News from EBPS 15th May 2026
Dear Parents/ Carers,
It has been a changeable week in terms of weather but our children have brought the sunshine into school every day! Year Six have done themselves proud with their SATs; giving the tests their very best effort every day. Year Three enjoyed a hands-on history day today and many chose to dress-up and look wonderful in their Ancient Egyptian costumes.
Celebration assemblies
Our weekly celebrations included celebrating wonderful writing, marvellous maths and some stunning science too.
Year Six SATs
A very big well done to the Year Six children for their conduct and attitude during SATs week. The vast majority took advantage of the free pre- SATs breakfast each day, with food items kindly donated by the village Co-Op, and enjoyed a calm, sociable start to each day. We felt all of the tests were fair and the children all tried their personal best. Year Six enjoyed their post-SATs afternoon treat to the Rec today, along with a Gallone’s ice-cream to celebrate the end of SATs week. There is still lots of learning to be done in Year Six though, as well as a residential, secondary school transition and the Year Six Leavers’ performance – all in term six!
May Fayre
Thank you for the donations and support of the May Fayre which is on today after school. A huge thanks, as ever, to our fabulous PTA volunteers who have spent many weeks preparing for the May Fayre behind the scenes, as well as setting up all day today. Mrs Chapman and her team have done a wonderful job and I am sure this will be a lovely afternoon and a successful fundraiser.
Sports day dates
These are on the website calendar, but just to draw your attention to them. We are looking forward to welcoming you all to our whole school sports day planned for Tuesday 30th June. (In case of adverse weather, Plan B is Thursday 9th July.) As usual, this will be on Earls Barton Recreation ground for the afternoon, with events starting at approximately 1:20pm. We are grateful to the Wollaston young sports leaders and PE teachers who will once again be supporting this event.
Hatton Catering – school lunches
We are delighted that Hatton school lunches can now be booked, via the SchoolGrid app, by midnight the day before they are required.
In addition, Thursday 21st May is Census Day. On this day funding a school can receive is based on the number of hot dinners ordered. To support with this, we are offering a pirate-themed menu, please see attached. All orders for Thursday 21st May, that had already been booked from the standard menu, have been cancelled so you will need to re-book a meal from the pirate-themed menu, using the SchoolGrid app, by midnight Tuesday 20th May. We are grateful for your support with this.
We have also been made aware of some parental concerns regarding the serving of Halal meat only and we are working with Hatton Catering on this and will communicate this with you transparently as soon as we have any further updates.
Sickness bug
There seems to be a sickness bug doing the rounds at the moment. Please can we remind you all to ensure good hygiene from your children with regard to hand-washing and using and disposing of tissues. Also, a reminder of the NHS policy that any child who is sick or has diarrhoea should have 48 hours away from school following their last bout. This helps us to keep everyone safe and prevents the spread of germs. Thank you.
Fair Milk Campaign
Children currently receive free school milk until their fifth birthday through the Government’s school milk scheme. After this point, the entitlement ends. This means that within the same Reception class some children continue receiving milk while others do not, depending on when their birthday falls. At EBPS, we’re supporting the Fair Milk for a Fair Start campaign, which calls for a simple change so all children can receive free school milk until the end of their Reception year. Find out more or show your support here.
Attendance
Attendance this week was 95.83%. The top classes this week were Lavender with 97.50%, Oak with 98.67% and winners, with an unbeatable 100% were Crocus. Well done!
Wishing you a lovely weekend,
Miss Lally & Mr Morris
Letters home this week
Excellence in Everything certificates
Y1 DT event reminder
Hatton lunch ordering – new deadline and census day
Y6 reminder to complete permission for sword dance
Y3 Egyptian Day reminder
May fayre today
Attachments
Pirate themed menu
Stevensons uniform flyer
What parents/ carers need to know about online grooming
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