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September 2025
Thu 25 Sep 2025Hello and Happy New (academic) Year! It has been wonderful to welcome our children, new and old, back to Everton Primary School for the 2025-26 academic year. Some children have started our school for the first time, some have joined new classes and have new teachers, whilst all children are mixed with a different year group from last year. That is one of the most special elements to life in a small school – our children get to mix with a wide range of pupils from year to year and broaden their social as well as educational horizons.
The start of the year has seen our Class 3 (Year 5 & 6) children head to Whitby on the first residential visit of the academic year. The children were impeccably behaved, earning lovely comments from the accommodation staff and members of the public. Whilst in Whitby, the children took part in: a ‘Town Trail’, a coastal walk, some fossil hunting, a tour of the Lifeboat Station and Museum, a night walk around the abbey, and tour of the Captain Cook Museum. It was an action-filled three days that’s for sure!
Many of our children took part in the Everton Garden Holders Association Village Show, and we are very proud of all the winners and all those who took part. We were particularly proud of our EYFS (Nursery and Reception) who entered a ‘school-homegrown’ marrow and took first place!
In another proud moment, Everton Primary School has been nominated for the ‘Active School of the Year 2025’ award at the ‘Heart of Doncaster Awards 2025’ due to our commitment and input into supporting our local community and wider Doncaster area. We will see how we do in October, but for now it is just an honour to have been nominated!
Everton Primary School is a wonderful, friendly and happy school which gives opportunities for children to be children and a wide range of activities and positive experiences. We currently have spaces in Nursery, Reception and Year 1. If you are currently looking for child places in these year groups then please apply to join the EverTeam! 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
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July 2025
Thu 24 Jul 2025We are coming towards the end of this academic year and, as usual, July’s learning has centred around ‘Transition’ to our new year groups and classes as well as our ‘EverTeam’ ethos. All children have spent time in their new classes alongside their new cohort at the same time as getting to know each other and their new teachers; whilst our Year 6 children have spent time at their new secondary schools. We also invited parents and carers into school for our ‘Terrific Transition’, which gave them a chance to view their children’s fabulous work that they’ve produce over the academic year.
A new magical event held this July was our first ever EYFS Graduation Ceremony. Here we invited parents and carers of our Reception children to celebrate their ‘Graduation’ after completing the Early Years Foundation Stage, in addition to celebrating the start of their journey into main school and more formal education. We will be holding our first ever ‘Leavers Graduation Ceremony’ for our Year 6 children leaving for their allocated secondary schools on Friday 25th July 2025 – our last day of term.
During this month our children have experienced a wide range of cultural capital opportunities. All Key Stage 2 children took part in Elizabethan Sports Day which was a fabulous chance for the children to represent our school in an inter-school competition in the sunshine. The children in Year 5 & 6 also took part in the ‘Safety Zone’ event held at Worksop Fire Station, where they experienced sessions with the British Transport Police, Hope Charity, Nottinghamshire Police, Nottinghamshire Fire Service and Northern Power. It was such a fun and informative event to attend. Our Year 6 children will soon be going on their final residential together in Perlethorpe, and enjoying a cinema trip to watch ‘Elios’, having already enjoyed their water fight!
Unfortunately, it has come to the end of another academic year and we must say ‘Goodbye’ to our wonderful Year 6 cohort. They will all be missed, but we are very proud of them – of the successes they have had and the progressions that they have made at Everton Primary School – not only academically, but socially and emotionally too. We know that they will continue to succeed and progress in their next chapter of learning at their chosen secondary schools. They will leave as members of our ‘ForEverTeam’.
I would like to finish by saying how thankful to all stakeholders of Everton Primary School who have ensured that we have had such a successful academic: children, parents, carers, governors, staff and the local community. Without you, there can be no us. I wish you all a lovely summer.
