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Issue 503: 28th March 2025


Issue 503: 28th March 2025



In this Week's Issue...

A Message from OWPS

Achievements 

Children's Work

  • Foxes, Sharks and Nightingales

Dining Car News

  • Next Week's Menu

School News

  • Honours Award
  • Celebrating Success
  • Red Nose Day
  • Breaking the Rules Day
  • Year 2-Burghley House Trip
  • Year 6-Bletchley Park

Community News

  • Easter Holiday Camps

Current Vacancies

Coming Up in School

  • Dates for the Diary

Contact us


A Message from OWPS

Dear parents and carers,

The penultimate week of the Spring term has come to an end and we only have five more school days before the Easter break, another half-term has flown by. 

Bikeability

It has been great to see our Year Five children complete the Bikeability (cycling proficiency when I was at school!) course this week. I know the leaders have been impressed with the groups and hopefully this will encourage some more of our older children to bike to school. 

Open Afternoon

Thank you to everyone who visited school for our Open Afternoon on Tuesday. I know the children enjoyed showing you their books and the work they have done this year. We continue to consider ways to involve our families with school life and we are already excited about our 'Every Child An Artist' event coming up in the Summer term. 

Communications 

Just a reminder about communicating with your child's class teacher. Please don't use the messaging option on Class Dojo for this. Teachers will not respond to messages sent via that platform and we do not want to miss any communication from you. Please contact us via the school office, you can ring or email, or catch the teachers by their classroom doors at the start or end of the day. Thank you. 

Have a lovely weekend everyone, hopefully no one will get caught in a sudden downpour whilst on their bike like poor Mr. Newton did this morning!

Mr. Marks

Headteacher 

Photo by Yoksel ?? Zok on Unsplash


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Achievements

Each week, we publish the latest achievements of the children at Orton Wistow Primary School.

  • Attendance
  • Class Dojos
  • Dojo Masters
  • Wistow Mile
  • House Points
  • Shining Stars
  • Times Table Rock Stars
28 Mar 2025
Achievements 28.03.25
Find out what the children at OWPS have achieved this week....
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Children's Work

This week, we are proud to show you work and learning activities involving  children in the Foxes, Sharks and Nightingales.

28 Mar 2025
Foundation Stage, Years 1 & 2 28.03.25
In English, Pippa and Robyn have written a non-chronological report about the rainforest canopy. They have included facts about the trees and animals that live there.
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28 Mar 2025
Years 3 & 4 28.03.25
A piece of PSHE work based upon Economic Wellbeing.  We planned a party, using a budget of £25, then went into full detail, thinking about invitations, etc.
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28 Mar 2025
Years 5 & 6 28.03.25
In English we have started reading The Dam by David Almond. As part of this we have done some research on the setting for the story Kielder Water in Northumbria. Here is Lewis’s double paged spread sharing what he found out from his research.
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School News

28 Mar 2025
Year 6 Bletchley Park
On Wednesday 19th March, Year 6 went to Bletchley Park. First they made their way to the code-breaking area where they learnt how to code break, like they did back in the day, and then also got to have a go using the Enigma machine- whilst learning about Morse code. They then headed off to the mansi...
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28 Mar 2025
Year 2 Burghley House Trip
On Wednesday 26th March, Year 2 went to Burghley House to learn about kings and queens. We were so proud of how the children represented the school. Many members of the public commented on how smartly we were dressed and how well-behaved the children were.  We started the day by meeting...
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28 Mar 2025
Celebrating Success 28.03.25
Here 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 s...
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28 Mar 2025
Whole Spring Term-Honours Award
Congratulations to the following children who were chosen to receive The Whole Spring Term Honours Award.
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28 Mar 2025
Break the Rules Day-Friday 4th April
Break the Rules Day is back! Friday 4th April 2025! By now you will have received an email from the school office with the details of how to sign up. For those of you who weren't here last year, or even for a few of you who were, you're probably wondering what this is all about...
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28 Mar 2025
Red Nose Day-Friday 21st March
The Red Nose Day stalls were once again been a huge hit at playtime. Children from each class took it in turns to run the stalls that they had designed, and we raised over £900 for this wonderful charity. Thank you to our parents for supporting this event as well.
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Dining Car News

Discover what is coming up in the OWPS Dining Car.

28 Mar 2025
Menu W/B 31.03.25
This week the delicious menu includes Fishcake or Vegetable Carbonara, Chicken Nuggets or Vegetable Nuggets, Gingerbread, Raspberry Flapjack, Fairy Cake and much, much more! 
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Book an Adult Lunch with your child: Orton Wistow Primary School - Adult Lunch Bookings (owps.org.uk)


Community News

28 Mar 2025
Key Sports-Easter Sports Camps
Our Easter Holiday Sports Camps 2025 have now been confirmed at Nene Park Academy Nene Park Academy PE2 7EA Monday 7th April – Friday 17th April 9.30am-3.30pm (Early drop off and late pick-up available 8.30am-4.30pm) Boys and girls aged 4-12. (Incudes Year 7 Children) Lots of spo...
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14 Mar 2025
Easter Half-Term Holiday Camp 2025
Please see the attached flyers advertising the holiday camps that are being held at the Verde training ground in Peterborough over the upcoming Easter Holidays. Photo by Nesnin Shamsheer on Unsplash
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Current Vacancies

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Own Trustree - Apply by Midnight, Monday 31st Mar, 2025  •  Job start: N/A
Teacher-Apply by Midnight, Friday 28th Mar, 2025  •  Job start: September 2025
Teacher-Maternity Leave Post-Apply by Midnight, Friday 28th Mar, 2025  •  Job start: September 2025
OWN Trust - Current Vacancies

Coming Up in School!

A calendar of up-coming events at OWPS. 

Year 4- Grafham Water
All Day
from 31 Mar until 02 Apr
31
March
Honours Award Assembly 7
All Day
03
April
Term Ends
All Day
04
April
Break the Rules Day
All Day
04
April
Easter Holidays
All Day
from 07 Apr until 21 Apr
07
April
Term Starts
All Day
22
April
Year 5- 2 Can Learn
All Day
24
April
FOWS Donation Day
All Day
25
April
Year 1 - 2 Can Learn
All Day
29
April

Contact Us

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If there is anything that you or your child would like to share with us for the newsletter, please email digital@owps.org.uk.  Please clearly state in the email if you give your consent to photos being published in the newsletter and on the website.

You can also contact us at digital@owps.org.uk if you have any comments or queries about the e-newsletter or website. We look forward to hearing from you!