Newsletter 10th October 2025
Dear parents and carers,
It has been a busy week in school. It was great to have the twenty members of our Year Six Sports Crew trained today by Sarah Harvey from Northamptonshire Sport. We are looking forward to having the Sports Crew on both playgrounds leading games with younger children every lunchtime, as well as a range of other exciting opportunities for the Sports Crew – you will be able to identify them as they will be wearing their black hoodies! Children in Years One – Three also enjoyed and benefitted from a special visitor to lead a PSHE lesson in the “Life Education Tent” this week. The lesson focussed on their feelings, accepting differences and gratitude. Thanks to Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner and the NHS England who jointly funded this initiative so that it is free to schools.
House Captains
Please see attached the House Captains for 2025-2026 as democratically elected by Year Six and the staff.
Bartonian Blooms
The House Captains and Vice Captains are looking forward to meeting children across the school next week for their Bartonian Blooms interviews next week; please ensure your child’s passport is in school if they have completed enough activities for a petal certificate.
Every child in Y1 – Y6 was given a passport last year. We have ordered new ones as all spares have now gone. If your child has lost their passport, there will be a small charge to cover the printing cost of the replacement. Reception children will be given their first passport in January.
Celebration assemblies
Well done to our superstars of the week who were chosen for a variety of reasons today. In Key Stage Two, quite a few children were chosen for maths, as well as excellence in science and writing. In Key Stage One there were lots of children chosen for demonstrating excellent writing skills this week. Well done also to the Hot Chocolate Friday superstars who were chosen for showing our school values, upholding our school rules and demonstrating “Excellence” in everything they do.
People who help us in Reception
Our Reception children thoroughly enjoyed their visits from a fire engine, firefighters, a police car and police officer as part of their “People who help us topic”.
Lavender class trip
Lavender class children enjoyed a very successful trip to Everdon on Thursday where they enjoyed being outdoors in nature, building dens, enjoying the fresh air and learnt valuable conflict resolution skills as they negotiated and shared the resources needed. This trip occurred in autumn so the children could admire and appreciate the season; a further Lavender class trip is planned for spring where the children will compare and contrast the environment in different seasons and weathers. Thank you to Mrs Murphy for leading the experience and Miss Little and Mrs Doyle for accompanying the children.
Reception parents / carers phonics event
A reminder that Reception parents are welcome into school on Wednesday 15th October at 9am for a phonics presentation and to visit phonics sessions in classes.
Open events
Next week is our first open event for prospective families who wish to join our school in Reception in September 2026. This is an evening presentation and tour which was shown as “sold out” (i.e. full) on Eventbrite but we have just added some more spaces. Future events are scheduled for daytimes when the school is open. For all tours our newly elected House Captains will be the tour guides. If you know anyone who would like to visit our school with a child who will be 4 by 1st September 2026, please ask them to get in contact and we will plan an additional event to meet demand.
PE kit
A reminder that PE kit should be PLAIN with no logos (except the option of an EBPS logo on jumpers or t-shirts) – this is to ensure equity between all children and remove any peer pressure. Plain black trousers or shorts, plain white or bottle green t-shirt and plain black or bottle green sweatshirts are all that is permitted. Any child wearing logo’d items will be given spare items to wear on PE days. If children coming into school wearing their PE kit means logo’d and non-policy items continue to be worn, we will have to revert to the policy of children wearing school uniform every day, them getting changed in classrooms and from PE kit which in school so teachers can ensure all children are in correct kit and this is implement consistently. No earrings can be worn for PE (this includes not covering earrings with tape and not wearing “spacers” or “retainers”). Thank you in advance for your co-operation.
Please find the NTC newsletter here which contains amazing events, clubs and groups that families, children and young people can access across the county that are free or affordable to attend.
Attendance
Attendance this week was 96.42%. The top classes this week were Daisy with 97.97%, Buttercup and Bluebell with 98.67% and first was Primrose with 99.23%.
Wishing you a lovely weekend.
Miss Lally & Mr Morris
Co-Headteachers
Letters home
Sir Christopher Hatton admissions for September 2026 – Y6 only
Inappropriate web link alert
Y4 geography survey
Medical information data check
Y6 Smartphone ban interview opportunity
Behaviour policy following survey
Attachments
Dealing with traumatic and challenging events
House captains 2025-26
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