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Newsletter Number 10   -   28 November 2025

Message From Mrs Dance

Dear parents and carers,

Thank you to everyone who generously gave up their time to come into school on a rainy, windy and cold Saturday morning to help the EYFS Ground Force work. It was  a great morning, where we achieved a lot. The area was tidied, weeded, painted and developed, all to a backdrop of music, conversation, tea and biscuits. The children’s faces when they came into school on Monday, made all of the hard work worthwhile.

Our Junior Librarians are now in post supporting the library and engaging children across the school in reading for pleasure. They are doing a fantastic job, thank you to the team.

Christmas is definitely drawing ever nearer. Year R, 1 and 2 have begun their Christmas performance practice and the school choir have begun their singing extravaganza, yesterday they sang at Tesco’s encouraging shoppers to donate to the Andover foodbank.  

Mr Baker has started his Christmas decoration of the school, more and more rooms are becoming ‘christmasified’; tinsel, lights and baubles are appearing everywhere!

I am really looking forward to our Winter Fayre next Friday. Thank you to the Friends of Vigo for organising the event. I look forward to seeing you all there.

Wishing you all a great 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

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.

 

Dojo Points

Tierra

Agua

Fuego

Aire
9,057 8,545 8,300 9,601

      

 

Key Dates

Week commencing 1 December:

02/12/2025         Dress Down Day for FoVP Winter Fayre Donations

04/12/2025         Choir at Rothsay Care Home

05/12/2025         Choir at Lion Oak Court

05/12/2025         FoVP Winter Fayre

Sign of the week

There are two signs this week

                             

This is the sign for  wind 

This is the sign for storm

ask your child to sign with you

Quote of the Week

 

 

“If you see someone without a smile give them one of yours.”

 

 

Dolly Parton

A Message from Friends of Vigo Primary

WINTER FAYRE UPDATE (28 NOVEMBER 2025) 

We are really looking forward to welcoming you all to the Winter Fayre on Friday 5 December 2025 (next week!). Below is a quick update on some things you need to know that are happening next week.

  • Dress Down Day – Tuesday 2 December 2025

A little reminder that Tuesday 2 December is a Dress Down Day for donations, as requested via a letter sent out on 4 November 2025:

  • KS1 donations will help to create ‘Raffle Hampers’
    • Year R donation – Chocolate items
    • Year 1 donation – Pamper items for ‘Her’
    • Year 2 donation – Pamper items for ‘Him’
  • KS2 donations will be used on the Bottle Stall
    • Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 donation – Bring a Bottle (soft/alcoholic drinks, not pamper items)

Please do not feel pressure to buy anything special – if you have anything unopened and spare in the cupboard it will be fine. All donations must be handed to your child’s class teacher on Tuesday 2nd December 2025.

  • Raffle Tickets and Prizes

We have been advertising the raffle prizes on Facebook, and these will also be publicised in school from Monday.  Raffle tickets will be sold in the playground at collection and drop off from Monday 1 December 2025. We are not licenced to sell tickets to anyone under 18.

They are £1 per ticket and £5 per book, and we can take cash or card. Tickets will be available for purchase until Friday 5 December 2025 at 1645hrs.

Prizes will be drawn at 1700hrs on Friday 5 December 2025. All winners will be notified directly if not still at the event.

If you do not attend routine drop off or collections and are not able to attend the fayre, but wish to buy some tickets, please email vigopta@gmail.com and we will support where possible.

  • Winter Fayre Payment Cards

To limit the requirements for lots of 50p coins on the day, we will be selling payment cards for use at the fair (an example is shown below). These will also be on sale in the playground from Monday, so you don’t have to wait to purchase at the door. They cost £5 each (we can take cash or card) and can be used on all stalls at the event.

There will also be the option to use cash/bank card on the refreshments stand.

