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Dear Parents/ Carers
Tomorrow (Thursday 16th December) we are celebrating Christmas Jumper Day in aid of Save The Children. It will be a Non-Uniform day - we are encouraging children to wear a Christmas Jumper if they have one already or decorate a jumper or shirt with Christmas decorations. Please don't buy a Christmas Jumper especially for tomorrow - home decorated jumpers are much better!
Parents can make a donation to Save The Children on sQuid.
Children will be having Christmas parties in class in the afternoon - school will be providing party food so please don't send food in with children.
Also a reminder that school CLOSES at 1.00pm on Friday 17th December. Please make arrangements to collect children on time.
We reopen for children on Wednesday 5th January at 8.40am.
Thank you
Mr Beale
Dear Parents/ Carers,
Next week is the last week at school before the Christmas holidays. There are a number of events planned - see info below.
Unfortunately, I am going to have to make the decision that the assemblies we have planned for next week will now have to move online. This is because of the concerns around rising COVID cases and the impact of the new Omicron variant. We are following advice from the DfE and from the local Public Health team which suggests reducing contacts where possible and avoiding large gatherings where there is poor ventilation. As a result, it wouldn't seem sensible to gather children, staff and parents in the halls for assemblies at this time.
We will record the Celebration assemblies and the Y2 Christmas assembly and share them online with parents instead.
Here are some important dates coming up for you:
Thank you,
Mr Beale
Dear Parents/ Carers,
Recently, we have had a number of requests from parents to take children abroad during term time. Often these are requests around holidays such as the one coming up at Christmas, e.g. just before and just after Christmas.
Whilst I understand how difficult it is for families with relatives living abroad and that the travel restrictions during the pandemic have meant that many haven't seen these relatives for some time, I still have to remind parents that school attendance is extremely important, especially as children have missed a lot of school already in the last 2 years and are trying to catch up.
Any time missed from school means learning is lost. Taking homework away with children is not the same as learning in class and being taught by a teacher.
As a school, we do not authorise trips abroad during term time unless it is an immediate emergency - an emergency is not a planned trip abroad in a few weeks or months time.
Thank you to those parents who have come and spoken to me about this when they have been considering taking trips abroad in the past. We always need information on where children are and will chase it up if children are not in school.
Where children take trips abroad in term time it will be an unauthorised absence and this may lead to a fine following the local authority Fast Track procedure.
It's also worth reminding parents about the on-going concerns about new Coronavirus variants and the potential impact on international travel in the coming weeks.This could mean that, if restrictions change whilst families are away, that children miss even longer away from school.
Mr Beale
Dear Parents/ Carers,
Just to let you know that the Ofsted inspection was completed yesterday afternoon. We have received verbal feedback from the lead inspector which is positive and we are happy with how the inspection has gone.
Unfortunately, we are unable to share any outcomes with you yet, other than to say we are very pleased with the feedback we have received. The inspector will write a report which will be checked by Ofsted before being published in January. As soon as the final copy is published I will share it with parents.
In the meantime, I'd like to thank the parents who sent messages of support and who gave feedback to the inspector, either in person on the school gate or via the ParentView survey. The children were a great credit to you all and you can be proud of them - they all showed how well behaved and hard working they are.
Have a good weekend,
Mr Beale