Newsletter 24th April 2026
Dear parents and carers,
It has been a great week in school with lots to celebrate and some wonderful sunny weather to enjoy and lots of excellent learning opportunities across the school. Our School Council have suggested two ideas today which we will be taking forward:
- Getting the Air Ambulance visitors in to discuss their work so children can see where their recent fundraising money will be spent.
- Classes taking it in turns to eat lunch outside, in the shade on picnic blankets and picnic benches on sunny days.
I thought these were wonderful ideas and it is great to see our children’s voices being used and their ideas shared to enhance our school community.
Celebration Assemblies
Well done to the children who were awarded the “Star of the Week” certificate in this morning’s celebration assemblies. We have a lovely variety of subjects rewarded this week including English, maths, PE, history, computing and science! It is great to see and hear all of the wonderful achievements our children make each week.
Hot Chocolate Friday winners were, as ever, for demonstrating our school SHREK values of Self-belief, Honesty, Respect, Excellence and Kindness. Well done to you all!
Girls’ cricket
A special mention to our KS2 girls cricket team who represented the school yesterday at the Women’s T20 World Cup cricket event at Northamptonshire County Ground. It wasn’t a competitive event (so no trophy or leaderboard!) but the girls had an excellent day; winning four out of five of their matches; scoring almost three hundred runs and being excellent ambassadors for our school. Well done to Aria C, Betsy B, Cleo, Eloise, Florence M and Georgia - Mrs Chapman was very proud of them all!
Mufti day next Friday
A reminder that next Friday, 1st May, the PTA are holding a Mufti (own clothes) day in return for a donation of an item for the May Fayre. Attached are details of which year group is bringing which item although, of course, we will be happy with any suitable donations.
Broad Street gates
A brief update on the currently unsafe and closed Broad Street gates where Year One parents would usually access classrooms: the work done to repair these has now been agreed, the funding arrange and work will start soon. Apologies for the delay in this, it is highly specialist work and as the gates are original and in a conservation area, we have had to ensure we had three quotes from reputable companies who are skilled to do this work and retain the character of the area. We will have the gates back in daily use as soon as it is safe to do so.
Parking
Another reminder about parking and the need to show consideration for the safety of ALL. When cars park on the pavement, buggies, wheelchairs and pedestrians have to walk in the road which is very unsafe. Please park legally and allow time to walk your children to school. Earls Barton library car parking spaces are reserved for library visitors only. We have special arrangements for parents in possession of a blue badge and / or medical needs but all others families are asked to respect and follow the rules and the highway code. Please also remember not to park in front of dropped kerbs; both residents’ driveways and the staff car park entrance.
Attendance
Attendance this week was 96.12%. The top classes this week were Sunflower with 98.97%, Ash with 99.09% and this week’s winners were Tulip with 99.33%. Well done!
Wishing you a lovely weekend.
Miss Lally & Mr Morris
Letters home this week
Excellence in everything certificates – eligible pupils
EYFS snack payments reminder
Year 2 trip payments reminder
Permission form for Y5 trip
Y5 trips next week reminder
Attachments
Online safety – YouTube
PTA Mufti donations
AIR
Earth
FIRE
WATER