School Updates and Latest News

• Parent Workshop - Tuesday 12th September

  Mon 11 Sep 2023

  Parent Workshop

  Tuesday 12^th September

  2.00pm – 3.15pm

   

  Building resilience in your child

  The workshop, which is open to all our parents in Nursery and School will cover:

   

  What is resilience and what contributes to it.

  Strategies and ideas that you can use to support building resilience in your child.

   

  Amy and Anna from the Wellbeing & Emotional Support Teams (WEST) will; lead on the information session. We highly recommend, if you are available, to join us. They will share lots of great ideas if your child:

  - lacks confidence in new situations,

  -tends to give up easily or quickly,

  -finds it hard to regulate their emotions,

  -struggles at times to maintain a positive outlook, 

  -or just finds certain things tricky at times

• Welcome Back!

  Wed 06 Sep 2023

  Welcome Back! 

   

  We are so excited to have all our pupils and families back with us for a new school year. 

   

  Just to help with the start and end of the day please follow the guidance below: 

   

  • Wrap Around is available from 7.45am - 8.45am and after school until 5.30pm. Please book via ParentPay

   

  • School Gates will open at 8.35am 
  • School Staff will be out on the playground from 8.40am

   

  • School Gates will open at 3.10pm
  • Children will start to exit school from 3.15pm

   

  • If your child is going to Wrap Around they will be collected from their classroom and taken to Wrap Around. 

   

  • If your child is walking home by themselves please complete a 'Walking Home' form which Mrs Hackett can send out to you on request. 

   

  • Please inform staff or the main office of any changes to end of school arrangements. 

   

  • Nursery Staff will be available from 8.50am 
  • Nursery Hours 9.00am - 3.00pm

   

  Look out for this week's In the Loop which will provide more information and details on what is coming up this term.  

   

• Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete

  Mon 04 Sep 2023

  Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete

   

  You may have seen recent media coverage regarding Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) and its use in educational settings. The Department for Education (DfE) has recently changed its guidance to take a more precautionary approach, given the concerns about the long-term durability of RAAC and we appreciate the concern this may raise for our children and families, but want to reassure you that safety is a key priority for all of our schools.

   

  We do not have any confirmed RAAC in our buildings and have not been asked to close any areas. However, naturally we want to take particular care around this and the Trust Estates team are currently working with the DfE and surveyors to review the construction of relevant parts of our buildings. 

   

  The change in guidance is precautionary in nature, and only affects education premises where the presence of RAAC has been confirmed.  If, at any stage, RAAC is identified, we will let parents/carers know straight away, and we have contingencies in place to prioritise the continuation of education and that the impact on children is kept to an absolute minimum. 

   

  Rest assured that the safety of children and staff is of paramount importance to all concerned.

   

  Thank you for your understanding.