Following early closure at the end of the Autumn term due to staff being unable to travel to school safely through the snow we then found ourselves in the same situation after only one day of the Spring term!
Decisions to close schools are not taken lightly and I thank you for your understanding as I know the implications, especially for those of you who work.

Many, many thanks to those of you and your children who were able to come and help clear pathways to make it possible to open on Monday.

 

We are delighted announce the happy arrival of Mrs Kirkham’s daughter born before Christmas. Amy Carole is an absolute beauty and has already been introduced to Mrs Kirkham/Mrs Reeve’s class.

 

What a fantastic performance the children produced. I do hope that those DVDs ordered arrived with you in good time.
I am thrilled to let you know that you generously raised £500 for Evelina Children’s Hospital.
THANK YOU !

 

We raised £239.50 fun was had by all!

 

Did you spot our Outstanding Ofsted logo?
We are so proud to be able to present it on our stationary and website.
We also have a certificate which is framed and displayed in the library.

 

PLEASE do not park in the staff car park. We had another near miss last term when a parent reversed out of the car park and almost hit a mother and her three children. The car park is for staff and deliveries ONLY.
Please help us to keep everyone safe.

 

Drop-In Coffee mornings

Part of our plan is for our locality schools to gain UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools status. Briefly, this is about our children understanding the Rights of the Child; understanding the difference between wants and needs and their responsibility, within school, to ensure that all children receive their rights. For example, we all have the right to learn and therefore it is our responsibility to enable others to learn by behaving well and working hard.
Year 1 and 2 are part of a drama project, facilitated by Bigfoot, which is proving to be an excellent way for our children to learn and understand these quite challenging concepts.

Locality schools’ staff are also being trained to be Forest Schools leaders. This will enable us to provide many opportunities for Year 1, Year 3, Year 5 and Year 7 pupils to experience team work and learn about our world in an outdoor, exciting environment.

You will have read in our Ofsted report that although we make good provision for Community Cohesion we can further improve by developing the national aspect. To this end we are creating links with an inner city school in London. I have already visited St Alban’s Church of England Primary School and the headteacher will be visiting us this month to plan a way forward for the children from both schools to learn more about each other and their schools.
An exciting venture!!

 

During the Spring and Summer terms the children in Year 1 and 2 will present an assembly for their parents/carers. These assemblies are held on a Friday morning at 9.15 a.m.
You will receive an invitation to attend nearer the time.

 

We spent our INSET day reorganising our guided read packs. Each guided read book has a label with a G on it. We still have several incomplete packs. Would you please ensure that books with a G label that are brought home to share with you are returned to the classteacher and not put back into the book box.
THANK YOU.

 

As part of our library improvements we have recently bought some books for parents and carers to borrow. The books offer advice on different issues from supporting left-handed children to dealing with behaviour issues and general advice on parenting. They are by the Magpie Tree and have purple stickers on them.
All parents and carers are welcome to borrow the books; all we ask is that you sign them out by leaving your name and your child’s class in the notebook in the library. There is no time limit for borrowing the books but we do ask that you return them promptly when you have finished so they are available for others to use.

 

Please come and have a look! We hope you find them helpful.
(Mrs Tomkins and Mrs Reeve)

Please make sure that your children have their PE kits in school every day.

 

If this weather is to continue children need to come to school with adequate clothing. Playtimes can be cold! The children need a coat every day and probably hats and gloves. They will also need wellies or waterproof boots and a change of shoes for indoors.

Can be found on the home page events calendar and in the main calendar.