General Letters and Communication

21.5.26

Dear parents and families

Swanwick Lakes Reserve Open Day for Wicor families

As you know we have a strong partnership with the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust and as part of this relationship the Trust has agreed to open one its reserves to Wicor families for the day.

This year, the Trust will be offering the opportunity for Wicor families to visit the Swanwick Lakes reserve at Swanwick on Saturday 13th June.  There are two one 1.5-hour slots that are available (10.30 to 12noon and 1.30 to 3pm).  There is a small charge for booking the session (£2 per child) but this does include a very handy identification guide.

This is a wonderful opportunity for you and your child to explore a rich wildlife site with guidance from experts. 

If you are keen to attend on either of those sessions then you can book your visit through Eventbrite which can be accessed via the QR code or the hyperlink on the attached poster (you might need to copy and paste this into your browser).

I hope that many of you will take up this special opportunity.

Mark Wildman

7.5.26

Dear Families,

We hope you are well. We are currently working to improve some areas of our school grounds, including redeveloping the coastal bed and boardwalk so that pupils can continue to enjoy and learn from this space safely.

As always, we are doing our very best with limited resources, and we would be extremely grateful for any support our wonderful school community may be able to offer.

We are particularly in need of the following items:

• Chicken wire (quite a large amount) to support the boardwalk work.  

• Wooden pallets unpainted x 4

• Bags of shingle, stones, pebbles, slates or large rocks of any kind

• Pieces of carpet (approximately 2m x 2m, though we can cut to size)

In addition, if anyone is able to help with repairing a lawn mower, we would be very appreciative.

If you have any of the above items, or are able to help in any way, please contact the school office.

We truly appreciate any support you can offer—however small—as it makes a real difference to our children’s environment and learning opportunities.

Thank you so much for your continued support.

Kind regards,

Alison Nash and Claire Mapp

(Who would like to stop raiding bins for the things we need!)

27.4.26

Families

We need help with a couple of things at school, and are hoping there might be some adults in our community who have the skills to help us out.

1. Our petrol hand mower won't start. It could be because it was not emptied of fuel over the winter, and has now ceased up, but we don't have any staff or volunteers that know how to carry out necessary checks, including draining out the fuel etc.

2. We are replacing our doors and worktop in the children's cookery area, and adding a couple of new base units. Everything has been purchased by the PTA, but we need someone to fit it all. The existing sink will need to be fitted into the new worktop.

If there is anyone who can help with either of the above projects please could you contact the school either by email, admin.office@wicor.hants.sch.uk  or by telephoning the school on 01329 237412.

Many thanks

27.4.26

YR-4:

Dear Parents & Carers

As the weather is warming up we understand that protecting children from the sun is important.

It is very helpful if sunscreen can be applied before your child comes into school on sunny days, as well as send them in with a named sunhat. We can only assist applying more sunscreen if your child brings in named sunscreen and we have your confirmed permission on Arbor.

To give permission please log into your Arbor account and give consent to the sunscreen request in the notices section on the home page.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us in the office.