Headteacher’s Newsletter – 5th December 2025

Dear Parents/Carers,

We have had a lovely festive start to December this week. Here are a few things we have been doing:

Our School Christmas Tree

This year, we wanted our children to decorate our tree with their beautiful creations and doesn’t it look stunning! Here are two of our winning entries for the decoration competition.

Singing Club

On Saturday, our singing club sang some festive classics at the Christmas Tree Festival and they have been to visit the residents of Southern Down Care home today.

Christmas Dinner

Our Christmas dinner will be on Thursday 18^th December 2025. You can view the full festive menu and order on School Grid.

Christmas Jumper Day

We will be holding our Christmas Jumper Day on Thursday 18^th December 2025. Children can wear a festive jumper instead of a school jumper but must be in school uniform otherwise. Please bring in a £1 donation to go to Save the Children.

Free School Meals

Just a reminder that all children in Reception, Year 1 & 2 are entitled to free school meals – if you don’t already and your child would like to try one then please order via School Grid. If you need any assistance with this then please contact the school office.

Attendance

Whole school attendance this week	96.67%
Class with the highest attendance this week	Year 4 – 100%
Whole school attendance (year to date)	96.7%
National average	94.8%

Dates for your Diary

Have a lovely weekend and see you all on Monday.

Kind regards,

Mrs McQueen