Hi all,

As part of our celebrations of children’s literature and for the National Year of Reading, this year we will be transforming our main school hall again but this time it will be into a mansion. Within each themed ‘room’ of the mansion, famous books will be brought to life through live theatre, interactive videos, props and much, much more. Across the week, the children will have the opportunity to enter the mansion and work in teams within their class to journey into the books and search for clues in order to ‘escape’ the mansion.

This fun action-packed experience will provide the children with a unique opportunity to develop their reading skills as well as promote a love of books and reading.

We are really looking forward to this experience and hope this will be a fantastic and thriving experience for all. We do ask for a £3.70 contribution towards the cost of this experience. This payment will show on your parentpay account and deadline for payment is Monday 16th February.

Thank you in advance for your support with this.
Miss Jordan

Dear Parents and Carers,

We are looking forward to welcoming you into school for our Spring term parents’ evenings on Tuesday and Thursday.

All appointments will be held in your child’s classroom.  If your child’s class is in the infant block (including Year 4 Wallabies) please enter via the main Meadow Reception and walk along the corridor to your child’s classroom.  Please note the external doors that you pick up and drop off from each day will not be open.  You can only access the classrooms through the main indoor corridor.

If your child’s classroom is in the junior block (Year 3 to Year 6), the white door behind the bike shelter will be open for you to access the KS2 classrooms.  Year 6 classes will be along that corridor.  Racoons, Coyotes and Armadillos.  The remaining classes can be reached by walking past Year 6, along the main corridor where the school hall is and then turning right at the end.  Year 4 (Possums and Dingoes) followed by Year 3 (Leopards and Pandas) are on the ground floor.  Year 3 (Gibbons) and Year 5 (Aardvarks, Antelopes and Impalas) are upstairs. 

The children’s books will be also available for you to look through.

We hope this is helpful in you being able to locate your child’s classroom.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Chamberlain                    Mrs Gray

Head Teacher                        Deputy Head Teacher

Good afternoon, Parent/Carers,

If you have completed the online form for the above, the second release is now on ParentPay for you to make the payment of £4.00 on or before 27 February 2026. You will only see the payment on ParentPay if a ticket has been allocated to you.

Please note, if the payment is not paid by the above date, the ticket will be removed.

Many thanks

Kind regards,

Mrs T Chakmak

Finance/Lettings/Wraparound Admin Officer

Dear Parents/Carers,

This is a final reminder that there are only 50 tickets left for the Neon Disco for KS2 (Junior) children after school on Monday 23^rd February, 3:10-4:30pm.  If you don’t want to miss out, please follow the link below to purchase a ticket.  Tickets are limited to 200 pupils and cannot be extended. 

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1981442138776?aff=addtdtcreator

Regards,

Mrs Neal

Olton PTA

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Dear Parents/Carers,

We are holding a non-uniform day and a Neon/Spring Term Disco, hosted by Mirror Image Disco, for the children on Monday 23^rd February 2026.

All children from Nursery to Year 6 are invited to come into school on this day in non-uniform for a £1 donation.  As the disco has a neon theme, if the children wish to wear something neon as part of their non-uniform, they are welcome to. All the infant children will attend the disco during the afternoon for around 25 minutes.  Although infant children will not be able to buy sweets and refreshments during their time at the disco, small prizes will be awarded which the children will have the chance to win.

Our KS2 children are invited to attend the disco after school from 3:10pm – 4:30pm.  We have now moved over to an online ordering and payment system.  Please note that as we have moved to an online system, we will not be accepting any cash payments.  Please click on the link below to purchase tickets. 

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1981442138776?aff=addtdtcreator

Tickets are £5 each.  Please complete all questions accurately to help our volunteers with the event. Ticket sales will close on Saturday 21^st February at 6pm.

Children must have purchased a ticket prior to the event to attend and entry is limited to junior pupils as the infants will have attended a shorter session in the afternoon on that day.  Refreshments, sweets and light up accessories will be on sale for the junior children and there will be spot prizes and games.  If you would like your child to buy sweets/drinks, please send money in a named purse or wallet with them on the day of the disco.  Please ensure your child brings his/her money and comes into school in non-uniform that morning, as the office staff are not able to take money or clothes to children throughout the day.

