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

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

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. 

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Dear Parents/Carers,

We have some exciting news for you! We will once again be taking part in Big Walk and Wheel, the UK’s largest inter-school cycling, walking, wheeling and scooting challenge. The challenge runs from 16 – 27 March 2026. It’s free to take part and we would love everyone to be involved. Teachers will be talking to the children each morning about how they have travelled to school and this will then be recorded.

What do you need to do?
Encourage your child(ren) to walk, use a wheelchair, scoot or cycle to school on as many days as possible during the event.
 
Including everyone
We want to make sure that everyone can get involved in Big Walk and Wheel.
We know it may be more difficult for some pupils to take part than others. If you want to discuss more about your child(ren)’s specific needs, please contact the school office and we will make sure to look into how your child(ren) can take part.
 
Why we are taking part
Big Walk and Wheel is a great way to build physical activity in children’s daily routine which is important for their physical health and mental wellbeing.
 
Active school runs also help to reduce congestion and air pollution outside the school gate. A 2021 YouGov study showed nearly half of UK children worry about air pollution near their school. And that children thought active travel was the best away to bring down these pollution levels.

Useful resources
To help you prepare, Walk Wheel Cycle Trust has developed a handy Parent/ Caregiver page on the challenge website. It is packed with advice to help you have a hassle-free journey to school.

For more information about the event go to www.bigwalkandwheel.org.uk.
Enjoy the challenge!
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Best wishes
Sian Murphy

Dear Parents,

This year Norbury Hall will be taking part in the Stockport Book Awards. The aims of the Book Awards are as follows:

·      to raise the profile of reading for pleasure
·      to offer children access to some of the best new fiction
·      to increase parents’, teachers’ and school librarians’ awareness of new fiction
·      to create a community of readers in Stockport by providing opportunities for children           to meet authors and providing a forum for reading and an opportunity to share books
 
The children will be in three categories for the award:
1.    Best picture book – for Early years and Key Stage 1
2.    Best read for Year 3 and 4
3.    Best read for Year 5 and 6
 
(See the attached book charts for each of the categories)
 
In the Early Years and Key Stage 1 category the children will be read three current picture books that have been shortlisted by teachers in Stockport who have read a much larger selection of new books. In the year 3/4 and 5/6 categories there are three fiction books that have been shortlisted that we ask the children to read. Once they have read the books the children will then be asked to vote for their favourite in their category. All children entering a vote will receive a certificate and will be entered into a prize draw firstly to receive book vouchers through school but as an ultimate prize they will receive an invitation to the Stockport Book Awards where they will receive a medal for their commitment to reading and will have the opportunity to meet the winning author in their category. This award ceremony will be held on Monday 6th July at Stockport Town Hall. The children will have roughly ten weeks to read their three books and all votes will need to be in by Friday 15th May so that we can announce the winners in the last week of term.

Children in the Early Years and Key Stage 1 category will read their books during class story time and will then be asked to vote in class. However, this is not possible for key stage 2 so we will be asking them to read their books independently. We have purchased multiple copies so that we can make as many as possible available to the children. Stockport libraries will also have additional copies to lend to the children. However, I have included a list of the books and their authors in case the children would like to purchase them themselves or receive them for presents for birthdays etc. The books are clearly highly recommended as good reading material.

In addition, the children also have the opportunity to take part in the art competition, where one lucky winner will win their height in books. Last year Norbury were very successful with this, and we had several winners and runners up from our school. The children will need to create a piece of art based on their favourite book in their category using any media, such as a painting, a collage, or a drawing. The children can complete their artwork as part of their home learning and bring it to me in school by Friday 15th May and I will enter it into the competition. Please can the children write their full name, class and the title of the book that the artwork represents.

We hope the children will enjoy participating in this year’s Stockport Children’s Book Awards and enjoy reading some fantastic books,
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Happy reading!
Bridget Adnett
English Lead / Deputy  Headteacher

Thank you to everyone who attended our Parents’ Curriculum Evening. All learning resources for each year group are now available in the Parents’ Hub.
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Your feedback is incredibly valuable to us and helps shape and improve future resources. If there’s any additional information you feel would be helpful, please use the box below to get in touch and share your suggestions.

