Dear Parents/Carers,

1) 2025 Key Stage 2 National Curriculum Tests (SATs)

The KS2 SATs will take place during the week commencing 12^th May 2025. Below are the SATs dates for each test throughout the week.

Timetable for SATs week

2) Year 6 SATs revision books

 In response to the large number of requests from parents for SATs revision materials, the school has purchased a maths and GPS revision book for each child. Your child will be given these on Friday and will have a schedule to complete the questions.  The schedule will be published on Dojo for reference each week and will run Friday to Friday. We would like you to support your child with the completion of this each week, along with daily reading and times table practise.

3) Useful revision resources

In the run up to the SATs, we will be using a range of resources, which you can also access at home:

https://mathsbot.com/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/#

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z4mktcw

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z4296rd

As ever, thank you for your ongoing support.

Yours sincerely,

Miss Featherston and Mrs Morgan

As part of this term’s science curriculum work on electricity we have arranged for Year 4 to visit The Thinktank Science Museum, Birmigham on Thursday 13^th February.

We will be leaving school at 8.50am prompt in order to get there at a reasonable time so ask that children arrive at 8.30am that morning. We expect to arrive back at school around 3.20pm – 3.30pm, depending on the traffic at that time of day.

Your child will need to bring a packed lunch and plenty to drink for this trip – no glass bottles or fizzy drinks please. Those pupils entitled to free school meals will be given a packed lunch – comprising a sandwich, a packet of crisps, a cake/cookie and a piece of fruit – by our school meals provider before departure. If your child would prefer to bring a packed lunch from home, please let the teacher know so we can instruct the kitchen staff not to make up a packed lunch for them.

Children should wear school uniform for this trip and bring with them a lightweight/waterproof coat. We will not be visiting the souvenir shop so no additional spending money is required.

The cost of the trip is £23.60, which includes entrance fees, an “Electrifying Science” workshop, transport and insurance.  Payment for this trip should be made via your child’s Arbor account prior to the date of the trip.

In case of an emergency or medical incident during the trip please can you check that your contact details are up-to-date on Arbor prior to the trip. Thank you for your assistance.

Following on from their persuasive writing work Year 5 pupils did last academic year (where they wrote to Julia Buckley, the Labour MP for Shrewsbury, about pollution in the River Severn), the children have been invited to meet with Ms Buckley at The Palace of Westminster for a Q&A session and be given a guided tour of The Houses of Parliament (“HP”). Whilst they are in London, the children will also visit The Natural History Museum in South Kensington.

We will be leaving school at 6.15am prompt on the morning of Tuesday 11^th February in order to get there for their first activity so ask that children arrive at 6.00am that morning. We will be leaving the museum at 5.15pm and expect to arrive back at school around 9.00pm – 9.30pm. Parents will be notified via email a more accurate return time during the journey home.

Your child will need to bring a breakfast bar, a packed lunch and a packed tea along with plenty of snacks and drinks – no glass bottles or fizzy drinks please. They will need a rucksack to carry their food, their own personal water bottle AND a shop-bought disposable water bottle (personal water bottles are not permitted at Houses of Parliament due to security restrictions). Children should wear their school uniform and trainers/comfortable shoes for this trip and and bring with them a light coat/waterproof jacket. No spending money is required.

As they will be eating their lunch whilst at HP, please ensure there are no metal implements (knives in particular) in your child’s bag. Plastic/wooden cutlery or “sporks” are permitted, if cutlery is required to eat their food.

If your child suffers from travel sickness, please ensure they take a tablet in the morning just before coming into school, and provide one for the return journey (to be handed directly to the class teacher/Teaching Assistant in a named envelope).

The cost of the trip is £27.00 per child. Payment for this trip should be made via your child’s Arbor account prior to the date of the trip. Although costs for trips are voluntary, in reality the school has no other means of funding these trips. We hope that everyone can contribute to the trip in some way.

In case of an emergency or medical incident during the trip please can you check that your contact details are up-to-date on Arbor prior to the trip. Thank you for your assistance.

Yours sincerely,

Jane Hilbert

Administration Manager

Leopards class have been invited to attend a performance by the Year 7 Theatre Company at Prestfelde School revolving around the theme of Bullying, which fits within the KS2 PHSE framework.

Pupils will be leaving school at 9.45am on Wednesday 22nd January for the 10.00am performance and will return around 11.15am.

The cost of the trip is £3.30, payment for which should be made via your child’s Arbor account prior to the date of the trip.

As part of this term’s science curriculum work on Space, we have arranged for Year 5 to visit Leicester’s National Space Centre on Monday 20^th January.

We will be leaving school at 8.30am prompt in order to get there at a reasonable time so ask that children arrive at 8.00am that morning. We expect to arrive back at school around 4.10 – 4.15pm. If we encounter any significant delay on our return journey, we will do our best to keep you informed.

Your child will need to bring a packed lunch and plenty to drink for this trip – no fizzy drinks please. Those pupils entitled to free school meals will be given a packed lunch by our school meals provider before departure. The packed lunch includes a sandwich, piece of fruit, cake and packet of crisps.  Please let the Class Teacher know if you DO NOT WANT A PACKED LUNCH. Please also ensure that they wear school uniform and have a lightweight coat with them. We will not be visiting the souvenir shop so no additional spending money is required.

The cost of the trip is £22.15, which includes entrance fees, a visit to the Planetarium, transport and insurance.  Payment for this trip should be made via your child’s Arbor account prior to the date of the trip.

In case of an emergency or medical incident during the trip please can you check that your contact details are up-to-date on Arbor prior to the trip. Thank you for your assistance.