Dear Parents and Carers,
Some important news items to start the newsletter this week, so do please respond to each as necessary.
Speed Limit
We have been approached by the parish councillors to support a speed reduction zone around our school to 20 mph, for the safety of our children. If you have an objection to this, please contact the school office, otherwise it will be understood that you agree with this idea and are behind the school giving this motion its full support.
TEP SURVEY
My thanks to 7 parents/carers who have already completed the TEP parental survey. For those who have not yet completed the survey, I would urge you to take 10 mins of your time to share your views.
The Engagement Platform (TEP) is a research-led engagement tool that will help us better understand your experience by gathering your feedback.
Please follow this link to provide us feedback on your experience
Start survey here: https://questions.tep.uk/stower
Deadline for feedback: Friday 5th December 2025
The survey will take around 10 minutes to complete, and can be completed on your phone, tablet or computer. We want to hear all views – both positive things and areas for improvement. Your honest feedback helps us understand how to support all families better.
Your feedback will also be used to help understand how parents and carers feel across the country. This national research is undertaken by The Engagement Platform and is completely anonymous. It helps improve things for all families.
Please see the attached full letter for further information.
HOMEWORK
A plea to all regarding homework. My thanks to all parents who are supporting their children with hearing their children read (regardless of age) and completing homework. There is a strong link between children who are supported by parents/carers in this way, and pupil attainment level.
Please would all parents/carers take 10 mins to hear their child read each day and support as necessary with homework. Your child(ren) will certainly benefit from your input and engagement.
YOUR SUPPORT
My thanks to all who donated and supported the following causes as we raised:
Children in Need – £75.52
Jeans for Genes day – £48.40
NEWS
THIS WEEK
PINS COFFEE MORNING – OPEN TO ALL – 25th Nov 9 – 11am
The PINS coffee morning was well received by those who attended. My thanks to those who supported the event and for the positive feedback received about the event. We will certainly be organising further sessions in the future.
The workshop was led by Anna Willis, Director of Active Play Therapies (Occupational therapist and Advanced SI practitioner), with a tea/coffee and cake session led by Rowan from The Parent/Carer Council, who welcomed parental and carer views and feedback.
NEXT WEEK
INSET Day
A reminder to all that 1st December is an INSET day at school, where staff will have a training day. There is NO provision in school for pupils to attend.
Big Bap Friday – 5th December from 8.30am in the school hall
It’s the first Friday of the month next week! Please order your sausage, bacon or sausage & bacon rolls through the office by 15.30 on Wednesday 3rd December. Sausage or bacon rolls £1.50 each, sausage & bacon rolls £2.50.
| Sausage in a roll | £1.50 |
| Bacon in a roll | £1.50 |
| Sausage and bacon in a roll | £2.50 |
CLUBS
Lego Club
This week’s build was a cow, we had some interesting variations and breeds but Jasper being our winner.
Other Clubs
| Clubs | Day & Time | Year Group | Led by | Cost |
| Lego Club | Mon 15.30 – 16.30
|
Year 1 – 6 | Miss Buxton | Cost per half term
(see site on booking) |
| Football Club | Tues 15.30 – 16.30
|
Chestnut and Oak
KS2 children |
Prime Sports | Free – school supported |
| Maths Club | Weds 15.30 – 16.30
|
Oak Class | Mrs B | Free! |
| Multi Sports Club | Fri 15.30 – 16.30
|
Chestnut and Oak
KS2 children |
Prime Sports | Free – school supported |
Should you require further information or clarification regarding any of the clubs above, do please contact Mrs Pike in the school office.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
FRIENDS/PTFA MEETING
Forthcoming Friends of Stower Provost events, come along and join the fun:
EASY FUNDRAISER
With Christmas just around the corner it is an ideal time to download the Easy Fundraising app on your phone, and raise funds for the school without having to do anything, other than going through the app to make online purchases.
Remember businesses can use our Easy Fundraiser page too. Larger items like insurance and travel can also be purchased through the Easy Fundraiser page.
You can raise even more money by asking others to join the merry throng – use the QR code!
How it works: Easyfundraising partners have over 7,000 brands who will donate part of what you spend to a cause of your choice. It won’t cost you any extra. The cost is covered by the brand.
So why not get organised and make those Christmas purchases online through the Easy Fundraising app!
https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/panel/
CLASS NEWS
OAK
Well – fractions are here! We do LOTS of fractions in Oak – they are a vital part of the SATs curriculum both in reasoning and arithmetic. This week, the children were challenged with equivalent fractions – a good knowledge of times tables is essential here! In English we have been finishing our SPAG tests, as well as writing a narrative excerpt based on Mr Morris. In science, we looked at the phases of the moon, and used lots of vocabulary such as waxing, waning and gibbous. Geography involved a discussion about settlement hierarchies, as well as a looking at motorways. The children were very surprised at how few cars used to use them. Next week, we are looking forward to finishing off our RE and science topics with sticky knowledge – just how much have we learnt and remembered?
