Celebration Assembly 26th September 2025

KS1

In our KS1 assembly, certificates were given out for the following reasons:

• excellent effort in geography

• excellent focus and effort in dance

• DT joining materials together

• super explanation in maths

• super story writing

• outdoor art work

• great ideas for writing

KS2

In our KS2 assembly, certificates were given out for lots of excellent reasons including continual effort, improved handwriting and being conscientious. A huge congratulations to everyone who was acknowledged for their hard work.

Attendance

Only two classes receiving Spin the Wheel stickers this week… they were 4A and 6S. Well done to both!

You might remember that when we had our very successful Ofsted inspection in December, we were given only two targets to work on and one of those was to continue to do all we can to improve attendance in the school. Please help us with this and if you ever have attendance difficulties, do speak to us as we have people who can help. We are finding that attendance is typically lower on a Friday than any other day in the week. Hopefully next Friday will see an improvement. Here’s to a healthy week ahead..

Team Points

Our blue team, Stirling, continue to lead the race for the Friars Cup. Last year’s winners seem committed to retaining their title. Behind Stirling, it is all very close with only three points separating second from fourth.

Of course, it is still far too early to make any predictions…

Havens Hospices and Waddle-on-Sea

In two weeks, our Waddle-on-Sea penguin will be returning to us… yay!

The penguin will join our hare from 2021 and our elephant from 2023 on display in the school. We would also like to display photographs of the children visiting the penguins (big or small) from across the summer. If you would like to send a photograph of your child with a penguin, please email the address below:

waddle@fps.porticoacademytrust.co.uk

We will look forward to seeing lots of lovely pictures. Thank you.

Achievements Outside of School

It is always lovely to hear about the children’s achievements outside of school. Often when we hear about lovely things, we share these stories in our Celebration Assemblies. Should your child ever do something away from school that you would like us to know about and celebrate, please do email the school office. For example, it could be that they have had success with their sports team, completed a challenge or raised money for charity. 

This week we heard about brother and sister Joshua and Amie’s amazing fundraising for Havens Hospices. Joshua left us in July for secondary school and Amie is in Year 5. So far, they have raised an incredible £1300 and their efforts included the Glow event at the weekend. This was a 5km walk for Amie and a 10km walk for Joshua. Phew! Well done Joshua and Amy!