Weekly News – Friday 24th January

Dear Parents,

What January blues? Despite the damp and blustery conditions, we have enjoyed another busy week in school, welcoming parents for lunch, taking another trip to the library and continuing to explore our half termly topics. As you can imagine, the wet weather has meant lots of changes of clothes, so if your children have come home in a different outfit to the start of the day, we would really appreciate the return of our spare clothes before we run out!

Morning Drop Off

As you know we always have a senior member of staff at the playground gate in the mornings. It's our pleasure to welcome you every day and to see your children arriving so enthusiastically for the start of the school day and a morning catch-up with their friends. Can we please just ask that you stay with your children until they have come through the playground gate, as we are seeing a few running into the playground without their grown ups. The playground can get very busy in the mornings and we don't want you to lose sight of your children, so please supervise them closely until you hand them over to our care at the school door.

Ordering school meals

Thank you for ordering your children's school lunch in advance each week. Sometimes children decide in the morning that they would like to have a different meal. We are happy to accommodate an alternative choice on the day, but if lots of children do this it can affect the weekly food orders placed by the catering team and also extend the morning registration process, which in turn has an impact on learning time. We are also conscious that parents may not be aware of the children changing their meal choice. Therefore we will now tell the children that only their parent can change their lunch choice to an alternative school meal or a packed lunch. You can let us know on the day by passing a message to the staff on the door in the morning, or contacting the school office by 9.15am.

Toys in School

We know that children sometimes need a small fiddle toy to help them focus on their learning. This is provided by the school, or sometimes from home by prior arrangement with the class teacher or our SENCO, Mrs Standen. Can we please ask that other toys are kept at home, as we are seeing lots of additional toys brought into school at the moment which are becoming a distraction. We also do not want special items to be lost or spoiled! Thank you for your support.