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6th March 2026 Spring Term

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With God's love, we live, learn and grow together

 Classes with the highest attendance 

Week ending 28th February

4W with 100%. 5B and 1B with 99% 

Week ending 6th March

3B with 100% and 1B with 99%

Our wonderful PTA

A message from Mrs Statham

As parents at St. Andrew's, you have all been aware of the huge impact our PTA members make on your children, directly and indirectly. The fun activities,     fund-raising events, discos, fairs, circus events and ice pop Fridays, to name a few, have enabled our school to benefit from large and small projects. These events do not just happen. It involves a huge amount of combined effort, communication to the school community and a real desire to make a difference to all children in the school. 

On Wednesday evening, we said farewell to Selin Gursoy, our fabulous leader and Chair of the PTA. Selin stands down after 3 years but will remain on the PTA team. We were extremely relieved and delighted to see around 30 parents and staff attend the meeting, with over 40 parents logging in online to join the meeting. All roles needed replacing and thankfully, new parents have stepped up. Thank you to everyone who took time out of their evening to join us.

It is no secret that the PTA members have really struggled to get more parents to help in the last year. We have over 300 families at our school, yet the majority of events are led by 5 or 6 families. 

The school now relies on our PTA to raise money to buy essential items such as pens, glue sticks and art supplies. Playground and pond improvements couldn't happen without this money. Bigger projects such as wall art, fencing, outdoor lighting and shelters have all been funded by our PTA. 

I would like to invite parents from across the school and especially our new parents in Reception classes to come and join the PTA. There is always something you can do to help and your children will benefit in the coming years. Without an army of parents and staff to support, there will be no PTA in the future. Please click here for more details on how to help .

Thank you.

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WORLD BOOK DAY AT ST. ANDREW'S

Yesterday, the whole school was full of colourful costumes and excited children and staff, as we took part in our annual World Book Day 2026.

Do you know that only 2 children out of the whole school were off school today - that is amazing! During the day, the children took part in live lessons, a book hunt, a book and footy quiz, teacher swaps, buddy sharing outside and even a song about books!

Our Get Caught Reading Competition winners will be announced next week. Thank you to everyone who entered. Thanks to Mrs Statham and Mrs Meekin for organising the assembly and the event. 

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Sports Updates

Girls' Football, High 5 Netball and Cross Country

It has been a busy few weeks for our sports teams. Our girls' football team played at Enfield Grammar School and even though we were a few players down, they worked really hard through the whole game. The girls have been so keen to practise, they have set up their own practice sessions on the field at lunchtime. Well done to all the girls and thank you to Mr Cook and Mrs Garnsworthy for supporting them.

Our High 5 Netball team also played last week, winning one game and narrowly losing another. A great effort by all. We look forward to taking part in the High 5 Netball Tournament in April. Thanks to Miss Ferguson and Miss Chick for running the club.

Yesterday, our Year 4 Cross Country runners took part in the Enfield Competition at Lea Valley Athletics Stadium. For some of the children, it was their first experience of competing in a competition this size. 17 schools and over 100 runners in each race! Despite the VERY wet weather, the boys finished 3rd overall and the girls finished 10th. Well done to them all and a big thank you to Mrs Dilieto and Mrs Janes for taking them. 

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What else has been happening around school?

Parents may well have heard about the exciting news about the pond last week! Our pond area is continuing to be improved and we now have a beautiful fence and gate installed. A huge thanks to Preston at Palace gardens, Suzie at now-media and GP Garden Services for providing the funds, equipment and people for this project. It has made such a difference to our environment and to celebrate, we have discovered 4 huge clumps of frog spawn! The children have been busy spotting enormous frogs, too. We look forward to seeing the tadpoles soon. Come and have a look!

Elsewhere, our ducklings have hatched in Reception and the children were able to hold them. Chicks arrive soon in Year 1. Exciting times ahead! 

