Post in response to a stream of requests from parents/carers

We have been inundated in the last week with contact from parents/carers, asking if they can send things in as a thank you to staff for the end of the school year, as many of you kindly usually do.  So due to the number of requests, rather than replying to each request individually, I thought…

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Key information for the Year 5 children returning to site

I am over the moon that almost all Year 5 children are going to return to site next week!  I expected there to be high demand, which was why I had to offer Monday/Tuesday or Thursday/Friday for each group.  The classrooms will be cleaned in between for the next group.  We just don’t have any…

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Teachers for each class from September

Following on from the information this morning, I can now confirm which teachers will take each class for September for Years 1-6.   Current teacher/class                                          Teacher from September (pending all staff being able to return…

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Staffing update for next school year

Staffing for next school year   As you already know, we do not know what school will look like in September.  It is too soon to know and we will need to be led to some degree, by what the Government and COVID 19 dictates.  We have some initial contingency plans for what school could…

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Y6 Leavers

Dear parents/carers,   As you know your children are leaving us at the end of the term, to move on to High School.  Whilst we know that things will not be the same as they would have been, it is very important to us that we mark this significant event with you, in the best…

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Whole school update from Kate Byrne

Dear parents/carers,   I thought it would be helpful to write with some updates.  So much has changed since we were all physically together as a school community.  It saddens me enormously that it is 3 months today that I made the difficult decision to send children home.  It saddens me further to think that…

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Exciting news for Year 5! Back to school on Monday!!

Dear parents and carers,   I am over the moon to say that reopening our school site to Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 has gone extremely smoothly.  It has been wonderful to see so many of our children back in school.   As it has gone so smoothly, I am writing to offer Year 5…

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Key worker childcare update

Dear parents/carers,   I am writing to update you about a decision which has been made, in our Governing Body Committee meeting on Friday.  As you will know, we have been providing key worker childcare since Monday 23rd March.  At the same time, our staff have been providing remote learning and now, in addition, around…

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Children wishing to return on-site next week

Update As you can imagine, we have been incredibly busy making sure that the necessary detailed plans are in place for more children and staff to return on-site from Monday.   Reception and Year 6 return on Monday 8th June Year 1 return on Wednesday 10th June   ONLY CHILDREN WHO BOOKED A PLACE CAN…

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Childcare ‘bubbles’

Since our childcare was initially set up, a range of guidance and information has been coming into schools for us to work through.    Last week we organised our returning R, Y1 and Y6 children into ‘bubbles’. This means that when these children return to being on-site, they will always be with the same small…

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