Raddlebarn Primary School

13/07/2026

13/07/2026

Children aged 4-17 can cheer on England this summer by sending letters of support for a chance to win £1,500 in sports kit for their school or sports club. ✉️⚽

Get involved by sending a letter to:

World Class Letters
Freepost England

Further details, including full T&C's, are available online at royalmail.com/worldclassletters

08/07/2026

Plant sale update: Due to the school closing early Thursday and Friday, I will be holding the plant sale in the mornings on both days 8:30-8:50am.

You have the option to either pay and take the plants with you or pay and reserve your plant(s) to collect when you pick up your child at 12pm.

The raffle will be running on both days and winners will be announced in the newsletter on Friday! Only £1 per strip (5 tickets)!!

07/07/2026

03/07/2026

🌿 Garden Rangers Update

This week the Rangers finally made it back into the garden. After a few weeks away, they explored what had changed — and there was plenty to see. The courgette plant has grown huge and is now showing off bright yellow flowers. They counted 31 sunflower plants, checked on the thriving tomatoes, and harvested the spring onions and radishes that survived the slug catastrophe. Their biggest excitement? Spotting the very first tomatoes already forming.

Next week is our End of Year Plant Sale, and this time we’re also running a raffle. Prizes include large colourful planters and smaller hanging planters — perfect for gifting — each planted with marigolds the Rangers have nurtured from seed.
Ms E will be selling raffle tickets at the exit gate from Monday morning, £1 per strip. Be in it to win it!

Keep calm and garden on,
Ms E and the Garden Rangers

19/06/2026

The Nursery children have been showing a keen interest in Ladybirds as we have been spotting so many visiting our garden.

We decided to turn this into a mini project to allow the children to follow this line of enquiry and discover more about this very helpful little beetle - yes, that's right a ladybird we discovered, is a type of beetle.
In the garden we discovered just about all stages of the a ladybird's life cycle, including eggs and the larvae stage. We couldn't spot a pupae, but we found lots of a ladybird's favourite food... aphids!

In D&T we made ladybirds and used these in our maths session on subitising and matching numerals to amounts.
We learned so many skills whilst making our ladybirds such as learning to twist pipe cleaners, using scissors to cut accurately, hole punches and measuring.

It has been a truly wonderful week of learning and all from a few children showing wonder at this tiny little creature, it became a learning adventure for all.

10/06/2026

Year 4 did brilliantly with their DT projects! They built greenhouses with a reinforced base and a geodesic dome. We learned about strengthening structures using methods like triangulation, trusses and beams.

09/06/2026

📱Online Safety Information:

https://youtu.be/zDg0DWaU6go?si=9A_wCDh14B7y41eg

WhatsApp Channels: Safeguarding Update for KS2 ParentsOlder primary children are increasingly accessing the public Channels feature on WhatsApp outside of school. This feature poses serious safeguarding risks that differ from regular messaging.The RisksThe Age Limit: The minimum age for WhatsApp in the UK is 13. Primary school children are too young to navigate it safely.Public Feeds: Found under the Updates tab, channels broadcast unmoderated content from unverified, anonymous creators.Hidden Content: Children can search for and view explicit material on a channel without actually clicking follow.Late-Night Releases: Anonymous creators frequently schedule explicit media releases late at night when children are unsupervised.Actions for ParentsRemove Night Tech: Keep smartphones out of bedrooms after bedtime.Monitor the App: Check the Updates tab on your child's phone regularly.Delay Smartphones: Consider using a basic talk-and-text phone for primary school years.Talk Openly: Ensure your child knows they can talk to you if they see something upsetting.Recommended Parent VideoPlease watch this 10-minute expert briefing to understand how channels work, the content risks, and how networks bypass social media moderation: https://youtu.be/zDg0DWaU6go?si=9A_wCDh14B7y41eg

Parents, beware!With disturbing reports emerging of WhatsApp chan...