Andoversford Primary School

The ability to speak confidently and communicate with others is a vital part of life. We are working on developing spoken language in lots of ways at school - including through Gloucestershire's oracy competition. All classes will be taking part this year to help promote confident communication and give our children the skills they need to be sucessful later in life. 

Take a look at the attached letter for more details. Watch this space for a message from your child's class teacher about how the class heats will work as it is slightly different for the different age groups. 

The latest FACE (Family Advice Commmunication Education) timetable is out for January 2026.

It features a range of sessions designed to support parents and carers. A full timetable is attached. 

For more information, email info@facefamilyadvice.co.uk or visit the website: Face Family Advice | online parenting classes

We are very much looking forward to our annual friends and family Christmas Lunch on Wedensday 17th December! It is a lovely way to round off the festivities. Please see the attached image for sitting times. 

To help run the busy event run smoothly, please arrive a few minutes before the sitting time for your child's house. Both gates will be in operation - please only use the back gate if arriving by car to help with traffic.

Parents, friends and family will join their child on the playground when they arrive.

When the catering staff are ready, each group will be called into the hall to enjoy their delicious meal together.

Adults - don't forget your water bottle (or a nice cup of tea in a travel mug!).

This year on 2nd December, Cotswolds Arts Through Schools (CATS) has one week in which to raise £38,000 as part of the Big Give Christmas Campaign. Two trusts will be matching the amount that the charity raise, which means that its members, friends and parents will be aiming to raise £19000 in a week. 

CATS currently works in over 60 schools with over 10000 children, supporting to deliver high-quality arts-based learning.   

To donate, or find out more, click here: Creating Arts-Rich Environments in Primary Schools – Big Give

Dear Parents and Carers,

We are very much looking forward to our Christmas Performance taking place next Thursday.

Although the performances will be in the classrooms, we are hoping for dry weather as all classes will come together on the playground for the finale. 

We’ve outlined some key details below.

The performance starts at 5:30pm, therefore please can all children be dropped back to their classroom at 5pm to ensure there is enough time to get prepared.

Each class will do a mini performance in a classroom three times to allow spectators to move around and watch all of the shows. 

Ash Class children will have costumes in school that they will be changing into when they arrive.

Oak, Beech and Willow children will need to attend wearing a Christmas jumper or top please. 

All children need to come back to school with appropriate outdoor clothing (coats, hats, etc.) for the finale outside. In the event of rain this will be moved to inside the hall. 

If your child is in the choir, some children have chosen to have a solo. The new lyric sheet was sent home with your child on Friday. 

We will send more details out in due course.

We look forward to welcoming you next week!

Thank you for your support and cooperation. 

Dear parents and carers,

As we have not had any Chritmas jumpers donated, please be aware that we will be cancelling today's Chritmas Jumper Swap Shop.

Dear Oak Class Families, 

Those of you with children in year 1 will be aware that, later on in the year, the pupils will be sitting their year 1 phonics screening. This is an assessments which allows us to see which phonics sounds that the children are secure in and whether they may need some addidtional support in their phonics going into year 2. On Tuesday 2nd December, I will be holding a phonics meeting to answer any questions about phonics and to give some suggestions on how to further support your children. This will be straight after drop off and should only be about 20 minutes. 

The year 1s have been doing such a fantanstic job at picking up all of their new phase 5 sounds so far, so thank you for the addidional support that you have been giving at home. 

If you are unable to attend, please do ask me any questions via email or at pick-up. 

Best wishes, 

Miss DW

If your child is in the choir some of them are doing a solo or group singing part. These lyrics went home with the children today.

Here is the link to the music that we have been using.

https://youtu.be/zppNLaN-idE?si=31B7fh6Pllu-E3wf

Happy singing and thank you very much.

Happy Friday Willow Class families,

Next week, Willow Class will be completing their DT unit for this term around Cooking and Nutrition. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we will be using two different recipes to cook a variety of meals using seasonal ingredients. 

On both of these days, children will need a container in school so that they can bring home their goods. Without a container, unfortunately we will not be able to send home what they have made.

Thank you for your support. Have a lovely weekend!

Miss Packer