Mr Bennett

2.12.20 Santa Paws Update

2nd December 2020Mr Bennett

2.12.20 Santa Paws Update

Thank you to all the pupils who donated to the Santa Paws appeal. The school has worked with Northumbria Police to ensure that the NSPCA receive all of the generous donations.

We have heard there has been a slight delay in the announcement of the winner, but we will update you, asap once we have more information.

1.12.20 Christmas Party Times

1st December 2020Mr Bennett

1.12.20 Christmas Party Times

Please note the following for party days only:

Nursery morning 9am till 11am
Nursery afternoon 1pm till 3pm
Nursery 30 hours – 9am till 3pm (parents can elect for their child to attend just one party, else please provide two plates)
Reception pick up at 11:30 and return to school for 12:50 (usual entrance/exit)
Year 1 pick up 11:45 and return for 13:10 (as usual arrangements)
Year 2 pick up 11:50 and return for 13:20 (as usual arrangements)
Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 pick up at 12:10 and return for 13:20

1.12.20 School Car Park

1st December 2020Mr Bennett

1.12.20 School Car Park

Dear all,

please can we ask for extra care and patience when bringing cars into the school grounds.

With dark nights and such a small space to use, we need everyone to consider other users, especially those on foot. Children are easily missed from behind a wheel, as they make their way home.

Please be aware that at the end of school days staff do need access to their cars to attend training meetings and to collect their own children. If you are not parked in a space you may need to move to allow staff to leave.

Please consider if you need to bring your car onto site to allow more space for pedestrians and for those that have no choice but to use a car. Please wait until safe to leave.

Thank you for driving carefully and considering others.

30.11.20 Christmas Payments

30th November 2020Mr Bennett

30.11.20 Christmas Payments

All Christmas events can be paid for via Parent Pay.

Christmas Jumper Day donations
Children’s Christmas Raffle £1 a ticket
Christmas Party – Nursery, Reception, Year 1 & 2 – £2
Christmas Party – Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 – £1

Please let us know if you are taking your child home prior to their Christmas party on the same form.

We will still accept payment into school if needed.

Thanks in advance

27.11.20 John Lewis Kindness Competition

27th November 2020Mr Bennett

27.11.20 John Lewis Kindness Competition

Thank you for all the wonderful entries to the competition! There really some wonderful acts of kindness out there.

Huge congratulations to Bradley from year 1. Enjoy the bear and gift voucher!

We were really touched by your booklet telling us about some wonderful people who have shown real kindness.

27.11.20 Christmas & Birthdays

27th November 2020Mr Bennett

27.11.20 Christmas & Birthdays

Christmas – Our latest newsletter is out today, covering the everything Christmas! Check out the parties, the cards and the children’s raffle!

Please note we have swapped Reception and Year 1 party dates!

Birthdays – we know that pupils have been unable to have birthday parties during the last few months. Therefore we will be setting time aside in school for pupils to have a little bit of birthday with their class mates. We will be catching up with September and October birthdays and then setting aside some time for November and December birthdays.

Please don’t send any sweets/cake in, as we are unable to share these to pupils. Thanks.

26.11.20 Communication

26th November 2020Mr Bennett

26.11.20 Communication

To further improve our communication, we will be using the Noticeboard facility on the ‘teacher2parents’ app. This is the service we use to text parents directly.

This will help parents, especially those who are not on social media, to know when new news/content/information has been shared.

It will give a short notice on what’s new, so you can decide if you need to check it out!

A text message will be sent out about this from the ‘teacher2parents’ app. Simply download the associated app and input your mobile phone number. If it is the number we have in school then your account will be linked.

In the app you will find school contact details and the term dates for the year.

We will continue to send letters where appropriate.

Our website front page is also getting an early spring clean so parents can see the latest news much easier.

n.b. our Christmas newsletter with all the info you need will be out on Friday.

26.11.20 Free School Meals Vouchers

26th November 2020Mr Bennett

26.11.20 Free School Meals Vouchers

Eligible parents will be receiving a text regarding the 1st payment for the Christmas Holidays free school meals.

The next payment for the 2nd week of the school holidays will be with you tomorrow.

Many thanks

24.11.20 Non porcine gelatine vaccine

24th November 2020Mr Bennett

Dear Parent/Carer a non porcine gelatine vaccine is available to those who have declined nasal spray due to porcine content. If you wish for your child to receive this vaccine when stock becomes available, please contact the school immunisation team on 0191 402 8179 prior to 30th November 2020. If you have received this communication after 30th November, you can still contact the team to arrange vaccination.

24.11.20 Packed Lunches & Parent Pay Update

24th November 2020Mr Bennett

24.11.20 Packed Lunches & Parent Pay Update

PACKED LUNCH

Please note that we operate under healthy schools and therefore sweets and fizzy drinks should not form part of their lunch. Thank you for your understanding and support in this.

PARENT PAY

Please can we ask all parents to activate their account now that letters have been sent out.

Parent Pay are making some planned changes on Wednesday 25th November. As a result users will not be able to log in to ParentPay for approx 4 hours after 20:00. They apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.