When collecting your child(ren) at 4.30pm, please wait outside of the old junior main entrance (near the car park) and a member of staff will call each year group separately.  When you have collected your child from the hall, please continue along the corridor and out of the side entrance, where you can walk along the path to the main gates.  Please note, all children must be collected by an adult after the disco, even if you have given permission for them walker as this event finishes outside of the school day.

Many thanks.  I am sure a great time will be had by all!

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Neal

Olton PTA

Olton Primary School

Dear Year 2 Parents/Carers,

We are delighted to announce that as part of our Spring Science topic exploring habitats, we have arranged for our Year 2 children to enjoy an amazing animal experience morning on Tuesday 24^th March 2026. 

The morning will consist of an educational workshop linking to the children’s learning about habitats, including microhabitats and food chains. The experts bringing this experience to life are ‘Curious Creatures’ and were at our school Summer Fayre last year. They can also be found on Facebook if you would like to learn more about them.

In order for the experience morning to go ahead, we kindly ask for a contribution of £2.85 per child. The amount of £2.85 will have been showing on Parent Pay since September, so some people may have already paid. If you are unable to pay for this online, please see the school office for a barcoded letter. Please make payment on or before 12pm on Friday 27^th February 2026.

Please note that if insufficient contributions are received, we would have to consider cancelling the visit. If you have any difficulty with the cost, please come in and talk to us.

Please follow the below link to complete the consent and intent form as soon as possible:

Year 2 Curious Creatures in-school visit - Tuesday 24th March 2026 – Fill in form

This consent form will need to be completed, even if you have paid for the encounter.

This is to be completed in addition to the Parent Pay payment, to enable your child to hold the animals if they wish to. Without this consent, your child will not be able to handle the animals.

The Year Two Team

Dear Parents/Carers,

Safer Internet Day will take place on Tuesday 3^rd and Wednesday 4^th February 2026, with a focus this year on making safe choices online and the use of AI (Artificial Intelligence). Each and every day, across the school, we reinforce and model online safety to our children and we hope that our focus on making safe choices protects our children from harmful opportunities, now and in the future as technology continues to develop.

We are pleased to announce that OpenView Education will once again be working with our children from Reception through to Year 6 on Tuesday 3^rd and Wednesday 4^th February 2026, through a range of workshops to empower our children with practical skills to build digitally resilient pupils. The workshops will be age appropriate and use a range of theatre, drama and role play to support the childrens better understanding of the online world.

As part of our online safety at Olton, we would like to take the opportunity for parents to digitally sign our online safety agreement that we share with our children. These are a set of groundrules that our children must follow in school in order to access the broad range of online opportunities as part of our curriculum. In order to sign for your child, please select the correct phase and complete the form. Class teachers will be reiterating the safe usage agreement and will follow up any non digitally signed agreements.

Olton Primary School - EYFS and KS1 acceptable use agreement (pupils and parents/carers) – Fill in form 

Olton Primary School - KS2 acceptable use agreement (pupils and parents/carers) – Fill in form

Please look out for our monthly Online Safety Newsletter and as ever if you have any questions or require any support with helping your child safely navigate the online world, please speak to any member of our school team.

Yours sincerely,

Miss Thorne           Mr Chamberlain                   Mrs Gray

Computing Lead   Designated Safeguarding   Designated                                                Lead                              Safeguarding Lead

Dear Parents/Carers,

The PINS Project Sleep Workshop arranged for tomorrow (Tuesday 3^rd February), unfortunately has been cancelled due to illness.  As soon as we have a rearranged date, we will email parents and carers to let you know. 

Apologies for any inconvenience caused if you were due to attend.

Regards,

Mrs Y Jones

Office Manager

Dear Year 5 & 6 Parents/Carers,

Please be advised that there will be no Netball club on Thursday 5^th February or Thursday 12^th February and there will be no Girls Football Club on Monday 9^th February.

Thank you for your continued support.

Regards,

Miss Walton

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