2 weeks ago
Posted on 04th Sep 2026 by Katy Tomlinson

Welcome to a new academic year in our school!

Dear Parents, Carers and Members of our SAF Family,

A very warm welcome back to a new academic year at Sir Alexander Fleming Primary School and Nursery.

I hope that you and your families have enjoyed a wonderful summer filled with rest, laughter, special moments and perhaps a few exciting adventures along the way. We have loved listening to the children sharing their experiences and the memories they have made. We are incredibly proud of how well they have settled into their new classes and routines The children have returned with enthusiasm, positivity and an eagerness to learn.

We are delighted to welcome all of our new starters to school, including our Reception children who are beginning their exciting learning journey and the pupils joining us in other year groups. Starting a new school can bring a mixture of excitement and nerves, and we are committed to ensuring that every child feels safe, valued, and part of our school family from day one. Our staff will work closely with children and families to help everyone settle in, make new friendships, and quickly become familiar with our routines and expectations. We look forward to seeing each child shine, achieve, and flourish as they become part of our school community.

At Sir Alexander Fleming, we are committed to ensuring that every child feels safe, valued, supported and inspired to be the very best version of themselves. The strong relationships we share with our children, families, staff and wider community are at the heart of our success, and together we create an environment where everyone can flourish.

This year, we are proud to embrace our new motto: “Shine, Achieve, Flourish – The SAF Way!” These three simple but powerful words capture our vision for every member of our school community. We want our children to shine with confidence, achieve their full potential and flourish academically, socially and emotionally. By working together and supporting one another, we can ensure that every child has the opportunity to thrive.

Thank you for your continued support and partnership. It is a privilege to lead such a wonderful school community, and I am excited to see our corridors and classrooms filled once again with smiling faces, enthusiasm and a love of learning.

Here’s to a fantastic year ahead as we all continue to Shine, Achieve, Flourish – The SAF Way!

Very best wishes,

Mrs Tomlinson
Headteacher

10 months ago
Posted on 27th Nov 2025 by Kate Casswell

EYFS puppet show

What a joyful learning experience our Nursery and Reception children have had with Rob, the puppeteer. He has helped connect familiar nursery rhymes with storytelling, boosting language skills, memory and imagination.

1 year ago
Posted on 22nd Apr 2025 by Katie Reese

A time for celebration . . . Spring, Easter, Ramadan and Eid

During the spring term children in nursery and reception learnt about a range of celebrations from different religions and cultures in order to develop their knowledge of People and Communities. This also supports the school value of being respectful and prepares them for their future lives.

The children learnt about the Muslim celebration of Ramadan by looking at books, artefacts and participating in crafts. They learnt that the moon is very important to some Muslims who participate in Ramadan and talked about the countdown to Eid and fasting. The children learnt vocabulary related to clothing some Muslim’s wear like a hijab. One of the children brought in a hijab from home and shared their henna which further enriched children’s learning and made the new vocabulary even more meaningful. The children also tried some traditional food such as dates that are eaten by some Muslims during iftar.

The children learnt about the Christian celebration of Lent and made pancakes at forest school. Practitioners layer children’s knowledge through a range of experiences. They read and acted out the runaway pancake, luckily ours did not run away and we managed to gobble it all up! The children were able to safely sit around the fire. The children and staff explored the Christian story of Easter through storytelling eggs and designed Easter cards. The children participated in an ‘Easter Tea Party’ which was decorated with salt dough crosses they had made a Christian symbol of the cross.

Practitioners were able to draw out connections between the two religions with children.

1 year ago
Posted on 10th Apr 2025 by Katie Reese

Hicketty Picketty My Red Hen . . . A Visit To The Farm

We had a wonderful day seeing what we know about farm animals, in action!

We also learnt new facts such as the name of young animals and male and female ones too.

1 year ago
Posted on 24th Mar 2025 by Jake Andrew

Comic Relief 2025 at SAF

We celebrated Comic Relief 2025 in school by having a ‘Hop-a-thon’ on the field! Each class had a session to see how many hops they could do. We also were selling red noses and children wore their own clothes. Overall we raised £462 for the amazing charity.

For more information about where the money goes, please see here: What Your Money Does | Comic Relief

2 years ago
Posted on 11th Feb 2025 by Jake Andrew

Safer Internet Day 2025

We marked Safer Internet Day today with a variety of activities. The theme this year is: ‘Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online‘. We gathered in the hall for an assembly led by our Digital Leaders. They ‘scammed’ children into thinking they were winning some tempting prizes, but actually there were some bad consequences! The message was that if things are too good to be true…they often are!

Later on, EYFS used songs and small world play to tell the stories about being safe. KS1 took part in a variety of different activities and KS2 took part in the BBC Live Lesson where we had to identify the signs of a scam.

We even got a shout out on the BBC news feed!

2 years ago
Posted on 07th Feb 2025 by Katie Reese

Numbers Day in Nursery!

In nursery we celebrated by dressing up and welcoming our parents to a special assembly all about numbers.

We sang and chanted songs and showed our parents how each song could help with a different aspect of mathematics. We repeated stem sentences and looked at the models and images we use.

We also chatted about subitising and it’s importance in our curriculum.

2 years ago
Posted on 06th Feb 2025 by Katie Reese

We’re Going On A Bear Hunt . . .

We explore stories from our unique reading spine in a variety of ways in order to develop vocabulary and understanding.

Today the children in nursery splashed in water, squelched in mud and stumbled through trees in order to find a bear!

We were also able to innovate the story as the grass was not long and wavy. The children described it as, “short and frosty!” We also added ice to the story and slipped and slid on it!

This also inspired mark-making.

2 years ago
Posted on 05th Feb 2025 by Katie Reese

C is for Community

This term in the EYFS the children are exploring the overarching theme of community.

The role-play area has been enhanced to enable children to show what they know about shops and supermarkets. Their language is being extended as they learnt about receipts, cashiers and aisles. It is also a rich opportunity to explore purposeful mark-making during play as children write shopping lists, receipts and food labels. The children have also been learning about foods and cultural foods eaten by the families we serve.

Children are being taught directly about shops during small group sessions in which they have shared information books, listened to environmental sounds in shops and learnt poems about key concepts such as trolleys.

The children in Reception are visiting a local shop in order to gain even more knowledge that they can use and apply in their acting.