Newsletter
Dear Parents /Carers,
Well done to Miss Draper’s Y4 Class on an entertaining and informative assembly – great singing and amateur theatrics too! It certainly reflected the enthusiasm for reading that is instilled in our pupils, as well as the progress in writing they are making all of the time. Thank you therefore for your support with home reading – it really does have an ongoing and long-lasting impact.
Industrial Action
You will likely be aware from media coverage of the upcoming industrial action by members in the National Education Union (NEU) and the reasoning behind it. There are four proposed dates for strike action, which are as follows:
- Wednesday 1 February 2023: all eligible members in England and Wales.
- Tuesday 28 February 2023: all eligible members in the following English regions: Northern, North West, Yorkshire & The Humber.
- Wednesday 15 March 2023: all eligible members in England and Wales.
- Thursday 16 March 2023: all eligible members in England and Wales.
On this occasion, I do not expect the action to affect our school, however I will inform you ASAP next week should that situation change.
Online Safety – National College
This week Y5 enjoyed a workshop from Wigan Safeguarding Team all about staying safe, particularly when online. The landscape is always changing online and sometimes it’s difficult to keep up with what is current and what safety measures we should be putting into place online for our children. The link below is for the National Online Safety platform that we use in school and that you can have free access to. You can create your own account by going to the following website and using the school name. https://nationalonlinesafety.com/ Once registered, you will have free access to all the parent resources, including short videos and guides to support you at home with things such as online gaming, social media and online safety.
Attendance
With so many bugs around at the moment, attendance has naturally dipped over the past few weeks. Please can I ask that family holidays are booked in school holiday periods and not during term time. I really appreciate your support with this.
PCSO Visit
We had a visit from our new local Police Community Support Officer this week, who introduced himself to our children (who were very excited!) and briefly spoke about his role in the community. He will be visiting again to answer further questions about his job and career in the coming weeks.
Snow
A reminder that should we need to close school due to snow, we will communicate via parentmail as soon as a decision has been made. (There isn’t any forecast by the way – at least I hope not!)
Dates:
Friday 3rd February - Mrs Capstick’s Class Assembly
Tuesday 14th February – Safer Internet Day
Thursday 16th February – Miss Riley’s Class Assembly
Friday 17th February – Diversity Day 2023. School closes for February half term
Monday 27th February School re-opens.
It has been great seeing you on the gate and around school this week. Have a safe and enjoyable weekend.
Mr Aldridge
