Newsletter 29.11.24
Mr J Sharp
Sad to say goodbye and saying welcome back and welcome…
Over the next few weeks, and into the new year, there are going to be some key changes to some classes.
I am sorry to say that we will be losing Mrs Bloor (our Year 1 teacher) from our Teaching team on Friday 13th December. Mrs Bloor is getting ready for a very exciting adventure for herself and her family as they move to Australia for a new adventure and new beginning for their family unit. We will all miss Mrs Bloor incredibly but wish her and her family an amazing time on their travels.
We are very happy to say that Mrs Marsden will be returning from her Maternity Leave on Monday 16th December and will be taking over the Class Teacher role for our Year 1 class with the help of Mrs Percival on a Wednesday. Mrs Marsden has been in for a number of days over the last few weeks to get to know the class well.
We also welcome Miss Heffernan to our teaching team. Miss Heffernan will be starting with us in December and will be taking over Miss Tanner’s teaching responsibility in Year 3 from January 2025. Miss Tanner will be moving to share the teaching or Year 6 with Mrs Casey from January 2025.
It is quite unusual to have so many changes mid year but I can assure you the children are at the heart of every decision we make and we have made sure that the change over of staff mid year is able to be as seamless as possible. If anyone has any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to get in touch through the school office or grab me on the yard.
NEWS AND UPDATES
Parent Portal
Use this for updating contact details, child medical information, permissions, payments and seeing your child’s reports.
Next Friday will be another own clothes day and we ask that children can bring in a bottle (either a non-alcoholic, an alcoholic drink or shampoo, bubble bath, etc.) for our bottle tombola for our Christmas Fair on 13th December at 3.15pm! All bottles will be collected from children and stored in a safe place.
Please be aware that our gates are locked a few minutes after 8.50am, which is the latest time one of our classes starts the school day. If your child arrives at 9am, then they are already between 10-15 minutes late.
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Please be aware that our gates are locked a few minutes after 8.50am, which is the latest time one of our classes starts the school day. If your child arrives at 9am, then they are already between 10-15 minutes late. 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨
Good Attendance Draw!!
Don’t forget, for every week that your child has an attendance of 96%+, they are allocated a digital ticket for a draw that will take place every half term. The more weeks with an attendance of 96%+, the more chances to win!
Services and Events
Parish Sung Eucharist Sundays 10am - 11am
Sermon, music and Holy Communion
Place of Welcome Thursdays 10am - 12pm
Time for a brew and a chat
More information from Father Andrew can be found here
Community News and Support
World Festivals and Celebrations
30 November (Saturday) ST ANDREW’S DAY National
The patron saint of Scotland since the 8th century. Andrew was an apostle and brother of St Peter. In the Anglican communion he is associated with missionary activity.
Nursery have been busy counting frogs this week - remember to keep an eye on Seesaw or Class Dojo for news and events for each class:
A couple of things have really stood out this week for me - the first was a Year 3 child coming to show me some amazing maths work and being so impressed with the perseverance and determination in their approach to problem solving and another was our first Advent Assembly speaking about Kindness - it made me really reflect on the notion of ‘kindness’ and that if everyone’s approach was that of kindness, the world would be a wonderful place to be.
That takes me to an ask. Please could I ask that if there is something that you are worrying about that staff are approached kindly, we are all here to fix it together and our staff care just as much about all of the children as I know you all do. It is difficult when staff are approached in a way that is on occasion confrontational and not in the best interests of working together for the best for your children. Please remember, no member of staff would work in a school if they did not want what is best for your children and no member of staff comes to work to be shouted at. I feel very fortunate to work in a school with so many amazing professionals as well as children and families. As always, if there is anything that you ever would like to discuss, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Three weeks now in the lead up to Christmas - we can’t wait to share the Christmas Fair with everyone on Friday 13th December and hope it will become one of many again.
Hope that you all have a lovely weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone back on Monday!
Mrs Flatman
