Whole School News Week 9 Autumn 2025

EP Highlights

It’s been a busy and uplifting week at EP. Thank you to everyone who joined our parent progress meetings – we hope you found them useful. These conversations are all about celebrating the progress already made and sharing our ambitions for your children this year.

We’ve also welcomed a range of visitors – from former pupils and senior leaders from other schools to maths leads working collaboratively across Camden. They all commented on the joy, curiosity and passion for learning they saw in our classrooms – something that makes EP truly special.

A real highlight of the week has been the launch of EP Table Manners. Children have shown such care and teamwork in keeping our dining hall calm, tidy and respectful – leaving the hall ready for an afternoon of gymnastics and dance! These habits of responsibility and kindness are wonderful for children’s confidence and self-efficacy.

We hope this confidence will lead to some of them stepping forward to audition to be a Winter Concert poetry reader or to perform at the EP Variety Show. Do encourage your child to talk to their class teams or to us about this if they’re interested. Details below.

Thank you …

… for bringing your positivity to our Parent Progress Meetings this week.

… for bringing the disco party to EP before half-term - you raised a fantastic £1,394!

… for the generous donations to Little Village - you gave so many items for families who are struggling, and it is so positive to support sustainability and enable others to create new memories with these lovely clothes and baby things.

Thank you so much for your support!

Coming up next week

Monday

Odd-Socks Day - wear odd socks to school (see below)
Year 5 and 6 can participate in the Primary Maths Challenge! Past papers for practice
8-8:50 Year 5 & 6 Dodgeball Club
Year 6 swimming pm
3:30-4:30 Junior Football Development Club

Tuesday

8-8:50 Y1 & 2 Multi-Sports Club
Year 3 workshop with Freshwater Theatre at Hawley School
Year 6 swimming pm
3:30-5pm Football Squad match - pick up from Talacre at 5pm. Supporters welcomed!

Wednesday

No Dawn Chorus Junior Choir this week as Miss Mac is on a residential - back as usual next week!
Year 5 12 Choirs of Christmas rehearsal at EP
Year 6 Citizenship trip - packed lunch needed
Year 6 swimming pm

Thursday

8-8:45 Year 3 and 4 Dodgeball Club
Year 4 visit the Science Museum
Year 6 swimming pm

Friday

8-8:50 Junior Girls’ Multi-Sports Club
Year 6 swimming pm

3:30-4:30 Y2-6 Gymnastics

Autumn Term Reminders and Notes:

Next week is Anti-bullying Week - such a crucial time to raise awareness of behaviour, which impacts lives so profoundly. This year, the Anti-bullying Alliance has chosen the theme - Power for Good. Everyone in our school community should read and understand our Anti-Bullying Policy which staff and children have written together. Our policy also has helpful links for parents and families to learn more about how to talk (and listen!) about bullying with children - Kidscape is a particularly great resource.

Through assemblies, stories and lessons next week, children will be learning how we can work together to stop bullying behaviour and to build a world full of kindness and respect. You can show support for this mission by wearing odd socks to school on Monday 10th November – it’s Odd Socks Day! Here is a video so you can find out more about Anti-bullying Week.

Winter Concert poetry readers

If your child is in the Juniors and would like to audition to recite a short poem at the Winter Concert please let their class teacher know by next Friday 14th November. We will then give them a few lines from a poem for your child to learn, and hold an audition the next week.

EP Variety Show

This is held on the last day of this term, Friday 19th December. Two acts are selected from each class after an in-class audition, and they will perform in the Variety Show. Children can perform alone or with classmates. We welcome a wide range of acts: dance, music, comedy, magic and more! Class auditions take place in the weeks commencing 17th and 24th November. Check class newsletters for the exact day.

School lunches and taster session

We really enjoyed gathering pupil voice about school lunches before half term — hearing what children love, what they’d like to change, and which meals make them happiest. These conversations help us feed back to Caterlink each half term and also get children talking and learning about food together.

We’re also excited to host a Lunch Taster for parents on Wednesday 19th November at 1:30pm - you’re warmly invited to come and try some of the delicious dishes from this half term’s menu.

Christmas cards and trees

Christmas Trees

Here’s a chance to raise money for EP by buying a fabulous Christmas tree from a sustainable source at a great price. Order deadline is 4pm on Wednesday 26 November. Ready for collection at the Winter Fair on Friday 5 December

Christmas Tree Order Form 2025

Christmas Cards

Designs have been brought home and products and prices are linked https://xmas4schools.co.uk/products if you decide to order. The artwork can be printed on cards, calendars, tote bags, keyrings, tea towels, mugs, snow globes and gift labels!

To place an order-

Return the completed artwork form to the school office by Monday 10th November latest
Xmas4schools will then send you an email and text with an order code to link to the online ordering portal
Log in, enter your order code and place an order with payment

Products should be delivered to school in the first week of December.

PTA Events

Winter Fair on Friday 5 December 3-5pm!

Artwork competition

We’re running a competition to choose the Winter Fair artwork. The winning design will be featured on banners, posters, and flyers printed by our sponsor Martyn Gerrard, as well as on the fair’s auction website.

Theme: Winter / Christmas / School Fair

Format: A4 paper
Deadline: entries by Thursday 13th November

The winning design will be chosen by the Heads - we can’t wait to see your creative designs!

Winter Fair Pre-Loved Jewellery & Glasses Stall

If you have any old jewellery or sunglasses that are no longer wanted and in good condition, please bring to the office. Talented parents will give them a polish and re-present them beautifully to sell at the fair.

Hampers

Soon to arrive outside classrooms are wrapped boxes. Please put lovely donations in there – bottles, products, fancy food. Parent volunteers then turn them into luxury hampers. A special shout out to any parents who can access luxury food, drink and beauty products. Unused and in date items only please.

Autumn Term Dates

Wednesday 19th November 1:30pm - Lunch taster for parents and carers
Friday 5th December - Winter Fair (No Gym Club or Club EP)
Winter Concert date confirmed - Monday 15th December at Acland Burghley Hall, likely start will be 2:30pm, further details to be confirmed nearer the time.
Friday 19th December - Winter Variety Show and last day of term. School ends at

3:30pm with no Club EP.

Christmas Holidays - Monday 22nd December - Friday 2nd January inclusive (Monday 5th Jan is an INSET day - Children back Tuesday 6th January).

Snack Sales on Fridays

14th November - Year 1
21st November - Reception
28rd November - Nursery