Hello everyone

This has been a very challenging week in school but it has been made much easier thanks to your support. I would like to say a very heartfelt thank you on behalf of all the staff and governors.

Friday Worship

It was wonderful to see so many children from Hazel class join our Teams worship today and I’m sorry if I did not mention you by name. We could only see some children on the screen in Maple class but I know next door in Oak class they were able to see many more of you! We had a few technical difficulties connecting so it was a relief just to be able to log in – hopefully next week things will run more smoothly!

I’ll send you an invite for next Friday’s worship and hopefully you will be able to join us again. In the meantime, I hope you all stay well and I can’t wait to see you back in school.

Before and after-school clubs

Please read the following extract below taken from the latest government guidance at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-a … ember-2020

‘Where schools are offering extra-curricular activities (that is, before and after school clubs) they should only do so where it is reasonably necessary to support parents to work, search for work, or undertake training or education, or where the provision is being used for the purposes of respite care.’

IMPORTANT REMINDER – BUBBLE TIMES DURING COVID-19

We have already sent out several reminders about children needing to arrive at their bubble door/gate on time and before it closes. Every day, there are a few children who are arriving late and who then have to enter through the main entrance door. This is putting staff and other children at risk and we need all parents to make sure that their child arrives on time.

We understand there will be odd times where things happen before school but late arrival at school must not happen on a regular basis. Our attendance registers are reviewed by the Local Authority and parents will be contacted by the Education Welfare Officer where concerns arise about punctuality or attendance. Thank you.

We have been asked to share the survey link below with our school community.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DJ35T3H

WANTED – Decorations / donations for our Christmas Grotto

To try and make things as special as possible for the children in school leading up to Christmas, and also to raise funds, we are going to create a Christmas grotto and we desperately need your help.

If you are changing your Christmas tree or decorations this year, rather than take them to the recycling centre or put them in the bin, we’d love to take them off your hands!

We are looking for donations of:

• artificial christmas trees
• Christmas tree decorations – baubles, tinsel, etc – NOT lights please.
• small unwanted gifts which children can buy as gifts for their family for 50p/£1 e.g. toiletries, stationery, candles, or anything that you think children might like to purchase!

Thank you in advance for your support.

Have a safe weekend and take care.

Mrs Johnson x

Hello everyone

Please see an important letter below which is also being sent home today in paper form. A separate letter has been posted on the website for Hazel parents.

Letter to whole school 17.11.20

Thank you for your support and please stay safe.

Mrs Johnson x

Please read the important letter below.

COVID 19 REMINDER 15.11.2020

Hello everyone

We have had a wonderful week in school and the children continue to amaze us every day with their resilience.

REMINDER – PLEASE READ 

ACTIONS FOR PARENTS (see Government Guidance updated 12 November 2020)

Do not send your child to their nursery, childminder, school or college if:

• they are showing coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms
• someone in their household is showing symptoms

Arrange a test if you or your child develops symptoms. Inform your nursery, childminder, school or college of the results.

If the test is positive, follow guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, and engage with the NHS Test and Trace process.

………………………………………………

See our updated risk assessment below with amendments highlighted in grey.

Bicton COVID-19 Risk Assessment V14 13.11.2020

News from our Governing Body

Please see a newsletter below from our Chair of Governors. Our Governing Body are looking forward to being able to share news with you on a regular basis throughout the year.

Governor Newsletter November 2020

We have one vacancy for a parent governor. Please keep an eye out next week in your child’s bag for a letter about this position.

sQuid bookings

The online childcare booking form will not be used after Friday 20th. The link to book clubs for next week is below.

Childcare booking form 16/11 to 20/11/20

From Monday 23rd November, all bookings for childcare (before and after-school clubs) will need to be booked on sQuid. A letter is being sent home / emailed out next week with instructions on how to do this. In the meantime, take a look under the ‘Bookings’ section in your ‘Trips and Offers’ purse and you will see the sessions ready to be booked.

Sweets Sale on Friday 20th

As FOBS are unable to run their Friday sweet sales at the moment, to raise much-needed funds for school, they have come up with an alternative. On Friday 20th, children can buy a pre-prepared mixed bag of sweets for 50p. (Vegetarian sweets can also be pre-ordered in advance, by emailing school no later than 12:30 pm on Thursday.) The bags of sweets will be sold in each classroom at the end of the afternoon for children to take home.

Children need to bring the correct money in an envelope or clear bag and the monies collected will be passed to the FOBs treasurer the following week. FOBS have also got a PayPal account, which they set up earlier this year to raise funds for our school library. Parents can pay for sweets directly through this account here, to save children having to bring money into school.

Children In Need

Thank you for your donations towards Children In Need. We rasied just over £105.

Harvest donations

Thank you for your generous donations for the Shrewsbury Food Bank, which were delivered to them this week.

Have a good weekend and stay safe.

Mrs Johnson and staff

Hi everyone

I hope you’ve had a good week. It has been lovely to see the children back in school this week and hear what they have been up to during the half-term holiday.

Printed newsletter 06.11.2020

Children have been given a paper copy of this parent newsletter 06.11.20 today. We ask that you read it in full, even if you feel that some parts may not apply to you, and we thank you in advance for doing so.

Parent meetings

As explained in the newsletter, the parent meetings booking system is now open. Please visit the Noticeboard in the school news area of the website to book an appointment.

Children in Need

Next Friday 13th November, it is Children In Need day. Children can come to nursery/school wearing something spotty or something which makes them smile or feel happy. A reminder with more info will be sent out next week.

School uniform shop – important message below

School Shop Direct Covid November 2020 general letter to parents

Clubs booking form

Fortnightly childcare booking form

I hope you all have a good weekend.

Mrs Johnson