Dear Parents/Carers,

We will be running another in-house book fair on Monday 1^st and Tuesday 2^nd December.  We will be selling quality books at amazing, discounted prices as well as lots of stationery on offer for the children.  During the day, children will be able to come with their classmates to visit the fair and make any purchases.  If you would like your child to make a purchase at the fair during the day, please send your child in with money in a named envelope or purse.  Our stock ranges from 50p to £4.  The book fair will also be open after school on Tuesday 2^nd December in the small hall from 3:15-4 pm.  There will be members of staff nearby to direct you.  We are a cash- only book fair, so please try to bring along exact cash if possible.

Yours sincerely,

Miss F Jordan

Assistant Head

Good afternoon, Parent/Carers,

We wanted to share with you a system that is in place with ParentPay that allows Parent/Carers to set up a low balance warning on their ParentPay account, to prevent debits appearing for school lunches. 

As you are aware, as a school we kindly ask Parent/Carers to ensure they have sufficient credit on their ParentPay account by 8.30am on each day they wish their child to use the Catering Provision provided by school.  School meals are ordered at registration in a morning, and payment is also taken at the same time. Should your account fall lower than £3.00 on that day, will result in a debit balance.  As this payment item should only be used under a credit balance, you may find the following information helpful and prevent your account falling into a debit balance.

ParentPay

ParentPay system incorporates a low balance warning system which can be set up by each parent according to their own needs. When the balance on a particular payment item for a particular child reaches a pre-set level decided by the parent, the system will automatically send a text or e-mail notification to the parents.

Kind regards,

Mrs T Chakmak

Finance/Wraparound Admin Officer

Dear Parents,

Tomorrow, children are invited to wear Pudsey ears or other accessories to school if they wish, in support of Children in Need.

Please note, this is not a non-school uniform day – children should wear their usual school uniform.

This is entirely optional, and any donation, big or small, is very welcome.

Thank you for helping us support this important cause!

Miss Hunt

Year 4 Teacher & PSHE Lead

TTRS England Rocks - Year 1 to Year 6

18 Nov, 7:30 - 20 Nov, 19:30  - TTRS England Rocks

Join in and have fun earning points for your class - everyone is in it to win it!

Dear Parents and Carers of Year 1 to Year 6 children,

As part of our commitment to make maths exciting and high profile in our school, we are taking part in a friendly competition involving schools in England. The competition runs from 7.30 am Tuesday 18th November 2025 to 7.30 pm Thursday 20th November 2025. It's all done online via play.ttrockstars.com.

Children can play in any gamemode, with every correct answer to a multiplication or division question earning themselves, their class and the school a point. The Times Tables Rock Stars platform will calculate the class average (the number of correct answers in the class, divided by the number of children in that class). Winning classes in the school, and in the competition as a whole, will be the ones with the highest average.

To support player wellbeing, there is a daily time limit of 60-minutes per player. In other words, each player can earn competition points for up to 60-minutes between 7.30 am and 7.30 pm on Tuesday 18th, Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th November 2025. Once the player goes beyond 60-minutes of play on the day, they will still earn coins but will no longer earn points towards the competition.

In the spirit of the competition, can we please ask that you do not play on the children’s behalf - but by all means encourage and support them to the extent that it doesn't cause high stress levels or impact on family plans.

Enjoy.

Olton Primary School.

Dear Year 1 Parent/Carer,

At Olton Primary School, parent and carer feedback is very important to us and informs the decisions we make about the curriculum and learning experiences on offer for your children.

We would be grateful if you could take a few moments to complete our short questionnaire using the link below:

https://forms.office.com/e/VA8H67LMN8

Thank you for your continued support.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs L Beswick

Transition Lead

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are using a new system to send some school information out to parents via email.  This information will initially include attendance reports, free school meal letters and some SEND documentation.  Due to the information contained within these letters being relevant to a specific child rather than a generic whole school letter, to download the letter or report you will be prompted to enter your child’s date of birth to access the file. 

If you receive an email the sender will still show as the Olton office and if you have any queries, you will still reply to any of the Olton office accounts.  We will still be using parentmail to send out whole school information, but we wanted to let you know about this change so if you receive an email, you are not concerned whether it is a genuine email as you have not been asked to do this previously.

Kind Regards,

Mrs Gray                                Miss Jordan

Deputy Head Teacher        Assistant Head Teacher

Dear Parent/Carers,

Please be advised that due to the Year 6 Residential trip and preparation for it, there will be no Girls football on Monday 10^th November and no Netball club on Thursday 13^th November. The clubs will resume the week after. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Kind regards

Miss Walton

Dear KS2 Parents/Carers,

We have a few remaining tickets for the Autumn Disco on Friday 7^th November and if you have not already requested a ticket, please complete the form on the link below.  Please do so by Thursday 6^th November 9:30am.  Please also send in £5 in a named envelope for the ticket to be handed to the class teacher also by Thursday 6^th to secure a ticket.

KS2 Autumn Disco Friday 7th November 2025 - Additional Spaces – Fill out form

All childen must be collected by an adult after the disco, even if your child is ually a walker.

Regards,

Mrs Y Jones

Office Manager

Olton Primary School

Next week is Anti-Bullying Week, and we’re kicking it off with Odd Socks Day! Encourage your child to wear odd socks to school to celebrate what makes us all unique.

Odd Socks Day is a fun way to start conversations about kindness, respect and inclusion. By taking part, children show that being different is something to celebrate—and that bullying has no place in our school.

Let’s make it colourful, fun and full of positivity!

Miss Hunt

Year 4 Teacher & PSHE Lead 

Dear Parents/Carers,

We will be supporting the British Legion with their Poppy Appeal once more this year. During this week, our Year 6 children will be selling poppies and merchandise at breaktimes each day in the main hall to KS2 children. Poppy merchandise will include cloth bracelets, poppy reflectors and snap bands The items will be priced between 50p and £1.00.

If you would prefer your child to wear a poppy, we suggest a donation of a minimum of 20p. Poppies and merchandise will also be available from the Meadow Reception office at the start and end of the day for our EYFS and KS1 children.

Please can you ensure the correct change is available as payments will be placed directly into the donation pot.

Thank you for your support.

Yours sincerely,

Mr L Chamberlain    Mrs E Gray

Head Teacher            Deputy Head Teacher