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Weekly Newsletter

Issue Number 151

8th May 2026


Our vision statement: Be brave. Be great. Be you. 

Our culture statement: We are fun. We are together. 


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Our Value of the month: LOVE


Dear St George’s families,

We hope you all enjoyed the Bank Holiday weekend and were able to take some time to rest and recharge ahead of another busy few weeks at school.

A reminder that next week is SATs Week for our Year 6 pupils. They have worked incredibly hard throughout the year, and this is their opportunity to demonstrate all they have learned during their time at St George’s. Please do keep them in your thoughts as they approach the week with determination and resilience, living out our school vision to Be brave. Be great. Be you.

It has been wonderful to see pupil voice in action this week. Please see the news story below for further details. Our Pupil Leadership Team carried out surveys across the school to find out what helps pupils feel safe at St George’s, as well as what improvements they would like to see. Thanks to their thoughtful ideas and feedback, we are now making some exciting changes, including developing a calm nature space with funding secured by Mrs Barbara in the office. We are also reopening our library space during lunchtimes and exploring improvements to fencing around key areas of the school perimeter. It is fantastic to see our future leaders making such positive changes within our school community.

As we begin to approach the final half term of the academic year, there are already lots of exciting events to look forward to, including Diversity Day and School Games Day. We encourage families to keep an eye on the key dates shared at the end of the newsletter, or via the link to the school calendar, so that you do not miss out on any upcoming events and celebrations.

There continues to be so much happening across the school, and we are looking forward to another fantastic half term together.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend,

Mr Janes

Head teacher

St. George's CE Primary 


Stars of the week

 

Class Star One Star Two
R - Kahlo Class Blessing Anaiya
1 - Jemison Class Heritage Esther
2 - Benjamin Class Nylah Greatness
3 - Sancho-Thunberg Class Greysyn  
4 - Tull Class Akshita Amiyah
5 - Shackleton Class Ismael Johndavid
6 - Best Class Hayden Zinda

Attendance

At St Georges's, our culture statement says:

We are fun. We are together. 

Being together means attending school regularly. This year, we have set a challenging target for attendance to be in line with pre-Covid levels. Each week we will publish our attendance in this newsletter. Please contribute by ensuring your child is in school, not missing out on learning. 

This week's average attendance: 95.0%
Highest class attendance of the week: Best Class & Tull Class - 100%
Academic year's average attendance: 96.4%
Our target for the year: 97.0%

We are proud to say that we have now been awarded three attendance certificates. We were in the top 10% of similar schools for attendance over the whole academic year. This year, we have been in the top 25% of schools nationally for both Autumn. Let's keep it up and see how we did in the Spring term! 

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Latest News and Learning

08 May 2026
Pupil Voice in Practice
On Thursday, some of our Pupil Leadership Team led worship and shared the important work they have recently been doing around safeguarding and pupil voice.
Read more
08 May 2026
Bean Busy Exploring!
Our learning on the topic of Land, Air and Water is continuing  in Nursery! The children have been busy exploring, investigating and creating through a range of activities.
Read more
07 May 2026
The Secret Life of Plant Parts
This week, Year 3 have been busy learning about the different parts of a plant, including the flower, stem, leaves and roots.
Read more
05 May 2026
⚽ Equal Eagles Workshop⚽
Shackleton Class have been lucky enough to take part in a fantastic workshop programme delivered by Crystal Palace Sports Club called Equal Eagles.
Read more

Reminders

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Upcoming Dates

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Click HERE to view our event calendar for the whole year. 


Click HERE to view this academic year's term dates. 


KS2 SATS week
All Day
from 11 May until 14 May
11
May
Last day of term
All Day
22
May
Pyjamarama
All Day
22
May
Half term
All Day
from 25 May until 29 May
25
May
First day back: Summer 2
All Day
01
June
Y4 Multiplication Check fortnight
All Day
from 01 Jun until 12 Jun
01
June
Y4 Platform Cricket Competition
9:00am – 3:30pm
05
June
Y1 Phonics Screening Test
All Day
from 08 Jun until 12 Jun
08
June
Celebration of the Arts Festival 2025
3:30pm – 4:00pm
11
June
Be Brave Day
All Day
19
June
Diversity Day
All Day
02
July
Diversity Evening
5:30pm – 6:30pm
02
July