Newsletters

Friday 6th June, 2025

Dear Parents & Carers

You will see that there will be a few staff changes in September. It is always sad to see staff moving on, but we are looking forward to welcoming our new members of the team, and they are excited to be joining Sprowston Junior. 

You may have noticed that the fences have been taken down at the front of the school and there doesn't seem to be much building work going on! We are still awaiting the final go ahead for the new SHIP building. It is now hoped that the work will finally get going very soon. 

We have a busy calendar ahead with various events. A letter will be emailed out next week regarding the Sports Days. We will once again be inviting parents to have a picnic with their child after the sports mornings. 

Next Friday we will be having a non-uniform day to support the Friends of school with 'tombola' prizes for the Friends' BBQ & fête. Our thanks to them for their continued efforts including another successful event this week, the 'Father's Day Shop.'

Enjoy the weekend.

Kind regards

Matt Walton, Headteacher

June

Mon 9 June - Class photos

Tue 10 June - Year 3/4 tennis competition 

Wed 11 June - Filby & Wroxham swimming session (am)

Fri 13th June - Non-uniform (tombola prizes) 

Wed 18th June - Fri 20th June - Year 6 at Hilltop

Fri 20 June - Year 4 & 5 at Sprowston Academy (Sports)

Mon 23rd June - City Sports Field events

Tue 24th June - City Sports Track heats 

Wed 25th June - City Sports Track finals 

Wed 25th June - Year 3 & 4 Church visit (am)

Thur 26th June - Year 6 to Norfolk Show

Fri 27th June - Mexican & Syrian Dance workshops (Year 3-5)

July

Tue 1st July - Year 2 Parents' Evening - 6pm 

Wed 2nd July - Year 3/4 Sports Day - 9:15am - 12:30pm 

Thur 3rd July - Year 5/6 Sports Day - 9:15am - 12:30pm

Fri 4th July - Friends' BBQ - 4:30pm

Tue 8th July - RSC Playmakers festival performance 

Thur 10th July - Sprowston Academy transition day (Yr 6 pupils)

Fri 11th July - Sprowston Academy transition day (Yr 6 pupils)

Fri 11th July - Transition morning

Tue 15th - Year 6 performance - matinee (1:30pm)

Tue 15th - Year 6 performance - 6pm

Wed 16th - Year 6 performance - 6pm 

Thur 17th July - Leavers' BBQ & School disco 

Fri 18th July - Leavers' Assembly @ 9am (parents' welcome)

Tur 22nd July - End of term

Welcome!

We say a warm welcome to two new members of staff in September. 

Miss Allen is joining us from Wensum Junior and will be teaching in Year 5. 

Mr Gately is joining us as a SHIP lead teacher from Avenue Junior and will be working alongside the current SHIP team in readiness for the numbers in the SHIP growing during 2025/26. 

We look forward to working with them both. 

September Classes

The classes from September will be as follows:

Martham - Year 3/4 - Mrs Wills

Filby - Year 3/4 - Mrs Pope 

Wroxham - Year 3/4 - Mr Ingham/Miss Clark

Hickling - Year 5 - Mr Reeds

Lily - Year 5 - Miss Allen

Salhouse - Year 6 - Mrs Harrison & Mr Arthur 

 

We hope to be able to tell the children as soon as possible which class they will be in, in September. 

Year 6 trip to London!

Year 6 had a fantastic post-SATs trip to London for a workshop at the famous 'Pineapple Studios' followed by a trip to see Wicked, ahead of their own performance of 'The Wizard of Oz'. 

The day began very early with a 6am start, and they firstly headed for Pineapple Studios in London where they had a workshop with some, practising dance moves and singing some of the songs from 'Wicked'. After that, they ate lunch on the bus while they travelled across London before taking their seats to watch the performance. After a fantastic show, they headed for home and were back in Norwich just after 9pm - a long day, but I'm sure a very memorable one!

It was amazing. I had never ever seen something so exciting! It was worth the three and a half hour trip. I personally really liked the way the massive metal dragon moved up and down. Overall, it was absolutely an amazing experience and I would one hundred per cent go again. I give it 10/10.

Hayleigh 

I really took liked it when the dragon moved and the ONE SHORT DAY song. I thought it was really fun to do all the dance moves and the workshop people were very kind. It was so much fun on the bus as well. 

Eliza

Karate Sessions 

Before half term, we enjoyed the opportunity to have some karate taster sessions. The children enjoyed trying something which was new to many of them and, hopefully, it might be an activity that some of them will pursue in the future. 

Year 3 & 4 visit Sculthorpe Moor

Year 3 & 4 enjoyed two fantastic days at Sculthorpe Moor. The visit included a number of sessions run by Norfolk Wildlife Trust. The activities were a habitat walk, pond dipping, mini-beasting and sketching. 

Here's some thoughts about the trip:

I liked mini-beast hunting, pond dipping and the nature walk because I saw many insects I didn't know existed. The people were kind and helpful. 

Kylo

First we did some sketching and we saw 2 woodpeckers on the bird feeder. Next we went on a habitat walk and we saw a great tit and some dragonflies. Then it was time for lunch! After lunch, we went mini-beat hunting and then pond dipping. 

Elijah

First we went on a habiatat walk with Victoria and I saw a great tit, a blue tit, ducks and lots more. We saw a bird feeder and a cockerel underneath. Next, we went mini-beasting and Elicia and I spotted a snail, a snail's shell, a millipede and much more. It was a lot of fun!

Phoebe

I was really excited to go and we went for a nature walk and on a mini-beast hunt. I sketched an owl and a dove I saw on a bird feeder.

Evie 

Attendance

We enter the final term with an overall attendance level of 93.8% which is below the national average. Hopefully we can boost this to over 94% before the end of the school year.

We have 25% of children with an attendance level of under 93% which means they have had more than 8 days off this year. We understand that there are sometimes good reasons why children may not be at school but we are striving for improved overall attendance and will continue to offer support to ensure that all children are attending school as much as possible.