Dear Parents/Carers,

The PTA will be holding a sponsored ‘Pancake Throw’ in school over the week 9^th-13^th February 2026.  The children will have an opportunity to turn a pancake in a pan as many times as they can within 1 minute. 

Please find attached a Sponsorship Form, where you, your family and friends can sponsor your child an amount to take part in this fun activity.  Please ensure that all sponsor forms and monies are returned by Friday 27^th February 2026.  Sponsor form will come home with your child today.

The PTA continues to raise funds to enhance the outside environment across the school.

We appreciate all your support towards helping us raise funds to enhance the children’s environment and learning within school.

If you wish to join the PTA or support any upcoming events, please contact the office.

Many thanks.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Neal

Olton PTA

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are holding our Autumn Term Parents’ Evenings on Tuesday 10^th and Thursday 12^th February 2026 and for these, parents will be able to make an appointment using the online booking system. Appointments will be in person, in your child’s classroom and will be offered from 3:30pm – 6:30pm on both evenings.

Our unique website through which you can book appointments is: https://olton.schoolcloud.co.uk/.

You will log in to the system by adding your details and those of your child, including your child’s date of birth. The parents evening system uses the details we hold on the SIMS school system. If it does not allow you to log in, please check that you have used your child’s full name or tried the legal name and preferred name. You can add in an email address you wish to use for confirmation and reminders of your chosen appointment time.

Attached with this letter is a Parents’ Guide for Booking Appointments which should take you through the process step by step. You will be able to book appointments through the online portal from 4pm on Friday 23^rd January 2026.

We hope that you find the online booking system quick and easy to use. It should allow you to book the most convenient slot based on availability and for you to co-ordinate appointments, as necessary, if you have more than one child at our school.

If your child is also part of Chameleons class, taught by Miss Jordan, please book an appointment with your child’s class teacher as normal on the online booking system and Miss Jordan will join the class teacher for the appointment time. If your child joins our Robins intervention group, Mrs Chatterley will give your child’s class teacher information about their time in Robins which they will share with you in the meeting.

If you are having any problems logging in, please contact the school office who can offer support.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Chamberlain                    Mrs Gray

Head Teacher                        Deputy Head Teacher

Olton Primary School

Dear Parents/Carers,

Each year, for World Book Day, children of school age (Reception - Year 6) are given a £1 voucher which they can use at retailors such as Waterstones and TGJones (formally WHSmith), in exchange for either one of the £1 world book day books or they can use it to save £1 on a different book of their choice. Unfortunately, on many occasions, when we reach the shops, most of the £1 books have already been sold and so the children miss out on owning their own book.

However, this year, I have been in contact with TGJones (formally WHSmith) and we have the opportunity to pre-order the £1 books again. This means that each child is able to pre-order and select from the list below, which book they would like. The school would then exchange the voucher on the child's behalf and instead of coming home with a voucher, your child will come home with their very own book.

If you would like your child to bring home one of the £1 books on World Book Day rather than the £1 voucher, please ensure you have pre-ordered the book using the Microsoft Form link https://forms.office.com/e/nmvCcaBd4b

In order for us to take advantage of this, we must receive the orders from yourselves by Thursday 29th January.

On the World Book Day website, they have all the books on offer to us and when you click on each one, it will provide some information about the book and a short video from the author. Please take some time to look through the books and help your child decide which book they would like in exchange for the £1 voucher. There are a few book options which are only available in Wales or Ireland and so you won't be able to order these unfortunately.

https://www.worldbookday.com/books-and-tokens/books/

If we haven't received an order from you by Thursday 29th January, we will presume that you do not wish to pre-order and so your child will receive a voucher on the day instead.

This is a fabulous opportunity and I am sure lots of you will take up the opportunity to pre-order these books.

Miss F Jordan

Assistant Head Teacher

Dear Year 6 Parents/Carers,

We are now able to offer another release of tickets for our Leavers Performance which is an opportunity to purchase a 2^nd ticket or a 1^st ticket if the original deadline was missed. Please complete the form below by Thursday 12^th February if you would like to order a ticket. These will be allocated on a first come first serve basis and the form will close on the deadline day. After this date, Mrs Chakmak will put the payment on Parent Pay. The tickets are £4 each and this is to be paid by Friday 27^th February 2026 please.

SECOND RELEASE - Year 6 Leavers Performance - Thursday 2nd July 2026 – Fill out form

Thank you for your continued support,

Regards,

Miss Walton

Year 6 Teacher

Good afternoon, Parent/Carers of Year 3,

This is only a gentle reminder, the payment due date for the above event is due on or before 30 January 2026.

If you require a barcode letter, then please respond back to this email in order that I can arrange for your child to bring home.

Many thanks

Kind regards,

Mrs T Chakmak

Finance/Wraparound Admin Officer

Olton Primary School

Please note the following change to the Lunch Menu for Friday 16th January 2026 only:

Cod Fish Stars

Chips

Peas

Baked Beans

Or

Cheese and Tomato Pizza

Chips

Peas

Baked Beans

Raspberry Arctic Roll

Jacket Potatoes, Sandwiches, Fruit and Yogurt are available as normal.

Regards,

Mrs N Fell

Admin Assistant

Dear Parents/Carers,

Please be advised that due to the rain, Netball Club has had to cancel this afternoon. I am very sorry for any inconvenience caused. I am hopeful for much better weather in the coming weeks. I will ensure the children know it is cancelled and unless you tell us otherwise, we will assume their end of day routine is the same as on normal days.

Thank you for your continued support,

Miss Walton

Good morning! Olton Primary will be closed today due to the snow overnight and current conditions on local roads. Class teachers will post a message with some ideas for optional activities for the children and of course they would love to see photographs of any snow sculptures that are created today.

Keep safe and I look forward to welcoming everyone back to school on Monday.

Mr Chamberlain

Head Teacher

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Dear Parents and Carers,

Happy New Year to you all!  I hope that you managed to have a good break with your families.  It was lovely to welcome all of the children back into school yesterday with a surprise sprinkling of snow.  There are lots of strong suggestions from the Met Office and BBC Weather that on Thursday evening through to Friday morning that our area might be affected by Storm Goretti and this may bring some snow along with it.

In order to be as prepared as we possibly can be for heavy snow that might lead to us making the decision that the school site is either not safe to open, or that travel for both our families and staff is not safe, the following communication will be used to keep you up to date of any plans.

From 6am, our site team and staff who live locally will assess the conditions of the school site and associated roads.  By 7am, if there is a significant risk to opening the school site and ways to make this safer cannot be put into place, we shall use Class Dojo in the first instance to notify everyone.  As a parent myself, time is of the essence in organising any necessary childcare, so please do check Class Dojo.  If school is open as usual, we shall message to  re-assure everyone.

I am hoping that our forward planning and being super organised will mean we will not need to put the plan into action!  In the event of school closure, children across the school will be able to access TT Rockstars in KS2.  Class Teachers may put optional tasks on their class dojo for pupils to access if they wish.  Photographs of snowy adventures and sculptures made in the snow can also be sent in to Class Dojo too.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Chamberlain

Head Teacher