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Newsletter Number 32   -   12 June 2026

Message From Mrs Dance

Dear parents and carers,

I hope that the second newsletter of summer 2 finds you all well.

It has been a hive of activity here in school. This week we have had lots of enrichment activities taking place. Year 4 carried out their geography field work in town, Year 5 were exploring the local waterways as part of their geographical field work and lots of children were taken to our art exhibition at The Chapel Arts Studio located in the church grounds. I had the privilege of attending on Wednesday with Year 1; I was blown away by the artwork and the children’s excited faces as they found their artwork amongst the exhibition. If you get a chance, please do go along, it is well worth it!

 

If you would like to see more photos, please click on the following link: Vigo Primary School - 'We All Have Different Eyes' Vigo Art Exhibition

Abandoned Building Awareness

This week, I have made contact with the Local Authority, around our growing concerns around abandoned buildings that children in our community are able to access and the significant safety risk that this poses. The councillors that I have contacted are fully aware and are liaising with the police and the company that owns the building, to ensure that the buildings in question are made safe. My assemblies next week, will be talking to the children about risks and making safe decisions. Please also speak to your children about keeping themselves safe when out and about. The information in this website may be useful: Playing safe over the summer | Leeds Safeguarding Children Partnership

 

Our Year 1 and Year 4 children have been working hard to complete the Phonics Check (Y1) and Multiplication Check (Y4) this week. Congratulations to all of the children who have shown true independence and resilience throughout. The outcome for your child will be shared when we receive the results in the next few weeks.

Finally, we shared on Wednesday the great news that we had formally joined the Hampshire Inclusion and Diversity Partnership by signing the partnership’s commitment document. This is a significant and exciting step in our ongoing journey to ensure that our school is a place where everyone feels they truly belong. Our Belonging Council will be using our new partnership to support our ongoing journey of inclusion and belonging.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend.

Rachel Dance

Headteacher


Key Dates

Events during week commencing 8 June 2026

  • 19/06/2026     Diabetes Awareness Day - wear blue with full uniform - No Donations.
  • 19/06/2026     Friends of Vigo primary Bingo Night


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.

 


NUTS!

We currently have several children with nut allergies in school, so it is important that children DO NOT bring any food items into school which may contain nuts.

Could all parents and carers please ensure that NO NUTS are sent to school in packed lunches. This includes chocolate spread sandwiches, and cereal bars. We appreciate that not all chocolate spread contains nuts, however the vast majority do. It is not possible for our staff to tell the difference between types of chocolate spread once they are put into a sandwich, so in order to protect our children we have to ask that no chocolate spread is sent into school at all.

Any items containing nuts or chocolate spread will be removed from the child’s lunch and returned to you at the end of the day. If this is a sandwich, an alternative will be provided, such as bread and butter or toast.

Grapes

It is essential that grapes are cut lengthways into quarters until children are at least 5, and advisable to continue throughout primary school.

 


Dojo Points

Tierra

Agua

Fuego

Aire

17,801 18,973 18,319 18,252

      

 

Sign of the week

There are two signs this week

This is the sign for forest

This is the sign for fish

ask your child to sign with you

Quote of the Week

 

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,

nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”

 

 

Dr. Seuss


Forest School and PE timetable – Summer 2

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

AM

Miss Marta – Art

Year R

Year 1

Year 6

Year 2

Mr Holmes – PE

Year R

Year 1

Year 6

Year 2

Mr H – Forest School

Year R

Year 1 –

Portugal

Year 6 –

South Africa

Year 2 –

Chile

Class PE

PM

Miss Marta – Art

Year 5

Year 4

Year 3

Mr Holmes – PE

Year 5

Year 4

Year 3

Mr H – Forest School

R2L

Year 5 –

USA

Year 4 –

Nepal

Year 3 –

New Zealand

Class PE

Year 3

Year 6

Year 2

Year 5

Year 1

Year 4


Diary Dates

25-29/05/2026  Half Term to Summer Term 2
19/06/2026 Diabetes Awareness Day, wear blue with uniform - no donations
19/06/2026 Friends of Vigo Primary Bingo Night
23/06/2026 Year R Trip to Finkley Farm
26/06/2026 Sports Day 
26/06/2026 Friends of Vigo Primary Summer Raffle will be drawn at Sports Day
   
   
30/06/2026 Year 4 and KS2 Choir Trip to Fareham Live. Details to follow
01/07/2026 Transition 1: 13:15 - 14:45 (Year 6 to stay in school)
03/07/2026 Inset day 5
07/07/2026 Hampshire shuffle up day. Yr 6 to secondary schools.
In school transition 2: 13:15 - 14:45
08/07/2026 Year 6 Trip to Paultons Park - Information to follow
09/07/2026 Learning Disabilities Awareness Day, no collection in school. (local charity is Purple Oak if you would like to support them directly.)
13/07/2026 Yr 6 Performance Dress Rehearsal
14/07/2026 Yr 6 Graduation at The Lights Andover - Ticket information to follow
15/07/2026 Yr 6 Performance - afternoon. Details to follow
16/07/2026 Yr 6 Performance - after school. Details to follow
17/07/2026 Transition 3: 13:15 - 14:45 (Year 6 to stay in school)
20/07/2026 Yr 6 Leavers Assembly. Details to follow
22/07/2026 Last Day of Summer Term
2026-2027 Inset Days
1 September 2026 - Inset Day 1
4 January 2027 - Inset Day 2
22 February 2027 - Inset Day 3
12 April 2027 - Inset Day 4
7 June 2027 - Inset Day 5

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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Toy Sale

Winton Pre-School are having a toy sale on the 19th June.

