This is where you will find all of the information that will keep you up to date with our latest events!
Good luck to the 12 children who are competing in the Warwickshire Schools Individual Table Tennis Championships on Sunday. The children have been working hard to prepare for this day long tournament and we are delighted to have so many representatives in this event.
We were delighted to welcome David Moorcroft into school this week. David told the children about his amazing journey from being a pupil at Woodlands School to going on to become the World Record holder for the 5000m. David hopes that he will see us at the Junior Parkrun on 25th January.
Please put the date in your diary for the annual World Book Day. We work hard to promote a love of reading for pleasure throughout the school year and will be celebrating this national event with a range of activities. We want to give parents plenty of notice as the children will be invited to dress up as book characters or bring a prop linked to a book. There is no expectation that families spend money buying costumes– please encourage the children to make a costume or prop. We will update you on other activities the children will be enjoying during the week.
On Thursday 15th and Thursday 22nd January at 9am we are hold-ing a Maths workshop for Reception parents so that you are able to support your child at home with Early Maths skills.
Research shows that pupils make better progress when parents are able to reinforce teaching from school using the same methods.
The application process for children starting primary school in September 2026 closes on 15th January 2026. Parents are asked to apply on line at www.coventry.gov.uk/schooladmissions
Applications made after this date will mean that a school place in a Recep-tion class cannot be offered during the first round of allocations.
Please remember to apply online (contact school if you require any support with this) and remind family members and friends that applications must be completed by 15th January.
Keeping children safe online-workshop for parents
We will be holding a parents workshop on Thursday 29th January at 5pm.
The session will be led by West Midlands Police and will focus on raising parents awareness of the dangers and possible consequences of children accessing the internet if appropriate safety measures and monitoring are not put in place. The session is extremely relevant and important for all primary school parents as school and West Midlands Police are seeing an increase in primary school age children getting involved with things online or accessing things they shouldn’t.
Throughout the session PCSO Chater will give tips and strategies that parents can use to make the online space a safer place for their children. Some of the topics included in the parents workshop are listed below:
• Apps and appropriate ages
• Children sharing inappropriate images
• Gaming
• Grooming and radicalisation
• The dark web
• Settings
• Digital footprint
We were delighted at the fantastic number of children who took part in the Junior Parkrun last term. We are going to do another whole school entry into the Junior Parkrun on Sunday 25th Janu-ary. Children who take part will have the opportunity to apply for our Schools London Marathon places.
On Sunday 25th January you can either:
Meet at the War Memorial Park at 8.45am where a member of staff will be waiting to welcome you.
OR
Meet at school at 8.30am where a member of staff will walk with you to the War Memorial Park.
After the run, you are very welcome to come back to school to join us for a family breakfast of hot drinks and sausage sandwiches.
Many thanks to the PTA who will be preparing and selling the breakfast.
All clubs will start next week. This includes Saturday table tennis club that will start this weekend at the normal times (12pm and 1pm).
We are participating in the national initiative Poetry By Heart. We were very impressed with all the Year 6 pupils who learnt a poem by heart over the Christmas holidays and then performed their poems at school.
Governors and staff would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very happy and healthy new year. We are looking forward to the year ahead in school and want to thank parents, family members and friends for your ongoing support.
I would like to say a personal thank you to the whole school community for their kind words of congratulations. It is a great honour to be the headteacher at Earlsdon Primary School and the award was only possible due to all the support from our brilliant staff and wonderful families. Mrs Bollands.