Best wishes,
Andrew Green
Headteacher
Everton Primary School believes in offering the best ‘well-rounded’ education possible. We are accepting child places for September 2025 in both Nursery and Reception as well as some other year groups depending on year group numbers. Therefore, if you, or anyone you know, would like to apply and/or visit our lovely school then please feel free to contact me via Mrs Keely Bailey in the school office on 01777 817350 or email: office@everton.notts.sch.uk
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June 2025
Mon 23 Jun 2025On Friday 6th June 2025 the children in years 1 – 6 enjoyed a wonderful Sports Day on the Metcalfe Field. We are so fortunate at Everton Primary School to have such a beautiful and well-kept place to have our Sports Days as well as other sporting events. All children took part in schooltime classics: sprints, beanbag, egg and spoon and relay races. The week after, Friday 13th June 2025 was our EYFS Sports Day in glorious sunshine, where parents and carers were able to watch our future superstars taking part in the familiar sports day events. Thank you to all parents and carers and to Martyn Snell, groundsman at the Metcalfe Field for preparing it so beautifully and efficiently.
On Thursday 19th June our School Musical Theatre Group, together with Miss Spencer, took part in the annual ‘Sing Out’ music festival at Doncaster Dome. The children performed medleys of different genres of music, with previously learnt dance routines, in front of over a thousand people alongside other school groups from across the Doncaster area. We are incredibly proud of all who took part.
In other news, unfortunately our wonderful PTA has sadly come to an end, and we’re now in need of new volunteers to carry on the amazing work they’ve done for our school. Whether you're a parent, grandparent, or a local friend of the school, we’d love to hear from you. Even if you can only spare a little time, your help could make a huge difference. Without a new PTA, our children risk missing out on the extra events, support, and opportunities that make life so special at Everton Primary School. Therefore, if you can help in any way at all, no matter how big or small, then please get in touch with me via the school office to find out more information about what the role would entail.
Everton Primary School is a wonderful, friendly and happy school which gives opportunities for children to be children and a wide range of activities and cultural capital experiences such as the ones described above. If you are currently looking for Nursery and Reception places then please apply to join the EverTeam! 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
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May 2025
Fri 23 May 2025During the past month our Year 6 students have taken part in the National SATS Tests which measure academic performance across the country. No matter the outcomes, we are incredible proud of all our children. Whether they have been with us from the age of three, or recently joined our school, the children have shown themselves daily to be wonderful human beings and a key part of our EverTeam! Thank you also to all the parents, carers, staff and helpers that have supported the Year 6 children on their journey to this point so far.
Our Year 3 and 4 children have been on their annual residential visit. This year Class 2 went to Kingswood, where they took part in High Ropes, Zip Line, Fencing, Jacob’s Ladder, Orienteering, Shelter Building and many more exciting outdoor adventurous activities.
In other news, our football team took part in Doncaster Rovers’ ‘Play on the Pitch’ tournament at the Eco Power Stadium. Our team did incredibly well – qualifying third in the group stage – only to be knocked out by the eventual winners on the day on penalties during the quarterfinals.
On Wednesday 21st May Everton Primary School took part in ‘National Numeracy Day 2025’. On this day we celebrated maths throughout school by dedicating the day to maths learning. We also invited the children to dress up in anything with numbers or patterns on, or as Rockstars (based on the Times Table Rockstars multiplication game). It was lovely to see how fabulous the children looked and the amount of fun learning that ensued.
Everton Primary School is a wonderful, friendly and happy school which gives opportunities for children to be children and a wide range of activities and cultural capital experiences such as the ones described above. If you are currently looking for Nursery and Reception places then please apply to join the EverTeam! 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
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April 2025
Fri 25 Apr 2025The Summer term is a wonderful time of year as our children complete their academic work and display their successes and progress. It is also when we need to make the most of the time we have left with our wonderful Year 6 children before they depart for their chosen secondary schools. With that in mind, our Year 6 children are now attending school wearing their ‘Leavers 25’ hoodies which look incredibly smart.
