News from EBPS 12th June 2026
Dear Parents/ Carers,
Believe it not, this is the final summer term! Always a busy one with lots going on. There are multiple attachments with this week’s newsletter. Please take the time to read them – there are two related to summer holiday activities for children to sign-up to if this is something you require.
Celebration assemblies
Celebration assemblies this morning celebrated wonderful writing (Year Four biographies and Year Six poetry), historians, school values and more! We also enjoyed hearing about sporting successes and school values being shown outside of school from the Earls Barton Girls Football team and boys’ cricket team (Barton Blasters) - both teams were commended displaying our school values at these out of school events, with the girls’ team collecting the “Fair Play” trophy at their first-ever tournament.
Official naming of our school buildings
Next Wednesday we will officially name our three school buildings (formerly known as “Infants, Juniors and ‘the new bit’!) in a special ceremony with invited guests, including governors, kind sponsors of the EYFS outdoor area, Parish council representatives, the architect and construction manager.
Summer term events
The summer term is always super-busy with lots going on! Please do check the website to plan ahead for events relevant to your child / children. We will do our best to send regular reminders. Key upcoming June dates for your diary are:
*Thursday 17th June -Junior and Senior choir performing at Sir Christopher Hatton. Parents / carers have been invited and should have pre-booked seats.
*Wednesday 24th June – Year Five only performing at The Castle Theatre
*Thursday 25th June – EYFS and KS1 PTA summer discos
*Tuesday 30th June – whole school sports day /afternoon Plan A date
Thank you
Thank you to Midlands Drone Design and Media who have supported the school by filming some drone footage for the school for free! Many thanks! We will soon be sharing this on our website.
PTA Discos
Please see the attached poster and details of how you can pre-pay for tickets for the summer discos to save queueing on the door.
STEM Day
A reminder that on the 23rd June your child will be taking part in our whole school STEM day. We will be exploring aerodynamics, and the children will be designing racing cars. Please can you send in small, clean cardboard boxes similar in size to a tissue box. We will also need larger sheets of card for example from cereal boxes, which the children can cut to make their "aerodynamic additions".
Staffing news
I am delighted to report that none of our permanent teachers are leaving EBPS this summer, which is wonderful for staff retention and for us embedding our mission of “Excellence in Everything” and building on all of the successes of the past few years. We have one new teacher joining our team and another small change is that Mrs Rees will be our Assistant Headteacher from September, as well as retaining her responsibility for the Year 5/6 phase. This will give the school additional leadership support when Mrs Gould is fulfilling her half-time Head of School role at Ecton village primary school.
The class and staffing overview for September 2026 will be shared in due course.
Attendance
Attendance this week was 95.96%. The top classes this week were Primrose with 99.23%, Daffodil with 99.31% and winners, with an unbeatable 100%, were Daisy class. Well done!
Wishing you a lovely weekend,
Miss Lally
Letters home this week
Behaviour overview and FAQs
School uniform for class photos tomorrow reminder
HATTON lunches – World Cup draw and themed menu
Invitation to Summer Music Recital – Pupils who learn instruments in school and dancers only
Permission for class photos – Pupils without full photo permission only
STEM day materials request, please
Year 6 residential 2027 – Current year 5 only
Choir concert and form reminder – Junior and senior choirs only
Lavender class rip
Year 2 request for items for science, please
Class photos being taken this Friday, 12th June
HAF holiday activities – eligible pupils only
Excellence in Everything certificates
Attachments
Midland Drone Design and Media flyer
What parents carers need to know – school ready language skills
Happy Hols summer holiday club
Lets get active June
SEND summer club
EBPS PTA discos
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