Welcome back, I hope you all had a good break and are back rested and ready for the busy Summer term!
Flight Delays Fortunately, we have only had 4 members of staff affected by the recent flight restrictions; Mrs. Leverton in Italy, Mr. Clarkson in Poland, Mrs. Grant in Thailand and Miss Willers in New Zealand. Thankfully, Mrs. Leverton and Mr. Clarkson are now safely back home.
6W will be covered by Miss Porter and the usual Year 6 team, and other staff duties and responsibilities have been covered within the school team. We have 10 families also affected by the travel restrictions but overall there has been little or no disruption to the school.
Nursery Hours From September 2010 all pre-school children are entitled to 15 hours of Nursery education a week. This will have an impact on our Nursery hours as all children will be allocated 3 hours Nursery provision a day. With this in mind the Foundation stage team have got together to plan for the next academic year looking at timings, staffing, the new Reception building and equipping a shared outdoor area. After lengthy discussions, taking in to account the needs of pupils and the smooth functioning of the school we propose changing the Nursery hours as follows:
Morning
Start now—9.05am changing to 8.45am from Sept 2010.
End 11.35am now, changing to 11.45am from Sept 2010.
Afternoon
Start 12.55pm now, changing to 12.30pm from Sept 2010.
End 3.25pm now, changing to 3.30pm from Sept 2010.
Please note that this will take effect from Sept 2010. We are consulting parents views on these changes and welcome any comments.
Year 1 Multi Sports Competition If your child took part in this event last term and you have not yet returned the kit please do so as soon as possible. Thank you.
Reminder PAWS Non-Uniform Day Don’t forget this is tomorrow for St. Georges Day. Please come to school dressed in a red and white theme, donations of £1 please.
Class Talks We will be having our regular class talk sessions after Easter where we encourage parents to come along and find out which topics the children will be studying:
Year 5—Fri 23rd April
Year 4— Mon26thApril Year 3– Tues 27th April
Year 2—Wed 28th April Year 1—Fri 30th April
Reception—Tues 4th May. These sessions are held in the classroom at 8.30am.
Parent Workshops We are having a Literacy Workshop session on Tuesday 27th April 2010. This session will be run by Ms. Patel and Mrs. Sheikh and will run from 9.15am—10.15am. It will be an introduction and training session on phonics—letters and sounds.
There will then be a session from 11am-12pm and this will be based on “How to Read More Effectively” and will be of particular interest to current parent readers.
