Birdham CE Primary School

 

Dear Parents & Carers

Welcome to the festive edition of the newsletter!

We have lots of lovely things planned for the remaining three weeks of term so please support us if you can.

Support can just mean popping along to an event at the church or wishing someone a happy day. How about joining us for a mince pie after our end of term service?

Why not try something new this end of term?

Kind regards
Mr McCadden

 

Mince Pies

Please join us for a mince pie and coffee or tea after the church service on Thursday 18th December in the school hall. We look forward to seeing you there!

 

Christmas Lunch

Please remember that the Christmas lunch ordering closes this Thursday, 4th December. If you want your child to have a Christmas lunch this year, then it must be ordered by ParentPay before then.

Our apologies but due to some unpaid accounts, the office cannot book this for you and must be done via ParentPay.

If you need help with setting up your ParentPay account please speak to the office and we will help in any way we can; however, forgotten passwords must be done directly through the app or website of course.

 

 

 

 

 

CLUBS

Please note that this week is the last week of after school clubs. Children should all be collected at 3.15pm from Monday 8th December unless booked into Active8 after school.

Just a reminder that after careful consideration, we will be charging for all after school clubs after the Christmas holidays. Costs will be £3 per child per club and must be paid before your child attends the first session.

We are investigating a simple way of allowing you to pay for your child remotely without having to remember to pop into the office. The system will work in the same way, that your child’s place will be confirmed and then you will need to pay.

 

And finally...

December is the closing of one chapter and the beginning of the next, but Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone

 

Calendar

December 2025

 Thursday 4th

FPTA Movie night 1 - 5:00pm

Friday 5th

FPTA Movie night 2 - 7:00pm

Sunday  7th

Choir and Parents singing at West Wittering Beach

Christmas Market 4:15pm - 5:15pm

 Wednesday 10th

KS1 Nativity at 9.00am - 10:15am

9:00am refreshments for a 9:30am start

Thursday 11th

KS1 Nativity at 1.30pm - 2:45pm

1:00pm refreshments for a 1:30pm start

Friday 12th

FPTA Christmas Fair (3.15pm – 4.30pm)

Sunday 14th

Joint Carol Concert at St James' Church

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Wednesday 17th

Christmas lunch & Jumper day

 Thursday 18th

Church service at St James Church at 9.15am - 10:15am

Thursday 18th

Kingfisher visit to Chichester Festival Theatre

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Thursday 18th

Last day of Term

Friday 19th

INSET day 3/5  (school closed to children)

January 2026

 Monday 5th

Return to school
February 2026
 Tuesday 10th  Parents Evening 1/2 - 3:30pm - 6:00pm
Thursday 11th Parents Evening 2/2 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Monday 16th Start of Half Term
Monday 23rd

INSET day 4/5 (school closed to children)

Tuesday 24th Return to school & Paul Ullson  visit  (Peacock class)

 

NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE

Academic Year 2024/2025