School News
It was lovely to see all of our pupils returning back to school safely following the half term break. WE are pleased to see that most pupils now manage the staggered times well. These continue to be worrying times for all of us and never has there been a greater time to remember and follow the 2M rule particularly when gathering outside school to collect children. Please remember to use both sides of the pavements, leave as soon as you have collected your child and not to arrive too early. 40% of schools have had Covid cases and we are working extremely hard not to become a part of these statistics. None of us want to be sending children home to self-isolate and miss valuable time in school so please help us to keep our school Covid free by following Government Guidelines outside our school.
Attendance
Thank you to everyone for helping us to achieve great attendance since September. Our attendance currently stands at 94.66% which puts us first in our cluster of schools and second out of all of the schools in the local authority. Well done everyone!
Developing our outdoor space
A big thank you to our caretaker Mrs. Slocombe and Mrs. Lewis for working extremely hard yesterday to take down our old shed and clean up the yard for our pupils to enjoy the outdoor space. Also a huge thank you to Huw Davies for kindly offering to take away the huge pile of wood created from the work to make sure that the children could get straight back in the yard today. We are really grateful for the help received.
The Poppy Appeal
This year we are delighted to let you know that we have raised £266.70 to support the Poppy Appeal. Thank you for your donations towards the many items which the children have enjoyed buying.
Science Grant
We were delighted this week to get the good news that we have received a £600 science grant from the Edina Trust. We will look forward to spending the money soon and creating many new little scientists with some great resources.
Christmas DVDs
Huge apologies for the delay with the Christmas DVDs. We have not forgotten about them, and have been continuously chasing them up. For safeguarding reasons, we have to use a specific local authority company. Following the lengthy initial lockdown they had to move premises and it has taken them a long time to set up their large amount of equipment. We have been told that the manager returns to work on Monday and we will endeavour to chase them up again.
Remote Learning
As we are unable to allow any visitors into the school to support the children with their learning, many of the experiences for the children are being provided through Teams where the children get to talk to visitors and learn new things via the computer. Today Class 1 worked with the Road Safety Team to learn about Kerb Craft and the whole school will have Teams training on Road Safety on November 24th. As part of our journey working towards the new curriculum, children have to become “Ethically Informed Citizens”. This means that we have to support children with their learning and understanding of the world around them. Watching Newsround helps the children to learn about the current news in a child friendly way and today year 6 had a Teams meeting where they interviewed Assembly Member Jeremy Miles. Classes 3 and 4 will also be working through Teams on Cycle Safety.
Children in Need
We will be supporting the Children in Need appeal on Friday 13th November. Children can wear pyjamas and send in donations. All children will be involved in activities within their own classes.
Thank you for your continued support.
Kind regards
Mrs. M. Teague