News from EBPS 2nd May 2025
Dear parents and carers,
What beautiful weather we have had this week! The children have enjoyed their learning and maintained excellent behaviour, despite the mini heatwave! The weather is due to return to seasonal norms next week but please continue to send in a NAMED sun hat and NAMED water bottle each day during the summer terms. Thank you.
Some lovely out of school learning opportunities this week; a group of Key Stage Two children attended Irchester Country Park for an orienteering course led by Northamptonshire Sport – which they thoroughly enjoyed. Thanks to Mrs Chapman and Coach Ryan who accompanied our children. Mrs Warren took a group of Year 4 children for a Design Technology day at Weavers academy which was a really useful insight for the children into life in a secondary school.
Next week is another busy week! Following the May Day Bank Holiday Monday, many of our Year Three children are off to a PGL centre in Caythorpe Wednesday – Friday. Special thanks to the staff taking them whose own classes will be covered by other school or supply staff: Mr Stockham, Mrs Gould, Miss Bartholomew, Mrs Chambers and Mrs Bayes. We hope the children have a wonderful experience and make lots of fantastic memories.
Also, next week, we will commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE day with special assemblies and a collaboration with Jeyes of Earls Barton for our School Council.
Celebration assemblies and attendance
Well done to our stars of the week today where many children were awarded their certificates for fantastic writing in class. Certificates were also awarded for showing our school values of self-belief, honesty, respect, excellence and kindness.
Reading class winners were Clover and Tulip class. Our individual, randomly-chosen reading winners were Rosie (YR) and Henry (Y5)
Please remember to listen to your child read (any book / magazine / reading counts!) and to sign their planner five times each week. Reading daily at bedtime and having the hour before bed as screen-free time is beneficial for all of our brains!
Attendance overall this week was 95.98%. The winning classes were Rose with 98.75%, Buttercup with 99.26% and, joint winners, Violet and Bluebell with an unbeatable 100%!
PTA
A huge thanks to you all for supporting the PTA’s mufti day today for the May Fayre – we have been overwhelmed with the kindness and generosity of the donations! Our fabulous PTA volunteers have already begun sorting these in readiness for the May Fayre on Friday 16th May. Any donations will still be accepted next week if you forgot today.
Reporting absences
A reminder that advance requests for term time absence of a day, or longer, such as for holidays or sporting activities, should be made using our online Leave of Absence form on the school’s website, not ParentMail. This is so the Headteachers can consider whether the absence will be authorised.
Illnesses and medical appointments can be reported in a variety of ways – telephone (01604 810371), email () or via ParentMail.
Lost property – please collect today
We are accumulating a large amount of lost property! Before we dispose of un-named items next week, please do come and check. At the end of the school day today we will put KS1 lost property outside the main gates, next to the library, and the KS2 collection will be outside the school office. Also, a reminder to name ALL your child’s clothes so our staff can reunite lost items.
EYFS and KS1 duplicate lunches
If your child is in EYFS or KS1 they are entitled to Universal Infant Free School Meals, which must be ordered via Kingswood. We are noticing that the number of children who are bringing in a packed lunch, despite having ordered a meal, is increasing. Please be mindful of the cost of these meals, to the school (they are free to parents, but the school still pays Kingswood for them) and the food waste, by only ordering a meal if your child is going to eat it. Thank you.
Wishing you all a lovely, long weekend. A reminder that school is closed on Monday 5th May for the May Day Bank Holiday.
Miss Lally & Mr Morris
Co-headteachers
Letters home this week
Y6 SATS week breakfast and ice cream
Y6 residential reminders
SEND family fun day
MUFTI day tomorrow reminder
Y3 Ancient Egypt day reminder
Caythorpe medication reminder – Y3 attendees only
Shoe box request – YR only
EYFS and Y6 childhood measurements by NHS
Junior choir starting tomorrow
Y2 trip payment reminder
Y5 trip payment reminder
Curriculum overview and spellings – individual year groups
Attachments
Safety on the roads
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