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Snaith Primary School
Newsletter Friday 11th September 2026
First week back
It has been lovely welcoming back children and parents this week as well as meeting new children and their families.
Visiting the classrooms, I can promise you, everyone is already hard at work creating some amazing work and making memories together.
Uniform
The children look so smart in their uniform. Thank you to everyone who continues to support the school policy and uphold the high uniform expectations. Our uniform information can be found on the school website https://www.snaithprimary.org.uk/page/?title=School+Uniform&pid=81
No Nuts
Please be aware due to severe allergies in school we are a NO NUT school. Please ensure your child’s snacks and packed lunches DO NOT have any nut products or contain any nut ingredients. Thank you.
Swimming Lessons
These commence this term, for Year 4 and some Year 5/6’s, they will be on a Monday starting next week 14th September. As you may have seen in the news, and especially following the tragic deaths of a number of young people over the summer, the government are particularly keen to ensure that schools play a vital role in enabling these statutory and potentially lifesaving lessons. We are delighted to once again work with Askern Swimming Baths to provide our children with these important skills, who are also offering free additional sessions out of school time, for those attending.
Parking
The Brewers Arms is under new management, but have kindly agreed to parents continuing to use their car park for morning drop off unless they have a function or event. On those occasions the staff will put out a car park sign notification requesting that parents do not park there. Please do respect this as we are very fortunate to have their support on all other days.
Football Field Car Park
We apologise that this has been temporarily closed due to a request by the Local Council while they have been working to safeguard the site from potential encampment. We hope that we will have the use of this again in the future and will let you know as soon as it may be available.
Parking Safety
We pride ourselves on having a good relationship with our local residents on the adjoining roads and cul-de-sacs near to the school. During drop off and pick up times the roads around school can become very busy, we therefore ask for you to be mindful and considerate about where you park when dropping off and picking up from school and avoid blocking driveways/parking bay, parking on the pavements and near to junctions. Access is required for residents and emergency vehicles at all times.
The layby in front of school is for drop off only, please do not park here to watch your child walk into school.
We also politely request that car owners kindly turn off their engines whilst parking/waiting along Bourn Mill Balk Road at the start or end of the school day due the amount of fumes that are circulating, especially where people are waiting along the footpath. (Hopefully this would also help save some fuel too!)
Thank you for your understanding and co-operation.
If you are aware of any issues there is a dedicated Traffic Incident reporting site, where the public can report traffic incidents directly to the Police, including photographs. Please see the details below.
Humberside Police
Report a road traffic incident
If you've seen a problem or been involved in an incident on the roads, report it here using our quick and simple online tool.
Online service, select report, Road Traffic Incident.
https://www.humberside.police.uk/ro/report/
PTA
PTA News
Bunday Monday is Back!
If you are not familiar with this, we ask on selected dates for parents from year groups to donate buns/cakes for the PTA to sell in the playground after school for a small donation.
These can be homemade or shop bought. Some of our children have food allergies, if you are making buns which are dairy/gluten for example, please could these be labelled clearly and can we request NO NUTS or PEAS! If you are putting your baked goods in a container you want back, please label it with your child’s name and class. On your selected day, please hand to the class teacher who will keep them safe until the end of the school day. A calendar date will be put on the school app to remind you when it is your child’s year group’s day.
Mon 14th Sept – Year 6
Mon 21st Sept – Year 5
Mon 28th Sept – Year 4
Mon 5th Oct – Year 3
Mon 12th Oct – Year 2
Mon 19th Oct – Year 1
Mon 2nd Nov – Reception.
Dates for your Diary
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Autumn Term |
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14 Sept – 7 Dec |
Monday Swimming Year 4 |
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7th October |
Flu Vaccinations Reception – Year 6 |
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8th October |
School Photographs |
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TBC |
Parent Evenings (TBC) |
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13th November |
Children in Need Day (non uniform) more info to follow. |
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17th November |
Pantomime PM in school |
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8th December |
Nursery Christmas Production |
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10th & 11th December |
Key Stage 1 Christmas Productions |
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14th December |
Nursery Xmas Stay & Play |
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16th & 17th December |
Key Stage 2 Christmas Productions |
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15th December |
Christmas Dinner |
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18th December |
Jonathan Newman Assembly (non uniform) |
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18th December |
Break Up for Christmas Holidays |
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Spring Term |
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5th January |
School reopens to children |
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5th February |
Break up for February half term |
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15th February |
School reopens to children |
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TBC |
Parent Evenings (TBC) |
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25th February |
Young Voices Choir |
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2 March |
School Class Photographs |
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19th March |
Jonathan Newman Assembly (non uniform) |
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19th March |
Break up for Easter holidays |
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Summer Term |
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5th April |
School reopens to children |
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30th April |
Inset Day School closed to children |
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10-13th May |
Year 6 SATs |
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28 May |
Break up for May half term |
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7 June |
School reopens to children |
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TBC |
Sports Day to be confirmed |
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23-25 June?? |
The Snaith School Y6 Transition Days (TBC) |
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28-30 June |
Year 6 Residential |
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23rd July |
Break up for the Summer holidays |
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Summer Term 2027 |
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7th September |
School reopens to children |
Useful Links
School Uniform
https://www.snaithprimary.org.uk/page/?title=School+Uniform&pid=81
Pre-Loved Uniform
As we all know, our children quickly grow out of their uniform. A reminder, our PTA also has very good quality second-hand uniform for sale. Please contact them on snaithpta@hotmail.com
Please can I also remind you to label your child’s uniform, shoes and coats. We have many items around school without names!
School Meals
https://www.snaithprimary.org.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=3237&type=pdf
Staying Safe Online Newsletter
Please click on the link below to read this months newsletter
https://www.snaithprimary.org.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=3242&type=pdf
School Holidays
Term Dates 2026-2027
https://www.snaithprimary.org.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=3165&type=pdf
An Absence from School for Exceptional Circumstances Request Form, must be completed for all absences (not medical). https://www.snaithprimary.org.uk/page/?title=Attendance+%26amp%3B+Punctuality&pid=77
Please can I remind parents that school is not able to authorise any holidays during term time. Therefore, it is important to consult these dates before making any booking. Penalty Notice Fines are issued on a per parent per child basis for term time leave of 5 (10 sessions) or more consecutive days.
As school is in session during these times, if your child does not attend school due to an unauthorised absence, school will not provide work for this period of time as children are expected to attend school to undertake their learning.
Penalty Notice Fines are also considered, if a child has 10 sessions of unauthorised absence in 10 school weeks. If a child is collected mid-session for a term-time holiday, the whole session will be unauthorised.
We are committed to improving achievement through attendance, and any pupil whose attendance falls below 97% becomes a cause for concern. Attendance below 90% is classed by the Government as persistent absence. If a child’s attendance falls below 90% we refer all cases to the Education Welfare Office at East Riding Council, who is likely to contact parents directly to give support and discuss the matter.
(Parent, in relation to a child or young person, includes any person who is not a parent of the child but who has parental responsibility for the child, or who has care of them).
Headteacher: Mrs Helen Calpin
Chair of Governors: Mr Chris Emsen
Email: snaith.primary@eastriding.gov.uk
Website: https://www.snaithprimary.org.uk/
