Unfortunately Mr Rickards is unwell and unable to do his lessons at Myddle today.

We have tentatively moved these lessons to Friday morning instead. Guitars are OK to be left in school until then if necessary.

I will update the website if Friday’s lessons have to be cancelled.

Many Thanks

Mrs Smith

As a country we remain in limbo at the moment, but we are taking some precautionary measures at school.

We would like to reassure you that we are receiving daily updates from the Department of Education and our own local authority and acting on these as instructed.

We don’t anticipate that the school will have to close but we would like to be prepared just in case we are required to set learning activities for the children to complete on line at home.

Please can we ask that ALL families take the time to visit the links below and check that they are able to access these sites this week. It will be much easier to sort out any issues when we are in school, rather than if we have been asked to close.

If we were asked to close, your teachers would put a link to daily maths and English activities on the class page of the school website.

All classes will be given a log in to ‘Class Dojo‘ so that you would be able to communicate with the teacher during usual school hours if you needed help with the task. Some classes are already up and running with this, and some will be given a letter this week with details.

The website ‘Twinkl‘ will provide free access to all of its resources to parents/carers in the event of a school closure. Your teachers may use this site as part of their on-line activities.

Every child has a log in to Times Table Rockstars which should also be used at home in the event of school closure.

Make sure you are subscribed to our school website and are able to get notifications for your child’s class.

Our cleaning team have had their own briefing from Shire Services about coronavirus procedures and we have asked them to target key areas of school such as handles, doors and tables.

In collective worship, we have spoken to children about handwashing and they have seen an easy to understand video clip, which you can watch here.

Thank you for your support with this. We would like to reassure you that there would be no consequences for children unable to complete any on-line work, as we appreciate that for some families this would be a very stressful and difficult time.

We are sorry but there will be NO pork available tomorrow.

Your child will be able to choose from either Beef or Chicken with their roast dinner.

Please accept our apologises for this late change which is beyond our control.

Please can all sponsorship forms and money be handed in to the school office by Wednesday, 9th March.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to give school a ring on 01939 290834

Please can we ask that all arrears are paid to school asap.

If you have any questions please speak to Mrs Russell

Star Pupils

Snow Leopards: Olly M

Panda: Amelia G

Tiger: Dylan W

Rhino: The whole class for making such a great effort with World Book Day

Jaguar:  Yr 5 & 6 Librarians 

Mathematician of the week:  Jack P

Writer of the week:  Bethany W, Rose H & Owen F

Reader of the week:  Lucy P

Handwriter of the week:
Rhino Class -Brooke G
Jaguar Class –Holly T

Winners of Scruffy:  Tigers

Well done to the squad of Reuben, Cameron, Daniel, Heidi, Isobel and Dante who represented the school in a dodge ball event this week. Fantastic Effort everyone!!

We are sending home today the order forms for the Mothers Day gifts.

Please complete and return the forms along with the payment to the school office by Friday 13th March at the latest.

Maximum cost is £4.00.

If you have any queries please either speak to Mrs Smith, School or Mrs Elaine Downes, PTA Chairperson.

If the weather becomes adverse and we deem it necessary to close the school, you will be informed via the school website and school facebook page. All school closures will be announced on Radio Shropshire so if we are not on their closures list, then you must presume we are open.

Our guidance is that schools are expected to stay open unless there really is no sensible option but to close. We take into account the safety of our staff and children who have to travel in by car, as well as the affects of the weather on the school itself.

Please do not ring the school if there is heavy snow in the morning – your first port of call should be Radio Shropshire and the School Website. They will make announcements from 8am.  If we need to close the school during the school day, we will again post this information on our website and the school facebook page. If snow becomes heavy, we advise that you check these platforms regularly to see if we are advising you to collect your children.

Many thanks for your understanding.

This is an update on the government’s response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Public Health England advises that the risk to individuals in the UK remains low.

If you have a cough, or fever or shortness of breath and have visited any of the high risk areas in the last 14 days, stay indoors and call NHS 111 informing them of your recent travel.

We would like to reassure you that we have no children at school who have recently returned from a category one area. We are working with the local authority and the DFE. We have also phoned for advice on NHS 111 ourselves, which we will continue to do if any concerns are raised. If any members of your family have traveled to vulnerable areas and you feel you need to let the school know, please telephone the office.

This link will give you specific maps and guidance if you are concerned:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-information-for-the-public

The PTA will be holding a tuck shop sale after school on Friday 14th February.

Items will cost between 10p and 50p.

Parents bring your purses!!!!!!!!!!