Weekly News Page 

Friday 25th April 2025

Headteacher's Welcome

I hope you all had a lovely Easter weekend with your families. The children have been enjoying playing in our recently developed Woodland Area which is looking fantastic. Huge thanks to everyone who has supported the PTA fundraising over the past year - your generosity really is making a difference to the daily experiences of our children.

Well done to our Y2 children who performed their dances this week to parents and carers. They were all amazing! It was great to see such joy and enthusiasm for dance from the children. Penguins class were also lucky enough to perform their dance in front of a full audience at the Octagon this week as part of the annual Arches Dance Festival.

Well done Y2 - We are very proud of all of you!

It is that time of year already when we start to think about transition in school. We have already met with Nether Green Junior School to discuss plans for the Y2 children for the summer term to prepare them for their move. We will share details of these as soon as they have been finalised. We have also started to talk about transition plans within school for Reception and Y1 children. In preparation for moving into Y1 we would like to start to encourage our Reception children to come into school independently and to say goodbye to their grown ups at the gate. There is no immediate pressure to do this, however we tend to find that most children love the opportunity to show how grown up they are and by getting them into this routine this side of the summer holidays it makes them all the more confident going into Year 1. Some of the Foundation Stage staff will be at the gate next week if your child needs a little extra encouragement. 

  Exciting Preschool News!

Thank you so much to everyone who has shared feedback about our Preschool proposals. We are busy planning and hoping to open in January 2026. If you would like to express an interest for a place in our Preschool, which will take children from age 3, please read the attached letter

and respond to our survey here. There are a few short questions for all parents and an 'Expression of Interest' section at the end for any parents who may be interested in a place in the future for children currently under the age of 4. 

Please spread the word far and wide with friends and family and invite them to complete the survey or get in touch with us if they have any further questions. 

Learning Information for this Term

Weather next week - the sun is forecast to shine next week with temperatures set to rise to highs of 25 degrees! Please ensure your child is ready for the warm weather by wearing cool clothing, bringing a sunhat, wearing sun cream (please apply before school - you may send in for a top up but please teach your child how to do this independently as school adults cannot apply sun cream). Please ensure your child has a water bottle and also that they wear sensible footwear - sandals are not the best option for running around in the playground!

Specific learning information for each year group has been uploaded to the Key Stage pages of the website. Please follow the links:-

Year 1 & 2 (KS1) This term the topic in Y1 & Y2 is 'Grow, grow, grow!'

Reception (Foundation Stage) - This term the topic is 'Minibeasts' 

Foundation Stage (Reception)  Information

In addition to the half term Parent Overview, there is also a Weekly Newsletter for parents of children in Reception which gives details of specific leaning each week in school and how this can be supported at home. 

This can be found each week on the Foundation Stage page of the website. Click Here.

Contact with Teachers 

If you need to contact your child's class teacher you may email them using the class email which is the name of the class as follows e.g. bears@nethergreen-inf.sheffield.sch.uk, koalas@nethergreen-inf.sheffield.sch.uk etc

Please do not expect an immediate response as teachers are teaching all day and are not expected to reply to emails during evenings and weekends. For a quick chat you can wait at the end of the day. For urgent messages please contact the school office. 

Dates for the Diary

Please see attached the Parent Calendar for this year. Please take a few minutes to take note of dates, including INSET and holiday dates, Parents' Evenings and Parent workshops to find out about learning in school and performances.  

Weds 30th April - 9:30am NSPCC Online Safety Talk - ONLINE 

Fri 2nd May - Friendly Friday - parents in classes until 9:10am

Mon 5th May - Bank Holiday - school closed

Thurs 15th May - 5:30pm PTA School Disco

Tues 20th May - SEND Sports Morning in school

Wed 21st May - 10:00am Y1 & Y2 Sports Day

Thurs 22nd May - 2:00pm Reception Sports Afternoon in school

Fri 23rd May - Last day of half term

Mon 2nd Jun - First day of new half term

Wed 4th Jun - Butterflies & Reception Trip to Butterfly House

Fri 6th Jun - Friendly Friday - parents in classes until 8:55am

Mon 9th Jun - KS1 Toys from the Past Workshop

Tues 10th Jun - KS1 Toys from the Past Workshop

Wed 11th Jun - KS1 Toys from the Past Workshop

Fri 13th Jun - KS1 Athletics at Lydgate

Tues 17th Jun - World Music Day - Body Percussion Workshops

Fri 20th Jun - PTA Summer Fair

Fri 20th Jun - No extra-curricular clubs

Tues 24th Jun - 2:00pm & 6:30pm Choir concert

Wed 25th Jun - KS1 Athletics & King Edwards

Fri 27th Jun - Friendly Friday - parents in classes until 8:55am

Tues 1st Jul - 2:00pm Y2 Leavers Performance

Wed 2nd Jul - 2:00pm Y2 Leavers Performance

Wed 2nd Jul - 6:30pm New Reception Parents Meeting

Thurs 3rd Jul - Y2 Leavers Trip

Fri 4th Jul - Reception Dinosaur Workshop

W/c 7th Jul - Whole school Arts and Transition Days

Thurs 10th Jul - 3:20pm - 5:30pm Parents Open Evening

W/c 14th Jul - No extra-curricular clubs

Fri 18th Jul - Last day of school term

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