Parent/Carer Updates

Dear parents and carers  I hope this letter finds you well. We are writing to inform you of some important changes in the Year 6 teaching team.  Firstly, we would like to share that Miss Bernard will be leaving the school at the end of this term. We extend our …

Dear parents and carers  I hope this letter finds you well. We are writing to inform you of an upcoming change in your child’s class teacher. Mr Whitby, who has been a dedicated and inspiring teacher to our Year 2 pupils, will be leaving the school at the end of …

Ramadan Mubarak to all our Muslim families. We know that at the end of this holy month, our Muslim families are looking forward to an Eid celebration, which is likely to be on Sunday 30 March or Monday 31 March. As usual, we will authorise one day’s leave from school …

Dear parents and carers On Thursday 10 April, Mr Nation and Mrs Caldecott would like to welcome all Year 6 pupils to Minerva from 9:00 am to 3:00pm. During this time, the children will be focusing on some revision of Reading and Maths learning as well as taking part in …

Dear parents and carers I would like to inform you that for Religious Education this term we will be discussing the Hindu Festival of Colours, Holi. In line with this, we would like to offer the children the opportunity to partake in a small section of the Holi celebrations: the …

The school is happily in a position to subsidise leavers’ hoodies for this year. If your child would like to order a leavers’ hoodie, we are asking for a contribution of £11 per child towards the cost, and the school will cover the rest. Order forms were handed to the …

The hourly rate for nursery sessions next year will be as follows: Age band Hourly rate Two year olds £7.90 Three and four year olds £5.98 These fees apply to any children who are not entitled to funded hours, or who attend for extra hours not covered by their funding …

Next Thursday is World Book Day and we have planned some lovely learning opportunities for the children of Minerva Primary School. On Thursday 6 March, we would like to invite all Minerva Primary School Citizens (children and staff) to dress up as their favourite book characters. Please get as creative …

Dear Parents and Carers This half term we have been talking about our local community: as part of that learning we plan to start going off-site for local walks. I would like to confirm that from next Wednesday we would like the children to wear their school uniform for Walk-about …

Dear Parents and Carers,    We are very pleased to be able to provide swimming at Blackbrook Pavilion Pool this term. This meets with the National Curriculum Physical Education Programme.    Bath Place class (Year 6) will attend swimming lessons on a weekly basis for 10 weeks from Monday 13th January until …