Dates for your diary

Autumn 1 - 2024/2025

2nd/3rd Sept – Inset days – No school as staff training days

4th Sept - Back to School for Robins, Owls, Kingfishers, Woodpeckers, Herons and Kestrels

4th/5th/6th – Optional Puffin home visits

9th Sept – Puffin Class (Phoenix and Pegasus – 9am – 12.30pm)

10th Sept –Puffin Class (Dragons and Griffins – 9am – 12.30pm)

11th Sept – All Puffins start school 8.40am

11th Sept - Meet the teacher sessions –Robins and Owls @ 2.20pm

12th Sept - Meet the teacher sessions – Kingfishers, Woodpeckers, Herons and Kestrels @2.20pm

16th – 19th Sept – Kestrel house captain speeches

(16th – Dragons, 17th – Griffins, 18th – Pegasus and 19th – Phoenix, voting will take place after each assembly and the winners announced in Friday’s celebration assembly)

18th Sept - Meet the teacher sessions – Puffins

20th Sept – Jeans for Genes Day

25th – 27th Sept – Year 4 residential to Sayers Croft

14th Oct – Nasal flu vaccination (Years R – 6)

15th – 16th Oct - Settling in parent evenings from 3.30pm (face to face)

17th Oct - Year 6 SATs talk

23rd Oct – Individual photos

24th Oct - Harvest festival at St Mary’s Church for Puffins, Robins and Owls @ 9.30am

24th Oct - School finishes at 3.10pm

25th Oct – Inset Day -– No school as staff training day

Half Term

Autumn 2

4th Nov - Children back to school 8.40am

11th Nov – Remembrance Day -2-minute silence and assembly

11th – 15th Nov – Anti Bullying Week (Odd Sock Day 11th)

15th Nov - Children in Need Day

10th Dec – Puffin and Robin Nativity and Owl and Kingfishers Christmas play – dress rehearsals for school

11th Dec – Owl and Kingfishers Nativity/Christmas play 2pm and 5.30pm

12th Dec – Puffin and Robin Nativity 9.15am and 2pm

18th Dec – Herons Carol Concert at St Mary’s church – 6pm (Rehearsal at the church on 17th @ 1.30pm)

19th Dec – Pantomime for all classes – Scroogical

19th Dec – Christmas parties – mufti day

20th Dec – Christmas jumper day with Christmas Lunch - school finishes at 1.30pm

Christmas Holidays

Spring 1

6th Jan – Children back to school – 8.40am

15th - 16th Jan – Book Look, a chance to look at your children’s books - 3.15 – 4pm

15th – Dragons and Griffins, 16th – Pegasus and Phoenix

7th Feb - NSPCC day

3rd – 7th Feb - Children’s Mental Health Week

11th Feb – Safer Internet Day

11th Feb – Panto dress rehearsal for school - pm

12th Feb - Woodpecker Panto @ 1.45pm and 5.30pm

14th Feb - School finishes at 3.10pm

Half Term

Spring 2

24th Feb - Children back to school 8.40am

24th Feb – Class photos

6th March – World Book Day (A whole day of literacy activities for the children to enjoy, No dressing up day)

3rd April – KS2 Easter service at 9.30am at St Mary’s Church

4th April - Easter egg hunt

4th April - School finishes at 1.30pm

Easter Holidays

Summer 1

22nd April - Children back to school 8.40am

29th April – Parents evening 3.30 – 6.30pm

30th April – school closes at 1.30pm Parents evening from 1.45pm

1st May – Polling day tbc

5th May - May Bank Holiday – No school

12th – 15th May – KS2 SATs

23rd May - School finishes at 3.10pm

Half Term

Summer 2

2nd June - Children back to school 8.40am

9th – 13th June – Year 1 phonics screening week

13th – 16th June - Year 6 residential

24th June – Sports Day – KS2 @ 9.15am and KS1 @ 1.15pm

26th June– New puffin parents information evening

30th June/1st July – Art/DT exhibition in the hall

4th July - Sleepover – Owl Class

11th July - Leavers celebration @ 5pm

17th July - Year 6 leavers play @ 1.30pm and 6pm

18th July – Year 6 Leavers Assembly

18th July - End of year family picnic 12 - 1.30pm (School finishes at 1.30pm)

21st/22nd July – Inset days -– No school as staff training day