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Weekly Bulletin 17th January 2025

March 1, 2024 by admin

Weekly Bulletin 17^th January 2025

Headteacher’s Message

Our School Council have been very active as they prepare for ‘Fit for February’. This is a project that is hoped will encourage everyone in the School Community to stay active and make healthy choices. There will be a timetable of events that children and adults can take part in each day. Our School Chair and Secretary will provide more information in the coming weeks.

We are continuing to closely monitor punctuality each morning and I draw your attention to the information below. Please make every effort to ensure that your child is on time for school so that they are ready to begin learning promptly.

Each week I want to include a ‘snapshot’ of some of the things going on in school. For example, news from our ECO team, Worship group, V.I.P. (Very International People) and SNAG (School Nutrition Action Group). This week our focus is on the learning in Year 3 and Mrs Bewley has shared an update on this below.

Best wishes

Mr Rumbles

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Weekly Bulletin 16th February 2024

February 16, 2024 by gillianwilds

Weekly Bulletin 16^th February 2024

Headteacher’s Message

Many thanks to all of you who attended our parents’ consultation evening appointments in order to meet with your child’s class teacher earlier this week. Regular contact between home and school is vital in ensuring that we are able to work in partnership to support the progress and development of your child. The staff look forward to working with you over the coming term and implementing the strategies and approaches discussed at parents’ evening.

This week, we have sent the ‘Poverty Proofing the School Day’ survey for parents and carers. Please do take the time to complete this and return it to school. Below is more information about this initiative, I thank you in anticipation for your support.

We have also completed our work with the ‘Eat Smart’ team in order to reduce food waste in school. Our School Council Waste Warriors have collected and weighed the food waste and as a school we have been able to reduce our school plate waste by 25%. Many children have tried new foods and been more aware of the importance of not wasting food. The School Council have a number of actions to help continue the good work and my thanks go to them, Mrs Claydon and the ‘Eat Smart’ team for all their endeavours.

Each week I want to include a ‘snapshot’ of some of the things going on in school. For example, news from our ECO team, Worship group, V.I.P. (Very International People) and SNAG (School Nutrition Action Group). This week our focus is on the work of our V.I.P. (Very International People) and some important visitors we’ve had in school and they have shared an update below.

Best wishes

Mr Rumbles

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January 9, 2017 by philippalythgoe

Weekly Bulletin 8^th March 2024

Headteacher’s Message

It has been another busy week in school. A particular highlight was our World Book Day Celebrations where we were able to share stories and celebrate reading for pleasure as well as have some tasty hot chocolate. A number of Year 5 and 6 pupils competed in the Durham Football League on Tuesday. The children were a credit to the school and clearly demonstrated their excellent listening and teamwork skills. Work has also begun in Y3 and Y4 who are preparing for their Easter Assembly. All of these opportunities help to enrich and extend the personal development of our children and put their skills into action.

Also this week, we welcomed Councillor David Stoker to school and showed him the outdoor developments that we have made using the Neighbourhood Funding that he helped us access. We are extremely grateful for his work with us, as the funds have proved vital in updating our Secret Garden, buying equipment for outdoor play and paying for our Arctic Cabin. In addition to this, he has also helped us secure funding to develop the area we use for pick-up and drop-off, which we will work on in the coming months.

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