Wednesday 28th January is a busy day in school and we just wanted to remind you of the events taking place on this day:

​Thank you so much to all of our parents who have been collecting items from our bingo boards for our OPAL project. Please could your child bring these items into school on Wednesday 28th January. If you have any larger donations that may be difficult for your child to carry, please drop these off at the junior gate that leads onto the junior playground. Mrs Adnett will be there to support with this. We really do appreciate your support with this project – it will make such a difference to playtime provision.

Year 6 – Quarry Bank Mill: The children will be leaving promptly at 9.00am so it is important that the children arrive at school for 8.45am to ensure they are ready to leave
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Year 4 – Stockport Air Raid Shelter: The children will be leaving school at 9.30am and will return to school by the end of the day.

Children are required to wear school uniform for both trips.

​These workshops are 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.

We now have a new website to purchase school uniform. This is a local company who have supplied Norbury Hall uniform for many years.

We encourage you to use this website Norburyhall.uniform4you.co.uk entering the password Shepley1

The stock we have in the school office can still be purchased via the school money app, however the stock is limited due to storage space. 

Transition week at primary school is an exciting and important time for children as they prepare for the new school year. It’s a chance to meet their new teachers, make new friends and explore their future classrooms. Seeing where they'll be learning and playing in September helps children feel more confident and settled. It’s also a fun opportunity to get a taste of new routines and start looking forward to the adventures ahead in their next year at school!

Ahead of Transition Week starting on 14th July, we’ve put together handy booklets for you to go through with your children. They’ll give a little flavour of what’s to come, helping your child feel more confident, excited, and ready for the new school year!

Download your copies from the home page of the website.

​Our new values are prominent in our school entrance, on our school website and we are familiarising our children with these.  Our values are:

• Curiosity
• Responsibility
• Bravery
• Kindness
• Understanding

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, 
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The children are thoroughly enjoying the reading activities planned for Book Fortnight. They have enjoyed sessions in our reading den on the theme of ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ and have spent time discussing authors and texts suitable for their age groups. It has been great to see the joy and wonder of the children’s faces as they are hooked on their class teacher’s every word during whole class reading times. 

Often, we are asked by parents/carers for advice about reading material suitable for different age groups. I have put together several documents to support with this and have attached them to this email. Firstly there are some recommended read lists for your child’s year group – the children can use these as a challenge for their reading. There may be many texts they can tick off straight away! I have also added a link below for a collection of books put together by a panel of experts to develop children’s ability to empathise – experience and understand someone else’s feelings. Books are a fantastic way of developing empathy. There is also a section on ‘Emotions’ recommending books on a variety of specific emotions, helping children to recognise and share those they experience: 

 Dear Parents,
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This year Norbury Hall will be taking part in the Stockport Book Awards. The aims of the Book Awards are as follows:
• to raise the profile of reading for pleasure
• to offer children access to some of the best new fiction
• to increase parents', teachers' and school librarians' awareness of new fiction
• to create a community of readers in Stockport by providing opportunities for children to meet authors and providing a forum for reading and an opportunity to share books
 
The children will be in three categories for the award:
1.Best picture book - for Early years and Key Stage 1
2.Best read for Year 3 and 4
3. Best read for Year 5 and 6
 
(See the attached book charts for each of the categories)
 
In the Early Years and Key Stage 1 category the children will be read three current picture books that have been shortlisted by teachers in Stockport who have read a much larger selection of new books. In the year 3/4 and 5/6 categories there are three fiction books that have been shortlisted that we ask the children to read. Once they have read the books the children will then be asked to vote for their favourite in their category.

All children entering a vote will receive a certificate and will be entered into a prize draw firstly to receive book vouchers through school but as an ultimate prize they will receive an invitation to the Stockport Book Awards where they will receive a medal for their commitment to reading and will have the opportunity to meet the winning author in their category. This award ceremony will be held on Tuesday 1st July at Stockport Town Hall. The children will have roughly ten weeks to read their three books and all votes will need to be in by Friday 16th May so that we can announce the winners in the last week of term.

Children in the Early Years and Key Stage 1 category will read their books during class story time and will then be asked to vote in class. However, this is not possible for key stage 2 so we will be asking them to read their books independently. We have purchased multiple copies so that we can make as many as possible available to the children. Stockport libraries will also have additional copies to lend to the children. However, I have included a list of the books and their authors in case the children would like to purchase them themselves or receive them for presents for birthdays etc. The books are clearly highly recommended as good reading material.

