Sonning Common Primary School

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Headteacher awards

Congratulations to all those children who received Headteacher’s Awards at our end-of-term assembly today!

Merry Christmas

We are so excited to share this year’s Christmas video with you all. Wishing you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We look forward to seeing you back in school on Tuesday 7th January 2025.

Carol concert tomorrow (Thursday 19th)

We are looking forward to our Carol Concert tomorrow evening, on the KS1 playground under the canopy.  The gates will be open from 5.45pm, with mulled wine and mince pies being served until the carols start. This event is usually a lovely celebration of Christmas, in a way which sums up our school – outdoors […]

How does your tree compare?

Some lovely families, who collected their trees from us last week, have sent in some photos of their amazing, finished trees!  It is brilliant to see how they look with lights and decorations. If this has given you tree envy, make sure to buy one from our PTA next year!  

Girls’ Football Equal Access school

We are delighted to have been recognised as an Equal Access School by Barclays and England Football’s Girls’ Football School Partnerships. The Football Association and Barclays have a vision that every girl will have equal access to football in schools in 2024 and beyond. Thanks to the huge number of girls who have attended football clubs and represented our […]

Nativity rehearsals sneaky peak

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Today, the whole school got to watch the final rehearsals for the Year 2 Nativity. They are really looking forward to performing in front of parents next Monday and Tuesday. There are more festivities to look forward to, including our carol service next Thursday 19th at 6pm […]

SCPS Carol Concert 19th December

We invite all of Sonning Common to come to our carol concert on Thursday 19th December starting at 6pm in the school playground. Children from Years 2 to 6 will be performing their favourite Christmas songs and we will have old favourites to sing along to. Don’t forget to wrap up warm and bring your […]

Apraxia month: Mikey Akers visit

On Monday we welcomed guest speaker Mikey Akers to SCPS. After hearing about his great work to raise awareness of the condition apraxia, we were keen for him to speak to our children about the power of hope, determination and friendship. Mikey was born with apraxia, a neurological speech disorder that made a lot of […]

Christmas fair update

A huge thank you to all those who came to our Christmas Fair last weekend! As usual, our wonderful PTA did a brilliant job and everybody had a fantastic time. We are beyond grateful for all of the support! The fair raised over £2000 and all of the money raised will be used to fund […]

November Big Thank you

Congratulations to our winner this month… Michelle Phipps Michelle works in the kitchen and at Breakfast and Afterschool Club.  She is always reliable and cheerful. Recently she helped Kites Kitchen achieve the highest ranking of 5* Excellent in an Environmental Health Inspection! Well done and thank you Michelle.