Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Attachment Aware Schools Award, 2025 presented by AfC Virtual School - Silver Award

  Sun 13 Jul 2025

  Homer First School and Nursery our proud to be an Attachment Aware School.

  Click here for more information on our award.

  

• Manor Green Inclusion Event 2025

  Sun 29 Jun 2025

  Manor Green and Cox Green School invited schools to attend a celebration of how we are standing together as a community to raise inclusive awareness. The event took place on Friday 27^th June on Cox Green field. Pupils from Homer joined in with the performance of Take That’s ‘Shine’ using Makaton.

  

• Alexander Devine Fundraising Coffee Morning

  Fri 13 Jun 2025

  It was a lovely occasion that brought our school community together in support of Alexander Devine Children's Hospice.  We raised just over £400.00.
  
  We were thrilled to see so many happy children and families enjoying the delicious cakes and soaking up the sunshine! We appreciate your patience during the slightly lengthy queues.
  
  A special thank you goes out to the staff and the fantastic Year 4 children for their hard work and commitment.

  

• VE Day 2025 celebration

  Fri 09 May 2025

  We had a lovely afternoon celebrating VE Day with a little tea party on the field.  After some cake and squash, the children sang a song and had great fun dancing a lindyhop. 

  

• Trip to The Barbican

  Tue 01 Apr 2025

  We took a group of KS2 children to The Barbican in London to see The London Symphony Orchestra play in a concert.  We travelled by train and really enjoyed the long escalators at Farringdon station.

  

• Reindeer Run update

  Tue 07 Jan 2025

  A huge thank you to all our families who supported our Reindeer run, raising funds for Thames Hospice.  The children had great fun and we raised over £1,700 which is an incredible amount.

  

• Reindeer Run in aid of Thames Hospice

  Mon 02 Dec 2024

  Hannah and Olivia from Thames Hospice visited our school this morning to talk to the children about the important work of the hospice. We are delighted to be supporting our local charity Thames Hospice by taking part in the Reindeer Run 2024 on the 17th December, which will see all the pupils of Homer First School don Reindeer Antlers and run laps of the playground. We are so excited to be supporting Thames Hospice by taking part in The Reindeer Run and hope to raise lots of sponsorship for local families who need the care of Thames Hospice.

  

• Night Owls Visit Homer

  Wed 27 Nov 2024

  Owls Visit

   

  The Night Owls team visited Homer on Wednesday. It was a fantastic opportunity for the whole school to get up close to some amazing Birds of Prey!  It was a great experience for the whole school to see and learn more about these beautiful creatures. We watched the owls fly across the hall and afterwards the children had their photograph taken with Dottie the barn owl. 

  

• Reindeer Visit

  Mon 18 Nov 2024

  Reindeer Visit

  Topaz Class really enjoyed meeting the reindeers today. The children learnt about the reindeer’s native habitats, evolution and how the reindeer have adapted. They learnt some interesting facts about their antlers, hearing, vision, smell and moulting.

  

• Eco-Warriors litter pick for Earth Day

  Mon 22 Apr 2024

  The Eco-Warriors were out and about today picking up plastic waste around the school grounds.  A surprising amount of small items of plastic were discovered!    We have been learning about how to stop plastic pollution as part of our Earth Day activities today.