Dear Parents and Carers,

It has been another productive week in school! 

The dates for the whole of the Spring Term were emailed to parents this week and are also available on the school website.  More events will be added as the term progresses so please do check the ‘Upcoming Dates’ section at the end of each Weekly Update.

Next week in school

Y2 Scooter Training – Thursday 22^nd January

On Thursday Y2 children will be having Scooter training led by the Richmond Safety Team.  This is a really important session that helps children to learn how to ride a scooter safely.

Details have been sent home.  Please make sure that your child comes into school with their scooter and helmet if they have them and they wear their PE kits. Scooters should be left in the scooter stands on the KS1 playground.

This is a good opportunity to remind all parents that in order to keep everyone safe, children should not scoot or cycle on the school site.

Piano Concert – Friday 23^rd January at 3:30pm

There will be a piano concert at 3:30pm on Friday 23^rd January in the school hall.  All children who can play a piece on the piano are welcome to perform and parents and families are invited to attend. The children just need to let Mrs FitzGerald know that they would like to perform and the name of the piece they intend to play. 

Information for Parents

Keeping children safe online

We would like to share information we have received this week about keeping your child safe while playing the game Roblox.  Roblox is a game that is particularly popular with children aged between 8 and 12 years old.  We do not encourage gaming for primary age children but we are aware that some of our older children may play this game.  

We recommend that parents:

• Talk to children openly about their use of technology and share any worries.
• Monitor children’s chats in games or preferably disable this facility.
• Put strict limits on time spent on games – we would recommend that school nights are technology free unless necessary for homework only.
• Never allow children to have devices of any kind in their bedrooms.
• Ensure that safety controls and age-appropriate settings are active.

The following links are important in making sure that children’s devices have the correct filters and settings. 

https://corp.roblox.com/safety-by-age

and
https://6282.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/Roblox+Safer+settings+January+2026.docx

easyfundraising  

If you haven’t yet downloaded the easyfundraising App please do consider doing this.  Over the past few years the school has received over £8,000 from easyfundraising which costs the school and our parents absolutely nothing.  Your donations can be anonymous and please do spread this widely amongst your family and friends. 

Upcoming dates

JANUARY

22^nd   a.m.   Y2 Scooter training in school

23^rd   3:30 p.m.   Piano Concert in school hall

27^th   9:00 a.m.   Y5 Sayers Croft Parents’ Meeting

29^th   9:10 a.m.   Y1 Class Assembly – parents invited

30^th   All day   Recording of School Singing CD

 

FEBRUARY

3^rd   10:00 a.m.   National Storytelling Week: Y1 and Y2 online workshop

4^th   TBC   Mass for Candlemas

5th   10:30 a.m.   Y6 & Y5 last swimming session

5^th   a.m.   Y5 Space workshop with Explorer Dome

         a.m.   Y4 Sound workshop with Explorer Dome

p.m.   Y6 Light workshop with Explorer Dome

5^th   6:00 p.m.   Vocal Concert in school hall

9^th   All week   Children’s Mental Health Week

9^th   All week a.m.   Y6 Cycling Proficiency

12^th   9:15 a.m.   Reception Class Concert – parents invited

6:00 p.m.   Orchestra & Instrumental Concert

13^th   9:15 a.m.   Y2 Class Concert – parents invited

13^th   9:00 a.m.   Parents’ Coffee Morning – all parents invited

Half – Term…   Half – Term…  Monday 16^th – Monday 23^rd February    Half – Term… Half – Term

Awards this week

School Values Awards

Congratulations to the following children for receiving a Values Award this week:

Reception - Finn

Y1 - Oliver

Y2 - Hunter

Y3 - Oscar

Y4 - Josie

Y5 - Marcus

Y6 – Dylan

Million Word Readers

Congratulations to Lois and Oliver K in Y4 for reading 1 million words, and to Ivor in Y5 for reading 5 million words – an amazing achievement!

Attendance and punctuality this week

Congratulations to Y1 for having the highest attendance rate at 100% this week! And to Y6 for having 99% attendance. 

Well done to Y2 and Y6 for having the best punctuality this week.

Wishing you a lovely weekend,

Jane Hines and the staff of St Elizabeth’s