Parents and children joined Pershore Round Table during the evening of the last day of term to help Santa and his sleigh bring joy and festive cheer to local residents. The money collected through the Santa Sleigh runs is donated predominantly to local charities and good causes, and last year our school was fortunate to benefit from this. Thank you to all the parents and children who supported this event.

There was a lot of excitement in school yesterday as the children took part in the Christmas Fun Day organised by the Friends. Throughout the day, the children took part in a variety of activities, including biscuit decorating, making hot chocolate reindeer, Christmas bingo, Christmas word searches and colouring, making decorations, and a scavenger hunt! Staff and pupils also joined together in the hall at lunchtime to enjoy Christmas lunch provided by The Deli. We would like to say a really big "thank you" to the Friends for organising this amazing event for the children.

Have you got a Christmas jumper you have outgrown? If you do, the PTA would love you to donate it to their swap rail where it can find a new home! Please drop any donations into the school office. Thank you.

Pershore Civic Society President, Dr Judy Dale, and Chairman, Michael Hodges, recently visited our school to present the 2025 Avonreach Academy Trust/Pershore Civic Society Citizenship Awards. These annual awards recognise pupils who have demonstrated exceptional citizenship skills, leadership, and community spirit throughout the past year.

Pershore Abbey is currently hosting a Christmas Wreath Festival in its side aisles, featuring wreaths made by local schools and organisations that are on display until Epiphany (January 4, 2026). Our Christmas wreath is made up of paper hands cut out by all the children in school. If you have a moment, please go along to the Abbey to see the display.

On Monday this week, pupils in Year 5 and Year 6 enjoyed their visit to the Think Tank Museum in Birmingham to support their topics on Space and Electricity. The children were able to explore the hands-on interactive displays as well as watch the Earth and Beyond Show (Year 5) and the Electrifying Science Show (Year 6). Thank you to our parent helpers for supporting the children on this trip.