Before the Easter holidays our Year 5 children completed their DAaRT course and took part in their DAaRT Graduation. The DAaRT sessions are designed to equip young people with the knowledge and skills they need to transition from primary to secondary school. It also helps them to develop the social and emotional skills required to overcome challenges they may face.
At Everton Primary School we are incredibly fortunate to have such kind and supportive parents. Therefore, can I say a huge ‘thank you’ to Mr Coe and Retford Readymix Concrete and Screed Ltd (www.retfordreadymix.co.uk) for all their hard work and donations towards improving our ‘Top Nursery’ area in the EYFS. ‘Thank you’ also to MKM Building Supplies (www.mkm.com) who kindly donated the units and worktop. It has made a huge difference visually to the EYFS but will also improve the area for our Nursery and Reception children.
A reminder that this year we are offering private music sessions for babies, toddlers and children under the age of 5 years on a Wednesday morning in school from 10-11am courtesy of ‘Jack in the Box Musical Memories’. Please contact Elaine on 07717758458 or email: bielbyelaine@gmail.com for more details.
Everton Primary School is a wonderful, friendly and happy school which gives opportunities for children to be children and a wide range of activities and cultural capital experiences such as the ones described above. If you are currently looking for Nursery and Reception places then please apply to join the EverTeam! 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
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March 2025
Tue 18 Mar 2025At Everton Primary School we always try to ensure that our children get opportunities to make decisions on their education and about our school, therefore, each year children are able to apply to be on our School Council. This month our School Council went down to London, where they took part in a tour and workshop at the Houses of Parliament – meeting and speaking to Jo White (MP for Bassetlaw) – and travelled on the London Eye River Cruise down the Thames too. The School Council members were incredibly well behaved throughout the whole day and asked some very pertinent questions.
In school, World Book Day was a wonderful opportunity for our children to dress up as their favourite book character and celebrate their love of reading. As a school we hired the West End in Schools company to come in and spend time with each class to tell the story of ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ through dance and drama. We were also delighted to welcome Dom Pollard, a local author and illustrator, into our EYFS and Year 1 and 2 classes to read one of his books – ‘I thought I saw an Octopus’ – to the children and discuss his illustrations in it too.
Throughout the Spring term our Year 5 and 6 children have been attending swimming lessons at Swim Stars in Bawtry and we are incredibly proud of all of them for achieving a variety of distance certificates ranging from 10m to 200m. They are now working on water safety and wearing enjoying swimming in their comfy clothes.
Please could I take this opportunity whilst writing to you all, to thank everyone who attended and supported our ‘Bonkers Bingo’ event. It was wonderful to bring the local community together and raise funds for our school in a fun-filled way. We all hope you enjoyed it as much as we did – it certainly was ‘bonkers’!
Everton Primary School is a wonderful, friendly and happy school which gives opportunities for children to be children and a wide range of activities and cultural capital experiences such as the ones described above. If you are currently looking for Nursery and Reception places then please apply to join the EverTeam! 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
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February 2025
Thu 27 Feb 2025Our EYFS children have looked at some different animal ‘poo’ after focusing on the book: ‘What do they do with all that poo?’. Miss Oakley then created ‘poo’ examples using chocolate for the children to guess which ‘poo’ came from which animal…they then tasted the ‘poo’! The children have also learned about Tu B’Shevat, a Jewish New Year for trees and tasted the fruits provided by different types of trees. They have definitely been well fed in the last month!
The children in Class 1 have focused on Amelia Earhart and used role play to be eyewitnesses. They explored how historical sources help us understand about the past and then followed this up by exploring other historical role models, including the 1969 Moon Landing and Neil Armstrong.
Our children in Class 2 had a fantastic time at the Bassetlaw Museum focusing on the Romans. They created their own roman vases using clay, took part in an archaeology workshop and took part in marching drills and the turtle formation as Roman soldiers.
