Dear Parents/Carers,
A Reminder - INSET Day (School Closed)
A reminder that the school is closed next Friday (Friday 11th December) for a staff training day.
Daily Advent Messages on Facebook
Each school day during Advent, children from different classes will be posting video messages on Facebook. This week messages have been shared from Years 4, 5 and 6 and have focused on the theme of Hope, which is represented in the first candle of the Advent Wreath. Next weeks messages will be focusing on the theme of Faith, which is represented in the second candle.
COVID Guidance
To make the school as safe as possible - if any member of the family, that lives in your home, has suspected COVID symptoms, can you please keep all children in the family at home - and phone the school for further advice.
Home learning in Year 1
A big thank you to the parents, teachers and teaching assistants in Year 1 for such a tremendous effort with their home learning during their isolation period.
Isolation Guidance
As you will all know if there is a confirmed care of COVID in a class, close contacts will be directed to self isolate; this may often be the whole class. Our Year 1 class recently had to isolate for 10 days due to such a case. On returning, a number of children have commented on places they went during their isolation days.
Can we remind you all that isolation means NOT LEAVING YOUR HOME, otherwise you could be putting others at risk.
Attendance Reminder
Can I remind you all that although we are doing our best to safely manage the school during this pandemic, school attendance remains compulsory. Generally an absence will only be agreed if the child is ill, if there are exceptional circumstances, and now also for statutory reasons in relation to COVID-19.
Where attendance is a concern, we will take further action which may include a referral to the Education Welfare Service and/or the issue of penalty notices.
Face Masks
To help us keep the school environment as safe as possible, can I again request that parents and carers wear face masks when dropping off or collecting children from school. Thanks again for your support.
Children in Need Donations
Thank you to all who donated money for Children in Need this Year - we raised a grand total of: £128.13!
Free School meals
If you think your circumstances have changed or you have been affected by Covid 19 and you think you may be able to claim for Free School Meals, then please go to the Bristol City Council website and apply. You can also telephone school for a form.
Vacancy for School Cleaner
We have a vacancy for a school cleaner starting on the 4th January 2021, if you would be interested in the position please contact the school office. Hours for the vacancy are Monday to Friday 3.30pm to 5.30pm with some work required during the school holidays.
Vacancy for Nursery School Meal Supervisory Assistant Role
Would you be interested in a role supporting and supervising children at lunchtime in our new nursery? If so please let the school office know and we will let you know more about the role and hope to apply.
Christmas Lunch
Due to COVID restrictions, we are having an alternative Christmas lunch this year. We will be combining our festive lunch with Christmas Jumper Day and the children can wear a Christmas top of their choice for the day.
Home Learning
As an increasing number of children are off school, due to COVID symptoms or related issues, we have reintroduced online learning. We are hoping that in most classes this will be through Google Classroom.
Can I confirm that all children who are absent from school, but are not unwell, are expected to engage in home learning activities. Generally, children should be expected to work online at home for 2-3 hours each day. Online lessons consist of English, Maths, Topic work and reading. We appreciate and thank you for your continued support.
Places Available
The school is almost full but we do have some space available in Reception, Year 1, Year 2, Year 4 and Year 6. If you know somebody who might need a school place, please ask them to contact the school office.
Attendance
Well done to the following classes who had attendance at over 97% this week:
- Reception with a fantastic 99% attendance.
- Year 2 with 97% attendance.
- Year 3 with 98% attendance.
Headteacher’s Awards
Reception -
- Lily for doing independent learning through her writing at home and for using her learnt sounds and sound buttons. Well done Lily for setting a fantastic example to the rest of the class.
Year 1 -
- Harper G - for her super recount writing - great job!
Year 2 -
- Alfie - for exploring his own ideas creatively when making his Christmas stocking.
- Roxy - for being absorbed in her reading and demonstrating how well she is doing through our reading comprehension results.
Year 3 -
- Sofia- For showing perseverance with her maths work and not giving up when things are difficult
- Grace- For independently producing a fantastic and imaginative story using fronted adverbials and relative clauses. I was blown away!
Year 4 -
- Anta - For connecting with the class and completing all of her whilst at home for the last week
Year 5 -
- Alexander - for being a superb team player and stepping forward to represent the class on the video Advent calendar.
- Chris - for writing a friendly story and making us laugh.
Year 6
- Stephanie - for absolutely amazing notes in Phase of our reading sequence. You adapted and updated your notes, as your understanding developed - well done!
Primary School Applications for a New Reception Place for September 2021
If your child was born between 1 September 2016 and 31 August 2017 you'll need to apply for a new reception school place for September 2021. You'll need to apply by Wednesday 15 January 2020.
Apply online for a reception place for Sept 2021 at:
https://www.bristol.gov.uk/schools-learning-early-years/primary-admissions
Please contact the school office if we can help in any way or if you would like to visit the school (in a COVID safe way).
Dates for Diaries
INSET (staff training) day - Friday 11th December.
End of Term 2 - Friday 18 December 2020.
Term 3 - Monday 4 January 2021 to Friday 12 February 2021.
Term 4 - Monday 22 February 2021 to Thursday 1 April 2021.
Term 5 - Monday 19 April 2021 to Friday 28 May 2021.
Term 6 - Monday 7 June 2021 to Wednesday 21 July 2021.
Yours sincerely
Matt Condon
Headteacher
