We received this email from the producers of “The Great British Bake off”.

We are delighted to say, that we have recently opened applications for the 8^th series of Junior Bake Off; a Channel 4 programme that celebrates the culinary talent and ambition of the younger generation in Britain.

With this in mind, we are contacting schools in the hope that you can help us spread the word regarding this exciting opportunity.

If you could share our casting flyer with the children, parents & staff at your school that would be really appreciated.

We are looking for young budding bakers between 9-12 years old.

Filming would take place from July 2022, but our applications close on Sunday 13^th March 2022.

Interested bakers can apply online at – www.applyforjuniorbakeoff.co.uk

We will be having a tennis coach visit us on Tuesday and each class will take part in a session.

Please can all children come to school in their PE kits on this day.

We are proposing to hold a session afterschool on Wednesday 16th February to make up for the session on Friday which we had to cancel as the teacher was poorly.

Please add it to your diary.

Tiger and Rhino Classes will reopen on Monday 31st Jan.

Please have a read of the previous posts relating to  COVID-19  especially symptoms to lookout fior. Please do not sed your child to school if they are unwell.

We look forward to seeing tiger and rhino’ pupil’s on Monday.

Sadly we are having to cancel the running club session tonight as our Sports Coach has become unwell.

Please accept our apologises for this cancellation.

There is a change to the published menu for school dinners.

On Monday 31st Jan, it will be Spaghetti Bolognaise, Quorn Lasagne or Vegan Bolognaise.

On Tuesday, 1st Feb, and to celebrate the Chinese New Year, it will be Chicken Tenders with a sweet and sour sauce or Vegetable Singapore Noodles.

As you know, the number of children testing positive at school has been increasing every day. Despite our best efforts, inevitably the staff have also tested positive for Covid. We have 5 members of staff with Covid and further staff who are isolating and it has now become impossible to staff all the classes. We are unable to get any supply teachers, so Mr Glover has taken two classes into the hall today, but as you can imagine, this is not sustainable and could lead to further spread of the virus.

We have therefore taken the difficult decision to close Snow-leopards, Panda class and Tiger class for Monday 24th, Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th January. If you have a nursery, reception, year 1, year 2 or year 3 pupil,  please do not send them to school until Thursday 27th January.

Mr Glover and Mr Hughes are the two remaining healthy teachers, so we hope to pool the remaining teaching assistants with them to keep Jaguars and Rhinos in school.

Thank you all for your understanding and support with carrying out lateral flows at home. Please continue to phone Baschurch if you need to speak to someone or get any clarification. Mrs Smith could be back on Monday, fingers crossed!

Please do keep checking our website for updates as we may get more information regarding the remaining staff over the weekend.

At the end of today we have10 positive cases of COVID- 19 across Tiger, Rhino & Jaguar Classes.

If you haven’t already started, please test your child daily for the next 7 days with a lateral flow device, common symptoms appear to be headache, temperature and tummy ache/tummy bug.

If you feel your child is unwell in any way, please do not send them into school.

If you have any questions at all either ring Mrs Smith on 01939 290834 or email school at admin@myddle.shropshire.sch.uk