Class 3 children have enjoyed exploring different sources of evidence – including the primary source of Mrs Lewins’ dad – to learn more about coal mining. The children have specifical focused on the Cadeby Colliery mining Disaster and the legacy of it. Whilst in Computing, the children have learned how to decipher between real and fake images, particularly enjoying creating their own fake images.
We still have tickets available for our first ever ‘Bonkers Bingo’ event on Friday 7th March 2025 at Everton Village Hall. This event is for adults only, but it is available to both our parents and local community. There'll be music, dancing and some great prizes to be won! Tickets are on sale at £20 each, which will include your bingo book and a pie and peas supper. You are welcome to ‘bring your own booze’, but to support the school you can purchase a special edition 'Bonkers Bingo' glass for just £5 to drink out of at the event. Doors open at 6:30pm, and eyes are down 7pm. Please contact Everton Primary School office on 01777817350, office@everton.notts.sch.uk or pop into school to secure your tickets.
A reminder that this academic year we are offering private music sessions for babies, toddlers and children under the age of 5 years on a Wednesday morning in school from 10-11am courtesy of ‘Jack in the Box Musical Memories’. Please contact Elaine on 07717758458 or email: bielbyelaine@gmail.com for more details.
Best Wishes,
Andrew Green
Headteacher
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January 2025
Wed 22 Jan 2025It has been wonderful to welcome our children back to school after the Christmas break and hear about all the excitement that they have had. Clubs for this term have started, including: Choir, Arts & Crafts and Board Games clubs. Our EYFS children have been focusing on their text of ‘Monkey Puzzle’, with all things safari and zoo; Class 1 have been studying ‘Our Country’ and focusing on the United Kingdom as well as researching boat for their DT topic; Class 2 have been exploring electricity in science and making circuits; whilst Class 3 have enjoyed yoga and the start of their DaRT sessions with DaRT Officer Graham as well as Science and DT sessions with Mr Scott who has kindly come back to support us with two of his favourite subjects.
On 29th January 2025 we welcome Mrs Milburn back from her Maternity after the birth of her daughter, Libby, the staff and children are thrilled about her return. With that being said, it will be sad to lose Mrs Clarke who has covered the Maternity Leave in Class 1 and has slotted into the ‘EverTeam’ perfectly. I would like to publicly thank Mrs Clarke for her hard work and wish her the best for the future – which includes her exciting trip to see family in New Zealand next month!
We have exciting news, as a school fundraiser we are hosting our first ever ‘Bonkers Bingo’ event on Friday 7th March 2025 at Everton Village Hall. This event is for adults only, but it is available to both our parents and local community. There'll be music, dancing and some great prizes to be won! Tickets are on sale at £20 each, which will include your bingo book and a pie and peas supper. You are welcome to ‘bring your own booze’, but to support the school you can purchase a special edition 'Bonkers Bingo' glass for just £5 to drink out of at the event. Doors open at 6:30pm, and eyes are down 7pm. Please contact Everton Primary School office on 01777817350, or pop into school to secure your tickets.
For your information we currently have some child places available at Everton Primary School. If you, or anyone you know, would like a school place or to visit our lovely school, then please feel free to contact me via Mrs Keely Bailey in the school office on 01777 817350 or email: office@everton.notts.sch.uk
A reminder that this academic year we are offering private music sessions for babies, toddlers and children under the age of 5 years on a Wednesday morning in school from 10-11am courtesy of ‘Jack in the Box Musical Memories’. Please contact Elaine on 07717758458 or email: bielbyelaine@gmail.com for more details.
Best Wishes,
Andrew Green
Headteacher
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Christmas 2024
Mon 30 Dec 2024As always at Everton Primary School, the lead up to Christmas was a very special and exciting time. Our Nursery, Reception and Key Stage 1 children practiced and took part in a Nativity performance, whilst our Musical Theatre Key Stage 2 children performed a special version of Jungle Book. I would like to thank all of those who came to watch our Nativity and Jungle Book productions at the Village Hall, we hope you enjoyed it.
