Upcoming Dates
2nd December: Dental Survey for 5 year olds
11th December: Christmas Jumper Day
Winning Class for Week Ending: 21.11.2025
Blabey Class: 97.41% Whole School: 94.88%
11th December: FOES Christmas Bazaar: 18:00 – 20:00
18th December: Christmas Performance: 13:00pm onwards
Last Day
19th December: FOES Non-Uniform: Christmas Theme: Best Dressed Competition PM & fingers crossed for a Fly-By visitor PM....
19th December: Head Teacher Awards, Active Badges, End of Term Attendance (End of Autumn Term Celebratory Assembly): 9am onwards: All welcome
19th December: Louisa by the Piano: Christmas Songs: 10:20am (Children only)
19th December: Christmas Lunch at 12pm
19th December: Games etc. in class PM (activities voted by children). Treat provided by teachers.
Behaviour Curriculum Update
Zones of Regulation:
In lesson 10, we tied together the most important parts of the Zones of Regulation curriculum into 5 steps to follow in order to regulate in different situations. Children learned to follow the Zones Pathway by: noticing the situation they find themselves in, including identifying triggers and sparks; checking in to find out what zone they are in; deciding if they need to regulate by using Stop, Opt, Go; Choosing a regulation tool, if appropriate; reflecting on if the regulation is working.
See Lesson 10 HERE
Christmas Performance Costumes: 18th December
No costumes necessary! Children must wear smart ‘Christmas Party Dress’ (no football shirts). Pupils come into school on the 18th December wearing it, and perform in it, for you, from 1pm onwards. Pupils must be bare feet for the Performance, so no tights etc.
Non-Uniform: 19th December
Children can wear whatever they like, including Christmas theme if they wish. There will be the traditional FOES Best Dressed Competition we have every Christmas in the afternoon.
Christmas Post-Box
Children can post Christmas cards to their friends (name and class on envelopes) via the Christmas Post-box. Available from W/C: 8th December.
Bikeability
Don’t forget to sign up for Bikeability (Yr 5/6) Numbers restricted – first-come-first-served.
Website Launch
Our new website launches On Monday. You can see the professional video on the homepage. Professional photos from the ‘shoot’ day will be added in due course. See HERE
FOES Raffle Tickets:
Need any more tickets to sell? Pop into the office.
Bryon Highlights:
This week in Byron Class, we have enjoyed the story Mr Gumpy’s Outing. We retold the story in our own words with actions. We also made our own boats and tested them in the water to make sure they floated.
Yarlett Highlights:
This week in Yarlett Class we have started our new topic in music learning about tempo and learning how songs can feel fast or slow. In English we have worked hard on using punctuation especially question marks, and exclamation marks to make our sentences clear and expressive and the children enjoyed practising them in their own writing. A great week of progress!
Blabey Highlights:
In Blabey Class this week, we have learned about the beliefs of the ancient Egyptians. We discovered how they believe in hundreds of gods who control a feature of the world, and learned about their views on death. We even took part in a mummification, to see how pharaoh's bodies were prepared for the afterlife!
Morpurgo Highlights:
This week, Morpurgo Class have thrown themselves into the world of Room 13, using rich description to hook and intrigue the reader. The children have worked incredibly hard to build suspense, choose powerful vocabulary, and craft vivid scenes that keep you turning the page After completing their first drafts, all children showed excellent focus during editing and revising sessions, by improving word choices and polishing their work, to publication standard. They should be proud of their commitment to the writing process!
Curriculum Champions
This week’s Curriculum Champions are:
Bryon Class: Noah, Siena, Seren
Yarlett Class: Ellis, Robyn, Abigail
Blabey Class: Oscar, Elysia, Faye
Morpurgo Class: Lleyton, Oceanna, Joshua, Lily, Megan
2nd December: Dental Survey for 5 year olds
11th December: FOES Christmas Bazaar: 18:00 – 20:00
18th December: Christmas Performance: 13:00pm onwards
19th December: FOES Non-Uniform: Christmas Theme: Best Dressed Competition PM & fingers crossed for a Fly-By visitor PM....
19th December: Head Teacher Awards, Active Badges, End of Term Attendance (End of Autumn Term Celebratory Assembly): 9am onwards: All welcome
19th December: Louisa by the Piano: Christmas Songs: 10:20am
19th December: Christmas Lunch at 12pm (With crackers – courtesy of FOES!)
19th December: Games etc in class PM (activities voted by children)
Spring 1
6th January: Pupils Back at School
9th January: FOES Bake Sale: Yarlett Class donations
16th January: FOES Disco: KS1 then KS2: TBC: 17:00 – 19:30pm
23rd January: Blabey Class Assembly (& Celebratory)
11th February: Safer Internet Day
13th February: Head Teacher Awards (End of Spring 1 Celebratory Assembly)
13th February: FOES Love Your Year 6s: Enterprise Event: 15:15 – 16:15pm
Spring 2
23rd February: Pupils Back at School
5th March: World Book Day 2026: Dress as any character!
9th March: DT Day (British Science Week)
10th March: Maths Day (British Science Week)
11th March: Science Day (British Science Week)
13th March: Big Red Nose Coin Drop: Date TBC
16th & 18th March: Parents’ Evening (Children can attend!)
23rd March: Egg Rolling Competition AM & Egg Decorating Competition PM
24th March: FOES Non-Uniform (wear weather-appropriate clothes for Egg Hunt PM)
24th March: Head Teacher Awards, Active Badges, End of Term Attendance (End of Spring Term Celebratory Assembly: A few days earlier): 9am onwards: All welcome
24th March: FOES Egg Hunt after School
25th – 27th March: Hilltop Residential (Year 5 & 6)
Summer 1
14th April: Pupils Back at School
17th April: FOES Bake Sale: Bryon Class donations
1st May: Yarlett Class Assembly (& Celebratory)
11th – 14th May: Year 6 SATS
18th – 22nd May: Healthy Week 2026
20th May: Morpurgo Relocation Day: Enterprise Event
22nd May: Head Teacher Awards (End of Summer 1 Celebratory Assembly)
22nd May: Sports Day 2026: Gates open at 1pm
Summer 2
1st June: Pupils back at school
1st – 12th June: Year 4 Multiplication Check
8th – 12th June: Year 1 Phonics Screening Check
22nd June: World Music Day
25th June: Stay & Play: Pre-School Information Evening
3rd July: Bryon Class Assembly (& Celebratory)
W/C 13th July: Transition Week TBC
15th July: End of Year School Reports released tonight
17th July: Head Teacher Awards, Active Badges, End of Term Attendance (End of Year Celebratory Assembly) followed by Year 6 Leavers’ Assembly: 9am – 10:20 approximately
17th July: Year 6 swimming lessons, aquatic aerobics, takeaway lunch & pool party
17th July: FOES Best Dressed Summer Competition PM
17th July: Year 6 shirt signing in Hall PM
