Dear Families,

 

Hallowe’en & Firework Safety
It’s that time of year when so many children are thinking about Hallowe’en costumes and trick or treating along with carving pumpkins.  Here is some safety advice from Children Accident Prevention Trust.  We had a very enthusiastic assembly on Monday in which we talked about lots of safety rules that we must follow for both Hallowe’en and Bonfire night.  The children all learnt about the importance of STOP, DROP & ROLL, modelled beautifully by Henry in Year 6.

 

Harvest Festival
Thank you so much for your many contributions to the harvest festival.  The member from Trussell Trust, who came to collect the donations, was overwhelmed with the vast amount of donations.  Your support will be welcomed by so many families in need.  Here’s a message about your donations.

 

Dear Friarswood Primary,

 

What a remarkable thing you have done.

Your kindness shows families in need that they matter. Your generosity provides friendship to people struggling with loneliness and isolation. Your compassion provides nutritious food parcels to people struggling to feed themselves.

That’s the difference your support makes. And I’m writing today to share my heartfelt gratitude to you for your very generous donation of 228 kg, which we received recently. The equivalent number of meals is an incredible 542 Meals. Please find attached a certificate to express our gratitude to your School community.

Thank you for joining us in the movement to create a community free of hunger. We couldn't do this without you being part of our team, working together to change lives and futures. We are so thankful for your support.

 

Kind regards,

Ryan Wilshaw

 

Hallowe’en Disco
We had a fun night list night.  Lots of spooky outfits and some incredible face painting. We raised £841.93 and all of the money raised from these events gets spent on the extras for the children which the school budget just can’t afford.  Some of the money is spent on fun team treats and quite a lot is spent on supporting the payments of coaches for school trips.  The PTA will keep you posted on where the funds are spent as we go through the school year.

 

INSET day
School and Small & Tall are closed on Monday 10th November.  All Co-op Academy Trust schools have the same training day for ‘whole team’ training.

 

Have a lovely half term everyone.  Take care and stay safe.  We’ll see you back to school on Monday 3rd November.

 

Mrs Wilmer

 

Upcoming events

October Half Term - 20.10.25 - 01.11.25
INSET day - school and Small & Tall closed	10.11.25	All day
Learning with your child - parents get the chance to take part in a learning activity with their child.  This will be organised by the class teacher.	Week beginning 17.11.25	TBC by class teacher
Children in Need  £1 donation - non uniform	14.11.25	All day
World of Work Week for Yr 6	17.11.25	All week
School immunisations - flu (Rec-Year 6)	26.11.25	All morning/day
Parents’ evenings	26.11.25 &   27.11.25	3:30 - 6:00pm 3:30 - 6:00pm
Early Years Christmas Play	3.12.25	9:15
Non uniform - Donation for the Chocolate Bingo	5.12.25
Church visit - Christmas	8.12.25	9:30am
Christmas Chocolate Bingo	10.12.25	6pm
KS2 New Vic Theatre trip	16.12.25	2:15pm
Grandparents’ Christmas Dinner	16.12.25  17.12.25	11:45am onwards
KS1 Christmas Play	10.12.25 (Yr 1parents) 11.12.25 (Yr 2 parents)	9:15am 9:15am
Christmas holidays	22.12.25 - 2.01.26	Back to school 05.01.25