Dear Parent/ Carers,

Olton are excited to introduce an after-school chess club!
From Thursday 18th April-Thursday 23rd May. There will be an opportunity for all children in KS1 and KS2 to learn and play chess.
The club will be held from 3-4 pm.
There are 20 places and places will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. If you are chosen, you will be added to a separate dojo group where further information will follow. You will be notified of this by Tuesday 16th April.
If your child has not received a place you will not be added to a dojo group.

If you would like your child to take part please fill in the form below:
https://forms.office.com/e/6NrzTkG7j0
There will be an opportunity to compete in a chess tournament after half term.

Many thanks
Mrs Brady

Dear Parents/Carers,

Please see the attached notifications of proposed Traffic Regulations – waiting and stopping around Olton Primary School area. The restrictions will come into force on 29^th March 2024.

Kind regards,

Mr L Chamberlain          Mrs E Gray

Head Teacher                  Deputy Head Teacher

(N.B. Attachments can be found under 'News and Events '-> 'Letters Home')

Dear Parents/Carers,

Data Collection Sheet

Today each pupil will be bringing home their personal Olton Primary School Data Collection Sheet. We ask that you check all school bags for this envelope and kindly check all sections, amend where necessary and return to the School office immediately. All Data Collection sheets should be returned by Wednesday 27th September 2023. Even if there are no amendments, please sign and return the Data Sheet (this will be kept on your child’s file). It is essential that addresses (including the postcode) and telephone numbers for all contacts are completed. Please ensure that we have three named contacts for emergency contacts and the order in which they should be contacted, if not a minimum of two contacts would be acceptable.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the school office.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Yours sincerely,

Mr L Chamberlain

Head Teacher

Dear Parents and Carers,

To commemorate the forthcoming Coronation for King Charles III, we will be having a special day to mark this significant historical event with the children on Friday 5^th May.

We would like children to dress up on this Friday, either in their special occasion clothes, which might be relating to their culture or religion, or as a former British King or Queen (William the conqueror, Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I or II or maybe even one their teacher doesn’t know much about!

The children will come home with a template for a piece of bunting, with the challenge to decorate this in any way they feel appropriate so we can create a bespoke and memorable Coronation decoration.  This can be decorated both sides if the children wish and to be returned to school by Tuesday 2^nd May.

During the day, children will also be finding out about the traditions and history of the Coronation ceremony and taking part in activities relating to this historical event. 

In addition to this, we would like to replicate the success of our afternoon cream tea which we held last year to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.  This event is open to parents and relatives to come along and enjoy a cream team (£2.00) to include a scone, jam, cream and a cup of tea/ coffee. We are aiming for wonderful sunshine, but in the event of rain, we shall use the school hall. This event will be held on the upper school playground and we hope lots of you will be able to join us.  The event will take place between 1.45pm and 2.45pm and payments in cash will be taken at the event.  If you would like to make a cake donation for us to sell at the afternoon cream tea, this would be much appreciated.  Cake donations should be brought to the Meadow Reception on the morning of 5^th May 2023. 

We hope the children and our families will enjoy this special day ahead of the Coronation.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Chamberlain, Mrs Gray  and the team at Olton

We are very sorry that Mr Cooper (our deputy site manager) will be leaving Olton at half term to take up a new site manager position at St Margaret’s School.

Mr Cooper has been associated with the school for many years as both a parent, teaching support, Governor and more recently as our Deputy Site Manager. We would all like to say a huge thank you for all the hard work that Mr Cooper has achieved at Chapel Fields Juniors and also Olton Primary.

Mr Cooper had a huge involvement with our new build– especially managing all the diggers and other exciting events that happen with a larger building project.

We know that Mr Cooper will stay in touch and we wish him much success and happiness in his new role.

