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11/10/2026

Fab half term fun at Gloucestershire Libraries

🐉✨ Calling all adventurers and dragon lovers ✨🐉

This October half term, step into a magical adventure and become an Apprentice Dragon Keeper as part of the Gloucestershire Family Festival.

📅 24 October to 1 November
🎉 60+ FREE activities across Gloucestershire
📖 Collect your Dragon Keeper Logbook and activity programme
🗺️ Follow clues, complete challenges and help uncover the mystery
⭐ Earn your place as a fully-fledged Apprentice Dragon Keeper

Pre-register now at your local participating library or online to be among the first to receive festival updates, wristband information and exclusive activity invitations.

Search for Dragon Trail Gloucestershire Libraries to pre-register online.

📍 Taking part in Dursley, Oakley, Hesters Way, Matson and Cinderford.

Whether you're a brave explorer, a puzzle solver or a dragon enthusiast, there's a magical adventure waiting for your family this half term.

This project is funded by Arts Council England, Let's Create Fund.

05/10/2026

Good morning everyone and welcome into Week 6!

This week is World Space Week so, along with our normal learning, we will be exploring space travel with a focus on rockets and satellites. Plenty of information, design and testing to be done :)

Friday is which is wear Yellow for Mental Health awareness. Children are invited to wear yellow on Friday - it would be great to have a sunny bright day.
If children prefer their school uniform or want to wear non school uniform, that's not a problem at all.

A big reminder to please name uniform, clothes and any items that your child brings in - it's much easier to reunite them with their owners if they are.

Please tune into the Weekly Update for a short overview of reminders: https://youtu.be/pnp6_pjaIok
Assembly for the children: https://youtu.be/GsrdAyQdLWc

28/09/2026

Good morning all,

What a mixed weekend of weather. This week is looking very similar - cold/warm/sunny/cloudy - changeable!
We have a few trips out to forest school this week as well as activities in school in addition to our normal weekly timetable. The children are really getting into the swing of their phonics and reading groups now, setting the scene each day, learning new sounds and applying their knowledge. We look forward to all the achievements this week.

For updates please see the (short - I have made them more brief so you can check in quickly) update video here: https://youtu.be/F5weJ4DbLXM
Assembly for the children here: https://youtu.be/UXMPDRUvBNw

21/09/2026

Good morning all and welcome to Week 4.

It is a busy one this week with a fire engine visit this afternoon (if children tell you a fire engine was here, it's all perfectly safe and not fire related - I hope!).
We are in the swing of Forest School sessions with Green and Yellow heading out to Cranham Woods this week - keep an eye on class pages for details.
There are also Flu Vaccinations on Friday which is led by the School Nursing Team.

I go into those in a little more detail in the weekly update - see the link below :)

The weather is all over the place at the moment but a big plea from me to please name any items of clothing that you send in - coats, jumpers, hoodies etc. If they are named we can get them back to the right child.

As always, any queries or questions please let us know.

Weekly Update: https://youtu.be/oZlyYAXxsU4
Assembly for the children: https://youtu.be/ui0HlXEH8Ys

Menu for Week 3 attached.

14/09/2026

Good morning everyone - after a bit of a chilly and wet weekend we are back into Week 3.

This week we have National Fitness Day on Wednesday - Children can wear sports clothes however if they prefer to stay in uniform or wear home clothes, that is absolutely fine. We'll have a range of fitness activities going on through the day.

There are a few local trips this week to the Oakley Centre (next door to the school), Prestbury Library (a short walk) and to Cranham Woods. Information will be shared via your class Dojo pages if you need anything.

It was great to get back into a full week last week and attendance was really positive - children are keen to be in and earning their Dojo points!

As always, any questions/queries please let us know.

Weekly Update: https://youtu.be/RFqLO38Io-Y
Assembly for the children: https://youtu.be/A3LQMW0eQWk

07/09/2026

Good morning everyone,

This marks the first full week of September 2026! We are looking forward to all our new pupils starting with us and were so pleased to see existing pupils arrive back last week.

Each Monday I will post a brief update/overview along with a link to both a short video which gives you info for the week and term and the link to Assembly for the children.
Please do watch the short (I promise it always will be!) weekly update. This replaces newsletters.
The assembly video is very much optional for adults - it gives you an idea of the weekly messages for the children if you'd like to watch.

New uniforms are looking very smart and lots of children are very much taller than they were in July!

As always any questions/queries please do let us know.

Weekly update: https://youtu.be/0UD0Mshjof4
Assembly: https://youtu.be/Kv42jPLBPS0

26/07/2026

26/07/2026

Places KIDS EAT FREE This Summer holidays
Updates & T&Cs 👉 https://moneysavingcentral.co.uk/kids-eat-free

21/07/2026

Summer Holidays - Free Entry☀️

The Dean Heritage Centre is packed with the heritage, wildlife, and fascinating stories of the Forest of Dean; there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

🦉 Outdoor Play & Woodland Wildlife
Explore the woodland pathways and follow the much-loved Gruffalo Trail, then burn off some energy in the adventure playground.

🎨 Get Creative in the Craft Hut
Open daily from 10:00–16:00, with self-led craft stations ready for little makers and creative minds.

Find out more - https://www.deanheritagecentre.org/event-details-registration/summer-holidays

13/07/2026