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Newsletter 7 - 20th March 2026

Key Dates

Saturday 21st March
Eco School Community Litterpick

PSA Easter Egg Hunt

Monday 23rd March
Home Learning Showcase for Years 1 - 6

Tuesday 24th March
Year 2 visit to British Wildlife Centre

Year 5 visit to Cornerstone Church

Wednesday 25th March
Parents' Evening from 4:00 - 7:00 pm

Thursday 26th March
Sycamore class parent assembly at 9:00 am

Parents' Evening from 2:00 - 6:00 pm

SCHOOL CLOSES AT 1:30 PM (Reception - Year 6)

Friday 27th March
Last day of term & mufti day - SCHOOL CLOSES AT 1:30 PM

Monday 30th March - Friday 10th April
Easter Break

Monday 13th April
Children return to school

Friday 17th April
PSA Year 2 Cake Sale

Monday 20th April
Reception visit to Painshill Park

Friday 24th April
Year 4 visit to Bore Place

Saturday 25th April
Eco School Community Litterpick

Click here for term dates for the current and 2026/2027 school years, including INSET days.

Key dates for families for the spring and summer terms are published here. Some of these dates are provisional, and all dates are subject to change — please refer to this newsletter and communications via ParentPay for the latest information.

Reminders

Parent Volunteers
If you are a regular helper in the classroom, please check with your class teacher to confirm if you are needed at school next week - timetables tend to change for the last week of the term. Thank you for your continuing support – it is greatly appreciated by all the staff and the children you work with.

Last day of term
Friday 27th March is the last day of term. It is a mufti/no uniform day and the children may wear their own clothes to school - but no football kits please! School will close early on this day, and we are staggering dismissal to ensure the children can be collected promptly. Nursery & Reception will be dismissed at 1:20 pm; Years 1 & 2 at 1:25 pm, and Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 at 1:30 pm. Tree Tops will run just one full session from 1:30– 4:30 pm and this can be booked through ParentPay as normal.

Transfer to Secondary School
If your child is in Year 6 and intends to take up a place at an independent school for Year 7, please let the school office know. At the start of next term we will begin the transition process which includes the transfer of your child's records so it is very important that we know your child's destination.

School Lunches

Lunches for the first half of the summer term will be available to order through ParentPay from the end of next week. Culinera have a new menu to select from and you can view it here. Please remember to order for the first day back after the Easter break by 8:00 am on Monday 13th April. If your child brings a packed lunch, please ensure it is healthy and strictly nut-free. Children should not bring sweets or chocolate as a snack.

End of term This is the last school newsletter of the spring term. The term isn’t over just yet, and next week we look forward to Parents’ Evening on Wednesday and Thursday, and our annual Easter Bonnet Parade on Friday. We hope that you have a well-deserved break when it arrives and look forward to the children returning on Monday 13th April, rested and ready for the exciting summer term we have planned!

Don't forget that school closes at 1:30 pm on Thursday 26th March for children in Reception to Year 6, with Parents' Evening appointments starting at 2:00 pm. School will also close at 1:30 pm for all children, including Nursery, on Friday 27th March - the last day of the spring term.

The school office will close at 3:00 pm on Friday 27th March and reopen on Monday 13th April at 8:00 am. Over the Easter break, emails to the office will be monitored remotely and urgent queries responded to as necessary.

Parents' Evening

The booking window for Parents' Evening has now closed. If you haven't made an appointment, please contact the school office as soon as possible. If your child has a SEN Review, the Inclusion team will have informed you of the date and time - you do not need to book a separate Parents' Evening appointment.

Don't forget that school closes at 1:30 pm on Thursday 26th March for children in Reception through to Year 6, with Parents' Evening appointments starting at 2:00 pm. Nursery will run as normal until 3:25 pm and Tree Tops will run from 1:30 pm until the usual finish of either 4:30 pm or 6:00 pm.

Home Learning Grids for this half-term are posted on your child's Google Home Learning Classroom. Work should be completed in time for our Home Learning Showcase on Monday 23rd March. If you have any issues uploading your child's work, please contact your class teacher or the school office.

Thank you!

Thank you for taking part in Red Nose Day today and supporting our fundraising for Comic Relief. Our JustGiving page will be open for a few more days if you would still like to make a donation - we will let you know what we've raised together as soon as we can. A huge thank you to everyone who showed their support by wearing red, and to the Year 6 children for selling red noses and collecting donations at drop off and pick-up last week.

