We are seeing skirt length, jewellery, make up, nail vanish and layers of clothing that are not school uniform. I am not talking about last week when children did wear additional layers to stay warm. The staff team will be challenging children who are not following our school uniform guidance and they may also have a conversation with you as parents or carer. It is important that our children are dressed smartly for school and represent their school in this way and in the best possible light. Stockport Online Safety Hub  I made parents aware of the relatively new online safety hub provided by Stockport LA last term. I know many of the children have received new devices and games for Christmas and I am sure that as parents you wish to keep them as safe as possible in this way. The hub is a great resource with a wealth of advice and is continuously updated with new information. The address is https://stockport.onlinesafetyhub.uk/ and I would urge you all to take a look. Thank you as ever for your support – useful dates are listed at the end of this letter.
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SPRING TERM 2025 Tuesday 14th January Movie night for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 Wednesday 15th January Y6 visit to Quarry Bank Mill Thursday 16th January Movie night for Years 3 – 6 Monday 3rd February Launch of Children’s Mental Health Week with a coffee morning Thursday 6th February School Disco Friday 7th February Lisa Smart MP visiting the school Thursday 13th February Y3 visit to the Football Museum Friday 14th February School finishes for the half term break Monday 24th February Return to school Book fortnight begins Tuesday 4th March Parent / Teacher meetings Wednesday 5th March Norbury’s dress up day for World Book Day Thursday 6th March Parent / Teacher meetings Monday 24th March Y4 to visit Stockport Air Raid Shelters Tuesday 25th March 5H to visit Edwen Water Treatment works Wednesday 26th March 5N to visit Edwen Water Treatment works Friday 11th April School finishes for the Easter break Educational visits for Nursery, Reception and Year 2 will take place in the summer term. |
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