  

If you require any further information about the Winter Fayre, please contact the Friends of Vigo Primary team at vigopta@gmail.com

Christmas Events Diary
27/11/2025 Choir at Tesco for Food bank
28/11/2025 Cristmas Craft Project Launch
02/12/2025 Dress Down Day for FoVP Winter Fayre Donations
04/12/2025 Choir at Rothsay Care Home
05/12/2025 Choir at Lion Oak Court
05/12/2025 FoVP Winter Fayre 
06/12/2025 Choir at Picket Piece Village Hall for their Christmas Fayre
08/12/2025 Children visiting St Mary's Church to attend Christmas Services
08/12/2025 Choir at Warner Court
09/12/2025 Yr R Nativity: 13:45 - 14:30  ticketed Event
10/12/2025 Year R Nativity: 9:30 - 10:15  ticketed event
10/12/2025 Year 2 Carol Concert: 14:30 - 15:00  ticketed event
11/12/2025 Christmas Jumper Day - donations to Save the Children
11/12/2025 Year 2 Carol Concert: 9:30 - 10:00  ticketed event
11/12/2025 Christmas Dinner Day - Order via School Grid
11/12/2025 Choir at Ashbourne Court
12/12/2025 Christmas Craft Project Due Date
12/12/2025 Choir at St Pauls Church
14/12/2025 Choir concert at school.
15/12/2025 iRock Christmas Concert. Invitations to follow from iRock
15/12/2025 Year 1 - Portugal Christmas Performance: 13:45 - 14:45  ticketed event
16/12/2025 Year 1 - Iceland Christmas Performance: 9:30 - 10:30  ticketed event
16/12/2025 Year 1 Norway Christmas Performance: 13:45 - 14:45  ticketed event
17/12/2025 Stepping Stones Christmas Celebration: 14:00 - 15:00  ticked event
17/12/2025 Vigo Choir Christmas Concert 15:30 - 16:00  ticketed event

Diary Dates

27-31/10/2025  Half Term to Autumn 2   16-20/02/2026  Half Term to Spring Term 2
03/11/2025 School open to all students   05/03/2026 World Book Day - dress as a book character.
      16/03/2026 Young Carers Action Day - Awareness day only. (Andover young carers are a local charity if you would like to support them directly)
         
         
11/11/2025 Remembrance Day - wear something red with your school uniform or wear your uniform for brownies/ cubs etc - No donation   20/03/2026 Red nose Day - Monetary Donation. Children may wear red with their normal school uniform
11/11/2025 Open Evening for Sept 2026 Year R   27/03/2026 Down Syndrome Awareness day. Wear Bright/odd socks with school uniform. No donation in school (local charity is Andover Twenty1 if you would like to support directly)
      27/03/2026 Last day of Spring Term
      30/03 - 10/04/2026   Easter Holidays
14/11/2025 Children in Need wear something spotty - Monetary donation   Summer Term 1 2026
02/12/2025 Dress Down Day for FoVP Winter Fayre Donations   13/04/2026 Inset day 4
11/12/2025 Christmas Jumper Day - wear with normal Uniform - monetary donation for Save The Children   14/04/2026 School Open for all Students
         
         
      30/04/2026 Year 4 Trip to Hampton Court. Details to follow.
19/12/2025 Last day of Autumn term   04/05/2026 Bank Holiday - School Closed
22/12/2025 - 02/01/2026 Christmas Holidays   25-29/05/2026  Half Term to Summer Term 2
Spring Term 1 2026   19/06/2026 Diabetes awareness day, wear blue with uniform - no donations
05/07/2026 Inset Day 3      
06/01/2026 School open to all students      
07/01/2026 Year 6 Trip to Milestones. Details to follow   03/07/2026 Inset day 5
10/01/2026 Open Morning for Sept 2026 Yr R   09/07/2026 Learning Disabilities Awareness Day, no collection in school. (local charity is Puple Oak if you would like to support them directly.)
16/01/2026 Celebration of life day - monitary donation to Simon Says bereavement Charity (Dress Down Details to Follow)      
         
06/02/2026 Dress Down Day - Money donated to Spotlight UK, our nominated charity for this school year.   22/07/2026 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

Please be aware the school is not responsible for undertaking any vetting checks for out-of-school, third-party activity providers.

