Dear Parents/Carers

What a wonderful week it has been in school! Our Parents’ Evenings have been a real highlight and it was fantastic to see so many of you coming in, celebrating your children’s achievements and speaking with staff. The atmosphere across both evenings was fantastic; thank you for your commitment, your time, and your ongoing support. It really does make such a difference.

A huge thank you as well to everyone who completed our Breakfast Club survey. Your feedback was incredibly helpful and we’re pleased to share that from after Easter, we will begin offering toast and cereal to all pupils attending Breakfast Club at no additional cost. This is something many of you said would make the club even better and we’re delighted to make it happen. More details will follow after half term.

You’ll also see below the upcoming Parent Engagement opportunities. Many of you told us you wanted more chances to be involved in your children’s learning and experiences in school—you said and we listened. We’re really looking forward to welcoming you into school more often.

Wishing you all a lovely, restful half term. We hope you enjoy the break, and we look forward to seeing everyone back afterwards.

Warm regards,

Mrs Kerry Exon

Headteacher

Congratulations to all those who received a Gold Leaf

6.2.26

Dormouse Ruben and Evelyn

Otter Effie

Hedgehog Jackson

Puffin Daisy and Whole Class

Squirrel Dennis

Dragonfly Kayden

Kingfisher Emily

13.2.26

Dormourse Emily and Niya

Otter Theo

Hedgehog Leo

Puffin Archie and Florence

Squirrel Oliver

Dragonfly Kaleb

Kingfisher Amelia C

Celebrating Excellence Across Our School

The English Achievement Award
This award honours outstanding progress and achievement in English. From creative writing and reading comprehension to exceptional effort in developing literacy skills, one child from each year group has been selected for their remarkable contribution. From these winners, one pupil from EYFS & KS1 and one from KS2 will proudly take home the English Trophy.

The Mathematics Achievement Award
Celebrating problem-solving, logical thinking and perseverance, this award recognises pupils who have excelled in mathematics. Whether through mastering challenging concepts, demonstrating resilience, or showing enthusiasm for numbers, one child per year group has been chosen, and one overall winner from EYFS and KS1 and one from KS2 has received the Maths Trophy.

The Values Award
Our school values: Respect, Confidence, Determination, Kindness, Enthusiasm and Curiosity are at the heart of everything we do. This award celebrates pupils who consistently embody these values in their learning and interactions. One child from each year group has been recognised and two exceptional role models have received the Values Trophy.

This term’s winners are below - the children who have been highlighted have won the trophy:

Maths English Values

EYFS Harry Eva Evelyn

Year 1 Oscar Brooke Orla

Year 2 Dylan J Rori Harper

Year 3 Olivia Cristian Florence

Year 4 Grace Chloe Maisie

Year 5 Max Maia Aminah

Year 6 Emily C Grace Charlie

📚✨ World Book Day – 5th March! ✨📚

We are excited about the upcoming World Book Day on Thursday 5th March and we have a fantastic day of book‑themed fun planned for all our children!

Throughout the day, classes will take part in an exciting rotation of activities, each one inspired by a different book. This will give the children a chance to listen to a range of stories, meet new characters and take part in some exciting activities.

To make the day even more special, we invite all children to come to school dressed as their favourite book character. They can choose a hero, a villain, a fairy‑tale figure, or someone wonderfully silly, we can’t wait to see their creativity! Children should also be ready to talk about their chosen character—why they like them, what makes them special or what story they come from. This is a wonderful chance to build confidence, celebrate reading and inspire their friends.

We’re looking forward to a fantastic day packed with imagination, storytelling and a love of books.

Thank you for your support in making World Book Day magical for our school community!

Forest School

At Forest School, Dormouse Class were very lucky to see a break in the rain and made the most of the dry session to make cereal bird treat hangers, as well as using the mud kitchen to make pancakes. The children practised their pancake flipping skills with cardboard pancakes and had lots of fun being active on the swing as well with the wheelbarrows and rakes.

Dormouse Class had a fantastic time learning all about pancakes

This week, the children explored how pancakes are made and, of course, enjoyed the best part—tasting them. They carefully chose their own toppings and added them independently, with close supervision.

