Newsletter 9th January 2026
Dear parents and carers, a poem to start the new year!
Happy 2026
A new year is like a blank book, it has 12 chapters and 365 pages.
You are the author so write with courage.
Learn from every ink spill and don’t be afraid to turn the page.
Some pages will be messy, some will be beautiful but all will be yours.
So write the truth, chase the story you want and make this year worth reading.
No erasing, no limits, no fear.
Just a story the whole remembers and a year that changes everything, right not, right here.
Every word a spark, every page a chance, every day a new adventure.
Write it, live it, own it with pride.
By Harriett M, Y4 Sunflower Class.
Celebration Assemblies
It was wonderful to have so much to celebrate already after just four days in school! Stars of the week were chosen for making a fantastic start to 2026 and impressing with their effort, perseverance and consistent demonstration of school values. Well done to the numerous bronze and silver house point winners, as well as our one gold house point winner from Key Stage One: Patti!
It was a pleasure to have Hot Chocolate Friday with the chosen children for the first time of this new calendar year.
Reading Volunteers
We would love to welcome some more reading volunteers into school to support reading with our Key Stage One children. All volunteers would need to complete an application form, provide references and apply for a DBS certificate. Upon starting, there would be a safeguarding induction and basic training on how to help children read. We would require a minimum commitment of an hour per week please and would welcome any willing volunteers!
Support for children’s learning
As of Monday, we are making a slight change to how we support our children to ensure they all reach their potential and receive the right help for them. This is part of our drive of “Excellence in Everything” and also our commitment to equity; providing each child with what they personally need (rather than everyone getting the same, regardless of need).
Our wonderful teaching assistant team will be working across the school every afternoon to support specific children and groups to ensure all children are given the right foundational skills in reading, writing and maths. This will mean children being withdrawn from lessons for a short period of time (20-30 minutes) once or twice a week to work on a key skill. You will be given further information if this affects your child during our upcoming parents’ evening. This is nothing to worry about at all and is our way of ensuring every child gets the help they need. All interventions will run for a fixed period of 6-weeks, before they are then reviewed to consider if they need to continue.
In addition to this, Years Five and Six children will shortly be working in maths groups where they are organised by their attainment, rather than class groups. Again, this is to ensure every child gets the right help at the right time and that our teaching can be closely matched to children’s needs.
If you have any queries or concerns which cannot wait until the 3rd February parents’ evening, please do speak with your child’s class teacher.
School Council fundraiser
A reminder that our School Council have organised a “Pyjama Day” on Tuesday 13th January to raise funds for one of their three selected charities for the year: Cynthia Spencer Hospice. On Tuesday, children can wear their pyjamas / onesie and appropriate warm and outer layers to school all day in return for a voluntary donation to Cynthia Spencer. Donations can be made via ParentMail or cash can be brought in on the day.
Please see the attached which was written by Freddie W in Y3 and shows the wonderful work Cynthia Spencer Hospice did to support his grandfather Nigel “Nige” Skinner in his final days. Thank you to Freddie, Harry and Alfie for sharing this lovely, personal recollection.
Primary school application deadline
A reminder that if you have a child whose 4th birthday is on, or before, 31st August 2026 you should apply for a Primary School place by midnight on 15th January at North Northamptonshire Council. We have our final school tour on Monday morning at 10am.
Attendance
Attendance this week was 94.80%. The top classes were Snowdrop with 98.21%, Holly with 98.44% and Lavender with an unbeatable 100%. Well done!
Wishing you a lovely weekend.
Miss Lally & Mr Morris
Letters home this week
Y4 Anglo-Saxon and Viking day
Letter for Daisy class
Message regarding forecast snowy weather – IMPORTANT
Curriculum overviews and spellings – Individual year groups
Have your say – HAT Inclusion strategy consultation
Parent helper request in Primrose and Violet classes
Online safety and conduct – Y6 only
Poppy class meet the teacher invitation
Welcome back to school
Junior and senior choir
Reminder: deadline for ordering Hatton lunches
Attachments
Essential online safety
Our Grandpa in Cynthia Spencer Hospice
AIR
Earth
FIRE
WATER