Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Science Aspirations Week 20th - 24th March 2023

  Sat 25 Mar 2023

  Thank you to all our amazing parents and visitors who helped to make our Science Aspirations week truly inspirational. 

  Thanks to Miss Piper (Mum to Grace) for a magnificent morning of medicine for our KS2 children. Miss Piper gave an amazing talk on careers in the NHS - the key message being that you can be anything that you aspire to be.
  Afterwards, the children were able to experiment with lots of different tools that doctors and surgeons use. 

  We participated in the British garden bird quiz and a scavenger hunt around our school grounds. We made fat ball feeders to look after the birds who visit us in our lovely grounds. 

  Thank you Mrs Myers (Mum to Elsie) for being a fantastic chemistry teacher and teaching us the science behind nappies!

  We even got to ask Dr Daniel the following questions: What happens in a black hole? What are exoplanets? Why do the planets orbit the sun? The children listened to Daniel's journey to becoming an astronomer.
  Daniel recommended the app Skyviewer for parents. This allows you to work out exactly what planets and stars are visible in the night sky.

  

• Welcome back and Covid-19 Update

  Sun 27 Feb 2022

  I hope you have all enjoyed the half-term break.

   

  New 'Living with Covid' guidance came into effect on Thursday 24^th February. Covid rules are now moving from 'Government restrictions' to 'personal responsibility.' 

  • It is no longer necessary for staff in education settings to undertake twice weekly asymptomatic testing.
  • Tests will be available if there is a local outbreak.
  • There is no legal requirement to self-isolate following a positive test, however, adults and children who test positive will continue to be advised to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for at least 5 full days, and then continue to follow the guidance until they have received 2 negative test results on consecutive days.
  • We would thank you for continuing to protect our pupils and staff from the virus by following this advice.
  • From 24th February, the Government no longer asks fully vaccinated close contacts and those aged under 18 to test daily for 7 days, and has removed the legal requirement for close contacts who are not fully vaccinated to self-isolate.  Staff, children and young people should attend their education settings as usual. This includes staff who have been in close contact within their household, unless they are able to work from home.
  • School attendance is mandatory for all pupils of compulsory school age and therefore all pupils should attend unless they are not well enough or test positive for Covid-19. 

  Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us, should you have any concerns about any of the information above. 

   

  

• Ukraine Conflict

  Sun 27 Feb 2022

  We are aware that some of our pupils may have some worries about the conflict in Ukraine. In Monday's assembly I will be sharing a picture book story which gives the message that everyone worries at one time or another and the best way to deal with a worry is to talk about it with a trusted adult. I will not mention the conflict directly due to the mix of ages and due to educational psychologist advice that parents/carers are the best people to broach this subject.
  
  You will be best placed to know whether or not this subject needs to be broached with your children.
  
  • An effective way to broach the subject may be, 'Have
  you heard about this and what have you heard?'
  • Key messages we could offer are, 'We are safe,' (it may
  be helpful to use a map to show how far away the
  conflict is for younger children) and 'The world has
  been in situations like this before and they have been
  resolved.'
  • Older children may need to be told about the risk of
  seeing false information online.
  • Older children may find it helpful to know there are
  government agencies and charities working together
  to do all they can to help the Ukrainian people.
  
  The following sites have some advice for teachers and families about how to talk to pupils about the current situation in Ukraine.
  
  https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2022/02/25/help-for-teachers-and-families-to-talk-to-pupils-about-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-and-how-to-help-them-avoid-misinformation/
  
  https://www.bps.org.uk/news-and-policy/supporting-children-manage-anxiety-over-war-conflict-and-crises
  
  https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/your-feelings/anxiety-stress-panic/worries-about-the-world/
  https://draliza.bulletin.com/talking-about-ukraine-with-our-children/
  
  https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/13865002?fbclid=IwAR0TkUpsHU4XfqpMwrPfMNvb0Vh5NyEqVc8U_agvgNs-eu4HveDwKdlxtZE
  
  Your child's class teacher will notify you if your child seems to have any worries about the conflict or if they have deemed it necessary to discuss this subject with the class.
  
  Again, Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us, should you have any concerns about any of the information above.
  
  We are aware that the last 2 years have presented with some difficult circumstances for us all to navigate. We wish to maintain a balance between reassuring children and feeding into any worries unnecessarily. We will endeavour to ensure school is a safe place for our children to learn and have fun and on that note, we look forward to welcoming you back into school tomorrow.