Dear Families,

We’ve had a lot of visitors in school this week. We’ve had an Academy Review, which is where other headteachers from some of the Trust schools come and observe what we’re doing and how we’re doing it.  They saw lots of fantastic things going on with the learning.  They also gave ideas of what they do in their schools for us to try.

Next week will be very exciting for lots of children.  On Tuesday, we will be going to Birmingham for the Young Voices concert.  The children have been telling me what food they’ll be taking - which is always important when going on a trip!

On Wednesday, myself and Mrs Bebbington will be taking some Yr 6 children to Manchester for the ‘GoIT’ finals.  Four boys have thought about an idea of how to improve the environment.  They have created a presentation, which is what they’ll present to judges and other Trust children.  I’ll let you know how they get on, next week.

Jewellery
Just a reminder that only  a watch and/or small earrings are allowed in school.  

SEND
As Mrs Dickens is off school at the moment, if you have any concerns regarding special needs, please contact your teacher or myself.

Thank as always for your continued support.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Take care and stay safe.

Mrs Wilmer

Upcoming Events

Dear Families,

Well, what a start to the new year we’ve had!  Thank you so much for your support with the school being open and for the day when the school was closed.  Thankfully the storm didn’t create another school closure day today.

Lockdown

In the next couple of weeks we will be practising our lockdown procedures.  This procedure would be used if there was a threat to the safety of the children, staff and others in the school and it would be safer to stay in school rather than leave the school.  Possible situations where we would use the lockdown procedure are:

-a possible dangerous person or animal on the school grounds

-an incident in the local community which could affect the school and everyone in it

-a terrorist incident

-extreme weather which could put lives at risk

-an alert from the UK emergency alerts system

If a lockdown occurs, the children and staff will remain in classrooms, lock the doors and sit under tables.  Everyone remains quiet.  The senior staff call the emergency services and follow their advice.  

As parents, you will be alerted to the lockdown as soon as we can do this.  Please do not come to the school or try to call the school as we will need the phone lines free.  We will not let any child out of the school (and anyone into the school) if we’re in a lockdown until the emergency services have confirmed it is safe to do so.

We ask that parents do not share the event on social media as this may cause panic and spread false information.

When we practise lockdowns, the staff explain to the children what is happening and why.  Everything is explained in an age appropriate way.  The children already know that we want them to be safe and this will help.  Each time we practise one of our emergency procedures, the staff always explain to the children why it is necessary.

Curriculum Directors
Over the next half term we have quite a few of the Trust Curriculum Directors coming into school to look at the work across the various subjects of the curriculum.  They will be chatting to children about their learning, looking at books and speaking to the subject leaders in the school.  We discuss what’s going well and how we can improve what we’re doing, which in turn supports the children’s knowledge and understanding.

So if your child tells you they’ve been chatting to people about their work, you’ll know why.

Thank you as ever for your continued support.

Have a lovely weekend.

Take care and stay safe.

Mrs Wilmer