Noticeboard - Friday Reminders
FRIDAY REMINDERS 13.02.2026
Dear Families,
Here are your Friday Reminders: please, check your ParentPay account regularly as we have a big number of outstanding payments for various items (school lunches, swimming, Y4 lollies, school trips...). Although most payments are voluntary contributions, if we don't receive enough to cover the expenses, we might not be able to keep offering these services in the future.
That said....
Happy Half-Term!
Monday 23rd February 2026
CLUBS - Silverbox / Multisport/ Netball/ Year 6 Boys Football
Miles to Milan - please make your donation on ParentPay - CHILDREN ARE REQUIRED TO COME IN THEIR PE KITS!!
Tuesday 24th February 2026
CLUBS - BHAFC Girsl Football/ Art/ Roller-skating
2pm Family Support Workshop
School Office closes at 4pm
Wednesday 25th February 2026
CLUBS - Comic Book/ Drama/ Gymnastics/ High School Musical Rehearsals
4JW swimming - LAST SESSION - payment available on ParentPay; please refer to the email sent via Arbor with details
Thursday 26th February 2026
CLUBS - SAMA Kickboxing/ Cricket/ Choir (+ High School Musical members)
7.30pm FOPJS AGM @ The Ladies Mile
Friday 27th February 2026
CLUBS - Chess/ RMA Football/ Basketball
BREAK THE RULES DAY
SAVE THE DATE:
4th Mar - Swimming Gala
5th Mar - World Book Day & Pyjamas' Day
For more dates, please check the website Calendar.
Patcham Junior School has saved £21,761 in electricity costs since installing the solar panels in 2020, and reduced its CO2 emissions by 35.73 tonnes. This is equivalent to planting 559 trees saplings. (BHESCo Report 2025)
"THIS WEEK'S SUSTAINABILITY TIP"
Sustainable Valentine’s Day – Richard Cadbury, son of the man who founded Cadbury Chocolate, was the first to start packing chocolates in heart-shaped boxes. More than 36 million heart-shaped chocolate boxes are sold each year, amounting to some 58 million pounds of chocolate.
Additionally, approximately £100m is spent for 4 million cut-flower bouquets every Valentine’s Day in the UK, mostly imported from abroad. Although generally compostable, the majority of these flowers end up in land-fields, due to the high amount of chemicals used to treat and decorate them.
What can you do?
- · Choose British-grown flowers (preferably potted plants that last longer then cut flowers), or Fairtrade-certified chocolates
· Cook a meal together with local and seasonal ingredients, or choose a local restaurant to sustain small businesses
· Gift home-made cards with pictures that can then be framed
· Opt for activities or a day-out experience, rather than material gifts
· Remember that LOVE in more important than anything else!
Our Sustainability Plan page is regularly updated with all the steps Patcham Junior is taking towards Zero Net 2030, and you can find all weekly Sustainablility Tips added at the bottom of the page.
Please check our board at the main gate for more information on how you can help us:
Mrs Morra (Sustainability Leader) has gathered a variety of seeds from Seedy Sunday event and donated them to the upcoming Kitchen Garden! They’re all either local or heritage seeds and we can’t wait to see our first yield! Also, Nurture groups have braved the wind and rain to spot as many different birds as they could within our school grounds. In only one hour they recorded:1 Blackbird, 4 Carrion crows, 2 Robins, 14 Feral Pigeons, 3 Herring gulls and 5 Jackdaws! They received a certificate signed by Sir David Attenborough and the Big School’s Birdwatch one too! Well done!
Please, check SPORTS EVENTS on this link - check the 20 free spaces for Boxing Lessons with Moulsecoomb Boxing Academy!
Please, check CLUBS and HOLIDAY CAMPS on this link - check the Free Saxophone Taster Lesson!
LOST UNIFORM - There are two clothes bins close to the school office which are full, so if you have lost a coat/jumper/lunchbox/water bottle please come in and take a look through.
Spring HAF bookings
Available on Eequ from Monday 16th February for families to review and register their interest.
Bookings go live on Monday 23rd February at 11am.
Spring HAF 2026 delivery
Week 1
- Monday 30th March
- Tuesday 31st March
- Wednesday 1st April
- Thursday 2 April
Week 2:
- Tuesday 7th April
- Wednesday 8th April
- Thursday 9th April
- Friday 10th April
Please note the offer is limited. We are encouraging families to add themselves to waiting lists where provision is fully-booked, as we're aware bookings do fluctuate in the lead up to the holidays.
Volunteer Activity Days at Stanmer Wellbeing Gardens
Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 - Wednesday 9 Dec 2026
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Volunteer Activity Days at Stanmer Wellbeing Gardens - Brighton and Hove Food Partnership
The 12th series of Junior Bake off - a Channel 4 competition series celebrating Britain’s young baking talent - is looking for young budding bakers between 9-15 years old and interested bakers can apply online at - www.applyforjuniorbakeoff.co.uk
Filming would take place from July 2026, but our applications close on Sunday 15th March 2026.
The company are running a fun audition workshop led by their artistic directors Sam Butler and David Harradine on the Saturday 28 February at Brighton Dome.
ime Keeps The Drummer is a show by Fevered Sleep for family and adult audiences, performed by twelve children and one adult percussionist. There is movement, projections, music and improvisation. It will be on at Brighton Dome Corn Exchange in May 2026. Children taking part don’t need any previous experience of performing or dance, just be curious and open to new experiences.
For further information, please get in touch with Georgia Jacob, Programme Producer, at georgia@feveredsleep.co.uk.
