Our INSET days for the next academic year are:

• Tuesday 1st September 2026
• Friday 23rd October 2026
• Monday 22nd February 2027
• Tuesday 4th May 2027
• Monday 21st June 2027

 

Litter poster competition

Please see details below of an exciting opportunity for your child to get involved in helping keep the local area tidy.  This is an optional activity for your child to complete at home.  The details of how to submit your entry are outlined below.  If you are unable to print an entry form at home, please speak to your class teacher who would be happy to provide you with a copy.

 

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is asking children in the borough to draw upon their artistic skills and design a poster to encourage people to put their litter in the bin.

 

Anyone aged from four to 16 can contribute a poster idea and the winning entry in each of the four age categories will get to see their design turned into a poster and placed in the borough’s parks, play areas and open spaces.

 

Keeping the borough’s streets, parks, play areas and countryside clean and tidy is a key priority for the borough council.

 

The poster competition is open to school aged children. Entrants should create their design on an A4 portrait piece of paper or print off the template from the borough council’s website. Entries must be received by midnight on Sunday 2 May and they can be posted to the council offices:

Keep Basingstoke and Deane Clean Poster competition

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
Communications and Marketing team

Civic Offices
London Road
Basingstoke
RG21 4AH

or scanned in and emailed to keepbdclean@basingstoke.gov.uk 

(Please keep hold of the original design if it is being scanned and emailed)

 

Winning entrants from each category will see their design turned into a poster and placed around the borough for a year, they will also receive a litter picking kit for their school or community group.

 

Full information on the competition, rules, how personal information will be processed and the printable template can be found at www.basingstoke.gov.uk/keep-clean

 

🎾 Free Tennis Open Day Taster Sessions –

Saturday 25th  April 14.00-15.00 or 15.30-16.30🎾

 

Following this week’s tennis sessions in school, your child has been invited to attend a FREE 60-minute tennis taster session at Basingstoke Indoor Tennis Centre.

 

These fun sessions include games, mini challenges, teamwork activities and plenty of tennis action. They are perfect for complete beginners, and all equipment is provided.

 

Children just need comfortable trainers and a water bottle.

⭐ Everyone who attends will also receive an exclusive on-the-day offer spaces are limited, so please book in advance.

 

Book your session here:

 

https://bitc.basingstoketennis.org.uk/EventsV2/Summary/2d360244-8ae9-4ed5-a98d-49714d1ec38f

 

Need more information?

Email: hello@nationaltennis.org.uk

Our latest newsletter is now available to read on our Newsletter page.

 

Tickets for our Spring Discos on

Thursday 26th March

are now available.

 

Cost: £2.50 (price includes crisps and a drink) 

This can be paid via ScoPay or by sending £2.50 in a named envelope to your child's class teacher by Wednesday 25th March.

 

Timings are:

Lower School: 4.30 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. for Years 3&4

Upper School: 5.45 p.m. - 6.45 p.m. for Years 5&6

 

All children must be collected promptly by an adult

after the disco

Year 4 RE lesson request

As part of the Year 4 RE curriculum, we are looking at the concept of ‘devotion’ through the Hindu festival of Mahashviratri. To bring this concept to life, we would like the children to bring to school an item to which they feel devoted. This could be the physical item or a photograph of the item or a person. This will then form the basis of a class discussion before applying it to an activity.

The item must align with the following criteria:

• No larger than A4
• It can have sentimental value but no high monetary value
• Items must be clearly labelled and stored in a bag
• Items must stay in the classroom for the whole day
• Items will be taken home at the end of the day

If your child is in 4LK, please bring the item in for Thursday 26^th March.

If your child is in 4SH, please bring the item in for Monday 23^rd March.

British Science Week 2026

The 6^th -15^th March is British Science Week: a celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths. This year’s science week theme is ‘Curiosity, what’s your Question?’ and we will be following this theme by learning about the different scientific careers children could pursue as adults. We will be thinking about the questions that people in different science careers (e.g., dentists, vets, farmers etc) need to ask to do their jobs. We will also be taking part in investigations and learning from expert scientists. 

