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Dear Parents/ Carers,
Thank you for all your support again this year - it has been another successful year and we are very pleased with all the children's achievements.
School is now CLOSED for the Summer holidays! We hope you have a wonderful and relaxing Summer holiday and we look forward to seeing you for the start of the Autumn Term in September.
School reopens for children at 8.40am on Wednesday 7th September 2022.
Take care and see you all then!
Mr Beale
Dear Parents/ Carers,
The updated forecast for Monday is that temperatures may reach an unprecedented 40 degrees in the West Midlands with temperatures likely to rise above 36 degrees again on Tuesday.
Having considered the potential risks to children from heat exhaustion and heatstroke, like many other schools, I have made the decision to close school early on Monday and Tuesday at 12.30pm. Unfortunately, there are many parts of school that do not have adequate ventilation to cope with excessive heat. Even being outdoors is a risk as advice is to stay out of direct sunlight; unfortunately, we don't have enough shade in our playground for all the children.
As such, I believe the sensible thing is to close school at 12.30pm after the children have had their lunch. We would like parents to collect children at this time from their normal collection points. Children will be given remote learning to complete either online or on paper.
Obviously, there may be some parents who who are unable to collect their children as they are working. If this is the case, please contact the office on Monday morning to let us know and we will organise for them to stay in school and complete their work.
Please don't forget that children should come to school on Monday and Tuesday in non-uniform. It is suggested that children wear light-coloured, loose-fitting summer clothing, preferably short sleeved shirts, shorts and dresses - no long sleeved sweatshirts, jumpers, jackets or cardigans. Please make sure children have sunscrreen and sun hats.
On Tuesday afternoon, we were due to have our second Y6 Leavers Assembly. I will contact parents on Monday about how we will organise for this assembly to take place but it is likely to be rearranged to Wednesday morning instead.
I'm sorry for the inconvenience that may be caused by closing school early on Monday and Tuesday but I hope parents will appreciate that the children's safety and wellbeing comes first.
Mr Beale
Dear Parents/ Carers,
I'm sure you are aware that there is a Met Office weather warning in place for next Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th July. The Met Office have now upgraded the warning to a Red Extreme Heat Warning across parts of the UK including the West Midlands meaning that temperatures will be in excess of 35 degrees and could be in excess of 40 degrees.
This will have an impact on what we do in school on those days. We will try to put in place as much as we can to keep children safe and avoid putting children and staff in danger of heatstroke or heat exhaustion.
We will try to keep classes well-ventilated and keep children out of direct sunlight as much as possible. Children will have access to lots of water and will be discouraged from any excessive physical activity.
Children will not be required to wear school uniform next week. Parents should make sure that children are wearing appropriate summer clothing, ie. loose fitting, light coloured clothing. Children should wear short sleeved shirts, such as t-shirts, and summer dresses or shorts. Children must NOT wear long sleeved sweatshirts, jumpers or cardigans - they will be asked to take them off if they do wear them. Children should also bring sun hats and may wear sunglassess and sun screen to protect them.
We will monitor how children are coping with the extreme heat but it may be necessary to close school early in the afternoon if we feel that children are at risk or are not coping with the weather - please make sure your contact numbers are up to date and you are available if we need to contact you.
Many thanks,
Mr Beale
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Dear Parents/ Carers,
We would like to invite you to our Summer Fayre that will be taking place on Friday 15th July at 1.00 - 3.30pm. This will be a lovely opportunity for you to come into school and have a fun afternoon with your children.
Children may come to school on that day in non-uniform (£1 donation for School Fund either in cash or via sQuid). There will be stalls selling food and drinks, a penalty shoot-out, Splat The Teacher, bouncy castles, mendhi, face painting and much, much more!
The money raised at the event will go to our School Fund which contributes to the cost of the children’s educational visits, special resources for activities and many other things that benefit your children in school.
Entrance to the Summer Fayre will be via the main entrance at Arthur Street which will open at 12.45pm where you will be able to sign in before collecting your children from 1.00pm. The other entrances will be closed.
Collecting your child during the Summer Fayre:
Once you are in the playground, Year 3, Year 2 and Year 1 children can be collected from their classroom doors.
There will be staff standing next to signs at locations in the playground who will be able to arrange for children in Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 and Reception to be fetched to the playground for you
Collecting your child at 3pm:
We would like all parents to come and join their children and have fun at the Summer Fayre on that day but understand that some parents may not be able to. If you are unable to attend, your children will still be able to take part in the Summer Fayre supervised by staff and you can collect them from school as normal at 3pm. Children should bring a small amount of money to spend (max £5).
At 3pm, all children who have not been collected earlier will be collected from the playground at the locations mentioned above. Please enter the playground either from Arthur Street or from Dixon Road. Camelot Way will remain closed.
Obviously, if the weather is not good on the day we may need to change the timings and some of the events. We will update the school website and Twitter page and send you texts to let you know.
Thank you very much for your support - we are looking forward to having a fantastic time with you all!
Mr A Beale
Head Teacher
Dear Parents/ Carers
Next Wednesday 13th July we will be inviting parents to come in to school for our end of year Parents Afternoon. Parents will be able to book time slots to come into school and visit their children's classrooms, speak to their teachers and collect their end of year reports.
We will be inviting parents to come into school from 1.00pm until 4.00pm. As before, you will be emailed this afternoon (Wednesday 6th July) at 12.00pm so you can book your time slots. Please book them as close together as possible allowing 10 minutes to move from one class to another.
Please only arrive in time for your first appointment. We are trying to stagger the arrival of parents to keep everyone safe.
We would ask you to arrive via the main Arthur Street entrance and then walk round to the hall via the playground where you will be able to sign in.
Up until 3.00pm there will be children in the classrooms with their teachers. You'll be able to have a look at some of your children's work, have a brief chat with the class teacher and collect your child's report. Once you have finished and visited the children's classes you will be able to take your children home early. Please sign them out when you exit via the hall.
If you can't arrive before 3.00pm, you can book a time slot up until 4.00pm, just collect your child as normal and arrive on time for your appointment.
If you are unable to attend, your children's reports will be available from the office for you to collect at a later date.
We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible next Wednesday afternoon.
Mr beale