Churchtown Chatter
Imagine … Believe … Achieve… Newsletter 5 Friday 3rd October 2025
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It has been lovely to see our new values in action around school. Staff are praising children for demonstrating the values in their lessons, while playing outside, or as they move around school. Children are becoming familiar with and remembering all five values:
• Independence
• Joy
• Growth
• Connection
• Acceptance
Being on the gate this week, I’ve enjoyed hearing children talk about our independent cat on their way to school. The list of names for our independent cat is growing! His real name is Paddy, but we initially named him Cuthbert when he first started visiting, as we didn’t know his real name. This week, he has also been called Ginger and Tabby!
You may also notice that children are now bringing home a postcard on Fridays. These postcards are linked to our five values, and staff choose a child from each class who has really demonstrated one of these values. It has been lovely reading these out and celebrating them in Friday Praise Assembly. These examples are wonderful for other children and really help bring our school values to life.
Have a lovely weekend – Mrs Payne!
ATTENDANCE
This week’s attendance champions are:
Year 2 Swans for 100% attendance!
The year group with the highest attendance this week is:
Year 2!
Churchtown Primary School Open Mornings
We would like to invite prospective pupils and their families to our Open Mornings. This is a great opportunity to take a look around Churchtown Primary, meet our staff and current pupils. The Open Mornings will start at 9.30am prompt at the main school entrance (school office).
Booking for this event is essential as we have limited spaces for each Open Morning. To reserve your space, please visit our website: https://churchtown.org.uk/
or contact our school office on 01704 508500 or email us at office@churchtown.org.uk
Available dates are:
Friday 10th October 2025, Friday 7th November 2025, Wednesday 3rd December 2025 & Thursday 8th January 2026
Thursday 2nd October was National Poetry Day and this year’s theme was ‘Play’.
National Poetry Day is an annual, national celebration that encourages everyone to create, experience and share poetry with family and friends. To mark this special day, like last year, children at Churchtown Primary School will take part in a poetry competition. Children should write their poem in their homework books (or sheets provided) based around this year’s theme and winners will be selected from each year group. The poems can be in any form, from a haiku to an acrostic poem, we just want pupils to get creative!
THERE IS SOMETHING GOOD ABOUT SOUTHPORT
Prior to the summer holidays, Adventure Coast invited local school children and college students to capture what they love most about our town through art. The response to this was incredible and all the artwork submitted has been proudly displayed outside the park entrance in a striking ‘outdoor gallery’ of largescale banners, complete with mock frames and plaques.
There was a shortlist of 10 standout pieces and one of these was from Churchtown Primary School - Ellie S who is in Y6 Sycamore.
Ellie was short listed from hundreds of entries and Adventure Coast welcomed former world boxing champion Tony Bellew to say a few words when the shortlisting was announced and help celebrate the amazing talent in our community.
Chief Champions
CHRISTMAS DESIGNS 2025
It’s that time of year when the children will be creating their special Christmas designs in school to be transferred onto a range of professionally printed Christmas cards, A3 poster calendars, tea towels, mugs, gift labels, tote bags and much more.
Your child will be sent home with their completed design on Friday 10th October 2025.
Please complete the form on the reverse of your child’s artwork and return it to school by Friday 17th October – you will not need to place an order at this stage. The P.T.A. will then forward the children’s designs to Xmas4schools. Once they have received your form, they will send you a text and an email containing your order link, which you can follow to your child’s ordering portal. From here, you can place your order and make payment.
Arrangements for admission to secondary schools September 2026
For all children in Year 6, it is now time for you to apply for your child’s place at a secondary school for Year 7, September 2026 entry. Please click here to access a copy of the letter on our website titled: ‘Secondary Admissions – September 2026’.
Further information can also be found on: http://www.sefton.gov.uk/startingschool
Sefton’s online application for secondary schools is open from 1st September 2025 until the national closing date of 31st October 2025 for you to submit your application.
In school this week, we have been voting for this year’s Chief Champions. There were eight final candidates, with four children being voted in as Chief Champions:
Chief Champions
Scarlett B - Sycamore
Evie P - Cedar
George M – Beech
Freddie H – Aspen
Junior Leadership Team
Ellie S - Sycamore
Sam B - Beech
Carys M - Cedar
Reuben S-P - Aspen
Well done to you all for putting yourselves forward!
