Message from Rachel and Jo

It’s been another great week at Morningside!

Reception, Year 2 and Year 4 took part in the Hackney Music Festival and absolutely wowed us all with their brilliant singing and impeccable behaviour — their rendition of Wonderwall was a real highlight; we have enjoyed hearing it in the playground all week.

Looking ahead, the temperature is due to rise again next week. Please make sure your child comes to school with a hat, water bottle and sunscreen applied in the morning. If the temperature exceeds 30°C, we will keep children indoors during lunchtime for their safety.

We’re also looking forward to our Summer Fete next Friday, 4th July. The PTA would really appreciate volunteers to help set up from 2pm — please let them know if you can lend a hand.

And finally, you’ll find details of your child’s new class teacher for next year in this newsletter — we hope you’re as excited as we are!

Have a lovely weekend.

Rachel and Jo

Next Week’s Trips and Community Events:

Monday 30th June: Year 5 trip to the British Museum

Tuesday 1st July: Magdalena (WAMHS) in school – transition session for parents 8:45am

Tuesday 1st July: 6M trip to the Garden Classroom

Tuesday 1st July: 4M trip to the London Archives

Wednesday 2nd July: Year 3 trip to St Augustine’s Tower

Wednesday 2nd July: 6S trip to the Garden Classroom

Thursday 3rd July: Year 6 Secondary transition day

Thursday 3rd July: Morningside Move Up morning – children meet their new class teachers

Thursday 3rd July: Transition from Reception to Year 1 parents meeting 2:45pm

Friday 4th July: OPaL Family Friday – all welcome

Friday 4th July: Summer Fete 3:30-4:30pm

Here are all the events and workshops taking place next half term – please click on the images:

Classes for Next Year

Below you will find an update of our staffing arrangements for the coming academic year. Please click on the image to enlarge it. While we will do our best to keep these arrangements in place, they may be subject to change.

Parents of current Year 2 children will receive a separate email to let you know which class your child will join in Year 3.

We will be holding a ‘Meet your new teacher’ event for parents on Monday 14th July at 3:45pm.

ChessFest – Sunday 13th July, Trafalgar Square

Is your child a budding chess grandmaster? Join the excitement at ChessFest 2025, a free family event in Trafalgar Square with giant chess sets, live performances, puzzle challenges, and professional lessons for all ages. Watch masters play blitz and blindfold chess, challenge a champion, and cheer on London in a live match against Hull – all broadcast on a giant screen!

Find out more information here.

School Uniform Discounts

We know that many families like to stock up on school uniform over the summer holidays ready for the new school year.

The following retailers are offering discounts on school uniform:

• Sainsbury’s Tu clothing – 20% off all uniform
• Aldi‘s back-to-school £5 bundle (two polo shirts, a sweatshirt or cardigan, and trousers, skirt or cargo shorts) will be available in store from 29th June 2025.
• Lidl‘s back-to-school bundle (two polo shirts and a sweatshirt, and a pair of trousers, shorts or a skirt) is also £5 and will be in store from 3rd July 2025.

We will let you know if we hear of any other good offers.

Morningside uniform information can be found here: Uniform

Attendance Classes of The Week 

This week, we want to celebrate 1S who have 97.7% attendance. A HUGE congratulations and keep up the excellent work, it has a great impact on learning and progress. You can help your child’s class win the weekly fruit platter by making sure they are at school everyday.

Our next group of 100% attendance winners were very happy to receive their prizes today.

Class Attendance this week