Newsletter 11.3.19
Date: 11th Mar 2019 @ 1:34pm
11 March 2019
Dear Parents & Carers
London
This week I will be leading the Y5 residential visit to London and Mrs Lowe will also be accompanying the party, Mrs Taylor will be in charge at the school in my absence and will be supported by Mrs Robbins, Miss Garnett and Mr Askey, should the need arise.
Parent / Teacher Interviews
This term we have restructured our parent / teacher interview timetable. The meetings will be held during the week beginning Monday 25th March with the main evening being Wednesday 27th March. However, in an attempt to improve our service the teachers will be offering their non-contact morning or afternoon for appointments. This will hopefully cater for those parents who would prefer a daytime appointment as opposed to one after school. The timetable for each class will be distributed shortly; you will then be able to book appointments on-line in the normal manner.
In addition to the normal appointments, the staff are busy writing a summary of the information which they will provide you during the meeting. This will form part of the annual report in the summer, with a change in the report format. We will be sending a questionnaire at the end of the year to determine your views on the new process, but would welcome any comments in the interim.
Parking
As with all schools, parking continues to be an issue at High Street, although as stated we are lucky to have a number of public car parks so close to the school. However Cheshire West & Chester Council have received reports of incidents concerning the Queens Court Business Centre car park which is not a public car park, but one which a number of our parents seem to be using. These have arisen from the increased amount of pressure placed on the car park.
The Local Authority have become aware that on two occasions, children have nearly been involved in traffic accidents on the car park. They have asked me to stress that this is a busy commercial car park which is not a suitable location for children. Therefore, they have asked that parents do not park in the Queens Court car park or drop children off/collect them from the car park given the safety risks.
Please note there is the option of the Grange Lane car park as well as those on the town centre which are easily accessible via the subway. For the safety of your children please try to comply with these requests.
Red Nose Day: Friday 15th March
The School Council have again expressed an interest in participating in Red Nose Day this year. They have discussed how to celebrate it and would like the children to come to school on Friday dressed in wacky clothing with wacky hair. For the privilege of doing so, they would like the children to make a donation of a minimum of 50p which will be donated to the charity.
Down Syndrome Awareness
This year the school council have again asked if we can participate in this as a fundraising activity. We have therefore organised a school assembly to raise awareness of the condition. In addition the school council will be selling gingerbread socks which they have sourced from the charity on 20th and 21st March. These can be purchased at a cost of 50p with all proceeds going to the charity. Please note that we have ordered enough gingerbread socks so that each member of the school community can purchase one, although this is not compulsory. On the 21st March, the school council would also like all members of the school to wear odd socks in recognition of our support for this worthy cause.
Kind regards
Mark Joule
HEADTEACHER