This year's theme is The Paris Olympics 2024. Please also check the PTA Facebook page for up to date information and the Summer Fair lowdown letter from the PTA.

Bake-off is back for 2024

This year’s theme is the Great Olympic Bake-off, which gives the children full encouragement to go bold with their designs, colours and flavours!

Categories are:

•       Reception – Biscuits
•       Years 1 – 2 Cupcakes
•       Years 3 – 4 Tray Bake
•       Years 5 – 6 Celebration Cake

Entries will be judged on: Theme/Overall Presentation/Texture/Taste All baked items will be judged by Sally Turner and Headteacher Dawn Sage on Friday 14th June, prior to the fair, with the winning entries announced at the Summer Fair on Saturday 15th June. Get your full guidelines here and your entry form here. Happy baking!

Bumper raffle!

There are some fabulous prizes in this year's raffle. Who wouldn’t want to win a new 10.2" iPad or vouchers worth £100s for local attractions, restaurants, shops and services? Tickets are £1 each or £5 for a book. If you need more tickets to sell or buy, please ask at the school office. Please return all raffle tickets, stubs and money to the school office by Friday 14th June. Tickets will still be on sale at the information desk at the fair, and the draw will take place at the end of the fair.

Why not volunteer to help here?

Please click on the below links to volunteer. This is a great opportunity to get involved to help the PTA raise funds that will benefit all of the children at Saltford primary school. Without your help we would not have been able to raise over £22,000.00 last year. If you would like to join the PTA planning team please speak to someone at the info desk. 

Reception class Bumblebee: volunteersignup.org/F47WW

Reception class Butterfly: volunteersignup.org/CH9ME

Y1 Apple & Pear: volunteersignup.org/4944F

Y2 Palm: volunteersignup.org/TC3BX

Y2 Cherry: volunteersignup.org/MMDJL

Y3 Sycamore: volunteersignup.org/43HAE

Y3 Maple: volunteersignup.org/PR4LR

Y4 Lime & Willow: volunteersignup.org/EP8EL

Y5 Elm: volunteersignup.org/LKPDE

Y5 Horse Chestnut: volunteersignup.org/PXJLJ

Y6 Oak & Ash: volunteersignup.org/XR47T

All: volunteersignup.org/BM4BK

All: volunteersignup.org/8KT3R

All: volunteersignup.org/9J8RA

Face painting: https://volunteersignup.org/W8DCE

On the day…

Please invite your friends and family and bring plenty of change! There will be a programme of the day, including a map, info about all stalls, events and timings. Vouchers that can be bought for using cards can be purchased at the info desk and bar. These can be redeemed at all school stalls . 

Mufti Day Friday 7th June

In exchange for the children wearing their own clothes to school, we ask for donations of bottles and/or chocolate for the tombolas which are always extremely popular. Thank you in anticipation of your generous support.

Drawing competition

Congratulations to Otto whose illustration won this year's colouring competition and Toby who was our runner up.

We are holding our rescheduled sports day on Monday 10th June. We hope you can come along and support the children.

EYFS/KS1 begins at approximately 10am and Key Stage 2 begins at 1.30pm. It takes place on the side field adjacent to the public play area.

We expect each event to last up to 2 hours. In all other respects, the school timetable remains the same for before and after school clubs and for usual lunch arrangements.

Children: children should come to school at the usual time in their red Saltford PE kit. Please make sure they have their water bottle, and well-fitting trainers! Children should also bring sunhats and we encourage you to apply sunscreen before school in line with our usual policy. The children can look forward to their usual lolly treat on the day.

Parents: please arrive from the Manor Road entrance or via the pedestrian paths rather than through the Claverton Road entrance and through the school grounds.

This is a seated event. Seating will be arranged as appropriate for each key stage. We politely request, in the interests of safeguarding, that all visitors STAY SEATED in the Parents Zone and do not enter the areas where the children are competing.

Do bring some change as the PTA will be offering reasonably-priced refreshments throughout the day.

KS2 sports day field plan

You can download a PDF copy of this plan here.

Swimming for term 6 will start week commencing 3rd June. The current timetable is here.

Helpers needed for this activity

Volunteers are essential to support this activity and we would be very grateful if you could consider if you are able to help.  All volunteers must hold a DBS certificate with this school. For your DBS still to be valid, you must have helped in school in any capacity within the last 3 months. If this is not the case and there has been a gap longer than 3 months, you will need to reapply for your DBS.

If you do not hold a current DBS for this school, it needs to be organised prior to your volunteering.  If this applies to you, please contact the school office for an application pack as soon as possible.

If you are signed up to help, or are wondering what is involved with regard to safety, please read the current guidelines for swimming helpers here. 

Quick links to helper sign-up sheets

There is an electronic sign-up sheet for each class which shows the number of helpers required and how many spaces are available. When you offer to help you will be asked for your first and last name, email address and phone number. You cannot proceed without this. Personal details are not used for anything other than running the site. Please see more information about volunteersignup and privacy below.

