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3 weeks ago
Posted on 16th Oct 2026 by

Pumpkin Carving Competition

🎃 Pumpkin Carving Competition 🎃

​Can you turn a pumpkin into your favourite book character?

​Carve or design your pumpkin to look like a book character.

📚 Extra points if you bring the book along too and can tell us about it!

📅 Bring your completed pumpkin into school from 19th October and we will display it for everyone to admire.

🎃 During our special Pumpkin Parade Assembly, all entries will be showcased and a winner will be chosen.

🏆 First Prize: An amazing £20 voucher!

​Get creative and happy carving!

3 weeks ago
Posted on 16th Oct 2026 by

Show Racism the Red Card!

Why We Are Wearing Red Today?

Today, pupils and staff are wearing red to help raise awareness and show support for an important cause. By wearing red, we are standing together to promote kindness, inclusion, and understanding, while helping to make a positive difference in the lives of others.

Taking part in days such as this gives our children the opportunity to learn about compassion, empathy, and the importance of supporting those within our wider community. It also reminds us that even small actions can have a big impact when we come together as a school family. We would like to thank all of our children, families, and staff for getting involved and helping us make today a colourful and meaningful occasion. We are incredibly proud of the enthusiasm and support shown across our school.

❤️ Together, we can make a difference! ❤️

1 month ago
Posted on 28th Sep 2026 by

🏁 ATTENDANCE GRAND PRIX – WEEKLY RACE REPORT! 🏁

🏁 ATTENDANCE GRAND PRIX – WEEKLY RACE REPORT! 25.9.26🏁
The chequered flag has fallen on another week at SAF and the attendance racers have crossed the line! 🏎️💨
📊 Whole-school attendance this week: 96.9%
⚠️ Persistent Absence: 8.6%
And now to the podium…
🥇 JOINT 1ST – Mrs Yates Y3/4 & Nursery PM – 100%
A PERFECT LAP! Not a single missed turn all week. ⭐
🥈 Mr Broderick Y3 – 99%
So close to perfection! Flying around the final corner and only narrowly missing the top spot.
🥉 Mr Andrew Y4 – 98.9%
Just 0.1 behind! That really was a photo finish.
🔥 Miss R Jones Y2 – 98.8%
Right on the podium’s bumper and keeping the leaders firmly in sight!
Also putting in some serious pace this week:
🏎️ Miss Capps YR – 98.1%
🏎️ Mrs Robson Y5 – 97.9%
🏎️ Nursery Flexi – 97.7%
🏎️ Miss Thomas Y1 – 96.9% – bang on our whole-school figure!
Elsewhere on the circuit…
🍌 Miss Brown Y6 and Mrs Vickers YR – 96.3%
A small banana skin on the track, but still very much in the race.
🦑 Miss Jones Y5 – 95.8%
Hit by the ink just as the finish line came into view!
🍌 Miss Adams Y6 – 94.6% and Mrs Dornan-Steer Y2 – 94.4%
A couple of tricky corners this week, but plenty of opportunity to make up places next time.
🦑 Mrs Casswell YR – 91.8%
The ink cloud caused some visibility problems this week. Time for a clean windscreen and another charge next week!
And Nursery AM – 80% had what can only be described as a race full of bananas, ink, red shells and probably a rogue Blue Shell too! 😬🍌🦑
🏆 Race result: 96.9% overall
A strong whole-school result, but Persistent Absence at 8.6% remains the figure we need to keep working on.
Congratulations to Mrs Yates Y3/4 and Nursery PM on this week’s flawless 100% performance! 👏
Next week: new race, clean track, everything to play for… 🏁

1 month ago
Posted on 28th Sep 2026 by

Census Day – Thursday 1st October

Census Day – Thursday 1st October
On Thursday 1st October, we will be taking part in Census Day at school.
On this day, our school kitchen will be serving a special menu of hot dogs and burgers, and we would love as many children as possible to enjoy a school dinner.
Why is this important?
The number of children who have a school meal on Census Day helps determine some of the funding the school receives. This additional funding can then be used to support resources and opportunities for our children.
So, if your child would usually bring a packed lunch, we would really appreciate your support in encouraging them to have a school dinner on this day instead.
Thank you for your continued support.
Shine, Achieve, Flourish – The SAF Way!

