Rodings Primary School Parent Portal

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Issue Number: 26

13th March 2026

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School Travel Plan

Over the last few months, I have been working with Essex County Council on a travel plan to help reduce the congestion outside the school. There are many parts to our plan that include promoting better air quality through less 'car idling', clearer signage and events such as Bikeability for our Year 6 children.

You may have noticed a cycle shelter has appeared outside the front of the school. We have owned this for a while but it was situated in the back playground. We have moved it to the front of the school to encourage cycling to school where it is safe to do so. The shelter can be used by children or adults. Bikes and scooters are left at your own risk, and we ask that children are wearing a cycle helmet if they are riding to school. We only want children to cycle to school if it is safe to do so.

We also want to encourage the idea of car sharing to reduce the number of cars parked outside of school. Please use your class WhatsApp groups to make arrangements with each other.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Raraty

Weekly Attendance (week ending 13/03/2026)
School target: 97%		Number on roll: 291
Whole-School Attendance	Unauthorised Absences	Persistent Absentees	Lateness
94.9% (up)	1.4% (same)	10.9% (down)	0.9% (Same)

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News from the Friends

Raraty Bars

All the prizes should have been awarded now for the Golden Tickets! Congratulation to those who won one. In total 417 bars were sold and 218 children took part, which must be a record for a school event! Thank you for supporting this new event.

Quiz Night 13^th March

We’re looking forward to welcoming you to the Quiz Night tonight. We’re busy getting those graze boards ready and stocking that bar ready to welcome you from 7pm. Don’t forget to bring those desserts for the dessert auction – will we get another record breaker this year?!

Penny Wars is back!!

Penny wars is now in full swing and will run from the 9^th to 27^th March.

Raid those change jars, change up some notes and get saving for this highly competitive event. Please see the poster below for more details.

Easyfundraising

Thank you to everyone who raised donations for Friends of Rodings Primary School with Easyfundraising. This is such an easy way to raise funds for the school while shopping as you normally would!

Not joined yet? Sign up to Easyfundraising and when you shop online with your favourite brands, they’ll donate to us. It's free and your shopping won't cost you any extra - the brands you shop with will donate, not you!

https://join.easyfundraising.org.uk/friendsofrodingsps/wc9zo6/at/ixjes5ko/facebook/

School Lottery

Thank you to those winners who donated your winnings back to the school, it is greatly appreciated.

If you do not take part but would like to support this you can sign up here: https://www.yourschoollottery.co.uk/lottery/school/rodings-primary-school.

This is an easy way to support the school and you might be a winner!

Contact Us

If you would like to connect with us please follow us on social media:

Facebook – Friends of Rodings Primary School

Instagram - @the_friends_of_rodings_school

Or email us at: friendsofrodings@gmail.com

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Albert passed his Grade 1 Piano Exams last week and we are so very proud of him!

Well done Albert, we are so proud of you :-)

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A huge congratulations to Valli who won Gold, TWICE, at her gymnastics competition for Beam and Vault.
Valli was so nervous but was so brave pushed herself out of her comfort zone to achieve an amazing result. We are so so proud of you Valli.

Well done Valli, we are so proud of you :-)

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Last week, Remy & the Chelmsford U10s girls hockey team became Essex champions, winning all their games, and not conceding a single goal against them! They now go on to the regional finals in Norfolk next month.

Well done Remy, we are so proud of you :-)

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