Newsletter For Friday 27 March 2026
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Newsletter for Friday 27th March 2026
Easter Egg trail- 2nd April 2026
The school will be closing to all pupils at 1.15pm on this day. Pupils will need to be collected from their classroom exits, in the usual way please. Children will not be able to walk home alone on this day and all children will need collecting by an adult.
The Easter Egg trail will begin from the school office at 1.30pm. All participants will be given a trail sheet and clues will be hidden around the school building and grounds, including our playground and forest school area. Various arts and crafts activities will also be available in the school hall and on the playground.
At the end of the trail, a small chocolate prize will be available to all children participating.
The event is open to the whole community, not just pupils attending Aycliffe Community Primary School and is completely free!
Celebration Assembly
Friday 20th March 2026
Talia for always working so hard and trying her best.
Penguin Class for using all of our learning values when writing an information book about pirates!
Jacob F for engaging and participation in maths and English this week.
Misha for enthusiasm and engagement in science lessons this week.
Tate for his participation and enthusiasm towards writing.
James for his perseverance in maths.
Friday 27th March 2026
Elliot for his excellent enthusiasm during our learning this week.
Marnie for showing her understanding independently in maths.
Clay for increasing independence in maths and phonics.
Jayden for good maths and good hand writing.
Sabrina for always participating in learning and for her enthusiasm.
Harper for always being a resilient and enthusiastic learner.
Reegan for writing an excellent narrative.
Bella for kindness, responsibility and dedication in helping to look after Reception.
After School Sports Clubs
The clubs will start again on Monday 27 April 2026. More information to follow.
Dates for your diary
Term 4
Thursday 02/04/2026- Easter Egg Trail
Thursday 02/04/2026- Last day of the term
Term 5
Monday 20/04/2026- First day of the term
Bikes and Scooters on the school site
Could we ask that children who ride their bikes or scooters into school, push them up to the bike rack once they are on the school grounds and push them back down to the pedestrian gate after school. We have had a couple of instances whereby younger children have nearly been hit by children riding their bikes and scooters down the hill.
School Uniform
Please ensure that all children return to school in the correct school uniform.
The school uniform is as follows:
Black/Grey Trousers/Shorts/Skirt/Dresses
Blue/Red/Marron/Green Polo T-shirt
Blue/Red/Marron/Green logoed Jumper/Hoodie/Cardigan
Black/Grey Socks/Tights
Black Shoes (no heels, boots or trainers)
These items can be purchased from any retailer or through The Schoolwear Centre.
You can order the uniform through ‘The Schoolwear Centre’ by calling them on 01843 293555 or visiting their website www.schoolwearcentre.net.
A Polite Reminder
Please can you ensure that if your child brings a water bottle into school, that it contains only water to be sipped throughout the day. Of course, children may bring in juice/squash to have at lunchtime to have with their lunch.
Reading Incentive
The children continue to engage in our new reading incentive to encourage reading for pleasure, both at home and in school. Please see our Facebook page for photographs of children selecting their gifts. We should be grateful if you could remind children of the incentive and encourage them to read for a period of time in the evening and weekends. Books read at home will need your signature please. Once your child returns to school, they will be given a raffle ticket for each book they have read which will be posted in the class raffle box.
School Dinners
Please activate your parent pay account on www.parentpay.com .
All meals have to be ordered before 8am every morning, otherwise your child will not receive dinner. Please contact the office if you haven’t received the activation code.
Driving onto the School Site
Under our safeguarding rules, we have a duty to control the public access to our site.
Under our risk assessment, we have a duty to control the movement of vehicles on our site.
For insurance purposes, we are required to limit vehicular access to staff, essential visitors and – under certain circumstances - blue badge holders. Access to the school is clearly signposted to notify all non-essential visitors that they must not drive on site.
Essential visitors are required to make prior arrangements with the school.
Any parent/guardian driving their vehicle on to our secure site, without prior agreement, is trespassing, and their insurance will be invalid. Knowingly ignoring our rules is therefore putting staff and pupils at risk. Should an accident occur, the driver will not be covered by their insurance.
Finally, the school gates and car park are checked periodically by our caretaker. Anyone ignoring our rules, could find themselves delayed for some time and inconvenienced by not being able to leave the site. We would therefore appreciate your cooperation in keeping our staff and pupils safe whilst they are at school.
Home packed lunch
Just a polite reminder that no sweets, chocolate bars or fizzy drinks are permitted in children’s packed lunches. If your child has a yoghurt in their packed lunch, please remember to pack a spoon in there too.
Wellington Boots
Please can you ensure that all children have a pair of wellington boots in school with them. Every class will attend the Woodland Area for a weekly planned lesson and it can be muddy depending on the weather.
Free School Meals
If you have access to the internet and would like to apply online for Free School Meals, please use the following website:
http://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/free-school-meals .
Late arrival at school
When your child arrives late at school, he/she misses the teacher's instructions, their morning task and possibly the introduction to the mathematics lesson. Your child may also feel embarrassed at having to enter the classroom late. School begins at 09.00am. Please help your child to be punctual.
School opening hours School Office opening hours
08.45am - 3.15pm 08.30-12.30 and 13.00-15.30