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Snaith Primary School Newsletter

Friday 6th November 2026

Attendance This Week

98% Attendance

Thank you to all our families for supporting excellent attendance. Every day in school makes a difference to children's learning and development.

This Week's News and Bulletins

Royal British Legion - Poppy Appeal

Thank you to everyone who has supported the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal by purchasing poppies and school merchandise. We will share the final fundraising total as soon as possible.

Today, a group of our children visited the Memorial Garden in Pollington to help clean the plaques in preparation for Sunday's Remembrance service. The children represented our school wonderfully, showing great respect and reverence throughout the visit.

On Sunday, a group of children will represent the school at the Pollington War Memorial, where they will lay poppies on behalf of our school community.

We will also hold our own Service of Remembrance in school on Wednesday 11th November at 11:00am.

Children in Need Day

Friday 13th November

We are looking forward to our annual Children in Need fundraising event.

Bring and Buy Sale

Children are invited to bring in good-quality toys and books on Thursday 12th November only (please do not send items before this date). These will be sold at our Bring and Buy Sale on Friday afternoon.

Enterprise Stalls

Children in Years 5 and 6 will be running a variety of exciting games and enterprise stalls, including:

Nail Salon
Name the Teddy
Guess How Many Sweets in the Jar
Higher or Lower
Guess the Footballer
And many more!

Non-Uniform Day

Children are invited to come to school in non-uniform, wearing spots if possible, in exchange for a £1 donation.

Children may also bring spending money for the stalls and games. Please place any money in a clearly labelled envelope with your child's name.

This is always a fantastic afternoon filled with fun, laughter and community spirit. It is particularly lovely to see our older pupils supporting and encouraging the younger children. We look forward to sharing photos from the day.

Sporting Success

Table Tennis

Well done to all of our Year 5 and Year 6 children who represented the school at the SSP Table Tennis Event held at The Snaith School on Tuesday.

Everyone had a fantastic time and demonstrated excellent sportsmanship. Congratulations to our event winners!

Bench Ball

Children in Years 3 and 4 have also enjoyed competing in Bench Ball tournaments at The Snaith School this week.

Thank you to Mrs Wilden and the Sports Leaders for their support and encouragement throughout the event. The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

PTA News

Nature's Canvas

Thank you to everyone who has submitted their amazing autumn artwork for the Nature's Canvas competition.

We are excited to display the entries around school. The standard of work has been exceptional, and judging is certainly going to be difficult!

Judging will take place on Monday.

Bunday Monday Success!

Our annual Bunday Monday fundraiser has now come to an end for this year. A huge thank you to everyone who supported the event, including those who helped us enjoy several "Bunday Tuesdays" too! Total Raised: £1,617.05

This is a fantastic achievement and will make a real difference to the opportunities and resources we can provide for our children.

Christmas Tombola and Raffle

Thank you to everyone who donated tombola and raffle prizes during the non-uniform day before half-term. Your generosity is greatly appreciated and will help make our Christmas events a great success.

PTA Christmas Fayre

Thursday 19th November
3:30pm onwards
School Hall

Join us for our annual Christmas Fayre, featuring a variety of stalls, crafts and festive treats. It is a wonderful opportunity to start your Christmas shopping while supporting the school community. We look forward to welcoming you there.

Community News

Christmas Wreath Making Workshop

Monday 30th November 6:30pm
The Priory

Come along and enjoy a festive evening creating your own Christmas door wreath with Jo from The Flower Shack.

The evening includes:

Wreath-making workshop
Winter cocktails
Nibbles
Festive atmosphere

Prices:

Natural wreath: £35
Wreath with lights and baubles: £42.50

To book your place, please contact:

Jo at The Flower Shack
Carol Walker on 07919 164505

Dates for your Diary

Autumn Term
14 Sept – 7 Dec	Monday Swimming Year 4
13^th November	Children in Need Day (non uniform)
16th November	National Child Measurement Programme Reception and Year 6
17^th November	Pantomime PM in school
8^th December	Nursery Christmas Production
10^th & 11^th December	Reception/Key Stage 1 Christmas Productions
14^th December	Nursery Xmas Stay & Play
16^th & 17^th December	Key Stage 2 Christmas Productions
15^th December	Christmas Dinner
18^th December	Jonathan Newman Assembly (non uniform)
18^th December	Break Up for Christmas Holidays
Spring Term
5^th January	School reopens to children
29 January	Bag2 School Collection
5^th February	Break up for February half term
15^th February	School reopens to children
TBC	Parent Evenings (TBC)
25^th February	Young Voices Choir
2 March	School Class Photographs
18 March	Bag2School Collection
19^th March	Jonathan Newman Assembly (non uniform)
19^th March	Break up for Easter holidays
Summer Term
5^th April	School reopens to children
30^th April	Inset Day School closed to children
10-13^th May	Year 6 SATs
18^thMay	Growing Up Talk Year 5/6
28 May	Break up for May half term
7 June	School reopens to children
TBC	Sports Day to be confirmed
23-25 June	The Snaith School Y6 Transition Days
28-30 June	Year 6 Residential
9 July	Bag2School collection
23^rd July	Break up for the Summer holidays
Summer Term 2027
7^th September	School reopens to children

USEFUL LINKS

TERM DATES

Term Dates 2026-2027

https://www.snaithprimary.org.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=3165&type=pdf

Term Dates 2027-28

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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 – please see the menu

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Staying Safe Online Newsletter

Please click on the link below to read this months newsletter

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School Holidays

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/