St Anne's Infants' School & Nursery Reach for the Stars
Weekly update - Term 2, Week 1
Essential communications and messages from school w/e 7th November
Whole school messages
School Christmas Card Project
The deadline for ordering through the school is Wednesday 12th November, if you order from the school we can receive some funds for enrichment activities.
Anti-Bullying Week and Odd Socks Day
Next week, the children at St Anne's will be engaging in Anti-Bullying Week activities. The Anti-Bullying Alliance theme for this year is 'The Power for Good' which invites adults and young people alike to come together to have discussions about how we can use the power we have for good, to bring bullying to an end. At St Anne's, we will reflect upon how we can use our voice as a 'power for good' if we witness bullying and want to safely help.
We warmly invite all pupils to wear odd socks to school on Monday 10th November to show their support for Anti-Bullying Week.
Please find a link to the school's anti-bullying policy including a child friendly leaflet which helps to distinguish between unkind and bullying behaviour below.
https://www.stannesinfants.co.uk/anti-bullying-policy
Cathy Warne
PSHE Lead
School Nurse Drop-in
Monday 17th November - St Anne's Church Hall 9am to 10:45am
Individual school photos
These take place this Wednesday 12/11/2025. Please can parents ensure that children are in full school uniform.
Nursery children – no uniform but please dress your children in an outfit you would like your child’s photo to be in.
Appeal for families to donate spare/changes of clothes for school
If anyone has any clothes that they can donate - particularly in ages 4-5/5-6 - trousers, pants, socks in particular - can you please drop them to Mrs Owen or Miss Knapton in the school office as we are very low on these items.
Coats
The weather has been very changeable in early autumn, therefore can we please remind all parents to send children in with a coat and expect all possible weather conditions during the day.
Lunch pre-booking
As has been communicated on numerous occasions, lunch orders now need to be completed by end of the day on Thursday for the following week. There are still 30 families in the main school that haven’t done this for next week (and have missed the deadline). Children will never go without, but if you do not pre-order, we may not be able to provide a child’s first choice meal and parents run the risk of children not being given something they like.
Parking
A gentle reminder that the bus bay on Bloomfield Road is not a parking space for pickup and dropoff, therefore please park further away from school and walk the remaining distance.
SEND coffee morning
Come along to our SEND Coffee morning hosted in partnership with Bristol Parent Carer Forum where you can find out more information on what support is available locally for your child with special educational needs and disabilities. It doesn't matter whether or not your child has a diagnosis or is on the SEND register, we are here to support every family in Bristol and we are parents ourselves so we get it!
Date: Wednesday 12 November
Time: 9 - 10:30am
Location: St Anne's Church Hall
Children in Need
Friday 14 November is Children in Need. Children are invited to come to school wearing spotty / yellow / Pudsey clothing. We will have a bucket on the playground at drop off and pick up to collect donations towards this worthwhile charitable event.
Head lice
There have been two reported cases of head lice in two different year groups this week. Can we ask that all parents are checking their children regularly and applying treatment where necessary.
NHS Vaccination Survey
Please could parents complete the below survey (only takes a few minutes with a cuppa)!
See attached leaflets for events at St Anne’s House.
Nursery
Resource payments
£5 resource payments have been added to MCAS for parents to pay, where applicable. Please make payment asap so that nursery can invest these funds in valuable learning resources.
Paid top up
Any families that are paying to top up for additional sessions have had their charges added to MCAS up to the end of term 1. Please ensure that you are making payment for these sessions as soon as possible.
Reception
No new messages
Year 1
Reminder - Year 1 trip to St. Annes Park, Week 2 of the Term 2
We are going on an Autumn Hunt to look at the changes to the park. Whilst we are there we will be collecting Autumnal items for a journey stick. This is going to star our third enquiry; How does my school change where we analyse how the seasons change throughout the year. Thursday 13th November 2025, Parent volunteers needed – please email Miss Pope if you can help at neptune@stannesinfants.co.uk . 9:10-11:00 
Reminder - things to bring in asap:
- A shoe box by the end of week 3 of next term.
- Children could bring in a toy from their past if they have any. Or from their grandparents. This will be for display purposes only and will be well looked after (week 1).
Year 2
Reminder: Wicklea Academy – Year 2 open days for September 2026 intake
As you all know, after finishing year 2 at St Anne’s, children move to year 3 at Wicklea Academy. More information will be sent, but please make note that Wicklea will be running open day sessions for Year 2 children at 2pm on Tuesday 25th November & Wednesday 3rd December.
Regular reminders
School dinner pre-ordering
Please order all lunches for the following week by the end of Thursday (every week) on MCAS.
If you do not pre-order lunches for your children, then we cannot guarantee that they will be able to have the school meal of their choice.
Subscribe to the school’s live calendar
Visit St Anne's Infant School - Upcoming Events and click ‘Subscribe’. Once subscribed the calendar will automatically update with new events and any updates – this means that school events are always in your calendar with no extra work needed!
If you need a password reset for My Child at School (MCAS), please complete this form
https://form.jotform.com/252541744332049 . There is also be a QR code to scan on the main office door and in Nursery.
We hope all families have settled in well and are looking forward to the term ahead!