We also learnt a fun “Mix a Pancake” rhyme and wrote our own step‑by‑step instructions for making pancakes. Alongside this, the class took part in a variety of pancake‑themed activities which the children enjoyed engaging in.

Visit from Deane Vets

Dormouse class had an exciting visitor last week. Becky from Deane Vets came to talk to the children about her work as a vet. The children asked her lots of super questions and had fun exploring the X-rays and artefacts she had brought in to show them. They also learnt how to stay safe around dogs.

Museum of Somerset – Monmouth Rebellion

Year 6 visited the museum yesterday to learn more about and find out how the Monmouth Rebellion impacted life in Taunton. The children had the opportunity to participate in role play, create some engraved Rebellion playing cards and visit the section of the museum dedicated to the Monmouth Rebellion. The children were very inquisitive, with the workshop leader commenting on how engaging the children were. The children enjoyed the day and thoroughly enjoyed the chance to bring the Monmouth Rebellion to life.

Parental Engagement

We’re looking at new ways to get parents even more involved in children’s learning and have a range of exciting activities planned. More information about each event will follow but here are the dates for your diaries!

Dates:

26th March - Year 2

22nd May - Year 4

2nd June - Year 5

2nd July - Year 3

6th July - Year 1

8th July - EYFS

PTAMay Fayre

The PTA would be very grateful for anyone who is able to support the May Fayre. Thank you to those who have already signed up!

Please click on the link below:

volunteersignup.org/9J8BM

If you can help, I know they will really appreciate it!

Raffle Tickets

We are currently gathering prizes for the raffle and would be very grateful for any support from families. If you are able to provide a prize — for example, a voucher valued between £10–£100 from your workplace.

If you aren’t able to donate directly but can share contact details for the decision maker at a business who might be willing to support us, we’d really appreciate that too. Every contribution helps!

Easter Bingo

Please note that the PTA have decided not to run the Easter Bingo event this year.

Well Done Aisha for donating 34 cm of your hair to The Little Princess Trust

Dates 2026

February

16th - 20th Half Term.

23rd Back to school.

March

5th World Book Day.

PTA Meeting at 8.00 pm.

11th Reception and Year 5 height and weight measurements.

13th Year 2 Mother’s Day Assembly.

15th Comic Relief.

20th PTA non-school uniform day (Easter Tombola).

25th Rocksteady Concert at 10.00 am.

26th Year 2 Parental Engagement Afternoon.

31st Year 5 Castle Community Concert Rehearsal.

31st Mar – 2nd Apr Year 4 Kilve Residential.

April

1st Year 5 Castle Community Concert.

3rd – 17th Easter Holidays.

20th Back to school.

May

4th Bank Holiday.

8th PTA non-school uniform day (Bottle Tombola).

16th PTA May Fayre, 2.00 - 5.00 pm.

20th Reception Sports Festival at The Castle School.

22nd Year 4 Parental Engagement Afternoon.

25th – 29th Half Term.

June

1st Back to school.

Tempest class and Year 6 Leavers photographs.

2nd Year 5 Parental Engagement Afternoon.

2nd – 5th Year 6 Escot Residential.

3rd Year 5 Sports Festival at The Castle School.

4th PTA Meeting at 8.00 pm.

10th Year 1 Sports Festival at The Castle School.

17th Year 6 Sports Festival at The Castle School.

23rd Sports Day:

KS1: 9.15 am

KS2: 1.15 pm

26th School Disco.

29th Year 5 Bikeability.

30th Year 5 Bikeability.

Year 6 Transition Day.

July

1st Year 6 Transition Day.

Move Up Day for rest of the school.

2nd Year 3 Parental Engagement Afternoon.

3rd INSET Day.

6th Year 5 Bikeability.

7th Year 5 Bikeability.

8th Rocksteady Concert at 10.00 am.

Reception Parental Engagement Afternoon.

18th End of year Uniform Sale.

20th School closed for INSET Day.

21st School closed for INSET Day.

22nd Break up for summer holidays.

September

25th Tempest individual and sibling photographs.

Bishop’s Hull Primary School is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all pupils in our school. If you have a concern about the welfare of a child, please contact safeguarding team. The designated safeguarding lead for our school is Mrs Exon.