Important News and Events
What's Happening This Term
Monday 4 November - Inset Day
Wednesday 5 Nov-Online Applications open
6,7, 8 November - Poppy items for sale for Remembrance Day - generally price 50p -£2
Tuesday 12 November - Parent Consultations 1.30- 5pm
Friday 15 November - Children in Need - Wear Spots and Dots to school £2 donation.
Friday 22 November - 3.30pm PTA Movie Night and 7.30pm PTA Adults Evening. Both in the Village Hall
Tuesday 26 November - 10.30am Years 1 and 2 to attend Saffron Hall, Performance of The Bluebird and The Robot
Tuesday 3 December - 9.30am Jack and the Beanstalk Pantomime in the Village Hall
Thursday 5 December - 5-7pm Anstey Christmas Fayre in the Village Hall
Monday 9 December -school nurses re-visit re missed flu vaccine - online permission slips will be emailed 2 weeks prior. No vaccination without permission
Wednesday 11 December - 10.30am choir of 12 children to visit Layston Grove Care Home
Thursday 12 December - Christmas Jumper Day (£2 donation please) and Christmas lunch
Tuesday 17 December - 11am Village Hall Dress Rehearsal of "A Boogie Woogie Nativity" - Owlets Preschool parents invited
Wednesday 18 December - 5pm Village Hall Performance of "A Boogie Woogie Nativity" for parents of Nursery to Y4 children
Thursday 19 December - 1.30pm Whole School Assembly and Dimsdale Award in the village hall (parents are welcome) School closes 2pm
Ofsted February 2022: "Anstey First School continues to be a GOOD school"
Sporting Events
Autumn Term sport:
Monday Activities continues with Charlene
Wednesday Sports Club continues with Joe
Please remember Anstey sports kit for competitions (burgundy logo'd polo, black shorts, school sweatshirt)
Whole School Golf Day - 7 October
Diary Dates Academic Year 2024-2025
2 September 2024- Inset Day
Tuesday 3 September - Back to School
Monday 30 September - School Photos (parents may bring siblings not in school to the village hall at 8.15am and EY children not in school today at 8.45am)
Monday 7 October - Whole School Golf Day
Wednesday 23 October - 11am Flu Immunisation for Reception to Y4 children
Friday 25 October- Dimsdale Award. Children only assembly (remember to return Dimsdale cup please)
28 -October - 1 November Half Term (Playscheme available 28 and 29 October)
Monday 4 November - Inset Day
Tuesday 5 November- Back to School
Wednesday 5 November - Start of Online Applications for Reception and Middle School for September 2025 admissions
6,7, 8 November - Poppy items for sale for Remembrance Day - generally price 50p -£2
Tuesday 12 November - Parent Consultations 1.30- 5pm
Friday 15 November - Children in Need - Wear Spots and Dots to school £2 donation. Pudsey Bearpees with Joe Wicks
Friday 22 November - 3.30 to 5.30pm Anstey PTA (Children's) Film Night in the Village hall. Tickets £5
Friday 22 November - 7.30pm till late Anstey PTA Adults Evening in the Village Hall. Tickets £20
Tuesday 26 November - 10.30am Years 1 and 2 to attend Saffron Hall, Performance of The Bluebird and The Robot
Tuesday 3 December - 9.30am Jack and the Beanstalk Pantomime in the Village Hall (all children are invited even if they would not be in school on that day. Parents may accompany pre-school children)
5 December -5 - 7pm Anstey Christmas Fayre in the Village Hall
Monday 9 December -school nurses re-visit re missed flu vaccine - online permission slips will be emailed 2 weeks prior. No vaccination without permission
Wednesday 11 December - 10.30am choir of 12 children to visit Layston Grove Care Home
Thursday 12 December - Christmas Jumper Day (£2 donation please) and Christmas lunch (all children can order including Nursery and Pre-school)
Tuesday 17 December - 11am Village Hall Dress Rehearsal of "A Boogie Woogie Nativity" - Owlets Preschool parents invited
Wednesday 18 December - 5pm Village Hall Performance of "A Boogie Woogie Nativity" for parents of Nursery to Y4 children
Thursday 19 December- 1.15pm Whole School Assembly and Dimsdale Award in the Village Hall. School closes 2pm
Friday 20 December - Occasional Day
23 December 2024 - 3 January 2025 - Christmas Holiday
1 January 2025 - Start of paper applications for 2025 Nursery places
Monday 6 January 2025 - Term begins
Monday 13 January - closing date for online Reception and Middle school applications
w/c 27 January - Reception parents invited to observe phonics teaching in action at 9.30am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday
Wednesday 29 January -Chinese New Year - we will celebrate with snacks, chop sticks and a dragon!
Wednesday 5 February - 9-10am Years 1-4 Family Maths Morning in school - for parents of Little Owls and Wise Owls
Friday 7 February - NSPCC Number Day - Dress Up for Digits
Tuesday 11 February- Safer Internet Day
Friday 14 February- Dimsdale Award. Children only assembly (remember to return Dimsdale cup please)
17 -21 February - Half Term (Playscheme available 17 and 18 February)
Monday 24 February - Back to school
Thursday 27 February - closing date for paper Nursery applications
Tuesday 4 March- Pancake Day fun in school
Thursday 6 March - WORLD BOOK DAY, children to bring a favourite book, dress in PJs and (optional) bring a blanket. No toys please.
w/c 10 March - Science Week
Friday 14 March - Red Nose Day - £2 donation. Children can wear crazy/red hair do's red noses, accessories, etc
Friday 28 March - 2.15pm Mothers and Others Tea
Served in the Village Hall - please join us for yummy refreshments made and served by your children (Owlets pre-school will bring home treats on Thursday 27th)
Friday 4 April - EASTER EGG HUNT (Thurs 3rd for Owlets)
1.15pm Whole School Assembly and Dimsdale Award in the village hall (parents are welcome) School closes 2pm
7 - 21 April -Easter Holiday (Playscheme available 7-11 April)
Tuesday 22 April - Summer Term begins
Wednesday 23 April - from 9am Bag2School collection (funds are raised by collecting clothes, towels, curtains, bets, , bags, etc. Bring into school in bin bags on Tuesday 22 or Wednesday 23 April by 9am latest)
Monday 5 May- May Bank Holiday
t.b.a. - Reception checks (height, weight, sight, hearing), give permission online
Tuesday 13 May - 1.30 - 5.30pm Parent Consultations
Friday 23 May - Dimsdale Award. Children only assembly (remember to return Dimsdale cup please)
26 - 30 May - Half Term
Sunday 8 June( t.b.c.) - 12pm-4pm Anstey Festival of Fairies and Fantastical Creatures!
Wednesday 18 June- Sports Day (spectators invited from
11.30 a.m. on the bottom field/park)
Friday 18 July - 1.15pm Whole School Assembly and Dimsdale Award in the village hall (parents are welcome) School closes 2pm
21 July - inset
22 July - inset
23 July - inset
24 July - 30 August - Summer Holiday (Playscheme available 24 July to 8 August inclusive)
2 September 2025- Inset Day
Tuesday 3 September - Back to School