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Owlets

Iceland

Ella L

for

trying your best in our first play rehearsal - you did such a great job! Great work, we are so proud.

Ivy H

for

being such a great role model in class and always being such a great friend! We are so proud of you Ivy, keep up the great work.

Norway

Evan B

for

always being a respectful and responsible member of the class. You are an absolute star and can consistently be relied upon to show our Mirror values in everything that you do! Well done Evan!

Ben L

for

making a great start to your time at Vigo. You always try really hard and have been open minded in trying new things and adapting to your new school! Well done Ben!

Portugal

Aathiran M

for

always being motivated in his maths lessons to answer questions and write the correct answer. Keep up the good work Aathiran.

Lily E

for

continued motivation and independence in her writing with using her phonics to sound out words and make her writing more interesting.

Brazil

Seren T

for

trying to independently edit and improve her work and spellings. Keep it up Seren.

Raina O

for

her exceptional effort rewriting the story of the King Who Banned the Dark. Well Done Raina

Chile

Alasdair N

for

showing his passion in PE and being motivated for his learning.

Brian H

for

showing independence in Maths and taking on the challenges with pride.

Peru

Haris M

for

always being an upbeat and motivated member of Peru class.  You make the classroom a happier place to be.

Australia

Evie P

for

working very hard, creatively, and independently in her English leaflet making sure it was very informative and super organized.

James M

for

displaying all of our MIRROR values in his work, specially being resilient in Math working with 3 digits column subtraction.

Fiji

Mya H

for

taking responsibility for her learning and practising her Maths at home.

Lexi W

for

excellent motivation towards making her work the best it can be and with beautiful presentation.

New Zealand

Joseph H

for

excellent effort and resilience in your Maths learning this week. Keep it up

Arshad N

for

showing motivation to improve his writing.

Georgia

Freddie F

for

showing resilience with his learning in Maths.

Alfie M

for

being responsible and supporting others with their learning.

Japan

Melody G

for

demonstrating the MIRROR value of independence in both her learning and behaviour in the classroom. Well done Melody!

Nepal

Peter O

for

showing motivation in producing a super, persuasive letter to save Wilbur.

Sammy V

for

showing resilience in his writing, especially when editing.

Costa Rica

Amy B

for

being open-minded, and building your confidence to overcome challenges in Maths. Well done!

Evelyn A

for

a positive 'can do' attitude in all areas of your learning. Well done!

Jamaica

Freddie R

for

showing respect by being kind and caring to everyone around school.

Joseph C

for

showing fantastic motivation when writing his chapter from The Wind in the Willows.

USA

Amy B

for

showing the MIRROR value of resilient - she keeps on trying ...even if she finds it tricky! Always with a smile on her face.

Miles G

for

working hard on developing a great narrative for The Wind in the WIllows

Kenya

Maisie S

for

consistently trying her best in all lesson and persevering even if she is finding it hard.

Madagascar

Bailey L

for

lovely work on the Battle of Britain in History this week.

Liam P

for

showing fantastic motivation in Maths this week.

South Africa

Ella M

for

increasing independence in Reading, well done!

Oscar M

for

 great resilience and a positive attitude towards all of your learning. Keep up the good work!

 

Milkshake Time

Congratulations to the following children who have been chosen for a Milkshake.

Maddison W, Henry A, Zane G, Dexter F, Rosie W, Anastasia P, Charlie D, Salman Y, Louie H, Armani H, Teddy C, Caitlin P, Freya J, Ethan B, Jack C, Trinity A, Dorian F.

Useful links

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

Letters to Parents>>

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