News from EBPS 10th July 2026
Dear Parents/ Carers,
The children (and staff!) have coped admirably in the hot weather this week. We are utilising our new air-conditioned classrooms at lunchtimes with the option for all children to stay indoors. We have adjusted our curriculum and are keeping a close eye on all children. Temperatures look set to cool slightly next week, which will bring some welcome relief. Please continue to send children to school wearing school uniform or PE kit only. This means plain white or plain green t-shirts. Children should not be wearing: football kits, colourful t-shirts or large logo’d items, hoop earrings nor make-up as these are all not appropriate, even in the final week of term.
We are wishing the England men’s team the best of luck for their match on Saturday evening. Thank you all for bringing children to school on-time for transition day on Monday, we were really pleased with 98.22% attendance on this important day.
Celebration assemblies
Celebration assemblies this morning were, as ever, a lovely celebration of talents and values across the school. Proving our message of “Finishing the year strongly” is working with children, we had certificates for: wonderful writing; marvellous maths; constant kindness; real respect and even dancing! Hot Chocolate Friday was once again replaced with ice pole Friday! These occurred for the final time this year as next Friday is our Bartonian award assemblies instead.
Changes to Free School Meals – a message from NNC
“We are pleased to confirm that the Synergy update required to address the issue affecting online Free School Meals (FSM) applications has now been successfully deployed and tested.
Testing has confirmed that the fix is working as expected and parents and carers are once again able to submit FSM applications through the online portal.
We would like to thank schools for their patience and understanding while this issue was being resolved. We appreciate the challenges this has created at a particularly busy time of year and are grateful for the support you have provided to affected families.
We would also like to apologise for the disruption caused. North Northamptonshire Council worked closely with The Access Group throughout this period, including ongoing escalation and testing activity, to help ensure the issue was resolved as quickly as possible.” If you need any support with this, please speak to Mrs Brennan.
Junior and Senior Choirs next academic year
Advance notice that both junior and senior choirs are moving to a Thursday morning next academic year; this will allow more collaboration and joint projects with our choirs. Thanks to Mrs Chambers and Miss Bartholomew for continuing to lead these.
Clubs next week – final week of term
School led clubs are now finished for the year (choirs, recorders). Hotshots, football and gymnastics will still be on next week for the final week of term. External club offers days and times will remain the same next academic year.
Reports
Your child’s end of year report was sent yesterday as last year we experienced technological difficulties and delays with lots of schools trying to send reports on the penultimate Friday of term! Hopefully you have received this to your personal email address and will enjoy reading about your child’s year.
Music Grant
The school is lucky enough to have been awarded a charitable grant from a local trust fund which can be used exclusively to further the musicianship of children. We have today sent a form to all those families who currently have instrumental lessons and will be allocating this grant fairly from September.
Next year
We are putting the finishing touches to our “Welcome to the new year!” booklets ready to share with you all before the end of term. These will detail teachers, TAs, timetables, clubs, entrance doors, etc. ready for September and can be used to prepare and remind children over the summer of what to expect.
End of year tidy up!
Please can every child bring in a strong carrier bag / bag for life next week by Wednesday to take all of their belongings and exercise books home. We will also put all lost property out at the beginning and end of the each day next week. Anything not collected by Friday 17th will be disposed of / donated to charity. Thank you.
SEND Survey
NNC are asking SEND families to complete their annual survey to help their service know what is working well and what could be improved.
Thank you
Thank you to Edith’s Mum (Mrs Staden) for painting a lovely mural depicting our school values and mission of “Excellence in Everything” the KS1 hall. It looks fabulous and will help celebrate excellence. Photos will be included in next week’s termly round-up. Thank you Mrs Staden!
Attendance
Attendance this week was 96.28%. The top classes this week were Buttercup with 98.00% Crocus with 98.57% and winners this week were Daffodil with 98.97%. Well done!
Wishing you a lovely weekend,
Miss Lally
Letters home this week
End of year reports
Music clubs finished for the year
Year 6 photo reminder
Year 1 art showcase invitation
Year 6 leavers disco
EY & KS1 update
Lavender class trip update
Year 1 music showcase reminders – individual classes
Year 3 dip creations – invitation to parents
Poppy class mufti day
Year 6 class arrangements – current Y5
Attachments
Midlands Drone Design and Media
Summer Holiday Club
Top tips – digital boundaries for under 5’s
Top tips – Tech free summer for teens
Wildlife activity
AIR
Earth
FIRE
WATER