Message From Mrs Dance
Dear parents and carers,
Welcome to the start of the spring term 2026. I hope that you had a lovely Christmas and the start to 2026 has been a positive one.
It was lovely to welcome all of the children back to school on Tuesday. The children have come back to school brilliantly engaging with all of the amazing learning opportunities on offer. As well as a WWII immersion day on Tuesday, Y6 visited Milestone’s museum on Wednesday in support of their history curriculum. It was wonderful to see so many Romans walking into Year 3 on Wednesday for their history immersion into Ancient Roman life.
On Thursday Mr. Kew and I carried out a Learning and Ethos walk across the school. It was wonderful to see the excellent learning behaviours evident from EYFS to Year 6 from all of the children. The children are walking around the school building when transitioning at different parts of the school day sensibly and respectfully. The whole school is a calm and purposeful environment- ensuring that the children are in the best position to learn and make progress. Needless to say, this does not happen by accident. Thank you to the amazing Vigo staff and children for working as a team; enabling everyone to thrive and succeed.
Today, Mr. Dockree has led a values assembly with the focus on our shield award this term. The value focus is Responsibility and the children have been asked to nominate a peer in their class who is an exemplar of responsibility, showing that everyone "can count on me." Last term, the governors and I were delighted to award Lily E in Year 1 with the Respect shield. We cannot wait to award the Responsibility shield to the next recipient.
Year 3, 4 and 5 were given the fantastic opportunity to participate in a live music experience this morning. The Hampshire Music team came in and performed for the children. The ensemble was made up of strings, keyboards and brass instruments. There may be some budding musicians that have been inspired by this enrichment activity.
Finally, it is our last Open Morning tomorrow (Saturday 10th). Our fabulous EYFS and PPA team will be joining me to showcase our school to potential new parents. The Forest school fire will be lit to make smores, Miss Marta will be creating some amazing artwork and Mr. Holmes will be leading a sporting activity, as well as the EYFS team and myself being on hand to answer any questions. If you know of any potential families looking for a school place, please do extend a warm invitation to them to come along if they haven't already signed up. It is great to see so make people who are already joining us for the event.
I am looking forward to working with you all again in 2026 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
