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Dear Parents and Carers, we will need to change the date for the Cowdray Class Forest School session. Unfortunately Mr Floyd is away on compassionate leave visiting a close relative who is unwell in Bulgaria. The new date is MONDAY 30th JUNE 2025. Our thoughts and prayers are with Mr Floyd and his family. Kind … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, This week, the children enjoyed getting stuck into their new topics on the Hook Days. There was a real buzz of excitement around the school as everyone was thoroughly engaged in a wide range of tasks and challenges involving small world toys, plasticine, clay and even jelly! Recipes for success On … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Thank you to those of you who were able to come along to either of the recent information meetings about the new residential visit to Christian Youth Enterprises (CYE) for our Year 6 children in October 2026. I hope you found them informative and useful. For those of you who were … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Here’s a quick reminder about the important meeting which will launch the Year 6 Residential Visit to CYE in September 2026 on Wednesday 4th June. Please come along to the school hall at either 2:30pm or 6pm to find out much more about this amazing opportunity for your child. Take care … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Thank you to everyone who came along to our Country Dancing Festival this afternoon. We hope you all enjoyed it! It lovely to see every class working as a team. TEAMWORK This theme of ‘Teamwork’ was explored in our Whole School Collective Worship at the beginning of the week. The children … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Just a quick reminder it is our Country Dance Festival tomorrow afternoon, starting at 2pm. The playground gates will be opened at 1:45pm. The children need to come to school in their school uniform (not P.E. kits), but they need to be wearing their trainers. Sunhats should also be worn and … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Thank you to those of you who came to our latest Time To Shine after school today. We hope you enjoyed looking at the children’s work they had chosen to show you. Celebrating Peace On Monday, our Whole School Collective Worship reflected on the recent VE Day commemorations. The children were … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, We have been asked to share this flyer from Arun District Council about a Youth Survey for children aged 10-18. There isn’t long to share any ideas but it is an opportunity to get their voices heard. Take care Chris Hughes Deputy Headteacher Arun District Council Youth Survey

Dear Parents and Carers, Please find attached a letter from Mr Hughes in regards to an Athletics event taking place on Tuesday 3rd June 2025. Kind Regards School Office Quadkids 2025

Dear Parents and Carers, Please find attached a letter from the Year 3/4 team regarding a trip to Arundel Wetland Centre. Kind Regards School Office Wetlands Letter

Dear Parents and Carers, with this half term being so short, I just wanted to remind you that we are looking forward to seeing you at TIME TO SHINE tomorrow at the end of the school day. Take care Kim Huggett

Dear Parents and Carers, Here at Yapton C. of E. Primary School, we are always considering how to ensure our bespoke curriculum encourages and enables the children to live life in all its fullness . We have recently been in communication with Christian Youth Enterprises (CYE) to explore possibilities for an amazing Year 6 residential … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, A shorter week at school hasn’t limited the learning here at Yapton C. of E. Primary School. Down on the farm On Wednesday, the Early Years children had a fabulous day at Goodwood Farm. They leaned so much about a working farm and loved to see and hear what was going … Read more

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 12th May – English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Paper 1: Questions (45 minutes) and Paper 2: Spelling (20 minutes) Tuesday 13th May – … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, following my communication yesterday, I would like to share with you that PC Dan Sibun met with the Year 6 children today regarding the issues with WhatsApp. He explained that the children had to be responsible for their actions in these groups. He explained that in our country, children aged 10 … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, following the last ParentMail communication to Year 6 parents and carers on Friday, some more information regarding these groups has been brought to our attention today. It is important that I inform you that we have been made aware of the sharing of images between some children in the groups which … Read more

Dear Parents , As the temperature has continued to rise this week, there have been so many opportunities to celebrate many of the children of Yapton C. of E. Primary School rising to the challenge of being the best versions of themselves in line with our school vision of living life it all its fullness … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, We are aware that a very large proportion of the Year 6 children have mobile phones and use WhatsApp amongst other social media sources. Online safety is regularly and frequently discussed at Yapton C. of E. Primary School. This does include reminders about the age restrictions for different Apps. We have … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, As you know, our PSHE curriculum is delivered through a scheme called JIGSAW. Every half term, the learning is based around a singular theme. This half term the theme is ‘Relationships’ which delivers the statutory requirement of the Relationships Education, Health Education and Sex Education (RHSE) objectives within the PHSE curriculum. … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, The Summer Term has started at a great pace! It was so lovely to welcome everybody after the Easter break and then seeing high levels of engagement in the different learning hooks around the school. What is TRUST? Towards the very end of the Spring Term, the children gathered in their … Read more