This Week:

  1. Message from Miss Porter
  2. Spring Term Value
  3. Spring Term Clubs
  4. Caterlink Spring Term Menu
  5. Christmas Jumper Day
  6. Forthcoming Dates
  7. FOLPS Update

Dear Parents

This morning, our school celebrated the theme “Guiding Lights” in our Christmas service.

Together, we thought about what it means to be a guiding light – someone who helps, supports, and brings hope to others. To make this real for the children, we explored the incredible work of Guide Dogs UK, an organisation that trains dogs to help people with sight loss live safely and independently. These dogs are true guiding lights for their families, showing the way and giving confidence every day. The children also enjoyed seeing pictures of Lacey, my own dog, who has a special story. Lacey was a Guide Dog mum and has had over 30 puppies, many of whom have gone on to become fully trained guide dogs.

As we head into the holidays, I hope you all find time to pause and reflect on the year that’s passed: its challenges, its joys and the moments that mattered most. Just as we’ve learned about guiding lights today, may we all find ways to shine a little light for others in the year ahead.

From all of us at Leckhampton, we wish you and your family a joyful and peaceful Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Best wishes

Sam Porter

 

Our Spring Term Value

At the beginning of the Spring term, we are exploring the value of wisdom in our Collective Worships, not just being clever, but choosing to do what is right, kind and thoughtful. Wisdom helps us stop, think, and ask: “What is the best choice I can make right now?”

To help us think about wisdom, we will use real-life stories. One example is of a child who found a lost wallet on the pavement. Instead of keeping the money, they chose to hand it in. It wasn’t the easiest choice, but it was the wisest because it helped someone else and showed honesty, courage and kindness. Wisdom often looks like that: doing the right thing even when no one is watching.

There are lots of ways families can practise wisdom together. You might try a “Pause and Think” moment before making a decision. You could talk through a problem as a team like how to share chores, plan a day out, or use money sensibly when shopping. At home, wisdom can be shown by listening carefully to each other, apologising when things go wrong, or planning ahead for the next day. In the community, it might mean being patient in busy places, helping a neighbour, or making choices that keep everyone safe.

 

Big Questions to explore as a family:

  • What is the wisest thing to do when you make a mistake?
  • Can you remember a time when someone showed wisdom and it made a difference?
  • What wise choice could we make together this week that would help someone else?

 

Spring Term Extra Curricular Clubs

Details of all clubs on offer can be found on our website.

School Club Booking for Teacher Led Clubs

Teacher led clubs can be booked from Saturday 20th December 2025 at 10.00 a.m. until 6th January 2026 at 12.00 midday

Caterlink Menu Spring Term 2026

A copy of next term’s menu can be found here.  We return on week 2.

Forthcoming Dates

Upcoming dates can be found on our school website

Christmas Jumper Day 2025

Last week, we raised a huge £808 for Save the Children on Christmas Jumper Day. Thank you to all for your support

FOLPS Update

Thank you so much to everyone who came to the Christmas Fair despite the atrocious weather! We raised over £3.5k, which given the circumstances is quite amazing! An initial tally suggests the raffle will add an additional £1.2k to that total – our huge thanks again to all our prize donors and to everyone who bought tickets. We would also like to thank all the amazing teachers who so generously gave up their time after a full day of teaching to make the Fair a success – it couldn’t have happened without them.

 It’s been a busy half-term for FoLPS with the school disco also raising over £1.4k, and the Christmas Jumper Sale bringing in an additional £55.

Everything raised by FoLPS supports our children’s education and their enjoyment of their time at Leckhampton. This term FoLPS has contributed nearly £15k to support the purchase of new books, subsidise trips and furnish the iQuad. So your support really does make a world of difference.

Looking ahead to 2026, we have lots more exciting events planned – get these dates in your diaries now!:

  • Friday 27th February: Quiz Night
  • Friday 24th April: Bingo
  • Fridays 1st May and 5th June – Refreshments Stand at School Sports Days
  • Thursday 11th June – School Disco
  • Friday 3rd July – Summer Fair