Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Y2 Leavers hoodies- order now!

  Mon 21 Sep 2020

  You must now order your hoody via the Initially Yours website, giving permission does not order your hoody!

  www.initiallyyours.co.uk

  Please include your child’s initials in the messages box when proceeding through the checkout. Maximum of 3 initials are permitted. If no initials are provided, the hoody will be produced without.

  · We will be doing 2 orders this year, the first deadline will be Friday 25th September. The second will be Friday 18th December.

   · The first order of hoodies are expected for delivery by the beginning of Term 2.

  · The hoodies are £14.50, optional initials an extra £2.40. T shirts are £6.90, optional initials an extra £2.40.

  Please do not hesitate to contact us with any further queries.

   

  If you would like us to use your Pupil Premium funding, then please contact the school office who can assist

• New Reception 2021 admissions

  Mon 21 Sep 2020

  YR21 Admissions

  Do you have a child who is starting school in September 2021? If you do and live in South Glos, the admissions portal is now open, if first time logging on you will need to register: South Glos Admissions

  Our school unfortunately will be unable to hold an open evening, we will have a virtual one loaded onto social media, YouTube and our website, hopefully by the end of September. We will also be holding a virtual presentation, with Q&A on the 4th November at 6pm. Please register your interest here: YR21 Virtual Presentation

  The deadline for 2021 admissions is 15th January 2021.

• School Improvement Priorities 2020-21

  Fri 18 Sep 2020

  School Improvement Priorities

  2020-21

  Each year we look at how successful the school has been in the following four areas; Quality of Provision in the Early Years Foundation Stage, Quality of teaching, Quality of provision and Quality of assessment, feedback and support.  Last year proved to be successful in many ways but obviously progress towards some targets was held back due to the Lockdown in March and many children not returning until September.  We have carried some priorities over to this year’s School Improvement Plan (SIP) and will be focusing on filling any gaps for children who have missed any learning, whilst supporting their well-being with a recovery curriculum.  Our biggest priority for 2020-21 is to improve reading and phonics.  This is not to say this is not good enough but we feel it could be even better and we’d like to raise standards even higher. We can also see some quite large gaps in the children’s learning in phonics since lockdown due to this being such a specialise skill to teach for parents and carers. Our new reading books and phonics scheme will really help this and our staff are really focused on making sure our children make excellent progress. 

• Y2 Leavers Hoodies - ACTION NOW

  Wed 16 Sep 2020 Cath Evans

  As yet you have not given your permission for your child's name to appear on the back of this years leavers hoodies.

  If you would like your child's name to appear on the reverse of the hoody please complete this online form:
  https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=JUsrfCLjsEqTVLApi5DMRyByB5eA8Z5LlV4fWWQInDpUOElWRlo4MTBPSDE0WVJMT1dPNkRaSEtOOS4u

  PLEASE DO THIS ASAP AS THE DEADLINE HAS NOW PASSED. FAILURE TO DO SO MEANS YOUR CHILD'S NAME WILL NOT BE ADDED.

• PE has now started!

  Mon 14 Sep 2020

  PE has now started for all of our year groups.  Check the school calendar and app for the correct dates for your children.  
  reminder that PE kit consists of:

  -royal blue t shirt (logo’d or plain)

  -navy blue hoodie (Logo’d or plain)

  -navy joggers, shorts or leggings

  -trainers

   

  Please no bright coloured tops or bottoms as this is still a uniform day, but just wearing your PE kit!

• NUT free school

  Sun 13 Sep 2020

  Can we remind everyone that we are a NUT free school. No nuts should be brought in for snacks or as part of the children’s lunch.  We do have allergies and would ask that you help support us in keeping all children safe.

   

  Thank you.

   

• Reception have started!

  Mon 07 Sep 2020

  It was lovely today having half of our reception children in school.  They all looked so smart and they were all so brave!  
   

  But do be mindful this week they will be learning lots of new things, how to line up, where to sit, remembering all the other children’s names and the teachers names, to name just a few things!  So they maybe a little tired! 

   

   

  If you have any worries or concerns then please do speak to the class teacher. 

• Information from the Council for schools and parents/carers

  Tue 01 Sep 2020

  Message from South Glos council:

   

   The following are now recognised symptoms of COVID-19: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/

  -              a high temperature

  -              a new, continuous cough

  -              a loss of, or change to, your sense of smell or taste

   

  If your child has these recognised symptoms, you must inform the school and then get tested. Please book a free coronavirus (COVID-19) test through the online booking portal. This will then give you a range of testing options available in your local area.

   

  These are:

  -        test centre – booking a test at a drive-in test centre is likely to be the fastest way to get a test and the nearest ones in South Gloucestershire are: Bristol (Bristol Airport) or Gloucester (Hempstead Meadow) online booking portal

  -        home test kit – parents or carers can order a home test kit for their child or young person online booking portal

  1. All schools, including our own have been given a very limited stock of home test kits. These will onlybe issued to parents and carers for a child or young person in exceptional circumstances.  If you have access as a parent or carer to the internet at home, it would be expected that you would book a test through the online portal in the first instance please.
  2. We ask that if your child is symptomatic and has a test, if this is negative, you must still notify the school immediately of the outcome.  They will then notify Public Health South Gloucestershire to update their records in line with their standard operating procedures.
  3. We ask that if your child is symptomatic and has a test, if this is positive, you must notify the school immediately of the outcome.  They will then notify Public Health South Gloucestershire, the Education department of the Council and the regional PHE health protection team to advise anyone who has come into close contact with your child to self-isolate in line with national guidance; this will be managed sensitively.
  4. If there were to be any confirmed case with a child or young person in our school, then our leaders will work with Public Health South Gloucestershire, the Education department of the Council and the regional PHE health protection team to advise anyone who has come into close contact with the confirmed case to self-isolate in line with national guidance.