Bumblebees: Mon 10.30–12noon https://volunteersignup.org/DTWBJ

Butterflies: Tue 10.30–12noon https://volunteersignup.org/FTWPP

Apple Class: Weds 1.30–3pm https://volunteersignup.org/T7CEA 

Pear Class: Thurs 1.30–3pm https://volunteersignup.org/HFAT3

Palm Class: Tues 1.30–3pm https://volunteersignup.org/XCCWF

Cherry Class: Mon 1.30–3.00pm https://volunteersignup.org/TBHWQ

Sycamore Class: Weds 9.00–10.30am https://volunteersignup.org/QXQTK

Maple Class: Tues 9.00–10.30am https://volunteersignup.org/HXFEE

Lime Class: Weds 10.30–12noon https://volunteersignup.org/99BX8

Willow Class: Mon 9.00–10.30am https://volunteersignup.org/R7E7C 

Elm Class: Fri 9.00–10.30am https://volunteersignup.org/FWJDK

Horse Chestnut Class: Fri 10.30–12 noon https://volunteersignup.org/HMED4

Ash Class: Thurs10.30–12.00 noon https://volunteersignup.org/YCMDA

Oak Class: Thurs 9.00–10.30am https://volunteersignup.org/84HCP

Electronic sign-up and privacy

We have used the volunteer sign up website  https://volunteersignup.org many times before. When you offer to help you will be asked for your first and last name, email address and phone number. You cannot proceed without this. Personal details are not used for anything other than running the site. The website’s privacy notice is available here: volunteersignup.org/legal/privacy.

Kit reminder

The current timetable is here. Please take note of when your child/children will be swimming to ensure that they have the appropriate clothing available on their swimming day as we do not have the capacity to contact home for forgotten kit with so many children swimming. NB: No jewellery is to be worn. The required kit is:

• A one-piece swimming costume or trunks – no bikinis
• A named towel
• A named swimming hat (use permanent marker to name)
• A waterproof bag to be sent in with the child’s swimming kit weekly
• Goggles are not compulsory but may be worn if preferred. They must be named.

 

From 13-17 May, we will be holding an ‘Eco-Week’, with an emphasis on the outdoor environment and sustainability. This will culminate in the Primary Futura Eco-Summit, which will take place on Friday 17th May, where all Primaries across the Trust will carry out eco-activities and have the opportunity to share what they’ve done.

Our EYFS and KS1 children will have the opportunity to enjoy a carbon neutral, plant based, no single-use plastic school lunch on the Friday. We encourage you to think about the same guidelines for packed lunches also.

For KS2, this day coincides with our Ascension Day walk which will include some eco-themes this year. We encourage our KS2 children to bring an environmentally friendly packed lunch to enjoy at the top of the hill! During the week, there will be a House afternoon (Thursday 16th May), which will include eco-friendly outdoor activities, as well as other eco-friendly lessons across the school. Green Team will share some information about Energy Sparks – an organisation that supports us to use energy in school more efficiently.

Habitat competition

We would also like to encourage the children to think about nature at home and invite them to take part in the Futura Eco Summit Habitat Competition – to create habitats in gardens or on windowsills. See the poster on the right for details and ideas. We look forward to seeing how creative they can be! Send your photos and descriptions to Mrs Spincer by Wednesday 15^th May by emailing enquiries@saltfordschool.org.uk.

As a Church school, our celebration of the major Christian festivals is an important part of our community life.

Egglympics competition Monday 18^th – Tuesday 19^th March

This is a fun Easter competition from the PTA to decorate an egg along the theme of celebrating the Paris Olympics this year.

This rich theme asks the children to decorate an egg representing any sport that is in this year's Olympics. For inspiration, you can see this full list of sports that are included this year: Olympic Sports - Paris 2024. Please label your entry with your name and class, and think about how your egg will be supported and displayed. The egg can be playing the sport or representing the sport.

Eggs should be brought into the school library between 18th and 19th March for judging on Wednesday 20th March. There are prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd for EYFS, KS1 and KS2. Now it's time to get creative!

Easter service

We will be holding our traditional Easter service for the children in the hall on the afternoon of Wednesday 27th March.

Easter holidays

We break up for Easter on Thursday 28th March and return to school on Monday 15th April. Please see our newsletters and below for details of holiday activities which may be of interest to families.

Easter walking trail

The PTA is arranging an egg-citing Easter trail around Saltford for families to do during the Easter holiday. It is designed for you to enjoy getting out and about in the village on a buggy-friendly trail to find art created by the children, funny jokes and to piece together a code that you can crack to claim a prize.

Maps and prizes are available for £2 from Saltford Community Library (open Mon – Fri 9 – 1 & 2 – 5 and Sat 9 – 12).

The trail will run from Tuesday 2nd to Monday 15th April.

Holy Week services in Saltford, Corston & Newton St Loe

Multi Sport Fun Days at Saltford School from Matt Analts

This camp will include a variety of sports including Basketball, Football, Tennis, Dodgeball, Hockey, Rounders and many more! The days will be aimed at all abilities and work on improving all skills, throwing, catching, kicking, striking, hand/eye co-ordination. Learning different games and have an enormous amount of fun! The three days are open for all pupils currently in Year 2-6. Plenty of competitions and prizes to be won!!

Venue: Saltford Primary Playground/Badger room and Hall (if wet weather).

Dates: Tuesday 2nd , Wednesday 3rd, Thursday 4th April 9-3pm

Cost: £30 per day or £80 for all 3 days. Mornings 9-12pm and Afternoons 12-3pm available at £15 per session.

Please see the flyer here for full details of how the days work and how to book.