Latest News

Scholastic Book Fair

Thu 24 Apr 2025

Dear Parents,

We’re excited to announce our upcoming Scholastic Book Fair, taking place from 7th to 12th May in the KS2 Hall. It will be open daily from 15:20 to 15:45 - perfect timing for after school!

This is a wonderful opportunity for the children to explore a range of exciting books. You’ll also have the chance to purchase them - payment can be made using cash or card, so it’s convenient for everyone.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Miss Reay

English Lead

Comic Relief non-uniform day

Fri 21 Mar 2025

World Book Day

Thu 27 Feb 2025

Dear Parent/Carers,

We are excited to celebrate World Book Day on Thursday 6^th March! Children are welcome to come in a costume or dress up as a cosy reader (pyjamas!). We have some amazing activities planned, including a BOOK SWAP.

Your child can bring in their old, unwanted books from Monday 3^rd March. They can hand them into their class teacher or Miss Reay. They will receive a voucher in return.

They can then use this voucher on World Book Day, after school, to swap another book.

This is a fun, free way to widen our literary horizons! Highbank staff will also be book swapping, so feel free to join us!

Thank you for your support,

Miss E Reay

English Lead

Family Information Morning

Thu 27 Feb 2025

Good afternoon,

Thank you to those who were able to make our Family Information Morning. It was great to discuss our new values and how lunchtimes will look at Highbank moving forward. For those who were unable to attend, please find attached an overview of playtimes at Highbank. If you have any questions, please either speak to Mrs Wan or Miss Ishmael at the gate or give us a call.

Kind regards,

Mrs Wan and the Highbank Team

School Punctuality

Wed 12 Feb 2025

Due to a recent decline in punctuality we would like to take this opportunity to remind you about the importance of children arriving at school in good time. Being late to school can have a considerable impact over the whole school year. The table below illustrates the amount of learning lost if a pupil is late to school.

5 minutes late every day= 3 days of school lost a year

10 minutes late every day= 6.5 days of school lost a year

15 minutes late every day= 10 days of school lost a year

20 minutes late every day= 13 days of school lost a year

30 minutes late every day= 19 days of school lost a year

When your child is late for school they are missing out on vital parts of their education. We expect that every pupil attends school regularly and punctually. This is a kindly reminder that the school gates are shut at 08.50. If you child arrives after this time, they will be recorded as late. Please also be advised that if your child arrives more than 20 mins after registers close they will be recorded as an unauthorised late which will also impact their overall attendance percentage. Arriving late also causes considerable disruption to members of staff as children have to be escorted to class when arriving late. Late arrivals to the classroom also interrupt the learning of all children.

We appreciate your support in maintaining good standards around arriving at school on time!

FSM Vouchers

Wed 12 Feb 2025

Dear Parent and Carers,

Free school meal vouchers for the half term should be arriving to families by email on Friday morning. Please contact the school office if you have not received this by lunch time and we can get it re sent to you by the end of Friday, otherwise it will be after half term. The vouchers are only live for 4 weeks and cannot be re issued after 4 weeks, so please ensure you use it before it goes out of date.

Thank you

Mrs Shelton-Bourke

What's happening at Highbank next term

Tue 11 Feb 2025

To our wonderful Highbank families,

Please see the attached image for an overview of some of the exciting events we have coming up after half term. We are very excited for our values week where we will officially launch our Happy Lunchtime programme and our school values of kindness, respect and pride.

Should you want more information about our values and lunchtime approach, we invite you to attend the parent and carers information morning on Thursday 27^th February.

Kind regards,

Mrs Wan and the Highbank Team