WEEKLY NEWS FOR FAMILIES – 23/05/2025

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

COUNTRY DANCING FESTIVAL

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

Weekly News For Families – 16.05.2025

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

Arun District Council Youth Survey

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

TIME TO SHINE TOMORROW

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

Meeting for Year 4 Families – Year 6 Residential in September 2026

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

Weekly News For Families – 09.05.2025

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

Year 6 SATS Week Arrangements

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

PC SIBUN MEETING WITH YEAR 6 CHILDREN TODAY

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

YEAR 6 WHATSAPP GROUPS THAT INCLUDE SOME YEAR 5 PUPILS

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

Weekly News For Families – 01.05.2025

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

Year 6 and WhatsApp

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

Year 4 PSHE

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

Weekly News For Families – 25.04.25

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

REVISED SUMMER TERM DATES

Dear Parents and Carers, we have needed to tweak a few dates on our plans for the Summer Term. Please find attached the revised schedule of exciting events. Kind regards Kim Huggett Key Dates for the Summer Term 2025 Revised

St. George’s Day

Dear Parents and Carers, It is St. George’s Day tomorrow. In recognition of this, if your child is a member of a scouting or guiding organisation (Including Rainbows, Brownies, Beavers and Cubs), they are invited to wear their respective uniform to school tomorrow. Take care Chris Hughes Deputy Headteacher