In addition, the children also have the opportunity to take part in the art competition, where one lucky winner will win their height in books. Last year Norbury were very successful with this, and we had several winners and runners up from our school. The children will need to create a piece of art based on their favourite book in their category using any media, such as a painting, a collage, or a drawing. The children can complete their artwork as part of their home learning and bring it to me in school by Friday 16th May and I will enter it into the competition. Please can the children write their full name, class and the title of the book that the artwork represents.

We hope the children will enjoy participating in this year's Stockport Children's Book Awards and enjoy reading some fantastic books,
Happy reading!

Good Morning,
One or two cases of head lice infestation have been reported recently in our school.

We would ask every parent to be vigilant in this matter and check your child’s hair carefully regularly for any sign of infestation. Head lice are transmitted by direct, head to head contact. Child and contacts should be treated at same time if live lice are seen.

If your child has long hair you may consider it to be helpful if your child’s hair can be tied back to help reduce the risk of infestation.
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Thank you for your continued support.
Norbury Hall Primary School

For those with children on school meals please can we remind you to make sure you
pre-order your child's meal on School Grid. This can be done in advance or up to the night before.
 
Meals are prepared based on the pre-orders so if we have a large number of children that don't like/want what has been pre-ordered for them there isn't always the option for them to choose something else. If you are unsure your child may like the option for the day we do now have a sandwich option that you are able to pre-order instead. 
 
Thank you for your support with this.

Hello everyone

We've fixed some broken links in the Parent's Hub section. You can now easily access the timetables and learning overviews for each year group.

Thank you

​Good morning, 
 
Our school nurse Steph is holding drop in sessions on Wednesday 5th March.
 
The school nursing service are able to support and advise on all aspects of child health, development and parenting including – sleep, healthy eating and behaviour. If you would like to make an appointment with our school nurse to discuss one of these matters please email me directly by Friday 14th February. 
 
If you would like advice or support regarding toileting Steph will be happy to take the details to pass on to the continence team. 
 
Please email [email protected] with your child's name, date of birth and a brief note of the area to be discussed. This will remain confidential but it allows Steph to be prepared. 
 
Please be aware that these sessions are very popular and we will make our best efforts to accommodate all. 
 
 
Kind regards, 
 
Julie Rice

Dear Parent or Guardian,
There has been a case of Scarlet fever within the school/nursery and your child may have been exposed.

What is Scarlet Fever?Scarlet fever is a bacterial illness that mainly affects children. It causes a distinctive pink-red rash. The illness is caused by a bacterium known as ‘Group A Streptococcus’, which are found on the skin and in the throat.

Is it dangerous?Most cases of scarlet fever don't cause complications, particularly if the condition is properly treated.

Children who have had chickenpox recently are more likely to develop more serious infection during an outbreak of scarlet fever and so parents/guardians should remain vigilant for symptoms such as a persistent high fever, cellulitis (skin infection) and arthritis (joint pain and swelling).

Is there any treatment? A GP will prescribe antibiotics. These will:
• help you get better quicker
• reduce the chance of a serious illnesses, such as pneumonia
• make it less likely that you'll pass the infection on to someone else

How is it spread?Scarlet fever can be spread by:
• breathing in bacteria in airborne droplets from an infected person's coughs and sneezes
• touching the skin of a person with a Streptococcal skin infection, such as impetigo
• sharing contaminated towels, baths, clothes or bed linen
• It can also be caught from people who have the bacteria in their throat or on their skin but don't have any symptoms
 
What is the incubation period (period before infection develops)?The first signs of scarlet fever can be flu-like symptoms, including a high temperature, a sore throat and swollen neck glands (a large lump on the side of your neck).

A rash appears 12 to 48 hours later. It looks like small, raised bumps and starts on the chest and tummy, then spreads. The rash makes your skin feel rough, like sandpaper
How long should children stay away from school?Children can return to school 24 hours after antibiotic treatment.

Can you catch it more than once?
It's possible to have scarlet fever more than once, but this is rare.

Thank you for giving this your attention. You can find further information on Scarlet Fever from either from your GP or NHS https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/scarlet-fever/

​Scan the QR code below on your mobile phone for more information.