Year 6 Photographs

Dear Parents and Carers, As you know, the Year 6 children are going to have their class and individual photographs taken tomorrow. They need to wear their full school uniform with their hoodies. An additional year group photograph is going to be taken which will be sent to the local newspaper as part of their … Read more

WEEKLY NEWS FOR FAMILIES 21.06.24

Dear Parents and Carers what a fantastic end to the week! Our Sports Day this morning was FABULOUS! It was so powerful to see our whole school family together to take part in our Sports Day and to enjoy the Family Picnic afterwards. The children demonstrated a real team effort and took pride both in … Read more

SPORTS DAY QUERIES

Dear Parents and Carers, we are looking forward to our Sports Day on Friday 21st June 2024. All of the children will need to be in their school PE kit. It will begin at 9.30 am and end at 12.00pm. We will have our family picnic from 12.00pm -1.00pm. If your child has a hot … Read more

NOTIFICATION OF OUR SIAMS – CHURCH SCHOOL INSPECTION

Dear Parents and Carers, we have received notification of our SIAMS Church School Inspection. This will take place on Monday 24th June 2024. I have attached the official letter to parents/carers for you to read. This is the day of our Year 6 ‘Leavers Service’ in Chichester Cathedral. Mr Hughes and I will be here … Read more

Weekly News For Families – 14.06.2024

Dear Parents and Carers, Another week has flown by and even though the weather hasn’t been on top form, the children have consistently continued to try their best in their learning. Don’t Hide Your Light! When Reverend Richard came into school on Tuesday, he shared some of his childhood stories about members of his family … Read more

P.E. Timetable for Summer Term 2

Dear Parents and Carers, Please find attached the P.E. timetable for the remainder of this term. Also don’t forget, all the children will need to wearing their school P.E. kit on Friday 21st June for Sports Day. Take care Chris Hughes Deputy Headteacher PE KIT TIMETABLE SUMMER TERM 2 2024 for families

EMOTION COACHING PARENT WORKSHOP

Dear Parents and Carers, I am just sending a reminder about our fabulous course for parents ‘Emotion Coaching’ that starts on Friday here at school. If you would like to come and join the group please let us know on our office2@yaptonschool.org email. We already have two parents signed up, but we really need more. … Read more

WEEKLY NEWS FOR FAMILIES – 07.06.2024

Dear Parents and Carers, The final half term of this academic year started with excited children being hooked into their new topics: the Early Years children compared lots of different pairs of shoes they brought in (let’s hope they managed to take the same pairs back home!); the children in Years 1 and 2 fought … Read more

MORE FREE PLACES AVAILABLE AT THE OUTDOOR PROJECT…!

Dear Parents and Carers, Further to today’s ParentMail about the Half Term Holiday Club at The Outdoors Project, some more free places have been offered – including some on Thursday 30th May. Please use the office2@yaptonschool.org email address if this is of further interest to you. Kind regards Chris Hughes Deputy Headteacher Dear Mr Carman … Read more

4 HALF TERM HOLIDAY CLUB FREE PLACES AVAILABLE…!

Dear Parents and Carers, Attached is flyer for a May Half Term Holiday Club being run by The Outdoors Project, who are based in Wicks Farmhouse in Ford Lane. We have very kindly been offered 4 free places to be taken on either Tuesday 28th or Wednesday 29th May. If you would like your child … Read more

WEEKLY NEWS FOR FAMILIES 24.5.24

Dear Parents and Carers, we have had an amazing last week of this half term! We began our week with our Worship which was led by Chloe and Betsie – two of our Year 6 House Captains. They helped us to learn about the feast of Pentecost. We discovered that Pentecost Sunday occurs 50 days … Read more

OFSTED INSPECTION OF OUR SCHOOL on 21st & 22nd May 2024

Dear Parents and Carers, we have received notification today that His Majesty’s Inspectors – OFSTED – will be visiting our school on Tuesday & Wednesday this week. This is a fantastic opportunity for us to showcase the amazing talents and learning of your incredible children. I will talk to the children when we meet together … Read more

WEEKLY NEWS FOR FAMILIES 17.5.24

Dear Parents and Carers, the sun has shone for us today and the talents of our amazing children certainly shone at our ‘Time to Shine’ this afternoon. MONDAY WORSHIP We began our week reflecting on the THINK value that we found the hardest to carry out. We shared the votes from our recent Community Circles: … Read more

Weekly News For Families – 10.05.2024

Dear Parents and Carers, The sun is finally shining and sharing its warmth! Our EYFS children have most definitely been making the most of it enjoying their Forest School Day today, as well as having a fantastic time at Goodwood Farm yesterday. Here are some reflections from the day: I loved seeing the cows because … Read more

Key Stage 2 SATS Week

Dear Parents and Carers, As the Key Stage 2 SATS tests are now only a few days away, here are the details of the week. The test timetable is as follows: Monday 13th May – English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Paper 1: questions (45 minutes) and Paper 2: spelling (20 minutes) Tuesday 14th May – … Read more

WALKING HOME SAFELY – UPDATE 2

Dear Parents and Carers, this communication is to share further information regarding the adult cited in The Twitten and the resulting information that has been shared outside of school. I would like to confirm that the concern raised regarding the adult cited in The Twitten last week has been taken seriously by school and I … Read more