Weekly Bulletin 14.11.2025
Weekly Bulletin
Whole School Weekly Bulletin 14.11.2025
NOVEMBER DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES
24.11.25 FS Maths workshop for parents
Year 5 History Viking workshop
FS Harvest Assembly with Farmlink
Non- Uniform Day to collect items for Christmas bingo
27.11.25 School Christmas Bingo
Whole School:
Please ensure your child doesn't bring any toys, games etc from home. At best they are a distraction and at worst, they can get broken or lost which then causes distress.
We have noticed that sweets are creeping into snacks and lunch boxes. Please keep these for home treats!
Please ensure ALL children bring coats to school daily.
Please ensure meals are ordered by 11pm on Saturdays for the following week.
Non-uniform day for all year groups on Monday 24th November. Please bring in items for our Christmas bingo which is being held on Thursday 27th November. Gates will open at 6.30 and eyes down at 7pm. All ages are welcome but children must be accompanied by an adult. We accept cash or card; books and flyers are £1 and there will be refreshments are available.
Please can each year groups bring in the following items on Monday 24th November:
FS and 1 Christmas crafts (can be anything from colouring to decoration making just crafty stuff)
Year 2 and 3 Christmas chocolate
Year 4 and 5 Christmas Decs
Year 6 Christmas smellies (can be candles, bodywash, deodorant etc)
All donations are gratefully received, thank you
Christmas Dinner and Christmas Jumper Day will be on Wednesday 10th December. You can view the menu and order via the innovate food app. Orders must be placed before Saturday 6th December at 11pm. If you wish to register and have not previously done so, you can call 02045427211.
Eastover Art Ambassadors enjoyed a day at East Quay Art Gallery. They watched real artists at work, visited two art galleries, watched paper being made in the paper mill and created their own printing and collage masterpieces.
Sticky Questions Are Back!
We’re excited to reintroduce Sticky Questions—thought-provoking prompts designed to spark meaningful conversations and develop children’s oracy skills. Each year group will be exploring a different question over the course of the month, encouraging pupils to think deeply, share ideas, and articulate their thoughts clearly. We’d love for you to continue these discussions at home with your child, helping them build confidence in expressing themselves and engaging in dialogue. Look out for this month’s question and enjoy the conversations it inspires!
FS Sticky Question: Would it be more fun to live in a tree house or in the trunk of the tree?
Year 1 Sticky Question: If animals had a city of their own, who would do what?
Year 2 Sticky Question: What are thoughts made of?
Year 3 Sticky Question: If you could start a new tradition at home, what would you start?
Year 4 Sticky Question: If you could start a country from scratch what would it be like?
Year 5 Sticky Question: If you could make one new law, what would it be?
Year 6 Sticky Question: If you laugh when you are trying not to, is it you doing the laughing?
Twilight Club are running some great activities during November. Click here to view the calendar, booking early is advised as places are limited. You can book your child’s place online via Scopay. Please speak to the school office if you would like to book your child onto Twilight club for the first time.
KS1 Autumn Reading Challenge WINNERS!
This week's KS1 reading challenge winners are Hedgehogs! They had an average of 4.96 reads. In second place, Otters with an average of 4.44. Well, done Rabbits in third place with a most improved 4.2 average reads and in fourth place Foxes with 3.56.
Total reads across KS1 this week 438!
The star reader to take the case and Snuggles the bear home from Hedgehogs is Mirza, who just loves to read especially non-fiction books.
Workshops for Information, Support and Education (WISE) Being a parent carer of a child or young person with additional needs can bring extra situations which are challenging to know how to handle. To help support parent carers navigate these we have created a range of workshops based on the subjects you have told us would be helpful. Please click the link to have a look - Wise 2025 to 2026
Important notes for year groups:
Year 4
Year 4 Swimming is on Monday. Please send your child to school with their swimming kit and towel.
Year 4 Barton Hall Residential trip letters have been emailed out to parents. Please take a look at the exciting opportunity that has been offered and sign up via Scopay.
Safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility.
- If you are concerned about the safety of a child/children, please phone the school office on 01278 422693 and ask to speak to the safeguarding lead.
- If you have a concern outside of school hours you can contact Somerset Direct on 0300 123 2224 (Daytime) or 0300 123 2327 (Out of Hours) for immediate assistance.
- You can also report concerns to NSPCC on 0808 800 5000.
- To support us in safeguarding your children, please make sure that we have at least two up-to-date contact telephone numbers.
- https://ineqe.com/ is a great website which contains safeguarding information for parents, including E-Safety.
For term dates and more upcoming events, visit the calendar on our website www.eastoverschool.co.uk/calendar