Junior Newsletter

Mr Davies
May 15
5 min read

Friday 15th May 2026

"For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. (2 Timothy 1:7)

Headteacher's Update

Well done to all of our Year 6 pupils who completed their SATs tests this week. We are incredibly proud of the calm, mature and positive way they approached each test, showing resilience and determination throughout. Most importantly, they gave their very best effort, which is all we could ask for. They should feel extremely proud of themselves – as should we all.

Lower School enjoyed a fantastic trip to Hampton Court last week. The children were a credit to the school, demonstrating excellent behaviour and enthusiasm throughout the visit. They learnt a great deal about the history of the palace and life in Tudor times, and returned full of excitement and curiosity, inspired to find out even more in their learning back at school.

Punctuality Matters

We are noticing an increasing number of pupils arriving late at both the infant and junior schools. All pupils must arrive on site and be ready to enter the building at 8.45am each day.

Arriving on time is essential. It ensures that children are calm, settled and ready to begin learning straight away. The first part of the day is often when key instructions, early morning routines and important learning take place. When a child arrives late, they can miss vital information, feel unsettled joining part-way through, and disrupt the learning of others.

We appreciate your support in ensuring that all pupils arrive punctually so that every child can start the day confidently and make the most of their learning time.

School Council work as Courageous Advocates

Our Junior School Councillors have been hard at work agreeing with their classes on a global injustice that the children feel strongly about and want to raise awareness of. They have chosen the plight of endangered animals, affected by climate change and are busy planning a day of awareness and fundraising!

What: a non-uniform day and donation (£1 +) to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Charity (dress as an animal or animal theme clothing, can be as simple as t-shirt with an animal on).

When: Friday 22^nd May (final day of this half-term)

Why: to raise awareness of animals at risk around the world; each class will be researching animals at risk and then presenting these to each other at the end of the day.

Our School Councillors will be leading a very special assembly next week so the children will then know a bit more about the day and dress code too!

Federation Arts Week

Next week classes across the Federation will all be engaging in lots of art activities all with the theme of 'our wonderful world'. Promoting awareness of the environment and exploring new artists and themes. We look forward to the week and hope to also invite parents/carers in towards the end of the week to view their finished artworks and share in their success!

Tesco Grant Reminder!

Please don't forget that our Pond Fundraising Project has been selected to participate in the 'Tesco's Stronger' Starts grants programme. This is where shoppers select which charity they would like to support by posting their blue tokens in their choice of slot, before they leave the store.

Our Pond project is now featured at the Tesco Extra store at Pinchington Lane until the end of July 2026. It would be wonderful if our families and community could support this project by shopping at this store and encouraging others to do so please. If successful we could raise up to £1500 towards our new pond.

Maths Parent Workshop

Maths Parents Workshop for Infant & Junior

11 June 2026, 16:45–18:00Woolton Hill

Mr Scott will lead this parent workshop on how to support your child with number and calculation across the whole of Primary School.

Safeguarding Matters

Attendance Matters

Our school attendance target is 97% and above for all children. We are committed to:

Promoting good attendance and reducing absence, including persistent absence
Ensuring every pupil arrives at school on time and ready to learn
Ensuring every pupil has access to full-time education to which they are entitled good attendance means being in school at least 97% of the time (184 days or more) good punctuality means being in school at 08:45 ready to learn.

Strong attendance is directly linked with stronger academic achievements as well as contributing to increased sense of belonging and strong social relationships.

Friends Of The Schools of Woolton Hill

This week we had an artist come in for a second drawing session, which again was fully booked. The youngsters had a great session drawing dinosaurs, dragons, unicorns and some Minecraft characters. These sessions have been really popular and we have received some great feedback.

We are now on the countdown to Woolfest 2026 which just 6 weeks away. Details have been emailed earlier this week about the poster competition where the winning design will win a free family ticket.

Don’t forget to vote for us in the Tesco blue token collection at Tesco Extra on Pinchington Lane.

Facebook Page

Details of the activities we are doing are always posted on our Facebook page. So that you don’t miss out on the up to date information, make sure that you join our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/share/g/17nbptqZaE/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Wildlife Pond Project

Thank you for the donations that have been coming in. Please continue to spread the word. If you would like to donate please click on the below link or please share the link with friends, family or businesses that you know who may be willing to contribute.

https://app.thegoodexchange.com/project/21204/friends-of-the-woolton-hill-schools/creation-of-school-wildlife-pond-2026

Details of the wildlife pond project and how the fundraising is going can be found on the PTA section of the School website, along with events that we are running.

Click here to visit the PTA page. https://www.schoolsofwooltonhill.com/pta

Dates For Your Diary

Woolfest – Friday 26^th June

Quiz Night – Friday 16^th October

Santa Run – Tuesday 5^th December

Pre-loved uniform

We have now created a record of the preloved uniform stock that we have and this can be found via the below link.

https://www.schoolsofwooltonhill.com/pre-loved-uniform

If you spot something that you would like, just message Lottie Sheppard on 07825 829277 to purchase it. If you have out grown items that are in good condition, please drop these off to either school office and these will be collected.

Get Involved

As a friendly group of volunteers we are always looking for people to join our team, whether it is to help out with one off events or more regularly, any help is greatly appreciated. Support the Friends so that we can support our schools.

Email us at Friendsofwhjs@gmail.com