Dear Year 2 Parent/Carers,

Thank you to those who were able to attend the Year 2 SATs meeting last night.  Attached is the PowerPoint which was shared during the evening (refer to 'Letters Home' page).  During the meeting we offered parents the opportunity to purchase either SATs paper examples at the cost of £7 and/or the book bundle (including Maths, Comprehension and Grammar booklets) at the cost of £9.  The book bundle is the same bundle which was on offer during Parents Evening.

If anyone would like to order these and were not able to do so on the night, please can you let the office know by tomorrow (Friday 9am) so that this can be added to your parentpay account.  Please note that payment needs to be made by Friday 24^th February 2023 so that the items are able to be ordered and delivered as soon as possible.

Kind Regards

Miss F Jordan

Assistant Head/English Lead

As with any school year, we are always sad to say goodbye to our leavers and this year we will be saying goodbye to some members of staff too.

Miss Moore (Nursery) will be leaving us to look after her family and we hope to see her in school on supply throughout the year. Mrs Parkes (formerly Miss Russell) has just started to her maternity leave last week.

Miss Lamputt will also be moving on to Woodlands School. Mrs Bell will be retiring after 44 years at Chapel Fields Infants, Chapel Fields Juniors and Olton Primary - what an amazing achievement!

Miss Ashington will be leaving us to move to Oak Cottage and Mr Morgan will be relocating to Bristol. Miss Khanum and Mrs Pankhania who support children in class will also be moving on as will Ms Lake and Miss Reynolds who are two of our playworkers in Orchards/Fielders.

We would like to thank our staff leavers for all of their dedication and hard work in supporting so may children during their time in school and wish them much happiness and success for the future.

Best wishes, 

Mr Chamberlain and the Team at Olton

Happy Retirement Mrs Bell & Thank You for 44 Years of Teaching!

It is hard to believe that today we will be saying a fond farewell to Mrs Bell, who will be retiring from teaching after dedicating 44 years to the school - what an amazing achievement!

Mrs Bell started her career at Chapel Field Infant school in 1978, then moved across to Chapel Field Primary in 1980 when the schools joined together, teaching Years 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6. When Olton Primary was launched in 2018, Mrs Bell was proud to be part of all three schools which have been on the site and it was fitting that Mrs Bell should have a classroom in the new block when it opened in November last year.

Mrs Bell is proud to have taught children, their parents and also some of our school staff during this time. She is a much loved and respected member of our school team and has also mentored and provided invaluable support to staff over the years.

Amongst her many achievements as an English teacher, a member of the Senior Leadership Team, Mrs Bell has also celebrated diversity through her EAL work and helped Chapel Fields Junior become the first school in the borough to achieve the Stonewall Champion Bronze award and contributed to a variety of sustainable school initiatives.

We are sure you will join us all in wishing Mrs Bell a very happy retirement and thank Mrs Bell for her dedication and commitment in teaching so many people in our community for the past 44 years! 

Best wishes,

Mr Chamberlain and the Team at Olton

Dear Parents and Carers,

On Wednesday 20^th July and Thursday 21^st July 2022, Ellie Phillips will be cooking Beef Burgers and Hot Dogs from 3pm-4pm. Ellie will be based by the Bike Shelters besides Meadow Reception.

They will be at a cost of £1.50 each and all money raised will go towards our Forest School Funding.

Yours sincerely

 Mrs B Neal

Vice Chair of PTA

We have had a wonderful Jubilee celebration day today with a host of wonderful activities! Each Year group has been learning about a different decade in the Queen's 70 year reign and also learnt a song from that decade. Everything from "How much is that doggy in the window? (1950's) to "500 miles" -The Proclaimers (1980's!)

We have been blown away by the standard of entries and creativity for our portrait competition and the regal crown competition. Well done to 4B for their amazing collaborative art work of the Queen consisting of 32 different sections.

Thank you also to all our parents and friends that have joined us today for our cream tea afternoon- the sun shone for us. We hope that you all have a wonderful half term and we look forward to welcoming you back to school on Monday 6th June.

Best wishes, Mr Chamberlain and the team at Olton.