Sonning Common Primary School

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Comic relief

Thank you to everyone who took part in ‘Wear a hat to school day’ in support of Red Nose day (Comic Relief). Your generous donations totalled £282.27 which will help people who are facing the toughest times of their lives, both here in the UK and around the world. Thank you.

Spelling Shed login changes

We have been informed today of a slight change to logins for Spelling Shed, so we just wanted to let you know in case your child has any difficulties logging in to do their homework. When they login they will see a yellow popup warning saying that there are now options to sign in with […]

Ideas for learning (for Strike Days)

If you are stuck for ideas to occupy your children during the teacher strikes on the next two days, Mr Hirst suggests: Reading in a favourite place (den etc) Maths o KS1 add two numbers together, the bigger the better.  How many squares can you find in your kitchen? With an assortment of cupboard items, […]

Comic relief

Our School Council have decided that for Comic Relief (Red Nose Day) next Friday 17th March, we will hold a ‘Wear a hat to school day’. There will be a competition to judge the best and funniest hats in each class and a grand final in assembly. Children are invited to donate £1 for the […]

World Book Day

We were very impressed by the range of costumes for the end of our World Book Day week of celebrating reading.

Ideas for learning today

If you are stuck for ideas to occupy your children today, Mr Hirst suggests: Reading in a favourite place (den etc) Maths o KS1 add two numbers together, the bigger the better.  Put your teddies into height order.  Look around where you live and see where numbers are and why they are important.  As part […]

World Book Day (week!)

Next week we are celebrating World Book Day across the whole week to focus on how important reading is in our school. The theme for World Book Day this year is ‘You Are a Reader’. We want our children to know that whether they read a recipe, a football annual, a Top Trump card or […]

SCPS choir at Young Voices

On Monday 9th January our choir headed to the Resorts World Arena at the Birmingham NEC to take part in the national Young Voices event. After months of commitment and practice, the children took part in a long day of travel, rehearsals and, finally, the performance which included singing with Heather Small from M People. […]

Safer Internet Day Tuesday 7th February

Ahead of Tuesday’s Safer internet Day, we thought you might like to be reminded of the resources we have on our website to help parents and carers navigate the ever more complex world of keeping your children safe when using the internet. You can find links to many organisations via our page : SCPS Internet […]

New resources for parents and carers

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 […]