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Our First Half Term Together As Schools
Dear Parents,
We have had a great first half term back. It has been especially wonderful for me seeing the Year 6 children for the first time coming over to the infants to be helpers at lunchtime and in the library. They have been fantastic with the younger children, and the infant children have loved having them come and help.
With the new leadership structure at the school there has been a lot going on behind the scenes to develop our curriculum and practices across both schools. This work is already having a positive impact and will continue to have a huge benefit to the children, and the whole school community, over the coming years. All the staff have been working hard bringing the two schools closer together, which is really exciting to see.
Both schools will be expecting Ofsted in the next 12 months. The Ofsted inspection is not anything we are worried about but as schools only get an Ofsted inspection once every 4 or 5 years we want to make sure that we show ourselves at our very best. We will only get an afternoon’s notice of the inspections when they happen and we will send out information to you as parents when the time comes. If you wanted to leave a review of our schools before the inspection please go to the Ofsted Parents View Website. https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/login?destination=/give-your-views
In the middle of November all of the infant emails will be changing and we will have a few days with no internet and no phones but we will let you know more details about that after the half term holiday.
As always if there is anything that you need as parents please do come and let us know. Education works best when parents and teachers work hand in hand and we are all here for the good of the children.
I hope that you all have a lovely two weeks with your children at home. I will be looking forward to seeing you all in a few weeks’ time.
Matt Greenhalgh
Headteacher
Goodbye
We are very sadly saying goodbye to Mrs Duncan who has been our fantastic school secretary for the past five years. Mrs Duncan will be leaving us at the end of the first week back after half term. She will be a huge loss to our school community and we will all miss her greatly. I know you will all join us in saying a huge thank you for everything that she has done and wishing her all the very best for her new challenge.
Congratulations
We would like to say a huge well done to Miss Garnet who has passed her apprenticeship with a Distinction, the highest grade possible. She has done amazing well to achieve this and we are very lucky as a school to have her as part of our team.
Parking
With the weather being a bit wetter, parking around school becomes much more challenging. As a school, we are trying to keep the main entrance to the school car free. In order to keep everyone safe we ask that parents do not park in School Road and do not turn cars round by the school gates. There is plenty of parking on Havannah Way, which is free for an hour and just a two-minute walk from the school. Parking here is easier, stress free and will help keep all our community safe. We would also like to ask parents not to park in residential streets. Some of our neighbours are contacting the school to report parents parking in ways that are blocking them from getting into or out of their houses. We know drop off and collections times are a challenge so the more we can do to make it easy and safe for everyone the better.
Nail Varnish
We have notice children wearing nail polish, this is a reminder that nail polish on children’s fingernails is not allowed in school.
Nail Varnish
We have notice children wearing nail polish, this is a reminder that nail polish on children’s fingernails is not allowed in school.
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