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Dear Parents and Carers, The Year 5 are looking forward to taking part in an exciting event called Sing950, which is part of the series of events which are being held to celebrate the 950th Anniversary of Chichester Cathedral. It is taking place on Thursday 6th November. The children are busy learning 6 songs and … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Firstly, thank you to all of you who have logged into the Young Voices Music Room. It is great to see some of you have already ordered the children’s t-shirts and your concert tickets. If you haven’t yet done this, you can use this link to create your account. The children … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, We are already past the half way point of this first half of the autumn term! Where has the time gone? FRIENDSHIP The theme of friendship continued to be explored in our Whole School Worship at the beginning of the week. The children thought about the kinds of words and phrases … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, A polite reminder that all Christmas Card forms do need to be returned to school by tomorrow morning. If these could please be handed to your child’s class teacher. Kind Regards School Office

Dear Parents and Carers, Thankfulness The first verse of Psalm 118, in the bible, says, ‘Give thanks to Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.’ The whole school, including the youngest children in Early Years, were able to express their thanks and gratitude to many different things at our two Harvest Festival services … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Miss Parsons, our KS1 Leader of Learning, has invited the Year 5 and 6 children in the Young Voices Choir to go to the EYFS/KS1 Harvest Festival Service tomorrow morning to support and bolster the singing of the harvest songs. The children will walk to the church with the younger children … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Thank you to those of you who were able to come to one of the meetings which provided information about the Year 6 SATS tests which were held yesterday. Attached is a copy of the information shared, along with the parents guide published by the DfE. During the meeting, I highlighted … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, the second week of term has flown by! We began the week by talking about the value of FRIENDSHIP. We shared what this means to us and how we can show friendship to those around us. The children shared that we have a responsibility to be a good friend to people … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, I have received a complaint from the ‘Residents Association’ of Roemead Drive regarding the parking of families bringing and collecting children from our school. They state that it is a private road and therefore it is only the residents who have permission to park there. Please be respectful of our neighbours. … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, unfortunately we are only in our second full week back at school and already the staff have spent a significant amount of time dealing with issues on various groups. This is only a school issue if it presents itself as an issue within school. Please can you regularly check your child’s … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Please find attached details about an important meeting about the teaching and learning of Phonics at our school to which you are invited to attend. Kind regards Chris Hughes Deputy Headteacher Phonics Meeting Invite

Dear Parents and Carers, Please find attached details about an important meeting about the Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check to which you are invited to attend. Kind regards Chris Hughes Deputy Headteacher Year 4 MTC Meeting Invite

Dear Parents and Carers, Please find attached details about an important meeting about the end of the EYFS expectations to which you are invited to attend. Kind regards Chris Hughes Deputy Headteache EYFS Meeting Invite

Dear Parents and Carers, Please find attached details about an important meeting about the End of Key Stage 1 Expectations to which you are invited to attend. Kind regards Chris Hughes Deputy Headteacher Year 2 Meeting Invite

Dear Parents and Carers, Please find attached details about an important meeting about the Year 6 End of Key Stage Statutory Assessments (SATS) to which you are invited to attend. Kind regards Chris Hughes Deputy Headteacher Year 6 SATS Meeting Invite

Dear Parents and Carers, The Immunisation Service are coming into school to offer your child the Flu vaccination.Attached to this email is the Flu parent letter which contains information about the upcoming vaccination session and instructions on how to complete the online consent form. If there are any medical queries on the submitted consent form … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Our first full week of this academic year has definitely been a busy one. Already there has been so much learning taking place. The week was kicked off with potion making, fire starting, woolly mammoth washing as well as the designing of villages and sword handles from Anglo-Saxon times. THE YAPTON … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, The second payment towards the October 2026 Year 6 Residential Visit to CYE will be due at the end of this month. Please may I remind you that CYE offer a very generous 40% bursary towards the total cost of the visit. This is open to any family who may, for … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome to the Autumn Term 2025! What a fantastic start to the new academic term we have had over these past couple of days. A special ‘Well Done” needs to be given to our new EYFS intake who have started their primary school journey so brilliantly! Throughout the school, there has … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, We hope you have had an enjoyable summer break. Here’s a quick reminder about our Summer Reading Challenge. If you have any photos of your children completing any of the different challenges, please email them to the office2@yaptonschool.org email address be Friday 5th September. We are looking forward to seeing everyone … Read more