We are delighted that, this year, the summer fair will be back in all its usual glory, with special guest Giuseppe Dell'Anno, Great British Bake Off winner. We are also proud to be part of the opening day of the Saltford Village festival.

Congratulations to Kate C from Year 3 whose winning illustration is featured in the Saltford Community Association's Saltford Festival brochure.

Get your programme here to make the most of this fantastic day. Please also check the PTA Facebook page for up to date information.

Great Saltford Bake Off for children. Free to enter. Bring your bakes on Friday 1st.

New for 2022, this is a bake-off competition for the children which will be judged by Great British Bake Off winner, Giuseppe Dell'Anno and Mrs Sage. Competition entries must be brought to the Rainbow Room at school on Friday 1st July. The theme is the Queen's Platinum Jubilee and children are encouraged to be as inventive as they like. The categories are:

Reception: biscuits
Years 1 & 2: cupcakes
Years 3 & 4: tray bakes
Years 5 & 6: celebration cakes.

Please read through all the competition rules and guidelines here and download your entry form here or pick one up from the school office. This must be attached to your entry. 

Please note, nuts may not be used at all.

Bumper raffle!

There are some unique and amazing prizes in this year's raffle:

An Orange & Dark Chocolate Tart baked by GBBO winner Giuseppe Dell’Anno! • MyFace Aesthetics £100 skincare assessment and products • Veg Box from Warrens Fruit & Veg • £100 Usborne Book Bundle by Keynsham Book Corner • Saltford Golf Club - 4 person Sunday lunch • Graze box for two from The Finest Feeder • Lucy Chaplin voucher for £20 towards a beauty treatment • Tranquillity health and beauty - hot stone massage • The Flower Box Saltford a £50 bouquet • The Crown in Saltford voucher for afternoon tea in the Buddha Barn. • Jazzercise Bristol & Bath 1 month’s free classes • Sneddon Financial Planning Partnership a bottle of champagne • Family photoshoot on location + A4 framed print - worth £200 from Peter Travers Photography • £30 B&Q Voucher • Boiler service from Dixon Plumbing • Mark Smith veg box and champagne • £30 Flourish Voucher • Boiler Service & £20 M&S Voucher from Bristol Heating Ltd • £30 Voucher from Golden Moments Curry House • £40 Voucher the Thai Café • £25 Voucher The Little Coffee Shop • Large summer hamper x 4 • Multiple medium summer hampers!! • and many more prizes still coming in……

Please return all raffle tickets, stubs and money to the school office by Friday 1st July. Tickets will still be on sale at the information desk at the fair, and the draw will take place at 5pm.

Why not volunteer to help here?

Please click on the below links for your child's class volunteer sign-up sheet. The links include details of your class team leader, who you can contact with any queries. As an incentive, there will be a volunteer prize draw, where all helpers will be in with a chance of winning a £25 Waitrose voucher. Each class will be running a stall or game with a team leader for each class. 

Butterfly Reception Morgan: Splat the Rat & Bean Bag Toss
Bumble Bee Reception Davis: Bouncy Castle & Assault Course
Apple Y1 Evans: Temporary Tattoos
Pear Y1 Hayden/Hansford: Water or Wine Tombola
Palm Y2 Jupp: Nerf Gun Alley & Coconut Shy
Cherry Y2 Newark: Hook a Duck & Up ‘n’ Unders Target Ball
Sycamore Y3 Mulready: Tea Room
Lime Y3 Spincer/ Brook: Cake & Chocolate Tombola
Maple Y4 Jenkins: Pond Dipping & Camp Fire Smores
Willow Y4 Nethercott:  Arts & Crafts Horse
Chestnut Y5 Boyle: Soft Toy Tombola
Elm Y5 Bowkett: Info Desk, Raffle, Treasure Hunt & Selfie Station
Ash Y6 Styles: BBQ (along with teachers)
Oak Y6 Godwin: Sweets, Candy Floss & Ice cream

On the day…

For a programme of the day, including a map, a info about all stalls, events and timings, download your summer fair lowdown here. Please bring plenty of change!

Mufti Day Friday 17th June

In exchange for the children wearing their own clothes to school, we asked for donations of bottles for the tombola and/or items for summer hampers which will be made up as raffle prizes by the PTA. Thanks to everyone who supported this so generously.

EYFS/ KS1 children are delighted to entertain you with their summer concert on the theme of Animals on Friday 8th July.

We will have two performances of the concert- 9.15am and 10.30am and it will last approximately 30 minutes. Due to limited space in our hall and an ongoing commitment to keep everyone safe, this will be a ticketed event with each family being entitled to 2 tickets. Babies/ Toddlers/ Pre school Children will not require a ticket but we ask that they are seated on laps.

Tickets will be available after school from your youngest child's class teacher on Monday 27th June. If you are unable to collect your tickets, please could you arrange for another parent to do this for you. We don't always see notes in reading folders.

The EYFS/ KS1 team is looking forward to welcoming you back into school.

On Friday 10^th June, we were lucky enough to be visited by HM Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset, Mrs Annie Maw, and her Deputy Mrs Craig. Mrs Maw started her working life as a nurse and has spent her life dedicated to many charitable causes. At the end of 2014 Annie was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Somerset and in March 2015 she became Lord Lieutenant. She is patron, trustee or president of a large number of different organisations across the county and represents the Queen for our area.

She came to visit as a result of the Green Team's work this year - planting a tree for the Platinum Jubilee and carrying out activities working towards The Junior Forester award.  Because of this work, our school has been chosen to receive a number of special coins marking the Jubilee.

Mrs Maw joined us for an assembly presentation put together by Mrs Newark all about the Green Team's work and then spent some time with the children who had been involved in the activities. She presented them with a certificate celebrating their work, as well as three special books promoting caring for the environment. The children really enjoyed telling Mrs Maw and Mrs Craig all about their favourite activities and she was fascinated to find out what they had been up to. You can see the assembly presentation here for more detail of all the interesting work the Green Team did.

Our visitors were then shown around our school by Mrs. Sage, who pointed out all the work that has been done to improve the environment on our grounds.

Many thanks to the Green Team, Mrs Newark, Mr Boyle and Mrs Hamlen for all their hard work towards this award.

In the summer term, all classes will be visiting Manor Woods for a Forest School session for a whole morning or a whole afternoon. This year the focus will be on supporting mental well-being and building resilience. As the children enjoy this lovely opportunity throughout the term, we will be sharing updates on this website, on our Twitter account and in our weekly newsletters.

A big thank you to SG Forest School for leading the sessions and to the PTA for funding this really special treat.

If you would like to volunteer to accompany the children on the day, please use the links in this letter to parents.

The sessions are as follows:

Thursday 9th June: Butterflies morning from 9am and Bumblebees afternoon from midday.
Friday 17th June: Elm morning from 9am and Horse chestnut afternoon from midday.
Thursday 30th June: Ash morning from 9am and Oak afternoon from midday.
Friday 1st July: Sycamore morning from 9am and Lime afternoon from midday.
Thursday 14th July: Willow morning from 9am and Maple afternoon from midday.
Monday 18th July: Palm morning from 9am and Cherry afternoon from midday.
Tuesday 19th July: Apple morning from 9am and Pear afternoon from midday.

All children will need to wear suitable, waterproof clothing and wellies or walking boots. If it is a hot day, they will need to wear a sun hat and sun cream. The children will be able to have their lunch at school before they go or when they return.