Autumn Term 2025 - Parent Newsletter and Curriculum Mind Map

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Roblox safeguarding message
21/11/2025 1:18 PM
We have been made aware of a pop-up that is appearing on Roblox, encouraging children to download an app called pollybuzz (or pollyfuzz in some spelling cases). The app seems quite simple where children are asked questions, and it generates an Artificial Intelligence ‘friend’ – this starts off quite innocently but then begins to show extreme content not suitable for children. Please remind children about not clicking on pop-ups in games and to report anything that is worrying or inappropriate to a trusted adult. Roblox has parental controls and instructions of how to put these on can be accessed via this link: 
Please note that parental controls will stop some pop-ups, but not all, so appropriate supervision is still required. 
Thank you
Token Sales Today!
21/11/2025 7:28 AM
Token Sales Today!

Token and Santa Ticket Sale opposite the canopy this morning and at top playground in the afternoon! Cash or card payment. 

Be Bright, Be Seen!
20/11/2025 3:51 PM

A reminder that tomorrow we are promoting the importance of being seen in the dark for road safety week. Children are welcome to come to school in bright colours. The brighter the better! More information can be found in last weeks newsletter. 

Thank you

Mrs Bogalski 

Quiz Night THIS FRIDAY!
19/11/2025 5:42 PM
Quiz Night THIS FRIDAY!

Not too late to join us for our Quiz Night! Enjoy a night out while supporting our school! Book your tickets here. Quiz winners will receive fun prizes! We will serve snacks and drinks including cocktails and mocktails. Bring your friends, book your babysitter, and let’s make it a night to remember!

Lockdown practice
19/11/2025 1:06 PM
Dear parents and carers,
Today we practiced our lockdown drill. Much like our fire drill, which is practiced should we need to evacuate the building, the lockdown drill is practiced in the event of us needing to lockdown the school for any reason, and is important to practice so that we have clear procedures in place. We explain to the children why we do the lockdown in a very gentle way, talking to them with examples such as if there was a fire in a nearby building, we would need to come into school so that we were safe inside, away from any smoke until it was safe to go back out. 
The children were brilliant, and the practice has allowed us to refine some of our procedures. As we do with our fire drill, we will practice again next term so that these procedures become very familiar to the children.
Kind regards
Mrs Vicky Hopkins

Year 6

Welcome to Year 6.  

Class teacher of Ottawa:  Miss Watkins

Class teacher of Lima:  Mr Thorpe

 

 

 

Key stage 2

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Netball Club cancelled tonight
10/11/2025 9:08 AM

Dear parents and carers,

My sincere apologies but netball club for year 5 and 6 will be cancelled tonight due to parents evening. 

Kind regards

Mrs Vicky Hopkins

Whats App
20/10/2025 9:33 PM

We have been made aware on a few occasions since the summer holidays of unkindness on Whats App between children in year 6. As a school who are promoting a Smartphone Free Childhood, we ask that you consider the devices your children have access to, and the apps they use. Whats App, as an example, has a minimum age requirement of 13 years old. This is for safeguarding reasons for your children. 

We teach the children e-safety as part of our curriculum in school and, apart from suggesting that children should not be on these apps, as a school we have little other control over these issues when they happen at home. We are aware however that there are things on these apps which are making children very distressed, and these issues spill into school and impact the children's ability to focus and learn.

Please can we ask that you review your child's internet and social media use so that they are accessing age appropriate apps and that they are keeping safe online. 

Kind regards

Mrs Vicky Hopkins

 

Year 5 and 6 netball practice tonight
20/10/2025 8:31 AM

Dear parents and carers,

We have made the decision to cancel tonight's year 5 and 6 netball practice due to the weather forecast for the day. Children will need collecting as usual at the end of the school day. Traning will resume after half term. 

Thank you

 

Year 6 Residential fun
22/09/2025 12:27 PM

Good morning parents,

The children on the residential have arrived and are already enjoying their first activities! We hope to get some pictures to you later today or tomorrow on the website. 

Enjoy your day!

Mrs Hopkins

E-safety update
22/07/2025 2:36 PM

We have been made aware that there are some large What's App groups in year 5 and year 6 which have formed outside school, and there has been some upsetting and inappropriate language used on them. Please can we ask that you monitor these groups and speak to your children about this.

Many thanks 

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