1 month ago
Posted on 28th Sep 2026 by

Macmillan Cake Sale – Monday 28th September

📢 Macmillan Cake Sale – Monday 28th September 🍰💚

We will be holding a Macmillan Cake Sale on Monday 28th September at 3:10pm on the school playground.
​All money raised will go directly to Macmillan Cancer Support, helping them continue their fantastic work supporting people affected by cancer and their families.
​In addition, Mrs Tomlinson and Mrs Dickenson are taking on an amazing challenge and will each be running 31 miles during October to raise even more money for this wonderful charity.
​We would greatly appreciate any support you can give. Please come along to the cake sale and consider making a donation to help us raise as much money as possible for this very worthy cause.
​Thank you for your support. We look forward to seeing you there! 💚🍰🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

2 years ago
Posted on 08th Jan 2025 by

Design Brief: To Design A Patterned Decoration From Malleable Materials

We followed the whole school sequence of learning for Design Technology in order to design a patterned, malleable decoration.

We used photographs of Christmas Trees and appraised patterned baubles.

We then explored ways to create everyday patterns and then repeating patterns. This supported our vocabulary development.

Then we explore salt dough and clay and ways to create patterns such as pressing, using tools, beads and sequins.

We evaluated our designs and discussed what we liked and how we could improve them.

The decorations took pride of place on our Christmas Tree.

2 years ago
Posted on 08th Jan 2025 by

A Throw Back to December – A Time To Celebrate!

We had a very busy end to the autumn term . . .

As part of our People and Communities topic we learnt about how some people celebrate Christmas. The children learnt about the Christian story of the Nativity through small world, role-play, songs and books. They were inspired to make marks of some of the significant characters. We stole the show in Our First Nativity performance, there was not a dry eye in the hall! This took lots of self-regulation and courage.

The children also shared photographs of celebrations that they have participated in at home. This evoked lots of rich language of comparison.

The countdown to Christmas was very exciting and we used our Advent Calendar to see the passing of time. We placed a star in the five frame each day and could describe whether it was full, nearly full, empty or nearly empty. We could see whether we had a long way to go and as we were getting closer.

2 years ago
Posted on 17th Sep 2024 by

Alex Bear loves to read!

Each week in nursery Alex Bear goes home with a child. He loves to read and wants to share lots of stories over the weekend with our children and their families. This promotes a love of reading for our youngest children.

Parents then upload what their child and Alex read on the Seesaw App so that we can see it in class. The children love seeing which books he’s read and this motivates them to read even more!

Alex loved reading Dear Zoo and The Jungle Boogie with Zulikha.

2 years ago
Posted on 13th Sep 2024 by

What a great start to the term! Relationships, routines and fun!

The children and practitioners in nursery have had a wonderful start to the term.

We support children to transition into nursery in many different ways, starting with home visits. This enables children to meet their teacher in the place they feel most comfortable and allows parents and staff to chat about important information that will shape the provision offered to children in the EYFS. It builds the foundation for strong relationships between families, staff and children and we have continued to nurture these by interacting with the children at every opportunity.

Children have been exploring the environment and developing an understanding of the opportunities on offer and where resources are kept. ‘Sorting time’ is a wonderful time for mathematics. They are already beginning to show our school value of respect.

Routines are a crucial within our setting and children have been helped with visual timetables to involve themselves fully within these. They are starting to show the ability to self-regulate and following an adult’s instructions.

Educators pride themselves on getting to know children well and are continually interacting, observing and assessing what children can do and what they need next.