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