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Dear Parents/ Carers,
As I’m sure you will be aware, the Coronation of King Charles take place on Saturday May 6th. There will be a special Bank Holiday to celebrate the Coronation on Monday May 8th on which school will be CLOSED for all pupils.
To commemorate this historical occasion in school, next week we will be holding a King’s Coronation Celebration Day on Friday May 5th.
On Friday, children will be able to come to school in non-uniform. The theme will be “Red, White & Blue” so we’d like to children to wear clothes that are these colours if possible.
During the day, children will be taking part in activities to learn more about Kings Charles and what the Coronation means to people in the UK.
At lunchtime, we will be holding our own Coronation Celebration Picnic. Depending on the weather, this will either take place in the playground or indoors. The kitchen is preparing special picnic food for all children in school with drinks and an ice-lolly. We hope all children will take part (including our Nursery children whom we’d like to invite to stay for the picnic until 12.45pm on this day).
All children in Nursery, Reception, Y1 and Y2 are eligible for the picnic food free of charge. We will also provide picnic food to those children in KS2 who are eligible for Free School Meals or who have paid for school meals.
Children in KS2 who usually bring packed lunches may do so as normal on Friday or, providing parents let the office staff know by the end of Wednesday afternoon, we can provide a picnic lunch for the price of a normal school meal. Providing we are aware, we will make provision for any child who has known allergies.
Just a reminder of a few important dates below:
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Monday 1st May |
May Bank Holiday - School CLOSED to all pupils
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Tuesday 2nd May |
NEU Strike Action – School CLOSED to Nursery, Y3, Y4 & Y5 pupils (OPEN for Reception, Y1, Y2 and Y6)
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Friday 5th May |
King’s Coronation Celebration Day – Red, White & Blue Non-Uniform
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Monday 8th May |
King’s Coronation Bank Holiday - School CLOSED to all pupils
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Tuesday 9th May to Friday 12th May |
Year 6 SATs testing – Y6 children in school by 8.15am please |
Dear Parents/ Carers,
It is likely that members of the NEU teachers' union will take further strike action as expected this week on Thursday 27th April and next week on Tuesday 2nd May. Unfortunately, this means there will be further disruption on these days when school will be partially CLOSED.
On both days, school will be OPEN for all Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 classes as well as all classes in Year 6.
On both days, school will be CLOSED for children in Nursery, Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5.
Please note that school is CLOSED for all children next week on Monday 1st May due to the May Bank Holiday.
Children in classes that are closed who are eligible for Free School Meals will be sent home with packed lunches on Wednesday 26th to cover Thursday 27th April. On Friday 28th April, these children will take home food to cover their Free School Meals on Tuesday 2nd May; this will consist of a portion of cheese, beans and a jacket potato to be cooked at home, as well as fruitloaf (food should be stored in a fridge until Tuesday).
Links to websites and suggestions and ideas for learning activities that children in Nursery, Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 can complete at home will be shared on the Year Group pages on the school website.
I apologise for the disruption caused by the partial closure of school this week and next week. School will be OPEN as normal on Friday 28th April for ALL children and then again from Wednesday 3rd May.
Thank you for your understanding,
Mr Beale
Dear Parents/ Carers,
On behalf of everyone at Regents Park Community Primary School, I’d like to wish all of our children, parents and families a very happy Eid this weekend – Eid Mubarak to you all.
I know that Eid is a very special celebration for many of our children, families and staff. As I write this, we are still not exactly sure which day Eid will fall on for our families and staff and this makes it difficult to plan school attendance on Friday.
If Eid is tomorrow on Friday 21st April, we will not expect children (or staff) who are celebrating to attend school. Children who are celebrating Eid on Friday will be given an authorised absence. All other children who are not celebrating Eid will be expected to be in school.
If Eid doesn’t fall on Friday 21st April, we will expect all children to be in school as normal. Parents shouldn’t take children out of school to buy Eid clothes or presents or to prepare for the celebrations on Saturday. These absences will be unauthorised.
If Eid takes place on Saturday 22nd April, we will expect all children to be back in school as normal on Monday 24th April at 8.40am.
In order to celebrate Eid in school, we will allow all children to come to school wearing their Eid clothes or in non-uniform on Monday 24th April and to bring a small quantity of party food to share in the afternoon when classes will organise Eid celebrations in class. We would ask that party food is packaged (e.g. crisps, cakes, biscuits, etc – all nut-free please) rather than cooked at home so that staff can check on potential allergies for other children in the class. Also we would like to ask parents and children to make a £1 non-uniform donation to the children’s school fund- this can be sent in as cash or donated on sQuid. School fund helps to cover the cost of special events in school so that we can provide drinks and sandwiches for the party.
Also please be aware, that school may be partially closed due to NEU strike action coming up on Thursday 27th April and Tuesday 2nd May. I will confirm which classes will be affected next week when I have more information.
We hope that all our children, families and staff that are celebrating Eid have a wonderful weekend!
Mr Beale