Issue 6 - Newsletter - Friday 28th December 2025

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Autumn 2025 - Issue 6

Dear Parents, Carers and Families,

As the dark nights now draw in, all pupils and staff continue to work hard in all areas of the curriculum as well as beginning preparations for the festive season.

It’s been an exciting and busy time for our Year 6 pupils who visited Hayden Hill as part of their History learning. https://www.tgjs.org.uk/post/stepping-back-in-time

Year 5 and Year 6 pupils showed incredible teamwork and determination during recent football tournaments held at the prestigious Wolverhampton Wanders training ground - what an experience to play where the professionals train! https://www.tgjs.org.uk/post/wolves-academy-tournament

Our School Council has also been leading the way in promoting important values. They delivered engaging assemblies on Road Safety, reminding everyone how to stay safe in our community, and took the lead during Parliament Week, helping pupils understand democracy and the power of having a voice. https://www.tgjs.org.uk/post/school-council-leads-parliament-week-assembly

Just a reminder that the last day of term is Friday 19th December, with pupils finishing at 1pm.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Richards

Attendance

Although there have been a lot of winter bugs about, it has been fantastic to see so many pupils in school learning!

Whole School Attendance	94.9%
Year 3 Attendance	94.1%
Year 4 Attendance	95.5%
Year 5 Attendance	94.5%
Year 6 Attendance	95.4%

Upcoming Events

Christmas Performances

Year 3 - Monday 8th December - 9.15am

Year 4 - Tuesday 9th December - 9.15am

Year 5 - Wednesday 10th December - 9.15am

Year 6 - Friday 12th December - 9.15am

Don't forget to bring your tickets. Each family will be allocated 2 tickets per performance.

Christmas Fayre

Friday 5th December - 3.30pm - 5pm

Pupils and their families are invited to join us for the annual Christmas Fayre alongside Silvertrees Academy. From Father Christmas to tombolas there will be lots of exciting fun to be had. We hope you will be able to join us.

Christmas Jumper Day

Thursday 11th December

In order to raise money for Save the Children, we are inviting pupils to come to school wearing Christmas jumpers on Thursday 11th December.

They should be dressed in school uniform apart from their school jumper! We are looking forward to seeing all the different festive options.

Christmas Dinner Day

Thursday 11th December

The menu:

Roast Turkey with or without cocktail sausages or Quorn Fillets with vegetarian sausage (v)

Served with all the trimmings

Due to the popularity of the Christmas lunch, and for the kitchen to cater for extra numbers, it is important that meals are ordered by Friday 28th November latest. Please order in the usual way via Parentpay. If you need help, please contact the office.

Grinch Day

Thursday 18th December

Pupils are invited to dress up in Grinch themed clothes, festive clothes or even PJs to help us celebrate the end of our whole school Christmas theme.

End of Term

Friday 19th December

On the last day of term, the school day will finish at 1pm. During the morning, pupils will take part in lots of fun activities as well as finding out who will win the attendance hampers!

Sporting News

Football

Our Y5 and Y6 footballers took part in a tournament at the Wolverhampton Wanderers Training Academy this week! Check out their blog post to find out more about their incredible teamwork - well done for all your hard work.

https://www.tgjs.org.uk/post/wolves-academy-tournament

End of Day Arrangements!

To further support the safeguarding of all pupils at the end of the school day, we are introducing a small but important change to our dismissal routine.

As part of our new end-of-day procedure, we kindly ask that parents and carers stand behind the designated signs on the playground when collecting children. These signs will help create a clear and safe space for staff to dismiss pupils directly to their trusted adult.

This change is designed to:

Ensure staff can clearly see who each child is being collected by
Prevent overcrowding near classroom doors
Help children exit calmly and safely

We appreciate your cooperation in helping us maintain a secure and orderly environment for all pupils. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to speak to a member of staff.

Parking around School

Please can we remind families to take care when parking around the local area. It has been brought to our attention by local residents that families are blocking drives and parking illegally at the beginning or the end of the day. We appreciate that parking can be difficult however this is presenting local residents a health and safety risk. Thank you for your understanding with this.

PE Uniform

Thank you for all your support in ensuring pupils are wearing the correct PE Uniform this term. Please can I remind parents that our burgundy PE hoodie should be worn on PE days, not the school jumper.

Pupils must not wear earrings during PE lessons due to health and safety precautions. Please ensure that pupils are able to remove earrings themselves or that they are not worn on PE days. Should pupils be wearing earrings and be unable to remove them, they will not be able to take part in the PE lesson.

Thank you for your support, helping pupils to be smart and ready for all their learning.

Family Support