Find out more about the vaccine programmes and our contact details here: School Age Immunisation Service - Hampshire - Parents: Health for Kids

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Owlets

Penguin

Jessica D

for

always being responsible in Penguin class and being motivated to help her friends

Teo K

for

his amazing independent writing in phonics

Seal

Ivy P

for

working so hard at following our MIRROR values - the adults at school have all noticed what an amazing effort and attitude you have had this week Ivy! Well done.

Erick T

for

displaying great motivation in maths lessons this week, he worked really hard on solving problems involving sharing out amounts fairly.

Whale

Nova F

for

being super resilient in all aspects of school life despite her injury!

Alfie H

for

always being a resilient and positive learner!

Iceland

Riley H

for

producing fantastic English sentences full of detail and creating a beautifully written recount of our exciting adventures to Marwell. Well done Riley!

Nace T

for

working independently and trying his best this week in both Maths and English. Well done Nace!

Norway

Evan B

for

showing motivation in your learning and trying your hardest in lessons. You have been open minded in taking on new tricky challenges, particularly in maths. Well done Evan!

Olivia C

for

showing respect and kindness to all her peers and adults. You are a wonderful role model, and a joy to have in Norway class. Well done Olivia!

Portugal

Rose M

for

always showing resilience, independence and motivation in all that you do. You are an amazing role model for your peers and Portugal class are lucky to have you.

Enzo R

for

being open-minded when receiving challenges in his learning and not giving up. Keep up the good work!

Brazil

Angela C

for

completing the morning register with an adult and greeting your friends with a big smile. You bring a smile to my face every day and are a pleasure to have in Brazil Class.

Emin K

for

uplevelling his English writing about Samson's Titanic Journey by adding in adjectives and adverbs. Well done,  Emin.

Chile

Nadia K

for

trying her best to work independently, you are so much more openminded. I am so proud of your progress!

Olivia B

for

great motivation to work independently to write about what Samson did on Titanic using past tense verbs.

Peru

Grayson T

for

showing masterful maths skills and answering some tricky reasoning questions with skill.

Noah E

for

showing great motivation to try your work again and make it even better. Keep it up!

Australia

Jacob C

for

working really hard on his reading and making good progress.

Daisy C

for

being really motivated and completing some lovely work in all areas of the curriculum this week.

Fiji

Thomas M

for

showing resilience when learning addition with exchange in maths.

Mya H

for

showing greater responsibility in her behaviour choices and being more focused on her learning in class. Keep it up!

New Zealand

Joseph H

for

an excellent attitude to your maths work this week. You have been motivated to master column method. Well done!

Alana W

for

continuously working hard on your presentation. You have been very motivated and it has paid off.

Georgia

Logan S

for

showing resilience during his timetables work.

Yavuz K

for

his independent use of speech rules in English.

Japan

Lucas H

for

your FANTASTIC behaviour. You are always following the hi-five rules and excited to learn. You will smash year 5 because you are such a star!

Mason B

for

your contribution to class discussions. You are listening carefully and eager to answer. Keep it up!

Nepal

Louie H

for

making a positive start to this half term, demonstrating resilience and motivation

Iris P

for

her motivation and engagement on the geography field trip.

Costa Rica

Riley C

for

demonstrating outstanding resilience and commitment to your learning especially when things have been tricky. Well done!

Scarlett C

for

being a fantastic role model, and a champion of our Vigo promises. Well done!

Jamaica

Oliver T

for

always being respectful to everyone around school and being a true role model to others.

Hugo B

for

demonstrating fantastic motivation and working really hard on his presentation and handwriting.

USA

Neville D

for

showing tremendous improvements in his Writing. Well done, Neville.

Rudi O

for

being motivated to independently proofread his History diary for the KS2 English non-negotiables and always pushing himself to present his work to a high standard. Well done, Rudi!

Kenya

Zack M

for

working hard in all lessons and always contributing to a class discussion.

Joshua M

for

working hard to learn his lines for the production.

Madagascar

Bruce I

for

using his independent research well to include lots of interesting information and technical vocabulary in his non-chronological report

Brandon W

for

writing a lovely non-chronological report about the yellow spotted lizard from Holes.

South Africa

Jayme M

for

independently writing a great fact file about the Yellow Spotted Lizard, well done!

Nichole S

for

being a true role model of all our MIRROR values, well done!

Milkshake Time

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

Amber U, Florence C, Theodore F, Sophie P, Harlen P, Raina O, Alasdair N, Lottie J, Tommy H, Bianca O, Junior C, Zakaria K, Oliver C, Travis L, Finley M, Jorgie D, William C, Oliver B, Izzie S, Evalyn C


Useful links

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

Letters to Parents>>

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