We would like to say a heartfelt goodbye and thank you to Miss Gannon, who has been an invaluable member of our team since 1999. Her passion and expertise in Early Years education have touched the lives of countless children. She has
inspired a love of learning through reading, outdoor play, Christmas nativities and creative activities within the curriculum. Beyond her work with the children, she has built amazing relationships with parents, making a lasting impact on our school community. We will miss her greatly and wish her all the best in the next chapter of her life.
Pokémon Cards in School
We kindly ask that children do not bring Pokémon cards into school.
While we understand how popular they are, we’ve found that cards can easily become misplaced or damaged, which can lead to children becoming upset. If any cards are brought in, they will be kept safe by a member of staff and returned at the end of the school day to be taken home. Thank you for your understanding and support.
Date
Friday 10th October 2025
Friday 10th October 2025
Friday 10th October 2025
Friday 10th October 2025
Thursday 16th October 2025
Friday 17th October 2025
Friday 17th October 2025
Wednesday 22nd October 2025
Wednesday 22nd October 2025
Thursday 23rd October 2025
Thursday 23rd October 2025
Thursday 23rd October 2025
Thursday 23rd October 2025
Friday 24th October 2025
Monday 3rd November 2025
Monday 3rd to Friday 7th November 2025
Event
World Mental Health Day
9.30am - Churchtown Primary School Open Morning for prospective families
Children's Christmas Card design sheets to be sent home
Y6 visit to Stanley High School
Myfoto – individual/sibling photographs
Myfoto – individual/sibling photographs
Children’s Christmas Card design sheets to be returned to school. More information to follow regarding the ordering process.
Scholastic Book Fair – in the Old Hall during parents’ evening
School closes at 2pm Parents Evening from 2.30pm
P.T.A. Mufti Day/optional fancy dress
Y6 height & weight check
Break up for half-term (normal times)
Scholastic Book Fair – after school in the Old Hall
INSET Day (Butterflies & Snowdrops will be open)
Back to school – rise and shine, school starts at ten to nine!
Children’s Book Week
Friday 7th November 2025
Wednesday 3rd December 2025
• Text in red is a new addition to the calendar
9.30am - Churchtown Primary School Open Morning for prospective families
9.30am - Churchtown Primary School Open Morning for prospective families
Butterflies Holiday Club……………….
will be open to Churchtown Primary School children on the following dates: Friday 24th October 2025 – INSET Day
Monday 27th to Friday 31st October 2025 – Half-Term Holidays
Monday 29th December to Friday 2nd January 2026 – Christmas
CLOSED – Thursday 1st January 2026 (New Year’s Day Bank Holiday)
Monday 5th January 2026 – INSET Day
Monday 16th to Friday 20th February 2025 – Half-Term Holiday
Monday 30th March to Friday 10th April 2026 – Easter Holidays
CLOSED – Friday 3rd & Monday 6th April 2026 (Good Friday and Easter Monday Bank Holidays)
CLOSED – Monday 4th May 2026 (Early May Bank Holiday)
CLOSED – Monday 25th May 2026 (Spring Bank Holiday)
Tuesday 26th to Friday 29th May 2026 – Half-Term Holiday
Monday 20th July 2026 – INSET Day
Tuesday 21st July to Friday 28th August 2026 – Summer Holidays
CLOSED – Monday 31st August 2026 (Summer Bank Holiday)
Nursery Snowdrops (open 51 weeks of the year) – closure dates (2025/2026)
CLOSED – Monday 22nd December to Friday 26th December 2025 (Christmas Holidays) –re- open Monday 29th December
CLOSED – Thursday 1st January 2026 (New Year’s Day Bank Holiday)
CLOSED – Friday 3rd & Monday 6th April 2026 (Good Friday and Easter Monday Bank Holidays)
CLOSED – Monday 4th May2026 (Early May Bank Holiday)
CLOSED – Monday 25th May 2026 (Spring Bank Holiday)
CLOSED – Monday 31st August 2026 (Summer Bank Holiday)
