Coming Up
Parent Consultations - Week commencing 24th march
Mother's Day Breakfast - 4th April
News & Upcoming Events
Science Week Challenges
We had a great time investigating during Science Week. Year 4 were given an exciting challenge. Here is some more information and the winning group!
BREAKING NEWS! The Arctic is heating up, and the last iceberg is melting fast! Scientists need your help to design a super shelter to keep the ice frozen as long as possible. Your class is now an official Climate Science Team competing against other teams to save the last piece of ice on Earth!
Mission:
Your class must design, build and test an “Ice Protector” to stop an ice block from melting. The class whose ice cube lasts the longest wins the mission
Comic Relief & The Little Princess Trust
March 21st 2025 is Comic Relief Day and we will be selling red noses from Monday 3rd March the cost of each red nose is £2.00.
On Red Nose Day we will be encouraging children to wear red and to take part in ‘Funky Hair Day’ where they can come into school with imaginatively styled or coloured hair. All we ask is for a donation of £1. We will also be selling doughnuts at a cost of 50 pence each.
This year at Ferrars Junior School we will also be celebrating the 20th Anniversary of The Little Princess Trust.
The Little Princess Trust was set up in 2005 in memory of Hannah Tarplee . When she was diagnosed with a Wilms Tumour in 2004 her loss of hair was especially traumatic. Her parents struggled to find a wig for her during her treatment and felt the most fitting tribute to the five-year old would be a charity dedicated to providing wigs to children who had lost their own hair due to cancer treatment and other conditions.
Isabelle Ealey a year 4 pupil at Ferrars Junior School will be having her hair cut off on 22nd March so that it can be used to make wigs for the young children. She is also raising money to donate to the Little Princess Trust.
Isabelle also has a fundraising link which you can use if you would like to support the Little Princess Trust directly.
All money raised will be donated to Comic Relief and The Little Princess Trust.
World Book Day 6th March 2025
Thank you to everyone who made such a great effort for Worl Book Day! We had so many amazing costumes. Don't forget to use your free book voucher before it runs out!
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Thank you for the support during our Macmillan coffee morning, We are delighted to announce that the school raised £207.18 for the charity!
You can visit the website here to find out more about hosting coffee mornings and donating to the charity.
Ferrars Junior School’s Academy Conversion
On 29 th April 2024 Ferrars Junior School received a letter from the Regional Director, East of England agreeing in principle for it to convert to an academy. The proposed date for the conversion is September 1 st 2024 when we are
proposing that we join the Pioneer Learning Trust. We are currently undergoing due diligence and would welcome any comments, feedback or questions which can be emailed to fjsadmin@ferrars.co.uk
Please see below the letter to parents regarding the proposal and our FAQ information page.
Academy Conversion & Joining A Mat FAQ
Parent In-School Events
We are excited to share with you all of the events taking at Ferrars in the Spring and Summer term where parents can come into school.
Please note that these dates and times are subject to change and we are likely to add more too so please keep an eye on parentmail throughout the term.
All events and workshops will require a booking on parentmail once the event is officially advertised.
Please note: The Year 6 performance to parents is now at 9:30-10:30 on Tuesday 16th July and NOT in the afternoon. Thank you
Parent/Carer Survey
Thank you to all parents and carers who took part in our survey in November 2023. A total of 79 people completed the survey and all their responses and comments were recorded, published and shared with all parents and the governing board.
After School Care
We are delighted to offer after school care from January 2024. Please visit our dedicated page for more information and registration.
Poppy Appeal
Art Club
The Year 4 and 5 members of the Arts & Craft Club are creatively working on Lourdes Villagomez inspired butterflies. Children focus on showing symmetry on their butterfly, both when drawing the details on the wings and adding colour! Everything you need is some clear plastic to draw on using a permanent felt tip, a pair of scissors, a glue stick and some colour card and paper.
Feeling inspired? Why not to have a go at home? Can you think of any other animals for your design? Ms Jimenez and the club’s members are looking forward to seeing you made at home artwork!’
Coffee Morning
Thank you to those who joined us for our Macmillon Coffee Morning. It was lovely to chat and eat cake whilst raising money to support Cancer Research. We raised over £100!
September 2023
Parent Meet The Teacher
Y3 & Y4 Wednesday 13th September at 3:30 pm
Y5 & Y6 Thursday 14th September 3:30pm
We wil begin in the hall with the headteacher Mr Rae and then parents will have a chance to visit their child's classroom to ask any questions about the school day.
July 2023
Sports Day
Thank you to the staff and parents for a fun-filled sports morning. It was great to see the whole school outside together.
June 2023
Ferrars' Fayre
Wow! What a turn out. Thank you to all that came to the fayre and supported Ferrars. We can't wait to spend our profit on exciting new things for the school. We will let you know what we buy in the new year.
Dress To Express
Children from over 1,468 schools across the country joined the Dress to Epress day. Over £109,000 was raised in total. 
May 2023
April 2023
Well Being Walking Challenge
Thank you to everyone that took part in the walking challenge. Over 1 million steps were taken. Here are some of the amazing views seen on our walks.
Well Being Award For Schools
Congratulations to our well being team for helping the school to gain the Well Being Award For Schools.
We are all very thankful for the efforts made to make our school such a happy place.
March 2023
Author Visit - 23rd March
What a treat! Year 6 were visited by the author Maeeda Khan, the writer of Nura and the Immortal Palace.
This south asian adventure novel rooted in Muslim culture with a magical twist is a must read. Congratulations to Maeeda for winning the Waterstones Children's book award this month.
We thoroughly enjoyed talking about books and writing with her for the afternoon.
Science Week - 13th-17th March
You can still watch this if you want to see some of the UK's wildlife:
Watch Attenborough's Wild Isles
British Science Week was a blast!
We enjoyed an array of science activities throughout the week from bridge building to moon watching.
Mr Bright showed us some very exciting experiments too.
World Book Day- 2nd March
What a fabulous day!
The costumes were fantastic and we thoroughly enjoyed looking at our class books.
Congratulations to our winners! The teachers made quite an effort too. Check out some of our favourites!
Don't forget to use your book voucher.
February 2023
Children's Mental Health Week 6th-10th February
This week is Children's Mental Health Week. The children are doing lots of activities in class to raise awareness of ways to look after their mental health.
They are taking part in Task Master Education challenges and treasure hunts.
On Friday we will have a non-uniform day. The theme is 'Dress to Express'. We can't wait to see what you wear! This could be through favourite colours, hairstyles, favourite sports kits, fancy dress, party clothes…whatever your child wants to wear as an expression of themselves, their feelings, who they are or who they want to be. Be as creative as you like!
To see more fun from this week head this page:Mental Health & Well Being Page
Young Voices - 7th February
Our choir were lucky enough to experience Young Voices on Tuesday 7th. This was not simply a children’s choir concert but the largest children’s choir concert in the world.
We performed alongside 5,000-8,000 other children as a single choir to a huge audiences of family and friends.
There were even some special guests, Heather Small and Anna Phoebe.
Our Final Newletter
Our new website gives you all of the information and news you need so a seperate newsletter will no longer be sent out. Keep an eye on this page for weekly updates.
