Newsletter for Friday 11 September 2026

PE Lessons

Please find below the PE timetable for this academic year 2026-2027:

• Class 1: Monday
• Class 2: Wednesday
• Class 3: Friday
• Class 4: Thursday

Classes 1 and 2: Please send your child to school with their PE kit so they can change into it at school.

Classes 3 and 4: Children can come to school wearing their PE uniform.

Thank you for your support and cooperation.

After-school sports clubs

After School Sports Clubs will be starting again on Monday 14 September 2026. The clubs are open to children in all year groups and will run as follows:
Monday: Badminton
Tuesday: Multi-Skills
Wednesday: Netball
Thursday: Yoga

Each club will run for 6 weeks. Some places are still available for Badminton, Netball and Yoga, so please book your child’s place as soon as possible. All sports clubs will finish at 4:15 pm. Children must be collected by an adult from the school office at the end of the session.

Term 1

Friday 18/09/2026 – Health screening

Friday 02/10/2026- Individual Class Photo

Monday 05/10/2026 – Wednesday 07/10/2026- Year 6 residential visit

Thursday 15/10/206- Fire Safety workshop for all children

Friday 23/10/2026 – Staff development day- No children in school

Monday 26/10-Friday 30/10/2026- half term

Monday 02/11/2026- – Staff development day- No children in school

Term 2

Tuesday 03/11/2026 – First Day of Term 2

Celebration Assembly

Freya for showing fantastic independence and being a responsible class member

Ava for trying really hard to join in with year 1 learning.

Ezra K for being an independent learner and always being ambitious.

Mia for being engaged across the curriculum.

Millie-Anne for her engagement and curiosity in class this week.

Oliver C for being a sensible, responsible member of class and an excellent role model.
Taliyah for engagement in class and her responsible attitude when helping        younger pupils.

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.

Breakfast Club

We shall be operating our breakfast club as normal from -8:00-08:45 am.  We would like to remind parents to book their child’s place the day before.  We have had a number of children arrive at the club without notice. 

We also ask that you accompany your child/ren to the breakfast club entrance. To book your child’s place, please email: breakfastclub@aycliffe.kent.sch.uk

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