 

As well as celebrating Science Week through activities at school, the British Science Week team are holding a poster competition that your child can enter. A team of scientists and researchers are curious about what children and young people think a positive childhood in the future might look like. The winners’ posters will be awarded a prize and be used to help scientists with some very important research!

Details for your child's poster entry are as follows:

Think about the following and create a poster in A4 or A3 to share your ideas:

• What things make your life positive now?
• What people, places, things, occasions, interests or activities do you enjoy?
• What did a good/positive childhood look like in the past? You could interview your parents or grandparents!
• If you choose to have children in the future, what might a good childhood look like for them? What will they be playing/eating/learning/thinking?
• What do children in other countries around the world enjoy? How is this the same/different to what makes your life positive?

If you would like to enter the competition, please send your entries into school by the 12^th April. Further information about the competition can be found at britishscienceweek.org.

 

We look forwarded to celebrating science week with you!

 

Miss Palmer                                      Mrs Holley

Junior School Science Manager        Infant School Science Manager

Dear Parents and Carers,

 

A reminder of today's webinar to help parents understand the impact of tech and smartphones on children’s wellbeing, and how to support them. 

 

This is the final opportunity for this webinar:

• Thursday 26th Feb 6pm – 6:45pm – Link here

 

Kind regards,

South View Federation

Dear Parents/Carers,

 

This year, World Book Day falls on Thursday 5^th March. World Book Day is a day set aside every year to celebrate reading, books, authors and illustrators. World Book Day celebrates the joy and value of books and reading, especially for children. To help get them started on their reading journey, every child receives a £1 World Book Day Book Token that can either be exchanged for one of the ten special £1 World Book Day books or used to get £1 off any book costing £2.99 or more. You can find out more about the books and ideas on how to share books at home at worldbookday.com/books. Your child will be bringing their voucher home today to ensure they get the book they want!

 

World Book Day 2026 focuses on ‘Reading for Pleasure’ and aligning with the National Year of Reading 2026, which focuses on building lasting, enjoyable reading habits for children through choice and access. It encourages diverse reading, including audiobooks, comics, and digital storytelling to foster a lifelong love of books. Therefore, we are giving children the opportunity to come to school dressed as a character or a person from a book that they enjoy reading. They could be a cat or an animal from their favourite fictional story, a footballer from a non-fiction text or a scientist if they love learning about science and the world! The possibilities are endless. Please do not feel that you have to buy something new; we don't want anyone to incur any additional costs in putting together their outfits.

For this year’s competition, we are challenging children to design a wooden spoon book character. Simply use a wooden spoon and turn it into a character of your choice. Be as creative as you can! All entries must be given to your child’s class teacher by Wednesday 4^th March. Good luck!

 

We look forward to seeing everyone dressed up as part of World Book Day and taking part in a selection of exciting reading activities.

Kind regards,

 

Miss E Sheldon                Mr P Grinham

English Leader                 English Leader

Dear Parents and Carers,

 

As a school, we are always looking for new ways to enhance our children’s love of learning and to promote reading for pleasure at home and in school. We are excited to share that we will be trialling the use of Learning with Parents. This is a digital reading log designed to help you support your child’s learning at home in a fun and engaging way.

As part of this trial, you will be given access to Learning with Parents to record your child’s reading.

 

The digital reading log will allow you to:

1. Log your child’s reading quickly and easily at home or on the move from your phone or tablet
2. Add comments about your child’s reading
3. Upload a short audio or video clip of your child reading aloud

 

The digital reading log will allow the school to:

1. Hold themed reading competitions e.g. read to a pet or read a book about animals
2. Celebrate children’s reading habits at home by rewarding children in school
3. Monitor and develop engagement in home reading to enhance your child’s progress

 

To set this up, we require your permission to share your name and email address with Learning with Parents. This will allow Learning with Parents to send you a secure invitation link to create your account.

 

To give your permission, click on the link below and then enter your child’s name, your name and email address.

 

Consent to share your email address with Learning with Parents – Fill out form

 

Please submit your response by Wednesday 4^th February.

 

Kind Regards,

Mr Grinham
English Leader