Firstly, I hope that everyone had a lovely Easter. However, before the Easter break, we finished the Spring term in style with lots of exciting learning opportunities…

Teddy One Eye (75 years old) and Rupert (72 years old) – both teddies – visited Class 1 with Mrs Dyer who formerly worked at Everton Primary School. This was part of the children’s history topic of ‘Toys through Time’, which supported their learning about the changes in teddies over time. The class then used their writing skills to answer an enquiry questionnaire on this theme. Alongside their history learning, Class 1 also explored the text ‘Lost in the Toy Museum’ as part of their English lessons.
 

Class 1 have also been thinking about ‘Growth’, so they have been looking at seeds. They explored how seeds and bulbs are different and thought about the best conditions for growth. They also set up an investigation to study the size of seeds. Next, the children planted seeds with Mrs Hughes (one of our Governors) as part of their science learning. The children were tasked to care for their plant over the Easter holiday – with all of them miraculously returning to school! The next step is for the children to plant these in Everton’s Lost Garden with Mrs Hughes.

The Class 3 children have also been participating in science activities to celebrate British Science Week 2026 as well as working on tribal masks in Art. All Class 3 children showed plenty of our EverTen Characteristics of Learning as they led the school’s Easter service at church. We were so proud of all our actors, singers and musical performers; they were clear and confident, showing off their performance skills in a brilliant way. In the same way, well done, to our Year 5 children. They completed a 10-week DAaRT programme and took part in their graduation before the Easter break. They learnt such a lot alongside Mr Kemp (their assigned DAaRT Officer) around staying safe and making the right choices as they get older.

Down in the EYFS our youngest children have been learning about the beautiful world that surrounds them. This started with a ‘Nature colour hunt’ around the playground. Following the exploration the children completed observational drawings of some of the beautiful yellow daffodils that they have grown in our garden. Then they had a lovely visit from Farmer Jennie! Farmer Jennie brought in her incubator and some chicks – two of which had hatched they day before arriving and four on the morning of arrival! The children had to be so gentle and careful with the chicks whilst asking some amazing questions.

As you can see, Everton Primary School is a fantastic school which gives opportunities for a wide range of activities and positive experiences. As a small school it is imperative that we fill our school to continue to be able give these wonderful opportunities to the children of Everton and the surrounding villages. Therefore, if you, or anyone you know, needs a school place then we have spaces in Nursery, Reception and Year 1 that need to be filled. If you would like to arrange a school visit or ask any questions about school admission, then please feel free to call or email school on 01777817350 or office@everton.notts.sch.uk

Best wishes,

Andrew Green

Headteacher