Newsletter 2 - 10th October 2025

Parents' Evening

The Parents' Evening system will close for bookings on Monday 13th October at midday. If you have not yet made an appointment to speak to your class teacher/s, please do so before the booking window closes. School closes early on Tuesday 21st October at 1:30 pm. Please collect your child/ren promptly to allow teachers to prepare for their Parents' Evening appointments which start at 2:00 pm.

For any questions regarding booking a Parents' Evening appointment, please contact the school office.

Punctuality & School Absence

Please may we remind you of the importance of children being on time and settled in their classrooms before the start of the school day. The first 10–15 minutes of the morning are used for revisiting key skills such as handwriting, spelling, reading, times tables and arithmetic, which pupils start before the registers are taken.

Children may go straight to class once their playground gates are opened at 8:40 am; class registers are taken at 8:50 am when the playground gates are locked. Children arriving after the gates are locked should go directly to school reception to be signed in. Arrivals after 8:55 am are marked as late. Further information on the timing of the school day can be found here.

All planned absences, including those for religious observance and holidays, should be requested in advance using this linked Request for Absence Form which is also available to download from the school website here. The school office can provide a paper copy on request. This form is reviewed by Mr Scott who can grant an authorised leave of absence in exceptional circumstances. 

For further information, please refer to our Attendance Policy.

Volunteering in School 

Today, you will have received a letter from Mrs Davies about volunteering in school. You can read the letter here. Before starting in school, we ask that you attend an in-person introduction session and undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We will be holding two introduction sessions before the half-term break on Wednesday 15th October at 9:00 am and Tuesday 21st October at 9:00 am. You only need to attend one of the sessions which will run for approximately 30 minutes and cover responsibilities and expectations including health and safety measures in school, safeguarding, confidentiality, how to support reading and phonics, DBS checks and next steps. If you are interested in volunteering in school and can commit to doing so on a regular basis, please complete this linked form to let us know which introduction session you will attend and the year group/s you would like to support.

Flu Immunisations

If your child missed their flu vaccination at school on Thursday, the School Health Team are running catch-up clinics in Kingston over the next two months. Click here for further information.