What an incredible month we have had at Everton Primary School!

At Everton Primary School we think it is incredibly important to learn through real life experiences. With this in mind, this last month our children have taken part in a Holi Colour Run; a wedding and baptism at Holy Trinity Church; been to Haughton Farm Park; and enjoyed a Pinocchio Dance Workshop on World Book Day!

Firstly, the children in years 1 and 2 had their very own wedding and baptism at Everton’s Holy Trinity Church. Thank you to Rev. Becky and Di Grice for leading and supporting this idea. It was wonderful to see the children dressed for both of the occasions, where they played out their given roles and responsibilities of two separate ceremonies in full length services. They then returned to school for the wedding breakfast – thank you to all the parents and carers who supported this with food, cake and decorations.

On the same day, our Nursery and Reception children went on an education visit to Haughton Park Farm. There the children learnt about life cycles, different animals and life on a farm. They also took part in educational workshops, fed the animals and held them too.

A new idea that I had for this year was to take part in a Holi Colour Run. Again, this was to complete real-life learning in a fun way, this time regarding the Hindu festival of Holi. Therefore the whole school, alongside Mattersey Primary School, had the marvellous experience of being coated in powdered paints of different colours as they ran around the school field. The children learnt that paints represented the vibrant arrival of spring, the triumph of good over evil and the joy of social unity: green for new beginnings; red for love, yellow for knowledge; green for the crops and land; pink for youth; orange for joy; and blue for the Gods.

As mentioned in previous articles this year, it is the National Year of Reading during 2026. Our March reading challenge is to ‘Read around the world!’. Last month the children took photos of all the different places they could read, but now we have asked them to show us the different places that they can read about. We will then be filling in a map to see if the EverTeam can read around the whole world! There will also be a prize for the class that collectively reads from the most different places.

As part of World Book Day the children across school dressed as a character from a book whilst also taking part in a Pinocchio dance workshop. Each class focused on their individual ‘Pinocchio Dance’, before all coming together at the end of World Book Day to bring the dances together for a whole school performance.

Still staying with reading, thank you to Mrs Dunn for being our ‘community reader’ this month. Mrs Dunn read to the whole school and answered questions regarding her favourite book from the children. If anyone else in the local community would feel able to share their favourite book and discuss it with our children then please get in touch.

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