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What a week!
What a week it has been! It has been stressful – for staff, parents and, perhaps, for some children too. We have had to put plans and arrangements into place exceptionally quickly. We have nearly a third of the school still attending which is more than expected and, frankly, more than we would ideally Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog Dec 18th 2020
We have made it to the end of an exceptional term. Despite difficult circumstances, our school has been successful with happy children, positive progress and good attendance. I would like to give so much credit to our staff for the flexibility, creativity, resilience and care that they have shown in 2020. I would like Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 11th December 2020
It is a very different Christmas period in school this year: no Town Hall concert, nativity or Christmas performances. If Santa comes to school next week, he will be more socially distant than usual and certainly won’t have anyone sat on his knee – he is in a vulnerable age group you know… We Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 4th December 2020
It has been a very wet and soggy end to the week and at lunchtime today we ‘surrendered’ and admitted defeat: we had better keep the children in. A particular problem at the moment is that 3/4 of the juniors are having to stay in field zones and these are a muddy brown quagmire Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 27th November 2020
It has been sad to have almost empty classrooms in Foundation Stage this week following last week’s positive case, and we are looking forward to having all our children back by the middle of next week. Our teachers have been doing lots of Google Meet phonics, maths and story sessions and have kept in Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 20th November 2020
Sadly, we had our first confirmed positive case of COVID in school this week and, as a result, just over 100 children and 8 staff are now in self-isolation. Thankfully, the child is showing no symptoms and is well. The self-isolation has affected more children than we hoped, as the child is in the Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 12/11/20
First of all I would like to wish “Happy Diwali” to all our Hindu and Sikh families – we certainly all need some light in these dark days! I hope that you can still enjoy the festival despite the obvious limitations that the lockdown brings. Whilst the government and media seem pre-occupied by the Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 6 November 2020
It is an exciting time at school. We are about to launch a 1:1 Chromebook scheme for Years 4-6: something I have wanted to do for many years. Funded by a Catch-Up Grant, the possibilities are huge – both at school and at home. The lockdown closure of school earlier this year accelerated our Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 23/10/2020
I have been astounded by the quantity and quality of the submissions for our PTA decorated pumpkins and scarecrow competitions. We have clearly got a lot of talented and competitive children (and parents!). I am glad that I haven’t been a judge. Furthermore, we have a school full of ghoulish costumes today – apologies Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 16th October 2020
This week the junior children have been doing the tests that they would have usually done towards the end of the summer term. Results are still being collated, but early indications are that there has been a drop in the reading comprehension scores that we might usually expect, but maths scores are more comparable. Read More
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