Dear parents and carers, So tonight marks the end of the Spring term.  The strangest Spring term any of us have ever experienced.  These are very challenging times and the important thing to remember is to be kind to each other and kind to ourselves.  Don’t forget to take time to stop and enjoy your…

Dear Parent/Carer, We finally received clarity from the Government regarding the publicised Free School Meals voucher scheme.   We have also contacted the Local Authority for some further guidance about their approach.   Over Easter Packed lunches will continue to be available over the Easter holidays, should you wish to collect them. After Easter Who will…

Dear parent / carer Childcare offer to key workers We are currently offering child care to our key worker families.  We propose to continue to offer this both during the Easter holidays and afterwards, for as long as school is closed, as long as we can staff it.   The hours will remain as 9.00am –…

Dear parents and carers, I just thought I’d keep in touch with you all and drop you a quick message. Care and kindness I hope you are all managing and coping, especially given the news on Monday night.  Life has certainly changed immeasurably in an incredibly short space of time. But we all just need…

Dear parent / carer To help your child make the most of their learning experience on Google Classroom, I have created a brief user guide for parents and pupils. Please click here to access the guide. Thank you Mrs Farrell

Dear parent / carer We appreciate that in these challenging times, day to day routines are inevitably going to change. We have created a suggested timetable to provide a temporary routine which is structured in a similar pattern to a normal school day. However, this example timetable is only a guide which you may choose…

Dear parent / carer We are delighted that so many of you have been able to get started with Seesaw as a means of staying in touch. Like us, your children will want to stay in contact with their friends and (maybe!) school staff. As with any other online resource, it is essential that Seesaw…

Dear parent / carer If you are a key worker and have absolutely NO OTHER option for childcare, please read the following information carefully. If you have read the information and there is no other option for childcare and there is no-one in the household who is able to work from home, then please complete…

Dear parent / carer If your child is eligible for Free School Meals, please click this link. Thank you.

Dear parent / carers Please click here to see an important letter from the Local Authority regarding Coronavirus, protecting the vulnerable and our NHS.

Hello everybody,  We hope that you are enjoying the challenges that we have set and that the children are really impressing you with their hard work. Whilst we can set a lot of what we’d like the children to do through Tapestry, we can’t update and change reading books. However, Oxford Owl have provided access…

Good afternoon,  We hope that you’ve had a nice day. As you know, we have been finalising ways of sharing learning with children and certain ways are more suitable for different age groups.  We are incredibly lucky that within EYFS we have an established way of sharing learning between home and school through Tapestry. This…

Dear parents and carers, Here is an overview of how learning has been organised for you and your children.  As you will have seen from the announcements last night, all schools have now been closed indefinitely.   Impact of the announcements last night We watched the announcements live last night as you did.  We are still…

Dear parents and carers, We would like to share with you our plans for accessing both learning and family support for you and your child, while we are not able to provide face-to-face learning.  Our message to you and your children is absolutely that learning continues and that it’s an exciting new adventure for us…

As you know, we are currently working hard to set up some great learning opportunities for your children to access from home.  In the meantime, we have created a list of websites that your children can sink their teeth into straight away. Click here to view the website list. Keep an eye on your School…

Dear parents and carers, We thought it would be helpful to share some more detailed information with you. How will we communicate with you once our school is closed? We will continue to communicate with you all using our current well established methods. This includes using Facebook, Twitter, our website and our School Gateway/ texting…

Dear parent / carer, Please click the link to see a letter from Miss Byrne, Headteacher.  A second letter will follow shortly with the next steps. Thank you.

Dear parent / carer Given the latest announcement by Boris Johnson last night, we will be reviewing a number of things during the course of today. Please bear with us and give us some time while we do this. The latest advice is now for whole households to stay at home for 14 days if…

We have made the decision to share our fabulous science week learning with you all via videos, rather than go ahead with our science fair tomorrow morning. This is purely a precaution to reassure you all that we will avoid any unnecessary gatherings at the current time.  These will be shared with you in the…

As yet we are still unaware of any confirmed cases of Coronavirus linked to King Edward Primary School staff or students. Just to remind you, if your child develops a new and persistent cough or a fever (above 37.8 degrees) then they should self-isolate for 7 days. Currently the guidance does not extend to self-isolation…

To celebrate and raise awareness for World Down Syndrome Day, children are invited to come to school wearing colourful interesting odd socks on Friday 20th March 2020.  No donation required.

Dear parent / carer I am excited to inform you that school has decided to set up a brand new Parents and Teachers Association (PTA)!  This will replace our previous association, FOKE.   Our vision for a new PTA: A registered charity with a formal structure and constitution Fundraising to provide opportunities and activities that have…

We know there is a a lot of information in the media currently about corona virus, we would like to assure parents that we always encourage good hygiene in school, we have just recently shown the brief power point to all children on what to:

Our school telephone lines are now back up and running. Thank you

Dear parent / carer You may have noticed a few changes to your School Gateway app.  When you go to the home screen, you will now see a section called ‘Useful Links’.  In this section you can find quick links to our school website, calendar, news feed, Facebook and Twitter. If you use OOSC or…

Dear parents / carers As National Offer Day for Middle and High Schools is on Sunday 1st March 2020, you will receive either an email (if applied online) or letter (by post) informing you which school your child has been allocated on Monday 2nd March 2020.  If you do not get the school place you wanted…

Dear parent / carer In April 2019, the government announced new regulations for teaching Relationships and Sex Education in England that will become statutory in September 2020.  As you know we have changed our curriculum and policy already as we are a DfE nationally designated pilot school. These new regulations are a great step forward…

After receiving several complaints recently regarding dog fouling around the school we have been in contact with the local dog warden.  The dog warden has advised us they will be doing patrol’s around the school on a regular basis. If you know who is responsible for any dog fowling please contact North Tyneside Council on…

We have been working with Geoff from Go Smarter, trying to keep the school clear of cars to reduce pollution and keep the children safe. We are hoping to have children coming to school by car less often, and coming by walking, cycling, scooting or skateboarding. These are better because they give us exercise, keep…

Dear Parent/Carer,  As you may already be aware, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE), along with Health Education, will soon be forming part of the National Curriculum. This change becomes statutory as of September 2020.  As part of our school’s wider Personal, Social and Health Education programme, your child will be receiving age appropriate lessons on…

Dear parent /carer On behalf of the Manager at Energie Fitness Gym, we would like to make parents aware that the gym’s car park is not available for school use.  This is privately owned property for gym members only.  Parents / carers are asked not to use the gym’s car park at pick up and…

Reception to Year 6 Parents Evening – Monday 27th January 2020 and Thursday 6th February 2020 Please enter your details and select an appointment time. You will need to enter a valid email address when completing this form, you will then receive an email confirming your appointment time. Class 4O have parents evening on a…

Please click on the link below to view our Spring Term 2020 Advance Diary Dates. Advance Diary Dates – Spring Term 2020