Friday 10th January 2025
Headteacher's Update
Welcome to the Spring Term and a Happy New Year, from all of the staff here at St Thomas' to all of you. I hope that everyone was able to rest and relax over the holidays and have come back to school feeling refreshed and ready for the new term.
Don't forget, you can find out more details about what your children will be learning about this term, via the curriculum pages of our website here.
I would like to remind parents of Year 2 pupils that the deadline for applications for Year 3 at Woolton Hill Junior School is Wednesday 15th January. If you haven't already completed your application form, it can be found here:
Psychological Perspectives in Education and Primary Care (PPEPCare) Workshops for Parents and Carers Spring/Summer 2025
These are education sessions that last 1.5 hours and are delivered to Parents and Carers across Hampshire online via Zoom. No sign up is required, simply click below to open the document and join the link at the time of delivery. Type in the meeting ID and Passcode listed. For confidentiality reasons, please only type your first name when joining.
Sensory Processing Workshop
Wednesday 29th January 2025- 1.00pm-2.30pm
This sensory processing workshop focuses on how to support school age children (5-11 years). This session can be attended by parents/carers and school staff supporting a child or young person in order to understand the young person's needs and how these can be best supported.
To register to attend these workshops please click on this link: Sensory Processing online workshops | Children Young People and Families Online Resource (berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk)
NHS Pharmacy First Service
Did you know that the NHS Pharmacy First Service enables children and adults to get convenient access to healthcare advice and treatment where appropriate, for seven common conditions without the potential delay of having to wait for a GP appointment?
Accessing the service may mean that we can help children feel better and get back to school as quickly as possible, as well as supporting parents/carers to also get better if they are unwell with one of the conditions covered under the service.
There is no need to make an appointment; parents or carers can pop into their local Boots pharmacy with their child and ask for help under the service.
Support for the following conditions can be accessed under the service, free of charge (unless NHS prescription charges apply):
Common condition | Patient eligibility |
Earache | 1 to 17 years |
Impetigo | 1 year and over |
Infected insect bites and stings | 1 year and over |
Sore throats | 5 years and over |
Sinusitis | 12 years and over |
Uncomplicated urinary tract | Women 16 to 64 years |
Shingles | 18 years and over |
A summary of the service is available as an animation and more information can also be found at nhs.uk/thinkpharmacyfirst as well as at: https://www.boots.com/healthhub/a-z-services/pharmacy-first.
Star Awards
The following children received Star Awards this week! They should all be really proud, well done!
Lexi W
Finley S
Georgia M
Jack D
Elodie S
Oscar L
Theo H
Sean H