Throughout December our children enjoyed several special occasions within school. Firstly, we had ‘West End in Schools’ perform a ‘Beauty and the Beast’ pantomime for us. Then we took part in a ‘Jingle Jog’ wearing Santa hats and Christmas jumpers down at the Metcalfe Field alongside our parents and carers. Following this, we invited parents and carers into school to take part in our annual ‘Christmas Crafternoon’, where together we create Christmas decorations and memories. Our School Choir took part in the Village Carols at Holy Trinity Church and some children attended the Christingle also. Finally, we enjoyed a visit from Santa and Christmas parties before heading to Everton Church for our Christmas service at the end of term.
It is also important to mention our School Council, where as part of their mission to support those locally, went to the Eco Power Stadium (home of Doncaster Rovers) and worked alongside the Club Doncaster Foundation to support vulnerable and elderly residents of Doncaster create Christmas cards and take part in a ‘Reindeer Hunt’. We are very proud of them. The School Council are now looking at doing a similar project for local residents of Everton village in the new year.
For your information we currently have some child places available at Everton Primary School. If you, or anyone you know, would like a school place or to visit our lovely school, then please feel free to contact me via Mrs Keely Bailey in the school office on 01777 817350 or email: office@everton.notts.sch.uk
A reminder that this academic year we are offering private music sessions for babies, toddlers and children under the age of 5 years on a Wednesday morning in school from 10-11am courtesy of ‘Jack in the Box Musical Memories’. Please contact Elaine on 07717758458 or email: bielbyelaine@gmail.com for more details.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all from Everton Primary School.
Festive wishes,
Andrew Green
Headteacher
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December 2024
Sat 21 Dec 2024During November it is vitally important to educate our children about Remembrance Day and why it is still celebrated today. As part of our Remembrance Day celebrations, the children created some beautiful artwork which adorned the front off school, alongside some crocheted poppies kindly donated by Mrs Stephanie Green. Thank you to members of the public who have commented on how lovely our Remembrance display outside school is.
Children in both our EYFS and Class 1 have created poppy art and prints, alongside making poppy biscuits with a delicious bright red icing! Our Reception and Nursery have also enjoyed their bonfire safety topic – creating a ‘fake’ bonfire and enjoying tasty chocolate and sprinkles covered ‘sparklers’. Miss Oakley has some wonderful videos of the children performing drama as different types of fireworks.
Class 2 have focused their attention on ‘Snow White in New York’, a twist on the original ‘Snow White’ story, creating some beautiful writing. Some Year 3 and 4 children also enjoyed an afternoon of Basketball and Trampolining at the Elizabethan Academy, which was a great experience and enjoyed by all.
Our oldest children in Year 5 and 6 have been preparing for their residential trip to Hagg Farm in the Peak District. The children are looking forward to caving, canoeing and filed studies – though they will need to wrap up warm with the snow I can currently see outside my window!
As we come towards the festive season, if you would like to attend our Nativity and Jungle book productions at the Village Hall, then you are cordially invited to attend on Tuesday 17th December 2024. Doors open at 9.30am for a 9.45am start. Please can you call or email Mrs Bailey in the school office to confirm your attendance (contact details below).
For your information we currently have some child places available at Everton Primary School. If you, or anyone you know, would like a school place or to visit our lovely school, then please feel free to contact me via Mrs Keely Bailey in the school office on 01777 817350 or email: office@everton.notts.sch.uk
A reminder that this year we are offering private music sessions for babies, toddlers and children under the age of 5 years on a Wednesday morning in school from 10-11am courtesy of ‘Jack in the Box Musical Memories’. Please contact Elaine on 07717758458 or email: bielbyelaine@gmail.com for more details.
Best wishes,
Andrew Green
Headteacher
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