ears 3 and 4 have partied hard and rocked their times table at our Times Tables Rock Stars Day. Battles have been won, challenges have been met and response times have improved.

Now the real challenge begins- spend 10 minutes every day on the TT Rock Stars app and turn your heat map green!

Supporting Phonics at Home with Rocket Phonics

We’re using Rocket Phonics to help your child build strong reading skills — and you can support their journey at home too!

Visit our phonics page: https://www.alcesterstnicholas.co.uk/phonics/

You’ll find:

How we teach phonics

Videos for correct sound pronunciation (skip to 5 minutes in).

A Phonics guide for Parents on how you can support your child

A guide to the Phonics Screen

Every bit of practice at home makes a difference! We’d love to see pictures of you reading at home too!

🌍🪨 Year 3 kicked off their new science topic on Rocks with a fantastic visit from Dr Dale!

The children explored the three main types of rock – sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous – through hands-on investigations. They built their own pieces of a prehistoric riverbed (where dinosaurs may have become fossils!) and even acted out what it’s like to be volcanic magma erupting. 🔥🌋

A brilliant, engaging start to our science learning! ✨

What a super first two weeks back!

More on our facebook post...

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The rain caught us by surprise today!

On #WorldMusicDay, we were delighted to welcome our local MP Manuela Perteghella for Stratford-on-Avon

to school — not just to enjoy the celebrations, but to recognise our incredible achievement in earning the OPAL Platinum Award!

Our MP saw play in action and met with some of the team behind this success — thank you for helping us celebrate this special moment!

#OPALPlatinum #PlayMatters #ChildhoodUnplugged #PrimarySchoolSuccess

What a privilege to welcome the first group of our new Reception children for a stay and play without their grownups! They were a pleasure to host and a credit to their families.

Looking forward to meeting more of our children in the next few sessions.

Enjoy looking after your St Nics teddies 

#dreambigshinebright

Wow! What an amazing day!

Have a look at what the children got up to at their Great Athletes athlete visit! As you’ll see, they all worked really hard (including the staff) and learned some really important and inspiring lessons from their athlete. If you’ve not sponsored your child yet, now is a great time to reward them for their hard work.

You can sponsor them here: https://sportal.greatathletes.org/events/landing

Watch this video of Great Athletes Sportivater, Chloe, explaining the prizes the pupils will receive for their fundraising efforts: https://vimeo.com/1000798545

There’s still 5 days to collect any sponsorship money. Please do this online where possible as we are a cashless school.

Thank you SO much for your support!

Wonderful News!

We’re thrilled to share the outcome of our recent SIAMS inspection – a glowing report that celebrates the strong Christian vision, inclusive culture, and nurturing environment at St Nicholas C of E Primary School.

The inspector praised our “Dream big, shine bright” ethos, the care shown to every child, and the inspiring opportunities we offer for all to flourish.

A huge thank you to our amazing staff, pupils, families and community – this is a celebration for us all!

Read the full report on our website: https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/.../siam...

#DreamBigShineBright #SIAMS #FlourishingTogether