Weekly Bulletin 12.12.2025
Weekly Bulletin
Whole School Weekly Bulletin 12.12.2025
DECEMBER DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES
15.12.2025 – FS Christmas Crafts with Parents, Year 1: Clay in Action at the Brick & Tile Museum, Eastover Christmas Market
16.12.2025 – Year 4: Christmas Service at St John’s Church, Year 2 & 3: Christmas Party, FS
Christmas Crafts with Parents
17.12.2025 – FS Christmas Performance to Parents, Year 4 Christmas Party
18.12.2025 – Year 1 & 2: Trip to Scott Cinema, Year 1, 5 & 6: Christmas Party, FS Christmas Crafts with Parents
19.12.2025 – FS Christmas Party, Eastover Christmas Market, Christmas Carols on the Playground
05.01.2026 – Start of Spring Term
Whole School:
Please ensure meals are ordered by 11pm on Saturdays for the following week.
There are NO after-school clubs running next week (commencing 15th December) apart from Performers and Dance club, which will be running as normal.
Career's Day!
Do you know someone that would be happy to come into school on Thursday 29th of January 2026 to talk all about their job/ career? We are looking for some volunteers to come into school to do a short presentation on their job role to the children! If you're interested or know somebody who might be, please email the office at office@eastoverschool.co.uk Thank you in advance!
Any dancers from last year that still have an 'Eastover Performers' top and daps could they please be returned to school as the T-shirts are needed for reprinting.
Rocksteady Music School
Well done to everyone who performed in the concert on Tuesday. They all did brilliantly and should be very proud of themselves. The audience thoroughly enjoyed it too!
Mrs Midenda
Could You Be Our Next School Governor?
Eastover Primary School is looking for a new governor to join our dedicated team. Governors play a vital role in shaping the future of our school, supporting staff, and ensuring the best outcomes for our children.
Would you consider becoming a governor, or do you know someone who might be interested? No previous experience is needed—just enthusiasm and a commitment to making a difference. We meet for about an hour every half-term.
If you’d like to find out more, please contact the school office on: 01278 422693 or email: office@eastoverschool.co.uk
🎅✨ Ho Ho Ho! Our School Christmas Market is Coming! ✨🎅
🎄 “Step into the Magic of Christmas!” 🎄
Join us for a magical afternoon at our School Christmas Market on Monday, 15th December, right after school!
Bring your holiday cheer and enjoy the sparkle of the season with us!!
Christmas Carols on the playground will be on Friday 19th December. Gates will open at 1:50pm for a 2pm start. Parents/carers are able to collect your child/ren after the carol service finishes. The school Christmas market is also open after the carol service and alongside the market will be a second-hand book sale.
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: Which cartoon character would you most like to be like and why?
Year 1: What is the most important thing about a hero?
Year 2: Can you cheat if you don’t know the rules?
Year 3: If Jo’s grandad stole something from Alex’s grandma, does Jo owe it to Alex?
Year 4: When you dream, are you the audience, the actor, the director or something else?
Year 5: What would a computer have to do to count as a person?
Year 6: What would happen if money was abolished?
The Goldstar School Uniform shop on Eastover, Bridgwater has now closed but is re-opening to have a big final sale on the 10th December and 17th December between 12am-8pm on both dates.
They will be selling Eastover School uniform at highly reduced prices along with the remaining fashion items. Reduced prices are now updated on their website.
Parents are able to collect any forgotten orders and will be able to retrieve any customer credits that may still be owed, including unused gift vouchers etc.
Free delivery is available with online orders.
KS1 Autumn Reading Challenge WINNERS!
This week's KS1 reading challenge winners are Hedgehogs! They had an average of 4.44 reads. In second place, Foxes with 3.84. In joint third place, Rabbits and Otters with 3.33.
The total reads across KS1 this week is down from last week, a total of 373 reads.
The star reader to take the case and Snuggles the bear home from Hedgehogs is Lacey who's favourite books are ones with unicorns or cats in them
Important notes for year groups:
Year 1
Please can Year 1 parents bring in a £1 donation towards the food and treats for the Year 1 Christmas party that is being held on Thursday 18th December. The Christmas party is the same day as the trip to Scott’s Cinema. Children are welcome to come into school wearing warm party clothes, with sensible shoes and a warm coat.
Please can your child bring one named small snack (popcorn, crisps, sweets) and a drink for the cinema visit.
Please can they wear a warm coat and sensible shoes. If year 1 children want to bring in party shoes for the afternoon, please send them in a separate bag.
Year 2
Year 2 swimming is on Monday. Please send your child to school with their swimming kit and towel.
Please can your child bring one named small snack (popcorn, crisps, sweets) and a drink for the cinema visit. Please can they wear a warm coat and sensible shoes.
Year 4
Year 4 Christmas Service is on Tuesday 16th December at St John’s Church. The service starts at 09:30am but parents are welcome to arrive for coffee from 08:45am.
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
Down-to-earth parenting advice you can trust. We’re here for you, when you need us. Find answers to parenting questions in our advice articles. Or talk to a parenting coach about anything that’s worrying you. It’s all free, and no topic is too big, small, or embarrassing- https://parents.actionforchildren.org.uk/
https://www.familylives.org.uk/how-we-can-help/online-parenting-courses
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