Weekly Update - Term 1 - 16th October 2026

Information for Parents & Carers with children at St Anne's Infants' School & Nursery

A huge thank you to all families that made a donation to the food bank this week - a really impressive haul that will help a lot of those in need.

The school currently has very limited access to laptops and the internet which is also affecting our ability to receive incoming phone calls. Please bear with us and keep in mind that communications may be a little slower than usual. You are still able to call the school office and leave a voicemail which we will be able to listen to.

Open days for families with children starting reception are being held on Monday 16th November at 9.30am, 1.30pm and 5pm. If you are a current nursery family this is a great chance to look around the rest of the school.
Please spread the word in the school community at large - any and all with an interest in sending their child to reception at St Anne's in 2027 is welcome.
Booking is essential, here: Reception open events for 2027 intake - St Anne's Infants School & Nursery
The next open event for Nursery is on Friday 13th November at 4.30pm - this can be booked here: Nursery open event registration - St Anne's Infants School & Nursery

We promise that we are not being difficult when we talk to parents & carers about any of these things.
Thank you to all parents that have been considerate in their parking and for walking the last few minutes to school this week. We have had visits by Parking Enforcement Officers and our local Police Community Support Officers this week, who will continue to support parents and the school by ensuring children can make the journey to site safely.
Please can parents ensure that children do not use play equipment on the way or the way out of school - this is for safety reasons. Parents are responsible for their child's behaviour when on the playground before and after school.
Please use the one-way system when entering and leaving the school. This is in place to prevent collisions and injuries.

The SEND coffee morning has been postponed until term 2. Apologies to those looking forward to this event, which we will run again as soon as we can.

Please can we ask parents to ensure that toys are not brought into school.
Name all uniform as we have a large amount of lost property from the first few weeks.
Uniform to buy and lost property will be outside on the playground on Thursday mornings, weather permitting

Sun Class will celebrate filling their Star Jar with an ice lolly treat on Wednesday 21st October.

Reception are now beginning to do PE on Wednesdays. Please send children in to school in PE kits on Wednesdays each week.
Parent Phonics Workshop

On 6^th November at 9am, Reception parents are invited to attend a phonics and reading workshop. At the workshop we will share information on how phonics is taught at St Anne's and how parents can best support their children with reading at home. The session will last 30-40 minutes, with time to ask questions. We would love to see you there!
As you may have seen, a new gate has been added to the Reception outdoor area. Our hope is that this will ease the congestion around the gates at drop off and pick up times. Mars class children should now enter and exit through the new gate and Earth will continue to use the original gate.

Reading books must be brought in every day, every week. This includes the shared reader, the yellow reading record book and the decodable book. We read with the children at different points in the week, if books aren’t being brought in your child can’t be read with.
P.E days will be on Tuesday and Friday next term. This will be until the Christmas Holidays.
Wednesday 11th November we are going to go for an Autumn walk as part of our seasons enquiry. We will leave the school at 9:30 and aim to be back by 10:30am. We will walk through St Anne’s Park collecting sticks, leaves and anything autumn. If you are able to volunteer please email the Neptune or Venus email. Many thanks!
If any parents are in the medical profession and would like to talk to the children about what your job entails, we would be delighted to host you. One of our enquiries next term is looking at nurses now and then.

When collecting children at home time, please stand on the same side as the class to which your child belongs, to make it easier for teachers to hand over children to parents.