Weekly Update Friday 6th March
🌼What a wonderfully busy and joyful week it has been in school! With the sunshine finally joining us and our spring flowers dancing in the playground, the children have been able to enjoy so much outdoor learning and play. Long may it continue! 🌞🌷
👩🏫 Parents’ Evenings – Thank You!
A huge thank you to everyone who attended our two Parents’ Evening sessions this week. We were absolutely thrilled with the fantastic attendance — the vast majority of parents came into school to look through children’s learning and discuss their next-step targets with class teachers.
Your engagement and support make such a difference, and we are so proud of the home–school partnership we continue to build.
Our third meeting opportunity will take place during our Open Afternoon in July, but please remember:
👉 Our door is always open for any questions or concerns at any time.
📚 World Book Day Magic!
World Book Day was a truly magical celebration of reading!
Children (and staff!) arrived in their cosy pyjamas, ready to share their favourite bedtime stories. The whole school was filled with calm, warm reading moments that showed just how special books can be.
In the afternoon we held a Giant Book Swap, where children voted for which storytime and adult they wanted to visit. 📖✨
The smiles, excitement, and gentle buzz of storytelling made it a day we will all remember. We hope it inspires a lifelong love of reading well beyond their time with us. 💛
📚 Special Visitor
Year 2 had a special visit this week from Mr Martin, Miss Martin's father, who shared what life is like in the Royal Navy now. The children were relieved to know that times had changed since Nelson's time! What a special treat this was for the children-thank you Mr Martin!
🍫 PTA Thank You – Chocolate Bars & More!
A big shout-out to our amazing PTA for their wonderful chocolate bar initiative! 🍫
The children absolutely loved this small but very special treat. Thank you to everyone who supported it.
And don’t forget:
- 🧠 Quiz Night – 20th March → tickets still on sale!
- 🐣 Easter Egg Hunt tickets are also available now!
🥚 Annual Easter Competition
For those who love to plan ahead…
This year’s annual Easter competition is to decorate and make an egg!
🎨🐣 Get creative — glitter, paint, googly eyes… we love to see it all!
- Eggs will be judged in year groups
- We kindly welcome any donations of chocolate Easter eggs for our prize table
- Please bring all entries and donations into school on Friday 27th March
We can’t wait to see your egg-cellent creations! 🥚✨
🌞Cleverchefs
We had a catering meeting yesterday, where we discussed our current menus, the new menus coming up. The new menus will be coming with photographs, which we have asked for since the company started. They are also making the descriptions easier to understand for young children.
Cleverchefs have also brought out online food magazines for teachers and parents. Please follow the link below for more information
🌞Tenant Partnership Team, Winchester City Council
We have been contacted by Annie Hall the Tenant partnership Officer for Winchester City Council, she has asked for family's who are tenants to come along to a meeting to be held soon, to give their opinions and discuss improvements. Please find the details below:
Housing Improvement Workshop, at The Jubilee Hall, Little Shore Lane, Bishops Waltham, Southampton, SO32 1ED on Saturday 14th March at 11am – 12:30pm. The Topic we will be discussing is ‘Complaints & Learning’.
🌞 Spring Sunshine
We have welcomed some glorious sunny days this week, and the children have loved every moment of playing and learning outdoors. With the flowers blooming and the brighter weather lifting everyone’s spirits, it has truly felt like spring has arrived. 🌻🌼
Thank you, as always, for your ongoing support and for being such a wonderful part of our school community. We are incredibly proud of everything our children achieve each week.
Warmest wishes,
Mrs Riches
Headteacher
