Dear Parents/Carers,

Charity Week (15^th – 19^th June 2026)

To launch our whole school Charity Week at Olton, we have planned a Sponsored Walk for the Juniors, which will take place on the afternoon of Monday 15^th June at 1:15pm. A separate email went out last week asking for volunteers for each class to join us on the walk. Thank you if you have already replied and can help. During Charity week, children will work together to raise money, develop their teamwork skills and apply their entrepreneurial skills through house markets and other activities.  We will be donating 80% of our profits to the two chosen charities and 20% will be used to support a designated school project. The Junior children will walk around Jubilee Park. Children should wear school uniform as usual, with comfortable shoes. They must bring a coat in case of rain.

As you have already completed a reply slip permitting us to take your child off school premises for local trips, we do not need to seek your permission on this occasion but please contact me if you have any questions.

The event will be closely supervised by staff, but we do require additional help from parents. The walk will take place in the afternoon, leaving at 1:15pm and finishing no later than 2.30pm. If you are able to accompany us and have not already let us know, please use the forms link below:

Parent Helper Agreement - KS2 Sponsored Walk - Jubilee Park on Monday 15th June at 1:30pm – Fill in form

Infant Sponsored Events

All of our younger children will be completing a year group sponsored event during the week too. Our Nursery children are completing a sponsored scoot, Reception are doing a sponsored cycle, Year 1 are doing a sponsored bounce and Year 2 a sponsored skip.

Sponsor forms will be given out today and a brochure which outlines the events for the week sent via email. Please encourage your child to get lots of sponsors (but don’t let them collect money from strangers). 

Sponsor money should be brought into school no later than Friday 19^th June - it is important to know how much we have raised before the charity assemblies on Monday 22^nd June when the final amount raised will be announced and we will share the totals with you all.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Chamberlain

Head Teacher

Dear Parents/Carers   

As part of our Year 6 World Studies topic next year,  we are going to be going on a wonderful trip to Holdenby House. The trip will take place on Friday 15th January 2027 and will cost £22 per child which can be paid via Parent Pay. This can be paid in instalments or all at once and must be paid by 16th December 2026. During the day, the children will experience what life was like for WW2 evacuees while taking part in many activities. This is a really great trip, and we know the children will have an excellent day. 

We kindly ask that on the day the children come to school dressed as WW2 evacuees. There is no need to purchase an outfit unless you would like to. School uniform can be worn as an outfit if your child would prefer. We ask that children also wear a waterproof coat as part of the day will be outdoors.

If you can volunteer to help at the trip, we would be very grateful. Please indicate this on the form and we will be in touch. If we have more parent volunteers than we are able to take, we will draw names out of the hat.

Children will be required to bring a packed lunch and snack with them including plenty to drink for the day. If your child has free school meals, we will provide a packed lunch.

Children should arrive early to school between 8.20 and 8.30am for a prompt 8.45am departure and will return to school at 3pm for a normal end of the day routine, if your child is normally a walker they will be allowed to walk home unless we are advised of alternate arrangements by yourselves. If for any reason we are delayed on our return, we will be sure to update you with our expected ETA.

Please complete this forms link to give permission for your child to attend.  

Holdenby House - Friday 15th January 2027 – Fill out form

Thank you for your continued support. 

Year 6 Teachers

Dear Parents/ Carers,

Please be advised that we will be hosting a Red Ridge Information Evening on Monday 6^th July 6.30-7.30pm for parents of the children who are attending the residential trip on Wednesday 16th-Friday 18^th September 2027. The children are very welcome to join too. The evening will be an opportunity for you to find out what the children will be doing and what they will need to bring with them, leaving plenty of time to sort it all before the trip.

Thank you for your continued support

Year 6 Teachers

Good Morning,

Please be advised that as this rain is expected to continue all day, there will be no girls football club after school today.

Thank you for your support 

Regards,

Miss Walton

Good afternoon, Parents and Carers in Year 6,

On Monday 29^th June, we will be rehearsing at The Dovehouse Theatre for the leavers performance because we won't be able to rehearse there on Thursday 2^nd July as it is a transition day.

If you are able to help us walk the children there at 8:45am and then walk them back to school at 2:30pm, we would massively appreciate your help please. Please could you message me on dojo if you are able to help. We don't need anyone to stay at the theatre with us (so there won't be any spoilers!) just to help us to walk to and from.

Thank you for your continued support.

Kind Regards,

Miss Walton

Year 6 Teacher

Dear Year 6 Parents/Carers,

As a reward for completing their SATs, we will be taking all of Year 6 to Jubilee Park on Friday 15^th May from 1pm until 3pm. We will be back for a normal end of day routine. Please ensure that your children are dressed in PE kit and appropriately for the weather tomorrow as we will still go if the rain isn't torrential. 

Thank you for your continued support.

Kind Regard,

Year 6 Team

Dear Year 1 Parents and Carers,

On Thursday 16^th July 2026, Year 1 will be taking part in a Virtual Reality experience within school. This is linked to our science topic investigating invertebrates. The cost is £6.50 per child.

We are aware that some parents have already paid as it had been uploaded on to parent pay. Thank you.

Please complete the attached link.

Mini Beast VR Experience Thursday 16th July 2026 – Fill out form

Kind regards

Year 1 Team

Olton Primary School

Good afternoon, Parent/Carers,

This is a gentle reminder the cut off for both the online form and the £3.00 payment for the gift pack is midnight today.

The order will be placed first thing tomorrow morning, for all the ones where we have received the form and the payment of £3.00. The children will then receive the packs on the day of the visit.

We will not be visiting the gift shop on the day of the visit because there is so many exciting activities, shows and interactive exhibitions to explore that will take up all of our time.

Please note, if you have only paid the £3.00 and not completed the online form we will return your payment back to you tomorrow.

If you wish to complete the form, please go to the school’s website, click on letters and scroll down to the Year 2 space Centre Gift pack order where you will be able to click on the link.

Many thanks

Mrs T Chakmak  
Finance/Lettings/ & Before and After School Clubs Admin Officer

Dear Parent/Carers of Year 3,

This is a gentle reminder the full payment for the Year 3 trip to Brandon Marsh is due on or before this Friday, 1^st May 2026. You will find this payment on your ParentPay account. 

As it stands now, we have only received 46% of payments, and I would like to thank the Parent and Carers that have already paid. 

In order for this trip to go ahead, we would need to receive full payment by the above date.  This falls in line with the cancellation terms and conditions of both the Coach Company and Brandon Marsh to ensure as a school we are not subjected to cancellation charges should we need to cancel after this date.  

Should we not receive the full payment by 5pm on 1^st May 2026, the event would need to be cancelled as per above. Any payments that have been made, would be refunded in full should the trip need to be cancelled. 

If you are aware your child will not be attending the trip, or you require a barcode letter then please let us know by return.

Many thanks.

Kind Regards,

Mrs T Chakmak  
Finance/Lettings/ & Before and After School Clubs Admin Officer

Dear Parents/Carers,

One final push for your support... our inspirational athlete, Joe Roebuck is coming tomorrow.! Every child will get to meet him and do a mini workout, at their own pace and skill level. If every child managed to raise £5 we could smash it! Maybe you have already raised much more. Thank you so much for taking part.
PE KITS FOR ALL CHILDREN TOMORROW PLEASE.
Sponsor forms can be handed to your class teacher tomorrow, Thursday or Friday. Or use the online page:

https://sportal.greatathletes.org/events/landing

Don’t forget to enter the Great Athletes competition by emailing a photo of the completed sponsorship form to hello@greatathletes.org.

Many thanks for your continued support.

Mrs Brady

PE Lead