Clubs

Booking for clubs for next term is now open. Of the school-run clubs which are booked through ParentPay, Start to Sing for Years 1 & 2, Keyboards for Years 1 & 2, Basketball for Years 3 & 4 and Karate are now full. If you would like your child to be added to the waiting list for these clubs, please email clubs@fernhillprimary.org. Clubs run by external providers manage their own bookings, so please contact them directly regarding availability and payment. The full club timetable and provider contact information is published on our website here.

Clubs for the spring term have now finished. There will be three catch-up sessions next week only: Public Speaking/Debating on Wednesday 25th March at 3:30 pm, Keyboard on Thursday 26th March at lunchtime, and Technokids Computer Coding on Friday 27th March at 1:30 pm.

Great Big School Clean!

The Great Big School Clean is back! Join the nation's biggest mass action campaign, which takes place from 13th to 29th March 2026. Our Eco-Committee is asking all our families to go on a litter pick between now and the end of the month (if you don't have a litter picker, you can borrow one from school!). All children who participate will receive a certificate to recognise how much they love where they live. Please send a photo of your child litterpicking to the school office with 'The Great British Clean' in the subject line. Photos will be shared and certificates awarded during celebration assembly. Tomorrow's community litter pick will be focused on tidying up our school grounds - we hope you can join us!

Tree Tops

If you plan to use Childcare Vouchers or Tax-free Childcare (TFC) payments to pay for Tree Tops sessions next term, please ensure you arrange for their transfer by Monday 23rd March. The school is closed over the Easter break and any vouchers or payments received after this date may not be processed until school reopens.

ROAR

We are delighted that ROAR Kids Academy will be back with us at Fern Hill to run their fantastic holiday camp over the Easter break, from Monday 30th March to Thursday 2nd April and Tuesday 7th to Friday 10th April. For booking and further information, click here.

The camp offers an exciting and engaging experience for every child, including large inflatable slides, bouncy castles, bumper cars, laser tag, Nerf battles, dodgeball, archery tag, team building games, sports, and themed arts and crafts. All activities are led by their highly trained staff, including qualified teachers and experienced education professionals, ensuring a safe, structured, fun and familiar environment.

ROAR offer a limited number of fully funded FUEL places so if your child is in receipt of FSM, they are entitled to attend up to 4 free standard camp days from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Please note that AFC has changed the booking process for FUEL places and you no longer need a FUEL code. To book your FUEL place, click here.

Growing up in the online world: a national consultation

The government are consulting on further measures to prepare children for the future in an age of rapid technological change. This includes potential age restrictions on social media and other services such as gaming sites and AI chatbots, restrictions on addictive design features and risky functionalities, and better support for parents and families. They are calling for parents and carers to share their views through this survey. The survey will be open until 26th May.

Book of the Week

‘My Amazing Autistic Brain’ by Emily Snape

Jai is autistic. They’re on their way to a party at school, but they also want to introduce you to some of their friends and share their specific autistic traits. There are plenty of picture books with neurodivergent characters and some children may relate to some of their traits, and there are lots of books explaining autism to adults, but this book beautifully explains a rainbow variety of autistic traits including challenges and strengths, and is pitched directly at young children.

This is a charming and engaging story but also a valuable resource for autistic children, their parents and teachers.

World Book Day Pebble Competition

We had some lovely pebbles submitted for our World Book Day competition. Congratulations to our winners: Robert in Bluebell and Hannah in Rowan!

Team Points Update

The overall House winner this week is RICHMOND

KINGSTON

422

COOMBE

419

RICHMOND

486

HAMPTON

401

Attendance Update

Weekly Attendance Well done to Year 4 who had the highest year group attendance again this week with 96%. Congratulations to Larch class with 100% attendance!	Year	Attendance %	Star Year ★
	Reception	93.6%
	Year 1	93.8%
	Year 2	95.2%
	Year 3	93.9%
	Year 4	96.0%	★
	Year 5	94.9%
	Year 6	91.8%

PSA News & Events

Click here for Fern Hill PSA's latest newsletter.

Click here for Fern Hill PSA's Events Calender for the remainder of this school year.

2026 Calendar

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