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๐ First Newsletter of the Year
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Dear Parents / Guardians
Here is the first newsletter of the year!
I hope you like the new format and I must give my sister (who is a graphic designer) great praise and thanks for helping me set the layout. I intend to send you these very regularly so that everyone is well informed about all the great things going on in school. They will be posted here on the website so that you can come back to them whenever you wish. Make sure you click on the underlined text and images as many of these are links to other websites and resources.
We have also been busy updating the website, so please take a good look around.
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Farewell Year 6 from Father Andrew and Mrs. Wadsworth ๐
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Mrs Wadsworth, Chair of Governors, and Fr Andrew say farewell to All Saints Yr 6
Final Letter from Mrs. Tennant ๐
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Dear Parents and Carers,
Well, my final day in school before I retire has arrived! I am certainly not retiring in the way we all expected. When I announced my plan over a year ago now to retire at the end of this academic year, none of us knew then how much this virus would affect all our lives. Since we closed our doors to most pupils back in March, it certainly has been challenging professionally for everyone in school and also at home in all our personal lives.
Obviously, due to the current COVID-19 protective measures in place at school, I am not able to say farewell in the way I would have liked. Normally at this time of year, we would be having events such as the Bible Presentation in Church, Year 6 Assembly and the Final Presentation Assembly where there would have been opportunities to see you all and say goodbye.
I will take with me so many memories from my career in teaching especially from All Saints as 27 out of the 33 years I have worked have been here. It has been an honour and privilege to serve you all and want to say thank you for your support over the years in helping me make our school such an amazing place to work and learn.
As you are aware, it is not just me who is leaving. I want to make a special mention of Mrs Reynolds who is also retiring. Mrs Reynolds has worked here even longer than me!! She has been an extremely hard working, loyal and dedicated member of staff who will be greatly missed. I know that you will join me in wishing her a happy, healthy and well deserved retirement.
The other leavers who deserve a special mention are our Year 6 children who have not had the send off they deserve by missing out on all the leavers events that we were so much looking forward to this week. Year 6 also missed out on their Isle of Man trip. Mrs Casey and the other school staff have tried to give them as good a send off as possible. I am very proud of them all.
Hopefully, when it is safe to do so, we can all come back together one day to celebrate and catch up.
It feels very strange leaving after such a long time but one of my proudest achievements is finding all the talented staff who support the children so much and therefore I feel content in the knowledge that the school will be left in the extremely capable hands of Mr Sharp and his team. I cannot thank the staff enough for their constant support and dedication over the years. The same is true of the Governing Body who has supported me through both the good and more challenging times in school.
I will not miss the early morning alarm calls, motorway traffic hold ups, Ofsted Inspections and the constant change in education policy but I will miss all of you. Thank you for your gifts, cards and messages. I will treasure them all forever.
Good luck in September!
Mrs Tennant
๐ Summer Holidays
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Dear Parents/Carers
Iโm not really sure how we all feel at the moment but it is certainly different from the last week we usually have in school. There are many things that we are all missing and it is understandable to feel sad and uncertain. As I have said previously, we are determined to give our leavers, both staff and children, recognition of their achievements together as a school in the future. We are so proud of them and will miss them all.
Understandably thoughts turn to September and perhaps concern about what it will be like. We feel well prepared in school to welcome the children back safely and also to support them with any worries and nerves they may have. More information from class teachers will be shared to help prepare the children for their next class.
I know many of you expressed concerns in the feedback comments from annual reports that your childโs learning has stalled or fallen back. This is something we are also very mindful of but we donโt want the children to feel any fault or worry about this. It has happened, we will welcome them back with a smiley face, find out where they are in their learning and move them forward. Thank you so much for trying to support your children as best as you could at home under very difficult circumstances. I know from personal experience how challenging it was.
Some parents have asked if we can provide work to be completed in the holidays. Well we wonโt be delivering tasks like we have in term time through paper resources and Google Classroom. The staff have given absolutely everything over the past 5 months, they deserve a well earned rest and to spend more time with their families. Therefore, the class email accounts will not be monitored during the summer holidays. However, we have lots of fantastic resources on our website to help your child practise important skills and knowledge as well as learn new things. Visit the Learning Zone to complete tasks from all across the curriculum and Mrs. Casey has organised for all the children to have access to thousands of ebooks (she will be contacting parents soon). All the online platforms we use will still be available and the links are in the Learning Zone.
If I had to give my priorities for learning over the summer for the children it would be:
Be active with others
Play and talk with others
Try something new with others
READ, READ, READ, READ, READ, READโฆ (with others)
I would like every child to turn off the tablets and screens every now and again, go to the Hobby Zone of the website, and find something new to try over the summer holidays ready to share in September. Remember there are plenty of ways to share things with us through email, Twitter and the website if you have some good photos and videos etc. It is so important that the children have as many experiences and conversations with good role models about as many different things as they can. It will help them so much in school and when they grow up.
I know many of you will have suffered hard times and unfortunately so have members of the school staff. It has been fantastic how all members of the school community have supported each other and I know this will continue in the future. Even though it has been an extremely tough time, there are things that we have all improved, as well as positives to look forward to. It has shown us all the things we may take for granted, and this year more than ever we are so excited to see the children return after the holidays.
I hope everyone keeps safe over the summer and you are looking forward to returning (if a little anxious).
Thank you to everyone for all your support and best wishes. It means a lot to us all.
