Newsletters

Friday 7th November, 2025

Dear Parents & Carers

We look forward to seeing everyone in school for parents' evening next week. It is a good opportunity to catch up to see how well your child has started the school year. During Monday's meeting, we have a couple of colleagues with us from Norfolk County Council offering advice and support. Please see the information below.

The newsletter dates include events up until the Christmas holidays. These include our carol concerts at St Cuthbert's. All family members welcome. 

Next week is Children In Need, and we will be having some games on the playground at lunch time, as well as a non-uniform day. For non-uniform, we will be asking for a voluntary contribution of £1. 

I need to say a massive thank you to all parents and carers for the support before half-term. The bake off was a fantastic success, and we have a lot of talent in Sprowston! Well done to all the winners and to everyone who took part. The total raised was absolutely fantastic. 

Also, a thank you to all the family members for attending the Year 3 event on Wednesday. The children loved having you in school with them and we hope you enjoyed the morning. 

Finally, I need to let you know of a couple of staffing changes. Firstly, we will be saying goodbye to Mrs Collier on November 21st. Mrs Collier has been a highly valued member of the team for the last 6 years, working mainly with children in the upper key stage. We wish her all the very best in her next role.  

We also need to say a warm welcome to Mrs Phillips who has joined the staffing team. 

Have a lovely weekend.

Kind regards

Matt Walton, Headteacher 

Year 3 Bonfire Café

Our Year 3 Bonfire Café was a wonderful success! Friends and family joined us for a warm and welcoming morning filled with art, crafts, poetry, and some impressive times tables fun. Parents got stuck in too, creating their own fantastic crafts alongside the children. Many stayed to share lunch with us afterwards. Thank you to everyone who came along and supported the event — we’re already looking forward to hosting the Year 4 Café later in the year!

Norwich Foodbank’s Christmas Collection

For the last few years , our Pupil Ambassadors have organised a collection to support the Norwich Foodbank Christmas appeal. We will be collecting again this year to support the fantastic work done by the people of the Norwich Foodbank.

If you are able, please bring in any items to either the school office or to your classroom by Tuesday 2^nd December. The School Pupil Ambassadors will then deliver our donations to the Norwich Foodbank on Wednesday 3^rd December.

If you have any questions, or would like more information, please speak to one of our amazing Pupil Ambassadors or Mr Arthur.

Stationery Shop

The Stationery Shop is proving a big success.

Iya, Kenadee and Riley have items for sale from just 20p every Monday lunchtime in Salhouse class.

Children In Need - Friday 14th November 2025 

Non-uniform day - £1 voluntary donation

We will be having some games at lunchtime costing 20p. 

Some of the games will link in with the challenge of 25 for this year (see below). 

Challenge Yourself to 25!

To mark 2025, we want you to get sponsored to do 25 of anything; 25 kilometres on a bike, 25 cupcakes baked, a 25-minute football tournament.. whatever you like. 

Parents' Evening - 10th November 

During Monday's parents' evening we have Cherie Pointon and Jeni Mein from The Educational Psychology Support Service available to discuss any SEND concerns you would like to raise with an outside agency.

Cherie is a Specialist Learning Support Teacher and Jeni is an Autism Specialist Practitioner.

They will be in the meeting room and available to talk to anyone – if you would like to request a time, they will be here from 2.30pm until 5pm.

This is open to all – parents who do not have an meeting slot with their teachers can also pop along.

We are pleased that the Clubhouse is now open and the feedback from the children has been very positive. 

If you would like to use the Clubhouse, please get in touch with the school office and fill in a booking form. The office will also be able to answer any further questions you may have.

We can take short term bookings, as well as longer term bookings. Prices are broken down with different payment options after school, depending on the length of the session.