Weekly Parent Bulletin - Friday 27th February
Dear parents,
I hope you all enjoyed a great half term break.
It's been lovely to see to see the first glimmers of spring time breaking through this week. Waking up to daylight with the odd ray of sunshine and warmer weather has made all the difference.
Today we enjoyed the author visit from Andy Seed, kindly funded by our PTA. Andy delivered some brilliant assemblies and workshops to children of all ages. If you'd like to meet him or buy a signed book, he'll be in our main hall straight after school today. A reminder of the various key dates can be found in our letter
here.
Please can I remind parents to send children into school on normal uniform days in a pair of traditional smart black school shoes. We seem to have increasing numbers of children "forgetting" and wearing trainers daily. This helps keep our school looking smart and makes sure everyone is treated fairly.
This week the long-awaited government SEND white paper was released with plans to address changes in this important area over the next decade. Whilst it doesn't look like the instant fix schools and families were wishing for, it does look like change will be incremental and avoid the fear of impacting those children with EHCPs already in hand. I'll continue to monitor those areas closely and update parents when the picture around this matter becomes clearer.
Lastly, whatever the weather, please avoid pulling up in cars on the yellow cross hatch areas in our car park - notably in front of the disabled bays at the front of the school. I appreciate many parents are looking to do a speedy drop off, but we are seeing near misses happening and it's not worth the risk. Please continue on round the car park, only pulling over when it is safe and clear to do so. Your support with this is much appreciated.
Have a great weekend!
Mr Jackson