St Andrew'sC E Primary School

Leo had a super Make A Difference Moment when he noticed that an adult was about to move a bench and jumped in to offer help without being asked! What a fantastic example of kindness, thoughtfulness and looking for ways to help others. #MakeADifferenceMoments #LoveLedLegends

Marcy has been so excited about her learning that she's been asking for extra work to do at home! What a fantastic Make A Difference Moment, showing how much she cares about her learning and taking pride in her progress. #MakeADifferenceMoment #LoveLedLegends

Parents' Evening is taking place in the week before October half-term. If you haven't booked an appointment yet, please do so as soon as you can. It's a great chance to talk about how your child is getting on, celebrate their successes and discuss how we can help them to keep learning and growing. #LoveLedLegends #MakeADifference

A little request to help us reduce food waste! If your child usually brings a packed lunch, please only order a free school meal on days when they need one. The school still pays for these meals, even when they are free for families, and any meals that are not eaten go to waste. Thank you for helping us to make a difference! #MakeADifference #LoveLedLegends

We're launching our first 'Reading is Fun' sponsored read to celebrate our love of books and raise money for new books for our classrooms and library! To launch our challenge, children are invited come to school dressed as a character from any Julia Donaldson book on Friday 23rd October (the day before half term). We've included a picture of some costume ideas, but there are far too many to include in one picture. The sponsored read will run from over half-term and the week after (23rd October to 8th November). Children can raise money for every book read to them, read by them or read together with someone else. Sponsor forms will come home before half-term and should be returned with any money raised by Friday 13th November. Every child is welcome to join in - even if they don't find any sponsors, time spent reading is never wasted! Children who take part and return their form with sponsorship money will receive a certificate. Happy reading! #MakeADifference #LoveLedLegends

Last week, our newest crop of School Councillors were presented with their badges! We're very proud of this group of role models and we look forward to seeing all of the ways that they can represent their classmates and help us to be love-led and #MakeADifference

Year 4 were lucky enough to have a visit from Frankie from ISing Pop last week. They spent the day singing and dancing to prepare for their big performance at Salisbury Cathedral later this month. Their enthusiasm and effort made us very proud, and we can't wait to see how they let their lights shine on the big day. #MakeADifference #LoveLedLegends

We had a bumper crop of out of school successes to celebrate last week! India won an enormous football trophy for her unfailing effort in her club; Ned was awarded an amazing 4 new badges at Squirrels; Nathan shared his Summer Reading Challenge medal awarded for a fantastic summer of books and Oliver was proud to share that he is one of the newest members of the Sea Cadets! What superstars! Don't forget to let us know what your child has achieved outside of school #MakeADifference

Miss Forden has been hard at work preparing one of our after school activities for the Year 6 sleepover this Thursday. We can't wait! #LoveLedLegend #MakeADifference

On Wednesday, our School Council members were given the opportunity to visit St Francis Of Assisi Church, Littlemoor. 's food bank. They helped to organise our harvest donations and learned about how the food bank helps people in our local community. We're really proud of them for getting stuck in with helping and for learning everything that they could from the experience. #MakeADifference #LoveLedLegends

We're proud to be able to do even more this year to keep our school community safe. We've now got an emergency anaphylaxis kit which we keep by the main office, alongside our defibrillator (AED). We hope to never have to use them, but we're pleased to have them just in case! #MakeADifference #LoveLedLegends

Lochlan had a lovely Make A Difference Moment last week when he was spotted advocating for a friend who was feeling too shy to speak up for himself. He's such a supportive and encouraging member of Octopus Class! #MakeADifferenceMoments #LoveLedLegend