Dear parents and carers, I would like to start by saying a huge well done and congratulations to the Brighstone Team for being very worthy winners last weekend in our Round the Island Relay Race against Nine Acres. It was incredibly close—just a few seconds to spare...

Dear parents and carers, We have come to the end of our first full week back, and I would like to thank you all for your support in ensuring that the children have had an enjoyable transition back to school. Despite all the extra health and safety measures that we...

Dear parents and carers, We would like to wish everyone a very warm welcome back to school. We hope that you all had a wonderful summer. It was lovely to see everyone once again on Thursday, with lots of smiling faces and friendly greetings from all the children and...

  Dear parents and carers, You will have recently received a letter from our Chair of Governors informing you of my recent appointment as headteacher at Brighstone CE Aided Primary School. I am delighted and privileged to have been appointed to this role by the...

Dear parents and carers, Well, what a fantastic week we've had in school! Our Brighstolympics were held throughout this week, and every day each bubble competed in their events to win points for their hives. It was very encouraging to see so much determination,...

Dear parents and carers, We have come to the end of another week and it is not long now until the end of term. Transition activities are planned, and the children are looking forward to spending half a day with their new class teacher and LSA on Tuesday 21st July....

Dear Parents and Carers, It was wonderful to see more Y6 children back into school on Monday this week, and then we welcomed back some Y5 children on Wednesday. It was clear that they were very excited to be back, and we were very pleased to see them again! They have...

Dear parents and carers, Well, what glorious weather we've had this week! The sun has been shining and people have had the opportunity to enjoy time in their gardens or on the beach, whilst also maintaining social distance measures. People have been busy planting...

Dear parents and carers, Some of you may have watched the Oak National Academy assembly yesterday, in which the Duchess of Cambridge talked about the importance of wellbeing and kindness; see the following link:...

Dear parents/carers, Another week has gone by and it really feels like we're speeding towards the summer holidays. There have been some further developments about Covid-19 in the news this week, and you will have heard the decision made by Education Secretary Gavin...