OPAL has launched! 21.11.25
Published 21/11/25
This week marked the launch of our OPAL play scheme. As you can see from the photos there were lots of happy and smiley faces in the playground. Please see below an update from the OPAL team.
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Read MoreOnline Safety - Parents guide to EA Sports FC 26
Published 21/11/25Please find attached an online safety guide covering what parents and educators need to know about EA Sports - FC 26. It covers the risks surrounding this game and top tips to minimise them.
Read MoreFOWS Update | Xmas Fair & Donation Day 21.11.25
Published 21/11/25t's now coming up to FOWS busiest time of the year, and like Santa’s elves, we are working hard behind the scenes to bring you some of our best-loved events.
Christmas Fair
Save the date: the OWPS Christmas Fair will be held on Friday 5th December, from 3.30pm, with the raffle to be drawn at 5pm. The raffle prizes look absolutely amazing this year, so don't forget to sell your tickets to your family and friends. If you need more tickets you can collect these from the school office. Money, with completed stubs can also be returned to the school office from now, or given to the FOWS team at the fair.
If anyone is available to help set up or tidy away on the day, please get in touch with FOWS.
Wrap night
Wrap night is the night we get everything ready for the Fair and the Elfridges Christmas sale. We meet in the school staffroom with scissors & sellotape, mince pies & wine, and we wrap, chat, and sort out all our goodies. If you are available to help, please come along and join in our festivities. See poster for details.
Donation Day
The last Donation Day of 2025 is upon us, next Friday 28.11.25. It's a double whammy.
Firstly, We really need any unwanted gifts that may have been cluttering up your house for the last few months.
Also, we need bottle donations for the bottle tombola. This is our most popular stall, so the more the merrier. It can be alcoholic drinks, soft drinks, toiletries, anything in a bottle that is unopened and in date will be good for us.
As a thank you for your donation, the children can wear their own jumper to school that day. Please note, this isn't the official Christmas jumper day, that will come later in the term.
Thank you
The FOWS team
Read MoreOperation Christmas Child Collection 20.11.25
Published 20/11/25We’re delighted to share that the school has packed 19 beautifully wrapped shoeboxes, filled with love and joy for children around the world as part of Operation Christmas Child — thank you so much!
We also received many wonderful individual donations, which will be packed into additional boxes during the church’s Big Pack Up. We’ll let you know the final total once everything has been completed.
In the New Year, we expect to find out where our shoeboxes have been delivered, and we will update you as soon as we have that information.
Once again, a huge thank you to everyone who packed, donated, and supported the work of Operation Christmas Child. Your kindness truly makes a difference.
Read MoreChildren In Need Fundraising Total 20.11.25
Published 20/11/25Last Friday, we held a Dress Down Day to raise money for Children in Need. It was wonderful to see all the pupils getting into the spirit of the event, and we would like to say a big thank you to everyone who donated. Together, we raised over £700 for this fantastic cause. Well done, everyone!
Read MoreOnline Safety - Parent Advice for Navigating Group Chats
Published 14/11/25From teasing and exclusion to privacy worries and inappropriate content, children can experience a wide range of challenges in group chats.
This guide helps parents and educators recognise the signs of trouble and offers simple ways to support children in using group chats safely and respectfully.
Photo rights: Unsplash Mariia Shalabaieva
Read MoreFree School Photo Delivery 14.11.25
Published 14/11/25This is a reminder that the deadline for ordering school photos with Van Cols and receiving free delivery is Friday 14th November 2025, at midnight. (this was extended from the previously advertised date of 12th November)
Please make sure any orders are placed before this time to qualify.
For any further assistance placing an order with Van Cols please contact the customer service team on 01206 273711 or aftersales@vancols.com
Read MoreImportant information about school emails 14.11.25
Published 14/11/25Since joining Meridian Trust a few weeks ago, we have been making a number of changes, including updating our email systems. Because of this, some parents have told us they are not receiving school emails.
If you are having problems receiving our messages, please check your junk/spam folder and mark email@connect.owps.org.uk as a safe sender. This is the main address we use to send school updates and the Wistow Ways newsletter.
New Email Addresses
Please use the following email addresses from now on:
- Office enquiries: Office@ortonwistowprimary.org
- Platform 1 (P1) enquiries: PlatformOne@ortonwistowprimary.org
- P1 payments, bookings and invoices: P1Payments@ortonwistowprimary.org
- Reporting a pupil absence: Absence@ortonwistowprimary.org
When reporting an absence, please include your child’s full name, their class, and the reason for the absence. Sharing this information as early as possible helps us update the register promptly. If we do not receive these details, you may receive a follow-up call from our office team as part of our safeguarding procedures.
Our dedicated absence phone line is still available if you prefer to leave a message that way.
If your child has a future appointment (for example, a medical appointment), you can also use the absence email address to let us know in advance.
Read MoreCelebrating Success 14.11.25
Published 14/11/25Here at Orton Wistow Primary School, we recognise that success comes in all different shapes and sizes! We celebrate the children's achievements in school in the Achievements section of the newsletter and website.
Many of the children, however, are also achieving things outside of school. We would like to recognise these successes too.
It might be that your child has passed a music or dance exam, gained a karate belt, starred in a show, volunteered, taken part in a sporting event, or done something that they didn't think was possible!
If you would like to share your child's achievements with us so that we can celebrate their success, please complete the Celebrating Success form which can also be found below. Contributions will be considered for inclusion in upcoming editions of the newsletter.
We look forward to hearing about your children's extracurricular achievements!
This Week's Successes!
Bruce Year 3, achieved his 400 metre distance swimming certificate last month. He swam front crawl in just over 20 minutes to achieve this. Well Done!
Read MoreFOWS - Competition 07.11.25
Published 07/11/25
easyfundraising.org.uk
As we have done for the past few years, FOWS are once again running our Easyfundraising competition throughout November.
For anyone not familiar with easyfundraising.org.uk yet, please visit the link above, or use the QR code in the poster to sign up and set Friends of Orton Wistow School as your cause. It costs you nothing, but whenever you open online shopping website and apps through Easyfundraising, it generates a donation for FOWS, funded entirely by the retailers.
It is, as the name suggests, really easy!
Have a browse through the different companies available, it may surprise you!
Whoever raises the most Easyfundraising donations for FOWS in the month of November will win £30 to be awarded at the Christmas Fair on 05.12.25.
Unfortunately, the FOWS team are still unable to access emails, so in the meantime, please make sure you are following Friends of Orton Wistow School on Facebook for any news and updates.
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Thanks
The FOWS Team
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Read MoreNational School Attendance Award 24/25
Published 07/11/25We are pleased to announce that we have been recognised for our positive attendance record, being awarded the National School Attendance Award for the 2024/25 Academic Year. OWPS is within the Top 25% of all FFT Primary Schools in England.
Read MoreYear 2 Family Learning 07.11.25
Published 07/11/25A big thank you to all the adults who joined us for the Year 2 Family Learning session this morning!
The children thoroughly enjoyed sharing their maths mastery learning with you and demonstrating the strategies we’ve been using in class. It was wonderful to see everyone getting involved and having a go.
We hope you found the session helpful and that it gave you a clearer insight into how your children are developing their mathematical understanding at school.
If you have any questions or would like to know more, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Thank you once again for your support!
The Year 2 Team
