Newsletter 5th December 2025
Dear parents and carers,
It has been another busy week in school, despite being plagued by staff absence, we have had a very positive week of learning and behaviour from the vast majority of children here. On Wednesday, some visitors from Hatton Academies Trust (HAT) and an independent consultant (who is a trained Ofsted inspector) came to our school to focus on “Behaviour for Learning” and were very impressed with everything they saw and the calm, consistent way we teach our children the necessary behaviour skills so that classroom learning can proceed. It was commented that our mantra of “Wonderful Walking” was very well-embedded, as was children being ready to learn and sitting in “STAR”. More HAT visitors came to school on Thursday to focus on our Early Years provision which was very highly-praised indeed. The visitors could not believe how well settled the children are; their knowledge of school routines; their vocabulary and their beautiful singing!
Celebration Assemblies
Well done to the children chosen for the Star of the Week certificates today; lots of certificates for showing “Real Respect” (our focus behaviour this week), as well as some for science, DT and maths. Also, a great number of Numbots certificates were awarded today too! Thank you for supporting your children’s efforts with reading and learning basic maths facts at home; little and often, every day really makes a world of difference.
Book Fair
Thank you to all those families who visited the book fair which raised £1100.05 for the school to spend on new books for our library.
Bartonian Blooms
Please can you send your child’s Bartonian Blooms passport booklet into school next week so that our Year Six House Captains can have their termly interviews with the children who have completed seven activities (from any category). Coloured petal certificates will be given out in assembly next Friday.
PTA Christmas Fayre
We are looking forward to our PTA’s annual Christmas fayre tomorrow at Earls Barton Working Men’s Club which starts at 11am. There is a wonderful list of raffle prizes available to win, as well as many other stalls and games.
Both our junior and senior choirs will be singing at the fayre; they can wear their own festive, clothes and Christmas accessories!
Special thanks to our PTA volunteers who have been working as very busy elves behind the scenes on all the preparation. This term alone, the PTA’s fundraising will pay for the whole school pantomime (oh yes it will!) and new costumes for the Reception nativity shows. Thank you all for supporting the PTA’s fundraising endeavours.
Senior choir
Senior choir have been busy rehearsing with Miss Bartholomew, Mrs Harrison, Mrs Harte and Mrs Liz Rees on a special “Made in Earls Barton” production called “Cold Hands, Warm Heart” which they will perform next week to all of Key Stage Two, all senior choir siblings and two audiences of parents /carers. Senior choir are also singing Christmas carols next Friday at the Earls Barton luncheon club.
Carols on the playground
A reminder that our whole school “Carols on the playground” event is scheduled for Wednesday 17th December. The entire school community is warmly welcome to attend and there will be refreshments on-sale. Please remember to wrap up warm and bring a torch. We will send carol lyrics closer to the time so that everyone can join in with the singing.
Photo orders
This is a reminder to please return your child’s individual and sibling photo orders by Monday 8th December. The easiest way to place an order is online here - Braiswick Photographic Online Orders. Orders can still be placed after Monday but will incur extra cost for postage.
Attendance
Attendance this week was 96.08%. The top classes were Primrose with 98.52%, Holly with 99.17% and joint winners were both EYFS classes, Daisy and Buttercup, with 99.33%. Well done!
Please find the North Northants Stay Connected articles, which contain lots of useful events, clubs and groups, here.
Wishing you a lovely weekend.
Miss Lally & Mr Morris
Letters home this week
Y4 DT and Art invitation
Hazel class teacher
Y2 DT event tomorrow reminder
Senior choir costumes
Hatton Christmas Carol concert – selected pupils only
Inclusion team newsletter and ILP
Christmas lunch orders reminder
Individual and sibling photo proofs being sent home today
PTA Christmas Fair bottle plea
Excellence in everything certificate – certain children only
Daisy class teacher -maternity letter
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