Spring 2023 News

• Power outage 3rd October

  Fri 30 Sep 2022

  Our energy supplier, SSE, have informed us that they will be disconnecting our power between 9am and 1pm on Monday 3rd October. 

   

  We have been given very short notice, but this is statutory work and so has to happen but will affect the school. SSE are unable to provide any form of generator to support on the day. They are uncertain how long the work will take, they say it could only take 1/2 an hour but as standard they say a minimum of 4 hours.

   

  Your child's education is important to us and we appreciate that many of you are working parents, so we will be open as normal on Monday but with adjustments.

   

  The children can come to school in their own clothes. Please ensure they are layered up and we will be wearing coats in school to keep warm. We will ensure that the heating will have been on for a couple of hours before the electricity is switched off so the school will be warm when the children enter. We will adapt the curriculum on the day so that the children are moving around more!

   

  There will be no telephone system. Therefore, if you need to contact the school please telephone 07522618094 between 9am and 1pm and we will also be using this phone to contact you. Please bear with us if you can't get through straight away as we will only have one phone line in and out.

   

  Battery powered lights will be placed around the school particularly in the toilets so the school isn't too dark.

   

  Hot dinners will be ordered as usual and delivered just after 12 so that they are kept warm.

   

  We will inform you as soon as the work is completed and normal communication systems (email and Phone) are up and running.

• Pre-Jubilee picnic

  Fri 27 May 2022

  On Friday 27th May at 2pm you can come into school as we are having a pre-Jubilee picnic. The children will have lunch as normal. In their classes they have been creating an Elizabeth cake (similar to the Victoria sponge) with ingredients that the current Queen likes. You will be able to sample your child’s class cake and the children are also making sandwiches on the day. There will be a panel of judges (blindfolded) to choose the winner. Please bring chairs, rugs, blankets to sit on, there will be tea, coffee, squash as well as cake and biscuits for a donation.

• World Book Day

  Thu 03 Mar 2022

  Thursday 3rd March is World Book Day (first week back after half term) and we will be embracing this in school as we always do. On the day we would like everyone to dress to the theme of ‘Heroes and Villains’, it could be from your favourite book, a book you are reading at the moment, a well-known character or someone who you have read about in a non-fiction book. The children will be given a book token to spend, they can be used in supermarkets and bookshops. We will spend the day exploring books and will looking at the same book in different ways across the school I hope as many of you join in with the day as you can. 

• Little Wandle

  Tue 11 Jan 2022

  Little Wandle!

  The program, which the children started today is called Little Wandle Letters and Sounds revised,  the program (which is approved by the Government) will build on the work the children have been experiencing previously in school through Letters and Sounds.

  Below is a link for you to look at on the site and if you would like more information I would recommend the videos in sections entitled ‘support for phonics’ and ‘How we teach’ which show you examples of how we teach different aspects of reading as well as examples how we say our sounds.

  https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

  We are thoroughly looking forward to delivering and developing this program with the children in school and I will continue to keep you updated of further updates.