Keep up to date with all the latest Sunny Bank news!

• Community Update: New OPAL Resources Built by The Paramount Foundation Local Heroes!

  Fri 06 Mar 2026

   

  We are thrilled to share some wonderful news from our school community!  Over the past few weeks, The Paramount Foundation and their incredible team of Local Heroes have been hard at work creating brand new outdoor play resources for OPAL.

   

  Working alongside the brilliant mentors from the Octopus Foundation, the Local Heroes developed new skills in carpentry, teamwork and project planning while building high‑quality, hand‑crafted play equipment that our children will enjoy for years to come.

   

   What They Built for Us:

   

  • A brand‑new Mud Kitchen – perfect for messy play, creativity and imaginative cooking!
  • A large Outdoor Chalkboard – encouraging drawing, writing, mark‑making, and big ideas!
  • Handmade Wooden Games – promoting teamwork, problem‑solving and joyful play.

   

  These fantastic new additions will make a huge difference to our OPAL playtimes, giving children rich opportunities to explore, create, collaborate and learn through play.

   

  A Huge Thank You!

   

  We are incredibly grateful to The Paramount Foundation and their Local Heroes for their generous support andThe Octopus Foundation for guiding and supporting the team as they built these amazing resources

   

  Their combined effort has truly strengthened our outdoor play offer and brought something special to our school community.

  We can’t wait to see the children using these new resources, and we’ll be sharing photos of them in action very soon!

   

  Thank you to everyone involved for helping us make play bigger, better and more brilliant for every child.

  

• Spotlight on Safeguarding

  Wed 04 Mar 2026

   

  Read the latest edition HERE

  

• Storyteller Ed Finch brings stories to life at Sunny Bank

  Wed 04 Mar 2026

   

  Today we have storyteller Ed Finch in school. Ed has told stories to audiences of all sizes and all ages - from prestigious venues to camp fire circles. Ed keeps everyone from the youngest children to adults enthralled through his animated storytelling and his wicked sense of humour. Ed often uses his amazing collection of instruments to accompany storytelling creating atmosphere and adding emotion through music and sound effects.

   

  For more information - click HERE

  

• Holiday Activity & Food (HAF) Programme

  Wed 04 Mar 2026

   

  EVouchers for the Holiday Activity & Food (HAF) Programme have now been issued to eligible families. If you would like your children/young people to get involved in fun activities and enjoy some free, healthy food over the Easter Holidays, please visit the HAF website to see where activities are taking place. For more information on how to use your voucher, please click here.

  

• STEM week

  Wed 04 Mar 2026

   

  I am excited to tell you that our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) week will be taking place on the week of 9th March this year, where we will be celebrating STEM with schools around the country.

   

  We have planned lots of opportunities for the children to become scientists. There will be investigations, assemblies and lessons that have a science link to them. In addition, we will host our very own Science Fair and some winners from this will join a Science Fair involving all of the TILT Trust Schools.

   

  Our Science Fair will be held on Thursday 12th March and winners from school will be selected and announced at the fair. There will be a winner from all year groups from Reception to year 6. 4 of the winners will then attend Minster Primary School on Friday 13th March.

   

  For the Science Fair we are inviting each child to participate by creating a scientific project at home that will need to be brought into school ready for Thursday 12th March. The project itself can be simple but it must include scientific explanations including diagrams, pictures, written explanations and/or photos.

   

  Ideas have been shared with children in assembly and there are websites detailed in this letter to support parents and children to create a project. There is a lot of information online – if you google search ‘science projects for children’. We want the children to enjoy investigating the world around them and believe this is a great way to develop their scientific curiosity and understanding.

   

  Parents are invited to Sunny Bank’s Science Fair on Thursday 12th March at 2:00pm as part of our termly parent open afternoon. This will be held in the main hall and entrance/exit will be via the side gate. We had such a fantastic number and range of projects entered last year and are hoping this year’s fair will be bigger and better!

   

  https://sciencebob.com

  http://www.education.com/science-fair/

   

  Thank you in advance as always for your continued support as partners in your children’s education.

   

   

  Kind regards

  Mrs Willing (Science Lead)

  

• World Book Day Launch Video

  Fri 27 Feb 2026

• Book Week

  Fri 27 Feb 2026

   

  We are delighted to share that Book Week will begin on Monday 2nd March, and we have a wonderful range of activities planned to celebrate reading and inspire a love of books across the school.

   

  On Monday, we will launch Book Week with a whole‑school assembly and introduce our Bookmark Competition, which children will complete in school.

  
  On Tuesday, the children will enjoy our Masked Reader event, where they can guess the identities of staff members as they listen to the stories.

  
  On Wednesday, a professional storyteller will visit the school to share exciting tales with each year group.

  
  On Thursday, children are invited to come to school dressed in their pyjamas. Please also see attached flyer about our Roald Dahl special lunch menu on Thursday 5th.

  
  On Friday, children may dress up as their favourite book character. Throughout the day, everyone will take part in “Stop and Read” whenever the music plays. We will also have Nickle Books in school, giving children the chance to browse and use their £1 World Book Day tokens.

   

  Alongside these special events, a variety of engaging book‑themed activities will be taking place in classrooms all week.

   

  We are very much looking forward to a joyful and inspiring week!

  

• Turn the Page Wednesday

  Wed 25 Feb 2026

  Today we launched our 'Turn the Page Wednesday'! If you missed out this time, no worries - join us EVERY Wednesday from 8:30-8:50 AM! Come to class and dive into a story with your child. We can't wait to see you there!

  

• Follow us on Facebook!

  Wed 25 Feb 2026

   Stay connected with Sunny Bank Primary School! For all the latest news, events and updates, make sure to visit our Facebook page. Join our vibrant community and be part of every exciting moment at school!

   

  Click HERE and stay informed! 

  

• World Book Day Dinner Menu

  Tue 24 Feb 2026