School is Open 18.01.23

There is a scattering of snow on the school car park and it may be slippy. Please take extra care when driving in and exiting the site, to help keep yourself and others safe. Thank you

Second-hand Clothing and Uniform

We have a range of good-quality second-hand uniform and clothing in school, including footwear, which has been donated to school. If your child needs any items of clothing/footwear, please complete this Online form which is completely confidential and will allow you to indicate any items your child needs. The responses will only be seen by myself and the school administrators and we will contact you if we have the items in school that you require.

 

Weeky News 13.01.23

Hello everyone,

Thank you for welcoming Miss Nagington to our school. Mrs Erasmus will be finishing next Friday, slightly earlier than she orginally planned, and we hope she manages to get a few weeks’ rest before her baby arrives!

Snow and bad weather

In view of the cold weather forecast next week, please see a reminder of our snow procedures below. We have also reminded children to bring a coat to wear at playtimes.

Snow and Bad Weather Policy and Procedures January 2023

Special Menu – Thursday 19th January

Next Thursday, the kitchen are serving a special menu, as shown below. Every child who has a school meal that day will be entered into a draw to win a £10 gift voucher for The Works.

  • Chicken nuggets and chips
  • Sausage and chips
  • Vegetarian pizza
  • (all served with a choice of baked beans or sweetcorn)
  • Choice of desserts

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Johnson x

Winter illnesses

You may have seen the recent advice in the news about illnesses and school attendance.  Please note, there is no requirement for children to be absent from school on a precautionary basis.

Please see further information below about winter illnesses in children.

WinterIllnessesInChildrenLEAFLET

Weekly News 09.01.23

Hello everyone,

It seems an age ago now but I hope you had a good Christmas and New Year!

The children seemed to settle back into school well last week.  In our Friday afternoon assembly, they were very keen to share what they had achieved or were proud of last week in school!

Welcome to Miss Nagington – Birch Class

We welcome our new teacher Miss Nagington who will be teaching Birch class while Mrs Erasmus is on maternity leave. 

Uniform and PE kit reminder

Please make sure your child arrives at school wearing the correct clothing and footwear. We are seeing an increasing number of children not wearing appropriate clothing for PE.  Moving forward, if children arrive at school not wearing the correct PE kit, they will be given clothing from school to wear for the remainder of the day.

Please click here for a reminder of our uniform expectations. 

Second-hand uniform / clothing

We have a range of good-quality second-hand uniform and clothing in school, including footwear, which has been donated to school. If your child needs any items of clothing/footwear, please look out for a link to an online form in my next newsletter.  The online form is completely confidential and will allow you to indicate any items your child needs. The responses will only be seen by myself and the school administrators and we will then contact you if we have the items in school that you require. 

We are also taking part in a School Shop Direct second-hand uniform initiative which aims to raise funds for Hope House. Please click here for more information.

sQuid

Please remember to top up your child’s catering purse on sQuid, to avoid our administrators having to phone you at the start of the school day. Thank you.

After-school clubs – Spring term

See below for a reminder of our after-school club provision for this half term, together with more information about this term’s French Club topic.

Clubs letter Spring 1 2023

Have a good week.

Mrs Johnson x

 

 

 

Beauty and the Beast

We had an amazing time watching the pantomime on Wednesday and managed to take a few photos at the end!

 

Shrewsbury Food Bank donations

Thank you for all the donations for the Shrewsbury Food Bank, which I will be delivering to them on Monday morning.

Weekly News 16.12.22

Hello everyone,

Well…what a wonderful end to the term it has been!

Our children have shown off their many talents in our various performances: Early Years musical performance in our school hall, and our KS1 Nativity (Present for the Baby) and KS2 Carol Service in Bicton Church. It has meant so much to us being able to perform in front of an audience this year, rather than via video as we have had to do over the past couple of years.

Thank you to everyone who has come along to watch the children’s performances!

Thank you FOBS

On behalf of all our children and staff, I would like to say a huge thank you to FOBS for their amazing efforts this term. The movie night, Christmas raffle, selection boxes, and breakfast with Santa, as well as sweet sales after school, have raised over £1000 in recent weeks! Thank you to everyone who has supported their fund-raising efforts.

Reporting absences and urgent messages:

We cannot guarantee that teachers will have the opportunity to check Class Dojo at certain times so please do not use it to report your child’s absence from school.  The procedure should always be to telephone the school office and leave a message.

Similarly, if your child has different collection arrangements after school, please inform the school office.

Availability of staff

Teachers will endeavour to respond to a Class Dojo message within 24 hours of receiving it but all staff have their Class Dojo apps set to “Quiet hours” which means they will not receive messages after 5.00pm or before 8.00am and not at all at weekends.

And finally…

We return to school on Wednesday 4th January. I hope you all have a very peaceful Christmas and a happy New Year and I wish you all the very best for 2023.

With much love,

Mrs Johnson x

Winter Water Safety

Given the tragic events at the weekend and the forecasted continued colder weather as we head into the Christmas holidays, Shropshire Fire and Rescue would like to highlight the attached resources and websites.  We have shared the key messages with each class in school this week, and KS2 children have been reminded in assembly this afternoon.

Parenting Course

Parenting course

The Parenting Team will be trialling a new and exciting 4 week workshop – Working on your relationship. Please see attached poster below with further information.

The workshop aims to help parents/carers to reflect on and make positive changes within their relationship, if this might be having a negative impact on their children at present.

Working on your relationship

CEOP
School Games Mark – Gold Award
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Music Mark
Becoming Dementia Friendly School
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