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Issue 520: 26th September 2025


Issue 520: 26th September 2025



In this Week's Issue...

A Message from OWPS

Achievements

School News

  • Celebrating Success
  • Census Day

Dining Car News

  • Menu W/B 29th September 

Children Work

  • Koalas
  • Bumblebees

School Clubs

Community News

Current Vacancies

Coming Up in School

  • Dates for the Diary

Contact us


A Message from OWPS

Dear Parents and Carers,

The final few days of September are now upon us and as the Autumn really begins to settle in, it is clear that the children have also established themselves in their new classes and year groups.

It has been great to see our Year 6 parents in school this week for our first Family Learning of the year. Our youngest children have also successfully completed their first full week in school, a huge well done to the Turtles and Penguins. I’m sure many will sleep well over the weekend!  Year 5 have also returned from our first residential trip of the year. Hilltop provides an excellent array of activities; staff have noted the resilience and teamwork spirit of all those who attended this week. A huge thanks to the staff who supported the residential, without whom we wouldn’t be able to provide such valuable experiences.

Harvest

Mr Marks shared our Harvest assembly with the whole school this week. We will be collecting Harvest donations until Friday 3rd October. All proceeds will be given to the Peterborough Foodbank to support families across the city. Any donation, no matter how small, would be warmly received. See details below directly from the Peterborough Foodbank for your information.

Clubs

It is great to see clubs launch again for this academic year. Attending clubs allows children to develop their teamwork and social skills whilst also providing a wonderful opportunity to increase their interests and skills. It also supports them in showing dedication, commitment and responsibility for their time. We are grateful to all the staff in school who dedicate some time in their week to run a club. If your child has signed up to a club, we expect them to attend or if this isn’t possible that they notify the member of staff running the club that they won’t be present. This ensures that we keep all children safe whilst they are in our care. We’d appreciate you sharing this message with your child at home.

FOWS

The continual support and effort from our FOWs body provides our school with the funding to enhance the educational offer we provide to our pupils. Boosting our library selection, adding to wet play equipment and supplying new technology are just some of the ways FOWs events have benefitted our school in the past.

FOWs welcome any new members to the team and would love to see anyone interested in volunteering their time at their AGM on Tuesday 14th October at 7pm.

Wishing you all a very happy, restful weekend

Mrs Fidgett

Assistant Headteacher

Photo by Jan-Willem van Braak on Unsplash


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Achievements

26 Sep 2025
Achievements 26.09.25
Find out what the children at OWPS have achieved this week....
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School News

26 Sep 2025
Census Day -Thursday 2nd October
Next Thursday, 2nd October, is Census Day.What is Census Day?This is an important day for schools in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, and across the country as we have to submit data to the government. This data helps them to decide how much funding we should have next financial...
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26 Sep 2025
Celebrating Success 26.09.25
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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Dining News

Discover what is coming up in the OWPS Dining Car.

26 Sep 2025
Next Week's Menu W/B 29.09.25
This week the delicious menu includes Battered Fish or Vegetable Moussaka, Chicken Nuggets or Vegetable Nuggets, Pizza or Chicken Curry, Pastry, Iced Bun, Coconut Flapjack, Cheese and Crackers and much, much more! To make an adult lunch booking please click on...
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Book an Adult Lunch with your child: Orton Wistow Primary School - Adult Lunch Bookings (owps.org.uk)


Children's Work

This week, we are proud to show you work and learning activities involving  children in the Koalas and Bumblebees.

26 Sep 2025
Foundation Stage, Years 1 & 2 26.09.25
In the Koalas class, Erin has written some lovely sentences using verbs, adjectives and nouns.
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26 Sep 2025
Years 3 & 4 26.09.25
In English, the Bumblebees have been writing letters. Here, Charles has written a letter as Ug, to his parents all about his new invention to use in the Stone Age.
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School Clubs

26 Sep 2025
Autumn Term 2025/26 Clubs
Find out which external and internal clubs we are offering this term.
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Community News

26 Sep 2025
Be a Choister for a Day
Please see the poster below for information regarding am opportunity for your child.
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26 Sep 2025
YDP October Half Term Camps
Please see the posters below giving information about half-term camps being run by YDP in October.Photo by Peter Glaser on Unsplash
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Current Vacancies

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Midday Supervisor • Woodston Primary School – Apply by 04:00pm, Friday 19th Sep, 2025  •  Job start: As soon as possible
School Office Administrative Assistant –OWPS – Apply by 10:00am, Thursday 2nd Oct, 2025  •  Job start: October 2025 (or as soon as possible after this date)
Pastoral Teaching Assistant-OWPS-Apply by Midday, Friday 3rd Oct, 2025  •  Job start: 03-11.2025
Key Stage 1/Early Years Teaching Assistant – Woodston Primary – Apply by 06:00pm, Tuesday 30th Sep, 2025  •  Job start: As soon as possible
Teaching Assistant KS2- Woodston Primary – Apply by 06:00pm, Tuesday 30th Sep, 2025  •  Job start: As soon as possible

OWN Trust - Current Vacancies


Upcoming Events

A calendar of up-coming events at OWPS. 

New FS Tour 1
All Day
29
September
Clubs Start
All Day
29
September
Census Day
All Day
02
October
Y4 Family Learning
All Day
02
October
Online Safety Week
All Day
from 06 Oct until 10 Oct
06
October
Honours Award Assembly 1
All Day
07
October
New FS Tour 2
All Day
08
October
Y1 Family Learning
All Day
09
October
New FS Tour 3
All Day
16
October
Y5 Family Learning
All Day
16
October

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!