Dear parents and carers,
Oak Class Cake Sale – Friday 30th January 2026
Next Friday, Oak Class will be holding a cake sale after school to raise money for a charity that they will select as a class. Please bring some pennies to support this event – cakes will be 50p each.
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. Please make sure you have returned the consent forms and medical forms back to school before next week.
Friends of Dr South’s Party Kit
Did you know that Friends of Dr South’s offer a re-usable party kit for hire – perfect for children’s parties? The kit includes 36 bowls, plates, and cups, as well as large jugs, serving bowls, and platters, and costs just £12.50 per party. Even better – if you return the kit within 24 hours, you don’t need to wash it up! To book the party kit, please speak to Rebecca Welsford or your class rep.
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 holding auditions on Thursday, so if your child needs any props or instruments, they will need to bring these to school. If your child needs a backing track for their performance, please let Mrs Halsey know by Monday. These should be no longer than 90 seconds.
If your child has a talent that cannot be performed on a stage, but they would like to share it ( hockey, model making, etc.) please feel free to send in a picture and we will display this on some boards in the village hall.
Separate information from the Friends of Dr South’s will be sent out next week 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: Harper, for playing nicely outside with her friends; Rhys, for making a fantastic mask and for helping others to make theirs;
Ash Class: Eva, for fantastic mathematical reasoning when adding a one digit number to a two digit number; Nina, for developing her writing through excellent editing;
Oak Class: Samuel, for showing excellent curiosity and excitement about the skeletal systems in animals during science; Max, for showing great creativity and intuition and using extended noun phrases and relative clauses to create mystery;
Beech Class: Marcel, for showing kindness to others in the school and for always showing good manners; Ben, for great focus and fantastic sentences in Literacy.
Our Christian value for the term is Wisdom. Ask your children about the story of Anansi and the pot of wisdom
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
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