FRIDAY BULLETIN, FRIDAY 5 DECEMBER 2025

Learning for Life
Knowledge ~ Values ~ Opportunities

1. READING NEWSLETTER

Attached is our termly reading newsletter with great book recommendations from the Reading Ambassadors and winning titles for different age groups. They are great Christmas present ideas!

2. READING BOOKMARKS

Please keep reading with your child at home and signing your child’s reading bookmark. We will be drawing the winning bookmark in the final assembly of term!

3. NO MORE CLUBS

Extra-curricular clubs have now finished for this term, apart from Discovery Sport’s Year 1/2 club on a Monday.

4. GINGERBREAD COMPETITION

Time to get creative in the kitchen!! 

You have been sent a letter via MCAS about the School Parliament’s Gingerbread Competition. It is attached to this bulletin for your ease of reference.

Entry is a £1 on MCAS (under CLUBS). All proceeds are going towards improving our playground equipment.

5. CHOIR PERFORMANCES

The school choir performed at Boston Stump last Friday in Boston’s Christmas Festival and put on a beautiful performance. They also performed at Asda today and have a busy schedule next week. We shall share some photos on social media.

The event organisers shared some lovely words, “Once again, your children sang beautifully, and their performance was incredible.  They certainly looked like they enjoyed their singing!”

6. MISS CLARKE

Miss Clarke has been offered an exciting leadership opportunity in another school as part of a temporary secondment for the rest of the academic year.  She started this new role today and we wish her lots of luck.  This is a wonderful professional development step for her, and we are proud to support this next stage in her career.  Miss Potter and Miss Boyfield have taken over Miss Clarke’s class responsibility who the children know well.

7. CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY

Thursday 11 December is our Christmas Jumper Day, in aid of Haven Domestic Abuse Service. Children can wear a festive jumper and non-uniform for the day.  If your child has PE on a Thursday, they will need to wear something suitable for a PE lesson.

Children are asked to bring a donation in for the charity in exchange for wearing the Christmas jumper. We recommend a £1 donation, but please donate what you can.

Children should bring their donation into school and hand it straight to their teacher.  Thank you for supporting such an important and wonderful cause.

8. ANNUAL CHRISTMAS LUNCH

Thursday 11 December is also our Christmas Lunch. The deadline for booking this has closed.

9. CHRISTMAS MOVIE NIGHT

Thursday 11 December is ALSO (!!!) our Christmas Movie Night. Tickets are available on the MCAS app for £3.  A drink and a biscuit is included. Simply click on the ‘STORE’ tab. Tickets will remain on sale until Tuesday 9 December.

Children are to be collected at 5.30pm, after the event. When purchasing your ticket, please choose one of the following film options:

10. HOLIDAY ACTIVITY CAMPS AT TOWER ROAD ACADEMY

We are pleased to be partnered with Beyond the Physical again to deliver Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) camp days during the Christmas period at Tower Road Academy.

The holiday fun days will be on Monday 22 December and Tuesday 23 December between 08:45 and 15:30, for all children aged between 4 and 12 years old.

Children will take part in a wide variety of sessions including:
✨ Drama – boosting confidence through performance and creativity
⚽ Sport – fun, active sessions for all abilities
🖍️ Art – festive crafts and imaginative projects
❓ Quizzes – team challenges and brain-boosting fun

The camps are open to all children who are in receipt of benefit related free school meals (FSM).  If your child is eligible for this camp, you will have received a text message or email in the last week from Holiday Activities.  To book a place, click on this link. HolidayActivities

11. BUTTERFLY HOSPICE COLOURING COMPETITION

The Butterfly Hospice Trust would like to invite children to take part in their Christmas Colouring Competition.  Attached is a poster along with three festive colouring designs. All children can enter. Our hospice nurses will choose one winner from each year group, and each winner will receive a certificate and a bag of sweets as a thank-you for taking part.

All entries must be submitted by Thursday 19th December.  Completed entries can be returned to us via email or dropped off at the hospice reception.

12. WINNING ATTENDANCE

It’s all to play for in the attendance competition this term.

These are the winning classes so far. Winners have been put into a jar and a winner in each key stage will be randomly picked next week. The winning classes will have a bouncy inflatable course treat on Monday 15 December. We will let you know who wins!