CHESTNUT
This week in Chestnut Class we have been working hard on our multiplication knowledge, looking at the relationship between 3 and 6 times tables. We have learned some catchy rhymes to help embed this knowledge which I’m sure the children would love to share with you at home!
In English, we are coming to the end of Stig of the dump and the children have been loving making predictions about how the story will end. They have been spotting different parts of speech as we read and can becoming more confident when recognising adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and nouns. Go Chestnut Class!
For RE, the children have enjoyed learning about the symbolism of the Hindu God, Ganesh. The statues that they made last week are looking fabulous and they are excited to take them home and discuss their features with you.
BEECH
This week’s writing has been all about reinforcing the basics of punctuation within sentence writing as well as conjunctions to join two clauses together. In Maths this week, Year 1’s have been working with bar models, part wholes and subitising up to 5 which is a key skill for Year 1. Year 2’s have been looking at addition and subtraction across multiples of ten using out knowledge of number bonds to support us.
In other learning, the children have been looking at the difference between someone being unkind, someone teasing and someone bullying in PSHE as well as having an introduction to Mohammed from Saudi Arabia 1400 Years ago in RE. The children also thoroughly enjoyed exploring outside for our ‘Outdoor Learning’ session this week we did an Autumnal Scavenger Hunt which the children enjoyed.
HAZEL
This week has been jam packed with nativity practices, singing practices and lots of fun learning opportunities. The children learnt about the artist Jackson Pollock and created their own art using his paint drip method. We have started investigating decay, we learnt about mould and what could happen to our pear as it decays. The children have been doing a lot of work on words starting with… for example we played a What’s in the Bag game where the children pulled an object out the of bag but had to say a word that started with the same sound. We learnt about Diwali and made transient Diwali art using natural objects and Diwali patterns using coloured rice.
DIARY DATES
Dates in red have been added to the diary list this week.
| Date | Time | Information |
| 1st Dec | All Day | INSET DAY (No school for children) |
| 2nd Dec | 19.00 | Wreath Making in the Hall |
| 3rd Dec | 15.30 | Big Bap Friday orders to be in at the school office |
| 5th Dec | 08.30 | Big Bap Friday – sausage and bacon rolls.
Please order and pay in cash by 3rd Dec to the office. |
| 5th Dec | 14.55 | Praise and Celebrate Assembly |
| 9th Dec | 14.00 | Nativity – parents, carers and friends welcome |
| 10th Dec | 16.00 | Nativity – parents, carers and friends welcome |
| 11th Dec | All day | Christmas jumper day, children and staff encouraged to wear a Christmas jumper for the day. |
| 12th Dec | 9.00 | Praise and Celebrate Assembly |
| 12th Dec | 15.15 | Christmas Fair in the school hall |
| 18th Dec | After school | Disco
Hazel and Beech – 15.30 – 16.15 Chestnut and Oak – 16.15 – 17.00 |
| 19th Dec | 14.55 | Praise and Celebrate Assembly |
| 19th Dec | 15.20 | End of Term – NO ASC / NO HOBBIES |
| HOLIDAY | ||
| 5th Jan | All Day | INSET DAY (No school for children) |
| 9th Jan | 08.30 | Big Bap Friday – sausage and bacon rolls.
Please order and pay in cash by 7th Jan to the office. |
| 16th Jan | 14.55 | Praise and Celebrate Assembly |
| 23rd Jan | 14.55 | Praise and Celebrate Assembly |
| 30th Jan | 14.55 | Praise and Celebrate Assembly |
| 3rd Feb | 15.30 – 17.30 | Parent/Carer Meetings
Parents with children on the SEN register will be invited to meetings on a separate date tbc. |
| 5th Feb | 15.30 – 17.30 | Parent/Carer Meetings
Parents with children on the SEN register will be invited to meetings on a separate date tbc. |
| 6th Feb | 08.30 | Big Bap Friday – sausage and bacon rolls.
Please order and pay in cash by 4th Feb to the office. |
| 6th Feb | 14.55 | Praise and Celebrate Assembly |
| 12th Feb | 15.20 | Half Term starts |
| 13th Feb | All Day | INSET DAY (No school for children) |
| 16th Feb – 20th Feb | HALF TERM | |
| 23rd Feb | 08.50 | First day of second half of term |
| 27th Feb | 14.55 | Praise and Celebrate Assembly |
Best wishes,
Mrs B