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Little Recyclers Project

Over the past few weeks, we have asked our families to bring in bags of unwanted clothing as part of our Little Recyclers Project. The School Council, along with Mr Joannou, our site manager, helped to load up the van. This week, we received a certificate to say we had collected 310kg of clothing, which translates into £140 for the school. The children were delighted to hear the news in assembly. Thanks to children, staff and parents for every item donated. 

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PINS Project  
PARTNERSHIP FOR INCLUSION FOR NEURODIVERSITY IN SCHOOLS and a visit from the DfE and an MP

A message from our SENCO Miss Malone

We have some very exciting news! Next week, on Monday 9th March, there will be a special Ministerial visit at St. Andrew’s.

Mark Sewards, MP for Leeds South West and Morley, will be visiting the school to learn about the impact and benefits of the PINS Projects on schools and school communities. 
 
As part of the PINS project, we have been working very closely with many education professionals, including Educational Psychologists and Occupational Therapists from EASA, plus expert parent carers from Our Voice to talk about inclusion of neurodiversity in schools. Our Voice has held two PINS coffee mornings with us so far, and our final PINS coffee morning is next week on Thursday 12th March. Please do come along!
 
Through our close work with EASA (Enfield Advisory Service for Autism) we have also had Autism training for all staff, environment audits and workshops for some of our year groups. One of our classes in Year 4 is currently taking part in the Tree of Life Programme, a five week well-being programme delivered by practitioners from EASA and MYME (My Young Mind Enfield). Year 5 also had a workshop on Peer Disability Awareness delivered by Our Voice. Some of the children from these classes will also be meeting Mark Sewards MP on Monday to speak about the programme and workshops.
 
We are very much looking forward to Mark Seward’s visit to our school. It will be a great event where members from EASA, Our Voice, teachers, pupils and parents from our school will have the chance to speak about their experiences during the project.
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Parent Information

Arbor In-App Messaging 

Mrs Bryant and Mrs Andrews have been working extremely hard to set up the parent portal and app. All parents have been emails about how to set this up. Please make sure you allow the push notifications on your devices. In due course, parents will be able to receive short messages regarding every day events and reminders, as well as seeing your child's attendance. Please contact the school office if you need any help. Class reps – please can you send this information to your parents on your group pages. Thank you.

Secondary School Places

All Year 6 pupils have now been offered a secondary school place. If you need any help with next steps, please see Mrs Statham or Miss Mann. 

Reminders

A reminder that children should walk with their scooters or bikes once they enter either gate. This ensures everyone can walk safely along the pathways, without being knocked. Please ensure pre-schoolers also do the same. 

Mobile phones should be put away as soon as you enter the gates. Please remind older siblings who are collecting children to do the same. Thank you. 

Diary Dates Week 1

Singing Club Partnership Festival @ Hazelwood
9:00am – 12:00pm
09
March
3W Parents' meetings (online)
3:50pm – 6:20pm
11
March
PINS and Our Voice Coffee Morning (small hall)
9:00am – 9:30am
12
March
Y5 Boys Football Festival @ Enfield Grammar
1:30pm – 3:15pm
13
March
TFL travel presentation for Y6
1:45pm – 2:45pm
13
March

Diary Dates Week 2

YR & Y6 Height & Weight survey
9:00am – 12:00pm
16
March
RB visit to Woldens Gardens Centre, Crews Hill
9:00am – 12:00pm
17
March
YR, Y1, Y2, 3B, 4W & 5B Parents' Meetings (online)
3:50pm – 6:30pm
17
March
RW visit to Woldens Gardens Centre, Crews Hill
9:00am – 12:00pm
18
March
Father Steve visiting 5W
1:15pm – 2:15pm
18
March
5W Parents' Meetings (online)
3:50pm – 6:30pm
18
March
3W Parents' Meetings (online)
3:50pm – 6:10pm
18
March
Y1 visit to St. Andrew's church
11:00am – 12:00pm
19
March
YR, Y1, Y2, 3B, 4W & Y5 Parents' Meetings (online)
4:30pm – 7:20pm
19
March
3W Parents' Meetings (online)
6:30pm – 7:20pm
19
March
World Poetry Day
8:45am – 3:30pm
20
March

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