News from EBPS 25th September 2026
Dear Parents/ Carers,
We have had a lovely week in school as we approach the end of September with lots achieved already! It was a privilege for our senior leadership team to look in children's English and maths books this week and see the amazingly high standards of learning and presentation which have occurred already this term.
The behaviour of our Year Five swimmers was commended this week by the staff at Waendel leisure centre for their weekly swim who said they were "the best group". We also had a visitor from the Road English Hub auditing our phonics provision in school and she was amazed by the excellent phonics teaching and learning and even more impressed with our wonderful Reception children who she said were the "best cohort" she has ever seen.
Year Six House Captains and School Council
Our democratically-elected School Councillors were awarded their badges today and held their first meeting with Miss Lawton; we look forward to hearing about their aims and plans for the year ahead.
Also announced were the Year Six House Captains and Vice Captains who have many important jobs and roles to fulfil throughout the year.
Please find attached a photo of all school councillors and House Captains
School Games
We are proud to have been awarded the "Silver School Games" mark for all of the sporting events, competitions and engagement of our school sports stars last academic year. Well done to Mrs Carrie Rees for leading our "PE, PSHE and Wellbeing" team to achieve this prestigious award.
Governing Body
After 5 years as a governor and one year as Chair of Governors, Paul Murphy has stepped down from the governing body; we would like to thank Paul for his support, challenge and commitment over this time period.
Rebecca Hawkins was duly elected as the new Chair of the Local Governing Body this Wednesday at our first meeting of the year.
The Governing body would welcome new members, in particular those with an insight / experience in HR, health and safety, finance or any other non-educational field of work. If you are interested in becoming a school governor and able to commit to 4 evening meetings per year as well as visits to school in-between meetings, please contact the school office in the first instance.
Free School Meals
We have written lots of times about the changes to Free School Meal eligibility nationally this year. To incentivise everybody to check if they are eligible, we are offering a Tassimo coffee machine (kindly donated by Costa coffee) as a prize. Please see here or the posters around school and check if you are eligible – it takes 2 minutes! Everybody who checks their eligibility before 30th September (whether eligible or not) will be entered into the prize draw.
A reminder - No dogs or phones on school site
A reminder that dogs are not allowed on the school site.
Also, we are a smart phone free school – Year 6’s are not allowed to bring their smart phones into school, and we ask parents not to use their phones on site whilst dropping off and collecting children. This is for safeguarding reasons, as well as setting a good example. Thank you for your cooperation.
Jacob's Charity Stall
Over the summer, Jacob sadly lost his grandad after a difficult battle with Parkinson's and Dementia.
To enable these charities to support others going through similar battles, Jacob will be selling a range of 3D-printed fidgets and gadgets after school on 9th October. All money raised will be split equally between the two charities. See poster attached.
Thank you for supporting this cause and helping Jacob make a difference. ❤️
Free course for parents of neurodivergent children
Please find a FREE course for parenting neurodivergent children and other courses here
Parenting Neurodivergent Children online course - Coram Family Lives
Lost property
Only three weeks into term, we already have an impressive collection of un-named lost property. After more than a week in lost property, un-named items are either laundered and displayed on the PTA sale rail or given to charity as we don’t have the capacity to store it. So please do come to the school office if your child has lost any items, or you would like to see our range of pre-loved uniform, for which you can make an optional donation to the PTA. Thank you.
Attendance this week
Attendance this week was 96.66%. The top classes this week were Lilac with 98.52%, Oak with 98.82% and winners this week were Holly class with 99.17%. Well done!
Have a wonderful weekend.
Miss Lally & Mr Morris
Letters home this week
Please check if your child is eligible for free school meals and additional funding
Headlice letter – a Y3 and a Y5 class only
Year 4 Castle Theatre performance
Senior Choir going to Young Voices (and link correction)
Excellence in Everything certificates
Attachments
What parents and educators need to know about Discord 2026
Jacob’s stall
School council 2026-27 and house captains
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