{item_alt_tag}

No. 16 Dated 10 January 2025

Message From Mrs Dance

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome to the start of the spring term 2025. I hope that you had a lovely Christmas and the start to 2025 has been a positive one.

It was lovely to welcome all of the children back to school on Tuesday. The term has started brilliantly with lots of amazing learning opportunities taking place. Y6 visited Milestone’s museum on Tuesday in support of their history curriculum. It was wonderful to see so many Romans walking into Year 3 today for their history immersion into Ancient Roman life. To my delight, children have been visiting me to share amazing work and at lunchtimes and breaktimes it has been lovely chatting with the children who have excitedly been telling me all about their Christmas break.

You will notice in our Diary Dates that on Friday 20th June we will be having a Family Celebration event. This is instead of separate Mother's and Father's Day celebrations as we feel this is more inclusive.  More details will be sent home closer to the date.

I am looking forward to working with you all again in 2025 to ensure that our school continues to grow from strength to strength. Please do not hesitate to contact me via the school office if I can be of any support or assistance.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend.

Mrs. Dance

Headteacher  

Attendance this week

Please think carefully before keeping your child away from school. 

As parents and carers you have a responsibility to inform the school before 9.00am every day if your child will not be in school, this can be done via the Arbor app, by emailing the attendance email address: attendance@vigo.hants.sch.uk or by calling the school and selecting option 1.

More about attendance at Vigo >>

Lateness

We noticed a significant rise in lateness last term.

Please ensure your child is at school at 8:35am ready for the school day. You may be invited into school for a meeting with our Attendance Support Worker if lateness is persistent. Unfortunately, due to updated government guidelines, non-attendance of this meeting could result in a penalty notice or referral to the Legal Intervention Team.

 

Amazing AchievementImage result for attendance star clip art

Last term 314 children had attendance above 96%

Well Done!


Request from Year R

Can you help?

Exciting news...Year R are attempting to build an igloo in their outside area butMilk Jug Igloo | Teach Us Something need lots of milk bottles to be the 'ice bricks'. Please pass on any 4 pint milk bottles to any of the Year R team. These need to be thoroughly cleaned and dried before use. If they could be un-stickered and with lids on that would be even better.

Thank you! Keep a look-out for our Grand Design being built over the coming weeks.


 Year R Applications 2025 Reminder

Applications for children to start school in September 2025, are now open via this link:

https://educationonlineportal.hants.gov.uk/EducationOnlinePortal/

Applications must be completed by

midnight on Wednesday15 January 2025

If you know of a family with a child who might need a school place for next year please let them know the deadline, there is no process to automatically notify parents and every year some miss the deadline simply because they do not know that they need to apply now.

CHILDREN WITH DATES OF BIRTH BETWEEN

1 SEPTEMBER 2020 and 31 AUGUST 2021

MUST APPLY FOR SCHOOL PLACES NOW.

For more information, please visit our School Website Admissions or New Entrants September 2024-2025 page, or contact the school office.

{item_alt_tag}

Sign of the week

 

This is the sign for Happy New Year

ask your child to sign with you

Quote of the Week

 

“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you”

 

Princess Diana


Forest School and PE Timetable

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

AM

Miss Marta – Art

Year 3

Year R

Year 2

Mr Holmes – PE

Year 3

Year R

Year 2

Mr H – Forest School

Year 3 – New Zealand

Year R

Year 2 - Peru

Class PE

Year 1

PM

Miss Marta – Art

Year 4

Year 1

Year 6

Year 5

Mr Holmes – PE

Year 4

Year 1

Year 6

Year 5

Mr H – Forest School

R2L

Year 4 - Nepal

Year 1 – Portugal

Year 6 – South Africa

Year 5 - USA

Class PE

Year 6

Year 3 and Year 2

R2L and Year 5

Year 4

Please remember that trainers should only be worn on PE days.

Diary Dates

Spring Term 1 2025
06/01/2025 Inset Day 3
07/01/2025 School open to all students
07/01/2025 Yr 6 Trip to Milestones
10/01/2025 Yr 3 Roman Immersion Day
11/01/2025 Yr R 2025 open morning 9:00 - 11:00
15/01/2025 Year R Applications Close
   
1302/2025 Yr 4 Trip to The Living Rainforest
07/02/2025 Dress Down Day for Spotlight UK - Monetary donations
28/02/2025 Yr 2 Trip to Winchester Science Centre
17-21/02/2025  Half Term to Spring Term 2
24/02/2025 Inset Day 4
25/02/2025 School open for all students
06/03/2025 World Book Day
19/03/2025 Parents Evening - In school
20/03/2025 Parents Evening - Virtual
21/03/2025 Dress Down for Red Rose Day - Monetary donation
07 - 21/04/2025   Easter Holidays
Summer Term 1 2025
21/04/2025 Bank Holiday
22/04/2025 School open for all students
   
24/04/2025 Year 5 Trip to Hampton Court - Details to follow
25/04/2025 Leukaemia UK Easter Bake - Dress Down day and bring/buy cakes
09/05/2025 Hospice awareness week - Dress Down Day - Monetary donations for Countess of Brecknock
26 - 30/05/2025   Half Term to Summer Term 2
02/06/2025 Inset Day 5
03/06/2025 School open to all students
13/06/2025 Wear Blue for diabetes awareness - No Donation
20/06/2025 Dress Down in Purple or blue for Purple Oak - Monetary donation
20/06/2025 Family Celebration Event
25/06/2025 Sports Day
01/07/2025 Shuffle Up Day
02/07/2025 Reserve Sports Day
16/07/2025 Yr 6 Trip to Paultons Park - Details to follow
TBC July Donations for Food Bank
22/07/2025 Last Day of Summer Term

Please click on the link below to visit our school website's calendar. You can sync this calendar with your own electronic calendar to stay up to date with key events.

School Website Calendar


{item_alt_tag}

Useful links

Please follow this link to find useful recent letters that have been sent home.

Letters to Parents>>

Please follow this link to our School Facebook page.

Vigo Primary School>>

Thumbnail for Facebook post created 1 day ago
Vigo Primary School
Looking to entertain the children during these cold weeks? Don't want to spend a lot of money after Christmas? Spotlight UK South have given the families of Vigo a great subsidise offer in partnership with Riverside Bowl Andover Book your place for bowling and glo golf now!
1 day ago
Follow
Thumbnail for Facebook post created 1 day ago
Vigo Primary School
Wishing all our families a happy new year for 2025! We have a lot of exciting things planned for 2025 and cannot wait to share all the celebrations and events with you on our social media pages. Please like, share and direct friends and families of Vigo to our school Facebook page!
1 day ago
Follow