Weekly Bulletin 27.02.2026
Weekly Bulletin 27.02.2026
Whole School Weekly Bulletin 27.02.2026
MARCH DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES
05.03.26 World Book Day & Story Explorer Drama Workshops
06.03.26 Story Explorer Drama Workshops
19.03.26 Rabbits Class Assembly for Parent's (2:30pm start)
20.03.26 Non-Uniform Day (Donations for Easter bingo)
23.03.26 Year 4 start swimming lessons
24.03.26 Easter Rocksteady Concert
25th- 30th Book Fair
25.03.26 Easter Bingo
25.03.26 Year 4 Experience Easter Visit to St John’s
26.03.26 Year 4 Experience Easter Visit to St John’s
26.03.26 Otters Class Assembly for Parent's
27.03.26 Year 5 Easter Assembly at St John’s Church (Parents welcome for coffee from 08:45am for a 09:30 start)
30.03.26 FS Seasons Assembly with Farmlink
Parent's Evening (dates listed below)
Whole School:
Parent's Evening
Bookings for parent's evening will go live on Monday 9th March, invitations for bookings will be sent out via email. Please book by Monday 23rd March as booking online will then close.
FS parent's evening will be on Tuesday 31st March and Wednesday 1st April.
Hedgehogs class will be on Monday 30th March and Tuesday 31st March.
Rabbits class will be on Tuesday 31st March and Wednesday 1st April.
Year 2, 3 and year 4 parents' evenings will be on Tuesday 31st March and Wednesday 1st April.
Kangaroos will be on Monday 24th March and Tuesday 25th March.
Giraffes will be on Tuesday 31st March and Wednesday 1st April.
Polar Bears will be on Tuesday 31st March and Wednesday 1st April.
Panthers will be on Tuesday 31st March and Wednesday 1st April.
School Breakfast Club Survey
We would really appreciate your help by taking a few minutes to complete our short school survey regarding breakfast club. Your feedback is invaluable and helps us continue improving the experience we provide for all our pupils and families. The survey only takes a moment, and your responses will remain confidential.
👉 Survey link: September Breakfast Club Survey
KS2 Emile National Spelling Competition
Next week is the start of the Emile spelling competition Wednesday 4th-Friday 6th March. Children will be having lots of opportunities to compete in school and they can access Emile as much as possible at home too. Please encourage your child to log on at home and compete in the competition.
World Book Day – Thursday 5th March!
It’s that time of year again where we celebrate reading, books, authors and our favourite characters by taking part in World Book Day, Thursday 5th of March. The theme is Go All In and ties in with the National Year of Reading with the National Literacy Trust. We are aware that providing costumes for children can be expensive and time-consuming. Therefore, like in previous years, it would be lovely if pupils could come to school on World Book Day dressed in something comfy to read in. However, if your child has a costume, they are more than welcome to wear one.
Our House Competition this year is to decorate a potato as a book character! Please bring these into the hall by 8:45 on Thursday the 5th. These will be judged by the house captains.
Each child will receive a book token for £1.00. This can be exchanged for one of a range of specially published books for World Book Day or can be used as £1.00 towards any other book. Most major bookshops and supermarkets will stock the special books. They can also be used at the Scholastic Book Fair that starts on Wednesday 25th March.
The library is running two competitions this year: design a bookmark and write a 6-word story. Winners will be revealed in assembly after World Book Day. We have £5 book vouchers up for grabs to use in the scholastic book fair at the end of March. An overall winner will be picked from each competition. The pupils with the most reads at home will be entered in a raffle for a £5 voucher with a winner from KS1 and KS2.
KS1 Spring Term reading challenge!
We’re excited to share this week’s KS1 reading challenge winners!
🏆 1st Place: Mark in Rabbits Class
🥈 2nd Place: Youcef in Otters Class
🥉 3rd Place: Ayvah in Otters Class
Sticky Questions for March!
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: What would you pack if you were going on a jungle adventure?
Year 1: If you could bring a dinosaur to school which one would you bring?
Year 2: Do too many children’s stories have happy endings?
Year 3: Do we choose our friends, or are some friendships meant to be
Year 4: Why does anyone want to watch something that makes them cry?
Year 5: Can something be right even if everyone says it's wrong?
Year 6: What makes the strongest reasons: facts, feelings or beliefs?
Important notes for year groups:
Year 1
We apologise for the short notice, but we have changed the date of the Rabbits Class Parents Assembly. It will now be taking place on Thursday 19th March at 2:30pm.
Year 3
Year 3 Swimming is on Monday. Please make sure you are sending your children into school with their swimming kits and towels. Please can all children in Year 3 bring a pair of shorts and a T-shirt to swimming on Monday for our water safety session.
Year 6
Year 6 Leaver’s Hoodies – Please kindly complete the order/consent form and return it to the school office by 23rd March. Payment may be made via Scopay, or alternatively by bringing cash to the school office.
Are you looking for support with your child’s bedwetting or sleep advice? If so, please make contact via the Chat Health Text service on 07480 635 515 or for more information regarding bedwetting please visit: https://eric.org.uk/ and information about sleep please visit: https://thesleepcharity.org.uk/
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/
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