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"Do everything in love" (1 Corinthians 16:14)

Newsletter                

23 January 2026

Farewell to Miss Morley

Miss Morley who has been a much‑loved member of our team at Victoria will be leaving us on Friday 13 February. During her many years with us, Miss Morley has supported all the children with a warm, caring attitude and is much loved by everyone she has worked with.

We are incredibly sad to see Miss Morley go but she is off to new adventures at a school much nearer to home.

Please join us in wishing Miss Morley all the very best in her next exciting chapter.

Miss Jackson-Suddick Maternity Leave

We also are wishing Miss Jackson-Suddick all the best as she starts her maternity leave from today. We have asked her to keep the school updated with any baby news and will share this with you all.  

Oracy Homework Conversation Starters

Oracy is part of our Castle Federation school improvement for both Victoria and Thomas Coram. We plan to make the art of teaching children through talk, about talk, and how to talk, an integral part of our curriculum. We will be teaching our children to be confident, articulate speakers and effective listeners; these two skills are fundamental to all we do now and in the children’s lives when they leave Victoria. 

To help support us, both schools want to promote oracy at home. Each week in the newsletter, there will be an oracy conversation starter for you to discuss at home.  This week the oracy task is:

The children in Reception have been excellent at showing our values and while in Reception telling the story of Zacchaeus, one of the children gave a detailed account of why we needed to be kind to each other and it was really important as it made everyone happy.  They were pleased to find out that Zacchaeus learnt from his mistakes and they were going to do the same thing. They all understood that it is important to forgive and give people a chance to change.

Our Nursery open mornings are now available to book. Come along and see our provision and meet the team.  If you have friends or other family members who are looking for a school nursery, let them know about the tours as we would love to have them visit.

Wednesday 28 January at 9.15am

Friday 6 February at 2pm

Wednesday 11 February at 9.15am

Wednesday 4 March at 11.00am

Click here to complete our online booking form.

Nursery Stay and Play

Acorn - Lewis for showing resilience when working on his pencil grip.
Ash - Phoebe for settling in beautifully and demonstrating the Victoria values.
Oak - tbc
Beech - tbc
Cedar - Jack for his positive attitude and resilience the past two weeks! Well done! 🙂 
Hazel - Arthur for trying hard in his learning particularly writing.
Rowan - Tommy for always demonstrating the school values particularly kindness.