Grand Opening of the Library!

6th October 2025Rebecca Knowles

This afternoon, we celebrated the grand opening of our new library with a beautiful event attended by lots of our community. With representations from our school community, local council, our XP Trust, and even an author – we thank everyone for attending and sharing the special moment with us.

A special thank you to our Friends of Green Top who have supported us so much with raising money to make our dream happen – without you it would have been impossible!

Thank you also to our wonderful reading ambassadors for hosting the event – we think they did a fantastic job for their first event and they are excited for many more to come!

This video shows the incredible journey we have been on to create our beautiful so please take a few minutes to watch to celebrate how far we have come!

Finally, thank you to Phil Sheppard for taking the time to attend our launch and for your generous donation of books towards our library! We are also pleased to be taking part in the ‘Take10toRead’ on Friday 10th October as part of World Mental Health Day!

Harvest Festival…Donations

6th October 2025Kelly Overson

We are collecting donations for our local community. The items will be passed onto Susan Durant and her team to create food parcels and hampers.

Please send items into school between now and Friday 17th October.

Crack the Code!

6th October 2025Rebecca Knowles

Don’t forget our ‘crack the code’ competition is running all week as part of reading week! Guesses to crack the code are 50p each!

Will you be a lucky winner?

Good luck!

Class Spetch – Library Visit

6th October 2025Sophie Myers

What a lovely start to our Monday morning, a nice walk to spend some time in our local library. The children enjoyed reading a selection of books, taking part in some craft activities and finding out all about the job roles of the librarians. A fab start to reading week!

Extended Study – World Mental Health Day!

6th October 2025Sophie Myers

Watch the story below called ‘Lucy’s Blue Day’. Reflect on the story by sharing your ideas with your crew about different things you can do if you are experiencing big feelings such as feeling scared, anxious, frightened or angry.

Which Zone of regulation might you be in if you are feeling this way?

What could you do to make you feel better?

Reception: Christmas Photo Shoot – Tuesday 14th October

5th October 2025Lorna Jones

On Tuesday 14th October, Reception will be holding a Christmas Photo Shoot Day. The photos taken will be professionally printed and made available for purchase at our upcoming Christmas event – a perfect keepsake or gift for family and friends!

Please send your child to school on this day dressed in the outfit you would like them to wear for their photo. This can be a festive outfit, smart clothes, or anything special you’d like them to be photographed in.

We’re looking forward to capturing some lovely, festive memories!

Hello Yellow – World Mental Health Day

5th October 2025Kelly Overson

Friday 10th October is World Mental Health Day; we are joining Young Minds and inviting you to wear something yellow!

Please don’t go out and buy anything special (it isn’t a non-uniform day).  You can wear an item of yellow clothing or wear a yellow bow, socks or even make your own badge to wear! 

If you would like to donate to this charity, here is their website: https://www.youngminds.org.uk/

At Green Top, we place a strong emphasis on wellbeing, ensuring that every child feels valued, supported, and heard. Our culture of crew underpins this commitment, giving all children a voice and fostering a sense of belonging and togetherness across our school. Through our crew curriculum and focus on key character traits, we help our children develop kindness, compassion, and the confidence to share their thoughts and feelings openly. We also recognise the powerful role that creativity and movement play in wellbeing — our vibrant culture of the arts and active learning nurtures both emotional and physical health. Together, these elements create a happy, supportive environment where both children and staff can thrive.

Year 3: RE – Why do Jews celebrate Pesach?

5th October 2025Claire Dutton

In our Religious Education session this week, we continued our learning about Moses and the Exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. We learned about their hurried meal of lamb and a flat bread called matzah, and we found out that the Jewish faith remembers and celebrates this important time in their religion via the holiday of Passover (or, Pesach in Hebrew). To consolidate our learning, we sorted reasons for the Exodus into True and False … luckily, we weren’t caught out by any of the red herrings!

We have really been enjoying learning all about the stories of the Jewish religion, why not ask us about how the Jews were told to protect their first born sons from the tenth plague of Egypt?

Year 1: Phonics

4th October 2025Carly Schon

This week in phonics Miss Schön and Miss Rodgers group have been learning /ie/ ‘Tie your tie’.

Ou® new red words or Mr, Mrs, work, can’t and class.

We have been reading the book ‘Let’s Sort it Out’. We have discussed the the vocabulary and the meaning of different words and phrases.

We now know 2 differerent /ie/ sounds

/igh/ as in high, light and bright – We know that the igh sound is only Followed by a ‘t‘

/ie/ as in tie, cries and lied

We have also learned that words can end in il and al make just a ‘l‘ sound at the end of a word

Don’t forget to practice as often as possible so that you can beat your ‘word count per minute’ scores!