Dear parents and carers,
Oak Class Forest School
Next week, Oak Class will have their Forest School session on Friday 23rd January instead of on Tuesday 20th January. The following week, they will revert to their normal Tuesday sessions.
Trip to Steam Museum for Beech Class
Beech Class will be off to the Steam Museum on the 30th January. Please ensure that you have given your consent for the trip on ParentPay and remember to send your child with a packed lunch on this day.
Beech Residential Meeting
There will be a Teams meeting on Thursday 29th January at 6pm to answer any questions you may have about the upcoming trip to Yenworthy. If you need your child’s login details to access this meeting, please email the office.
FODS Meeting – Thursday 22nd January
A message from The Friends of Dr South’s (FODS):
We would love it if you could join us for our next FODS meeting, which will take place this coming Thursday (22nd January) in the Lin Cooper Practical Skills Building – 7.45pm for an 8pm start.
Among other things we will be discussing the upcoming Talent Show and Soup Lunch, the Quiz and a proposed fun new Easter event!
Refreshments will be served as always, so do please come along if you are able – it would be wonderful to hear your ideas and suggestions!
The Oxford Brookes Science Bazaar Friday 21st February, 9:30am-4:00pm
Please see attached a flyer with details of a free Science festival for families which is being held at Oxford Brookes University in February.
Soup Lunch and Talent Show – Friday 13th February
This popular event is fast approaching. On this date, the children will have the opportunity to have a soup lunch at the Village Hall, and they will then be able to demonstrate any particular talent they have. Mrs Halsey will be doing Quality Assurance in the coming weeks, and it always a brilliant event. If your child has a talent they wish to show, particularly something they learn out of school such as gymnastics, karate or something musical, they should prepare an item lasting about 90 seconds and talk with Mrs Halsey.
Separate information from the Friends of Dr South’s will be sent out to enable to you to book the lunch; we do hope that even if your child usually has lunch provided, they will be able to take part in this fun fundraiser.
This week we congratulated:
Willow Class: Theo, for a fantastic first week in Willow Class; Alex, for great focus when practising letter formation this week;
Ash Class: Edith, for great focus when programming in Turtle Logo and producing accurate squares independently; Hannah, for greater focus in literacy focusing on both handwriting and spellings;
Oak Class: Elena, for showing wisdom, by quickly using her skills to tackle multiplying a 1 and 3-digit number; Leo, for sharing his positivity and athleticism when performing a variety of rolls during gymnastics in PE.
Beech Class: Rosie, for amazing work with decimals in Maths; Elizabeth, for approaching all tasks in a calm and sensible manner.
Our Christian value for the term is Wisdom. Ask your children about the story of the wise and foolish builders
Dates for the year
We have a church service most terms which all families are welcome to attend.
Our May Day celebrations are at the end of May and this is a whole day event for families to attend if they wish.
Sports Day is for the whole school and begins at 9am and last until approximately 1pm. Parents are welcome to watch and enjoy a picnic lunch with their child after the races if they are able to.
Term 3
22/01/2026 FODS meeting at 7.45pm
22/1/2026 Year 6 Touch rugby competition
29/1/2026 Residential meeting for Beech
30/1/2026 Beech Class Trip to STEAM museum
30/1/2026 Oak Cake Sale
13/2/2026 – Soup lunch and talent show – Village Hall from 1.00pm
16/2/2026 – Half term week
Term 4
2/3/2026 – Beech Class Residential to Yenworthy
13/3/2026 – World Book Day
16/3/2026 – Parents consultations
19/3/2026 – Parents consultations
21/3/2026 – FODS Quiz Night
27/3/2026 – Easter service at church 2pm at St Nicholas Church
Term 5
13/4/2026 – Start of term
4/5/2026 – May Day School closed
22/5/2026 – May Day celebrations 9.30 – 3pm approx.
25/5/2026 – Half Term week
Term 6
1/6/2026 – Start of Term
18/6/2026 – Sports Day
1/7/2026 – Ash and Willow production 1.30pm in village hall
9/7/2026 – KS2 production 1.30pm and 6pm in village hall
14/7/2026 – Ash Class picnic for parents at Jacob’s Field from 11am approx.
17/7/2026 – Leavers’ Service 1.30pm at St Nicholas Church
17/7/2026 – FODS End of Year Party
17/7/2026 – End of Term
Don’t forget – you can always check term dates at: https://dr-souths.co.uk/term-dates/