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Dear Parents and Carers, This week has seemed to have flown by and has ended with Portchester having a fabulous sunny Forest School day with Mr Floyd. All the children and staff who are in St. Andrew’s House have enjoyed wearing blue today. A big thank you to Mia and Reece (our St. Andrew’s House … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, unfortunately poor Mrs Isaac has a problem with her back. In order for her to get better, she is unable to be at school for the next few weeks until the end of term. She is planning to return to school in the New Year. We have arranged cover for her … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, The children in the Key Stage 2 Young Voices Choir are going to be very busy in December. Another date has been added to the ‘tour’! Our singing dates now look like this: Tuesday 10th December – The W.I. at Yapton Village Hall Saturday 14th December – Arundel Cathedral Sunday 15th … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Just a quick reminder if your child is in St. Andrew’s House, they may come to school tomorrow wearing something blue. This is to mark St. Andrew’s Day which is on Saturday 30th November. Take care Chris Hughes Deputy Headteacher

Dear Parents and Carers, To help cover the costs of enabling the children to take part in the Young Voices concert in January 2025, we are going to hold a fundraising event on Thursday 12th December. In the hall, starting at 6pm, the Key Stage 2 Choir would be showcasing some of the songs they … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Further to yesterday’s message about the December dates, some families are still facing problems downloading the information within Friday’s newsletter. Attached here are details of: the December dates the Christmas Hampers Raffle the JC Sports Christmas Holiday Camp Kind regards Chris Hughes Deputy Headteacher Key Dates for December 2024 JC Sports … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, It has been brought to our attention that some families have had problems downloading the December dates list in Friday’s newsletter. Please find it attached. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. Take care Chris Hughes Deputy Headteacher Key Dates for December 2024

Dear Parents and Carers, We’ve seen all sorts of weather this week! The snow didn’t last for long yesterday, but even though today was just as cold as yesterday Bodiam Class have enjoyed a brilliant Forest School day with Mr Floyd. In Monday’s whole school collective worship, the children continued to explore the theme of … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, It was lovely to see so many of the children wearing their Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts uniforms on Monday morning. We gathered at the front of the school for our whole school Act of Remembrance at the front of the school with our poppy display. The children were … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Our first week back after the half term term had an explosive start – particularly for our Year 5 and 6 children, who enjoyed making volcanoes as part of their hook into their learning. Other hooks included a colour festival enjoyed by our Early Years children, a virtual workshop with the … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Just a quick reminder that tomorrow is School Photo Day. All the children need to come to school in their full school uniform. No P.E. kits please! Thank you Chris Hughes Deputy Headteacher Dear Mr Carman , Just a quick reminder that tomorrow is School Photo Day. All the children need … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Just as in previous years, the school is supporting the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. Attached is a list of items that will be on sale from Wednesday 6th November. Please can the correct amount of money be brought in as change will not be available. Children will be able to … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Arundel Class’s Forest School date has been changed from Friday 15th November to Thursday 14th November. Take care Chris Hughes Deputy Headteacher

Dear Parents and Carers, EXCITING BABY NEWS We are so excited that the newest member of our Yapton family has arrived this week. Baby Elsie Maeve was born at the weekend. Miss Hook and her partner Luke are thrilled to be a family of three now. We collected items for a ‘baby hamper’ for Miss … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, As well as practicing the Young Voices songs, we are learning some Christmas songs. This is because there are two exciting events in December which the children in the Young Voices Choir have the opportunity to take part in. The first event the Christmas Concert at Arundel Cathedral where a number … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Thank you to all of you who came back into school this to enjoy our first ‘Time To Shine’ of the school year. Along with your conversations with your child’s teacher during the parent-teacher meetings, you will have seen how busy all the children have been and how much progress they … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Calling Year 6 children…! The school is holding two open mornings for families who have children who will be starting school in September 2025. These are on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th October We are looking for Year 6 children who would like to volunteer their time and be ambassadors for … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, unfortunately there have been numerous complaints regarding the behaviour of a number of children from our school who are at the park unsupervised. As the children are in their school uniform, the school Behaviour & Exclusions Policy can be applied. In addition, children aged 10 years of age or above are … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Another busy week has flown by. There are only two more weeks to go until the half term break, but lots of more learning is still ahead of us! On Monday, the theme in our Collective Worship was ‘The Kitchen Miracle Maker.’ Whilst watching the miracle of the Feeding of the … Read more

Dear Parents and Carers, Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Harvest Festival services at St. Mary’s Church on Tuesday. Both services were full of the children’s expressions of gratitude and wonder of the season. Thank you also for the huge number of donations that were brought into school for the Bognor Regis … Read more