December 2024

Dear Parent and Carer,

It has been a wonderful end of term enjoyed by all. The Reception Nativity was superb, the children sang so well.

Thank you to Herts Catering for a scrumptious Christmas dinner. Thank you for your support and donations for the PTA Christmas Fair, it was a great success and wonderful to see so many happy, smiley faces.

I am sure that your child/ren will receive some lovely presents/ stationery very soon from Father Christmas. May I take this opportunity to remind you that children are not allowed to bring pencil cases or other personal items such as toys, teddies or stationery into school. The school will provide all necessary stationery for your child’s learning. This will reduce the risk of items being misplaced or damaged.

Reminder - School finishes on Friday 20th December at 1pm for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 and 1.15pm for years 3 to 6.

Please click on link to read our new Governors newsletter - Governors Newsletter December 2024

Please remember that school is closed on Monday 6th January. Children return to school on Tuesday 7th January 2025.

Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year

Karen Armstrong
Headteacher, Jupiter Primary School

Colder weather - be prepared

It is very likely that over the coming months we are likely to get more snow and rain. In preparation for this, can you please ensure that your child is well prepared when coming into school if it has snowed. The children often enjoy sometime outside when it snows. It is therefore important that all children have a suitable winter coat, and a change of wellington boots/ boots so they can go outside in the snow during a playtime, if it is safe for them to do so. I am sending this out now as I would not want to disappoint any children by keeping them inside when their peers are outside enjoying the snow.

Many items in school are not currently named. Please make sure all items are named, including coats, hats, gloves, PE Kits and Jumpers/cardigans, lunch boxes and water bottles

Reminder

The school car park is for staff and those with disabled badges only.

Please park only in the marked bays and do not block other drivers or park/stop on the double yellow lines.

Our car park gates are currently not fully working and this is mainly due to people pushing them open and walking through the gate when they are closing. To ensure everyone is safe can you please enter the school site through the pedestrian gate and not walk through the car park gate.

Thank you

Attendance and Leave of Absence Policy

A summary of the school’s Attendance and Leave of Absence Policy is available on the school website - Attendance and Absence Policy 2024

As you are aware the government changed penalty notices and fines which came into effect from 1st September. Please read the poster and policy for further details.

If you are intending to ask for leave of absence during term time for your child then please read this policy first.

Attendance in school is really important. Being in school is important to your child's academic achievement, well being, and wider development.

Getting to school late can also mean your child misses out on important learning which could affect their achievement or they could miss social time with friends and the time to settle into class which can impact on their well being.

DSPL8 - Parent and carer December newsletter