Headteacher's Newsletter 15/04/2026

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. 

We are looking forward to a busy but exciting term for the children.
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Thank you as ever for your support.
Best wishes
Becky Wood

Dates for your diary...

Tuesday 21st April
Y1 Educational Visit to The Lowry

Monday 4th May
May Bank Holiday

Thursday 7th May
School is being used as a Polling Station but we are OPEN for the children

Week beginning 11th May
SATs for Year 6 children

Friday 15th May
School discos

Friday 22nd May
Finish school for the half term holiday

Monday 8th June
INSET day – School CLOSED
​for the children

Week beginning 8th June
Y1 – Phonic Screen Check
Y4 – Multiplication Tables Check

Friday 19th June
Reception children to visit Imagine That

Wednesday 24th June
Class photographs

Friday 3rd July
Parents’ Association Festival – after school

Week beginning 6th July
Y6 performances this week

Wednesday 8th July
Norbury Fest – during the school day – PM – time tbc

Week beginning 13th July
Transition week

Wednesday 15th July
Y5 to Robinwood

Tuesday 21st July
Sports Day for Years 3 – 6 – times tbc

Wednesday 22nd July
Sports Day for Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 – times tbc

Thursday 23rd July
School closes for the summer break

Tuesday 1st September and
Wednesday 2nd September
INSET days – School CLOSED
or the children

Thursday 3rd September
School opens for the children