Support for families over the summer
Hello everyone! This time of year, many parents/ carers are trying to figure out how they will cover childcare over the long summer holiday. Asking grandparents and other relatives to help sounds like the perfect solution, but differences in parenting approaches can make it a challenging time for everyone. There is a new Quick Read […]
Non Uniform Day Friday 30th June
Just a reminder that tomorrow is non-uniform day, to support the PTA summer fair on Saturday 1st July. Your children are invited to come to school in non-uniform for a donation (collected at the entrance tomorrow) which can include: Bottles for the bottle tombola, Jam jar filled with sweets or pocket money toys for the […]
National Education Union – Teacher Strike Days
Teacher members of the National Education Union (NEU) in England and Wales, and support staff members in Wales, have voted to go on strike on Wednesday 5th and Friday 7th July. The strikes are in response to the erosion of real-terms staff pay over many years, and the increasing pressures on school budgets. The nature […]
Sports Day (Tuesday 27th)
We’re all very excited about Sports Day tomorrow and we hope you are too. Just a quick reminder about how it works on the day for KS2 (in the morning) and KS1 (in the afternoon). Given the hot weather, it is essential that your child brings a named water bottle with water inside. As our […]
Parenting resources
At SCPS, we want to help our parents and carers understand their children’s behaviour better. There are a number of free resources we recommend for parents and carers: My Family Coach is a free website written by behaviour experts with 20 years’ experience working with over 5,000 schools. My Family Coach can support you through […]
Cricket and Climbing
Dr Loader and Mr Burrows were delighted to take ten young cricketers to a tournament at Shiplake College this morning. There were nine primary schools represented, on a beautiful morning on Shiplake’s main lawn. It was such a pleasure for us to be supervising such a great bunch of players. They played hard, they encouraged […]
Do your shopping and raise money for SCPS
Do you like Shopping? If you shop via the EasyFundRaising website or app then SCPS receive cashback on anything you buy. How it works: Sign up Buy stuff SCPS get cash back It won’t cost you anything, there are loads of retailers are listed including Amazon, John Lewis, Tesco, Waitrose, ebay, M&S, Next and […]
Year 4 leave for Ufton Court
We were so happy to see lots of smiling faces this morning as Year 4 leave for their 3 day residential at Ufton Court. We hope you all have a fabulous time.
Free My Family Coach online sessions
Just a reminder from our SENCo Mr Coates that parents/carers might like to access some free online classes from My Family Coach. • Tuesday, 16th May, 7.30pm Supporting my anxious child • Thursday, 6th July 2023, 8:00pm what can I do when my child feels angry? When children become upset, withdrawn, or angry, we ask […]
KS2 Assemblies
Continuing our theme of ‘Inspirational People’ in our KS2 assemblies this term, three recent visitors have hopefully inspired the children to think of a world of wider possibilities. Firstly, Mrs Ash took on the challenge of performing Heather Small’s ‘Proud’ (the song featured at Young Voices this year). None of us really knew what to […]
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