Welcome to our news and events page. Please have a look at our latest school news articles so you can keep up to date with everything that’s happening at our school. Make sure you check back regularly! You may also like to use the filters down the side to narrow our news entries down.

• VISTA Summer 2021 issue has landed

  Mon 05 Jul 2021

  Thanks to the team of fantastic volunteer parents and local businesses who advertise, VISTA generates thousands of pounds for school funded projects - which benefit all our children. Take a look This months issue includes:-

  • What we've been learning about - written by Year 3 children

  • Meet the Teacher

  • Dates for your Diary

  • Global Citizen article

  • Fun Wordsearch

   

  For advertising opportunities email: vistawickhamcommon@gmail.com

• Donation Day - 9 July

  Mon 28 Jun 2021

  In readiness for the September Summer Fair we need your kind donations of either Teddys or bottles (no sweets).

   

  Bottles can be alcoholic or non-alcoholic.

   

  Please bring your donations to the morning drop off on Friday 9 July.

• Special Visitor in school for 15 months

  Thu 27 May 2021

  So, back on Monday we had our first Special Visitor in school for 15 months - Andrea Mills – successful children’s author and ex-Wickham Common pupil. It was wonderful to see her, hear her latest story and enjoy witness our children demonstrate their extensive, deep knowledge and love of Reading … as the children answered so many questions with such enthusiasm I could see their teachers brimming with pride! Well done to you all for encouraging and supporting this – the world’s most powerful and crucial life skill!

• The Coram Life Education Bus

  Thu 27 May 2021

  This is a magnificent service that the children and teachers love equally and is 100% funded by our brilliant PTA – thank you!

• Return of the School Disco - 11 June

  Mon 24 May 2021

  This Summer's Disco – will take place on Friday 11th June 2021. Lower school children may wear their own clothes to school that day - sparkle as much as you like! Upper school (year 3 and above) are advised to change at home and come back in their disco gear!

   

  What's different?

  This summer the Disco will be held outdoors, and set over 3 sessions due to Covid restrictions,

  1. Reception, Years 1 & 2. Children will be escorted by teachers straight to Disco. Pick up is 4pm.

  2. Years 3 & 4. Arrive at 4.15. Pick up is 5.10pm

  3. Years 5 & 6. Arrive at 5.25. Pick up is 6.30pm

   

  How to pay

  The cost for each pupil is £5.00 payable by SIMS PAY ONLY – this includes disco entry, snacks (packet of crisps, Haribo sweeties, ice pop and a drink) and an amazing DJ!

   

  Lending a hand

  As usual we always need help to run the disco. If you can help out, please email the PTA at discowickhamcommon@gmail.com stating which session you can attend – you will only be needed for the session your child is in.

• Saturday 10th July - The Wickham Common Summer Fair

  Thu 29 Apr 2021

  As I mentioned earlier this week, the PTA are planning their first full-on fundraising event of the year for Saturday 10th July - The Wickham Common Summer Fair – with maybe a Football or an Olympics theme?! If you would be willing to help in some way then you could either send a message to your year group WhatsApp group and your rep will let the PTA committee know. Or you could email the PTA directly on wickhamcommonpta@gmail.com. Or you could join us on the 24th May and/or the 21st June when we will be having an evening Zoom meeting (details nearer the time). We will be discussing the Summer Fair and everyone’s ideas, who’s doing what etc … please do ‘come along virtually’ to these events if you are interested. If no to all of the above at the very least please do put the date in your diary -10th July - and come to the fair.

   

  One of our very best friends who has already offered to donate a big cash first prize for the Fair Raffle is Abdul at Inaga Contemporary Indian Cuisine Restaurant around the corner. I am proud and delighted to share the following link with you, which tells of Abdul’s phenomenal success and what a fantastic and supportive friend and neighbour he is to this school. Well done Abdul – you deserve every accolade! I for one will be partaking of his menu this weekend.

   

  https://www.currylife.uk/the-soul-of-a-community-i-naga-restaurant/

• VISTA

  Thu 29 Apr 2021

  So onto other news … our local magazine called VISTA which is circulated to 4000 local homes once every term has a new Team running it! We have Chris & Stacey running the Editorial section and Sarah & Cat running the Sales, together with Tracey who does the invoicing – a very important role because we need the money!!! Mr Slack sorts out the articles produced by school pupils and staff. We are delighted to have this new team whose skills are 100% perfect for the job. We are also very grateful to Shabana and Izzie and all those who have gone before in the production of this popular and local magazine that advertises and also fundraises for the school! You can look forward to receiving the new team’s first edition towards the end of June … look out for that.

   

  If you feel able to deliver copies on your road, please do email the PTA (email address above) or get a message to Rachel Aviss who coordinates the delivery and she will sign you up … every little helps! Thanks.

• Visit www.wickhamcommonprimary.co.uk today

  Tue 12 Jan 2021

  Go onto the tab COVID-19 and on there you will see several sections with pre-recorded

   

  videos made by Wickham Common staff.

   

  There are stories read by Mrs Critten, Ms

  Norsworthy, Mrs Moore, Ms NiGhosain, Mr Slack,

  Mr Walker, Mr Winter, Mrs Myles, Mrs Stevenson,

  Ms Miran, Mrs Ringham – to name a few! These

  stories are wonderful for children in many year

  groups to sit and watch/listen, so please do show

  your child how to access, settle down somewhere

  cosy with a warm drink and enjoy!

   

  There are also some modelled Maths lessons on there – again for all to tap into and

  practice. Mr Slack and Mr Grice are modelling a variety of methods and these are well worth

  looking at for children Year 2 upwards.

  There are 62 videos of teachers modelling writing – they demonstrate how to

  construct text types and also presentation ... Writing when

  completed at home is notoriously poor quality compared to what

  children can produce in school and this is why we rarely set

  writing as home learning. However, in such times as these we

  cannot allow children to totally disengage with their writing

  skills. Please look at these videos and see which ones you and

  your child could practise.

  There are also PE lessons, French lessons, Phonics demos, interviews with authors,

  podcasts, Music lessons with our colleagues at BYMT and of course our wonderful

  Celebration films – around 15 in total I think. These have been made from April to December

  and are suitable for everyone to sit and enjoy – they vary in length.

• Lockdown learning programme

  Tue 12 Jan 2021

  Yesterday the BBC started with their Lockdown learning programme – here is a link to it –

  take a peek and see how this can help you and your child.

   

  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-55591821

• The Oak National Academy

  Tue 12 Jan 2021

  On myUSO the children in Years 1-6 have been directed to visit pre-recorded

  lessons produced by The Oak National Academy and also The White Rose

  Maths Hub to support their learning. These are highly recommended,

  professionally produced films.

   

  Wickham Common staff have also begun to make new videos of themselves

  reading stories, going on walks, doing PE and demonstrating how to do

  Phonics/Maths, introducing the week’s learning timetable. Some of these may

  be viewed on the website via the Covid link, others will have a direct link only

  via myUSO for children and parents specifically in that teacher’s class/year

  group to watch.

   

  If directed to watch a video as part of a lesson children must do so in order to be able to

  compete the task set properly. This means that laptops will need speakers/earphones.