Dear Parents and Carers,
A few important notices prior to school news itself.
TEP SURVEY
So we have gone from 7 to 23 and now 33 parents and carers who have completed the TEP parental survey, to you all THANK YOU!
For those who have not yet completed the survey, PLEASE take 5 minutes or so of your time to share your views.
Please follow this link:
Start survey here: https://questions.tep.uk/stower
Deadline for feedback is now: Friday 19th December 2025
The survey can be completed on your phone, tablet or computer. Your feedback is important to us.
NEWS
THIS WEEK
Nativity
I hope you all enjoyed our nativity ‘I’m Gonna Shine’. The children worked hard to learn lines and performed wonderfully on stage. We had lots of help from Year 6 as stagehands, helping the children on and off and getting the sets ready. The Year 4 and 5 children provided the wonderful singing which supported the whole story. With special thanks to several children who stepped in last minute, and to the children who were in charge of music. (Miss Buxton)
Find out a school governance – 10th December 8.50 – Coffee Morning & cake.
If you were unable to make Wednesday and are interested in learning a little more about governance at the school, do please get in contact with the school office who will pass on your details to a current member of the governing body to have a chat about what is involved.
Christmas Jumper Day 11th December
It was lovely to see so many pupils and staff wearing Christmas jumpers to school on Thursday 11th December. Thank you for the donations of sweets in jars, which will all be used on a stall at the Christmas Fair.
PTFA Christmas Fair – 12th December 15.15 – 16.30
All welcome! The Fair starts at 15.15 on Friday 12th December, finishing at 16.30.
Please would parents collect their children from their classrooms and then move onto the fair. Parents should use the morning entry points to access the school and classrooms e.g.
- Hazel class parents come up the ramp, collect from the classroom and move onto the fair using the internal hall doors.
- Beech class parents enter via the low double doors where the children enter and exit daily, collect from Beech classroom and move onto the fair using the internal hall doors.
- Chestnut class parents enter via the side door opposite the old blue gate into school, collect from the classroom and move onto the fair using the internal hall doors.
- Oak class parents come to the Y5/6 outer door by the outdoor staging area, collect from the classroom and move onto the fair using the internal hall doors.
- After School Club children will be collected from classrooms and taken to the hall. If you wish your child to have some spending money, do place this in a sealed named envelop and hand this to the office.
Due to the fair being in the afternoon, Praise and Celebrate assembly will be at 9am.
NEXT WEEK
There will be NO clubs running next week, and NO After School Club provision on Friday 19th December.
CLUBS
Lego Club
This week’s Lego build challenge was a scarecrow. We had some very imaginative builds, but Ted was our winner with his zombie scarecrow.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Forthcoming Friends of Stower Provost event. Come 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
We have been continuing our work on fractions this week – we have been adding them with similar numerators and denominators. We took our time where needed and the children progressed well. In English, we have been continuing our look at Oliver Twist by examining the descriptions of Oliver and The Artful Dodger, and beginning to write narratives based on them. In
RE we have been summing up our RE topic and have produced some interesting class thoughts and ideas. Next week, we are looking forward to watching our Christmas film and perhaps, just perhaps, having a little celebration of our first term together!
CHESTNUT
Our children showcased incredible imagination and design skills in English! They were challenged to create a map to find Santa’s secret stash of sweets. Not only were the maps visually stunning, but the students also devised amazing, detailed instructions to support their designs, demonstrating great command of instructional language.
In History we explored English hillforts, learning about their complex construction and examining Iron Age evidence found at these sites to understand life in ancient Britain.
In Geography we investigated various reasons for land use (e.g., recreational, agricultural, residential). The children were highly engaged and asked many great, thoughtful questions about their local and global environment.
BEECH
This week’s book focus is ‘Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation’ where we have looked at key features for a coronation and created a comic book strip to represent 5 key areas. In Maths this week, Year 1’s have been looking at patterns and tangram shapes. Year 2’s have been looking at equal groups and repeated addition in relation to multiplication.
In other learning, the children have been looking at the differences between land use in the 1950s and present day in History. Of course, we have been greatly focused on our Nativity this week also which the children did an amazing job with. I was super proud of their hard work and focus throughout the process and the performances.
HAZEL
It has been a very busy week in Hazel Class with preparations for the nativity, nativity performances and s’mores round the campfire. The children have been learning to sew as part of our expressive art and design and creating self-portraits in clay. They have enjoyed spending time with Chestnut Class having s’mores, hot chocolate and stories around the campfire in forest school.
DIARY DATES
Dates in red have been added to the diary list this week.
| Date | Time | Information |
| 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,
A Boardman-Hirst