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The Children return to school on Thursday 3rd September

 

28.08.26

WELCOME BACK

I hope that this newsletter finds you well after what has been an exceptionally dry summer. 
Hopefully this means you have been able to spend large amounts of time outside enjoying the summer sun.
The holiday has been quiet at Anson with less works than last year. Essential electrical and maintenance jobs have been completed. We have a year of exciting opportunities and experiences for the children and lots of opportunities for you to get involved in as parents too. 
We look forward to connecting with all of you over the next few weeks. 

 

BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE LION INSIDE

As many of you will know we are a school with 6 key Learning Behaviours. 
The Learning Behaviours help the children understand how we learn. They include collaboration, resilience, risk-taking, aspiration, thinking and independence. 
Every year we encourage and develop those behaviours in our lessons, our activities and events. This year we will be using The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright and Jim Field as our Book of the Year. The story will help us share each Learning Behaviour and what we can learn from the events in the story. 

 

PARENT MEETINGS FOR THE 2026-27 SCHOOL YEAR

This September we are inviting all parents to meetings to find out about the coming academic year. 
If you are an established parent you may notice a few differences to our Parent Meetings. 
On Thursday 10th September at 9am we will host our Reception Parent Meeting in the school hall. This is a chance to meet the teachers and find out more about your child’s first year of formal education. 
On Friday 11th September at 9am parents from Year 1 are invited to join the class teachers to find out more about the opportunities for their children and the statutory assessments which take place in June. Then on Monday 14th September at 7pm we will host an online meeting for Year 2 to Year 6. This is to try and reach as many parents as possible and to prevent many of you needing to sit through 2 or 3 meetings with the same content. Details will be published very soon. 

10.09.26: Reception at 9am

11.09.26: Year 1 at 9am

14.09.26: Year 2-6 online

 

WHERE DO I GO AT THE END OF THE DAY?

The new year can be confusing as the children move to different places in the school. 
At the end of the school day you’ll need to know where to go to pick up your child.  So here is your guide:

Reception
All Reception children should be collected from the Dining Room doors in the main playground. 

1Q (Miss Gray)
The children will be dismissed from the small room by the Dining Room. 

Please wait near the bike shelter. 

1R (Miss Figueira)
The children will be dismissed through the playground at the rear of their class. Please wait by the orange gate. 

Year Two & Three & Six
The children will be brought out to the playground where they will line up. 
Please wait near the playground gate or neighbouring flats and the teachers will release your child to you. 

Year Four
The children will be dismissed from their classroom. Please wait under the blue sail. 

Year Five
The children will be dismissed from their classroom. Please wait by the outdoor stage. 

If you have any questions Mr Pile and Miss Callaghan will be on the playground to direct you to the correct location. 

 

THE ANSON BOTTLE TOP COLLECTION

We need your help for an ambitious project taking place later in the academic year. 
We are looking for every member of the community to collect, wash and donate plastic bottle tops to Anson Primary School. 
We would love for you to donate as many white, red, blue and orange bottle tops as humanly possible between September and January. 
While we won’t share the reason for this collection yet - rest assured it is for a very exciting initiative beginning in 2027. 
So, don’t recycle those bottle tops at home, save them and send them in to Anson. 

 

A FEW FINAL THOUGHTS THIS SUMMER

I am currently in my 26th year at Anson and the start of the new school year still gives me the same exciting feeling that it did back in 2001.
It will be a delight to see all the children coming back through the gates and reconnecting with them. It will be equally special to see our families coming together after weeks apart. 
The Anson community is a very special one and together we will all ensure this year is one where the children feel happy, safe, confident and in the best position to thrive.