TUESDAY 4TH FEBRUARY @ 9:00AM - Y3 FAMILY LEARNING - Reading focus. Families are welcome to join us for a reading lesson in the school hall. The session is due to last approximately one hour.

WEDNESDAY 5TH FEBRUARY @ 2.15PM - READING CAFE - Y2 families welcome (Postponed)

WEDNESDAY 12TH FEBRUARY @ 2.15PM - READING CAFE - Y1 families welcome (Postponed)

FRIDAY 14TH FEBRUARY @ 3.15PM - SCHOOL CLOSES FOR HALF TERM

ATTENDANCE

Did you know that to meet our school attendance target of 96%, your child should have no more than 7 days of absence across the entire school year? Regular attendance is essential for your child's progress and achievement, and we encourage them to be in school every day.

If your child is feeling slightly unwell, please send them into school—we will support them as best we can. If their condition worsens, we will contact you and make appropriate arrangements.

ATTENDANCE REWARDS - WELL DONE

The great news is that we had four classes last week achieve our target of 96% attendance for their class (Rec, Y1, Y3 and Y4). This is a great achievement and means that each class had less than 6 days of pupil absence in total. All four classes moved one step closer to the whole class reward on their attendance rockets.

Thank you for your support in ensuring every child has the best opportunity to succeed!

SPRINGHILL HOSPICE

Springy visited the school earlier this week to say 'thank you' for all the monies raised for Springhill Hospice during the reindeer run that took place just before Christmas. We raised a total of £1,400 for this wonderful charity. Thank you so much for your support.

FREE SCHOOL MEALS - PLEASE APPLY

Are you entitled to Free School meals? If you're not sure please  read the information and apply using the link here. School receives additional funding for those pupils that are entitled for free school meals and this much needed funding helps better support all Parkfielders. Even if your child is in Reception, Year 1 or Year 2 or they're on packed lunch - please still apply. In addition, if there has been a change in your family circumstances (i.e. recently become unemployed) you may also be entitled to apply for Free School Meals. 

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

We have updated our school holidays page and you can now see the term time dates for both 2025-2026 and 2026-2027.

READING CAFE INVITATION FOR FAMILES IN YEAR 1 AND YEAR 2 - POSTPONED

Unfortunately, we are postponing the two upcoming reading cafes due to staff absence. We will let you know the new dates when they're in the calendar.

Wednesday 12th February 2.15- 3.15  - Year 1 (Postponed)

Wednesday 5th February 2.15 - 3.15 Year 2 (Postponed)

NEURODIVERSITY HUB

The Neurodiversity Hub supports families whose children or young person are neurodivergent or have social communication differences. They are a need led service; you do not need a diagnosis to access support. Information about how you can access advice lines and drop in sessions  can be found below:

NO SWEETS AND UNHEALTHY SNACKS

There has been a slight increase in the number of children bringing in sweets, chocolate bars and other unhealthy snacks each morning in Key Stage 2. Plese don't send your child in with these items. We do have a tuck shop where suitable items are available for only 20p each. These include cereal bars, crackers, bread sticks...etc.

ATTENDANCE

A reminder that, in line with the school policy, fines will be issued to families that go on a term time holiday where children miss 5 consecutive full days. Currently the fine is £160 per child per parent which equates to a £640 fine for a two parent family with two children. This is reduced to £320 if paid within 21 days. If you are going on holiday due to exceptional circumstances, please speak to the headteacher as a fine may not have to be issued. More information an be found on our attendance policy found here.

EMILE

We hope your child is enjoying using Emile at home. Please note that the children are able to access games and activities at all times on Emile, even when there is no task set for them to complete. 

FREE SCHOOL MEALS - PLEASE APPLY

If you are entitled to Free School meals please ensure you have applied using the link here. School receives additional funding for those pupils that are entitled for free school meals and this much needed funding helps better support all Parkfielders. Even if your child is in Reception, Year 1 or Year 2 or they're on packed lunch - please still apply. If there has been a change in your family circumstances you may also be entitled to apply for Free School Meals. 

CLASS DOJO 

Would you like to see how well your child is doing at school? We award Dojo points for pupils that go 'above and beyond' in the classroom and these can be seen by parents if you download the app. We have over 80% of our families signed up already! If you click this link to set up a parent account we will then approve it. This acess will provide you with the opportunity to see how many Dojo points your child has earnt and what for. Please note that we are only using the app for Dojo points, not messages or photos, therefore you do not need any of the subscription options you might be offered. 

A BIG THANK YOU!

Mrs Banks and the Eco Council would like to say a big THANK YOU to the parents that gave up their time on Monday morning to help plant some hedges on the school playing field.  It was very cold and wet but with a bit of teamwork we got the job done!

Mrs Banks would also like to thank one of our parents (children in year 1 and year 4) for the fantastic donation of some bibs for our PE lessons.  This is much appreciated!!