This autumn we will be offering you a telephone consultation with your child’s class teacher as we are not able to have visitors in school yet.  You will be able to sign up for a ten minute slot, just as before, using the school website booking system. We will let you know when this goes live.

The appointments will be mainly between 3-6pm during the week beginning 5th October. Part time teacher and teachers with larger classes may vary slightly from these dates.  The call will come up and ‘unknown caller’ due to data protection. Please make sure you are in an area where you have a good signal and can have an uninterrupted conversation with the teacher at your chosen time. Ten minutes will go very quickly on the phone, so if you have any questions it may be worth making a note of them so that you can make the most of your consultation.

Parents of children on the SEND register: if you would like to receive another phone call from Mrs Foster our SENDco regarding your child’s additional needs, we can arrange this for you during the week beginning 18th October. Please let the class teacher know and we will set this up for you.

Many thanks

We have put in place a remote learning policy which will ensure that teachers provide work for your child if they are having to isolate at home. You will find activities on the class pages of the school website once this happens, as you did during lockdown. The teacher may also invite your child to Zoom into the lessons that are going on in class. This won’t always be possible or appropriate though.

The remote learning is not for children who are ill; it is for children who are having to isolate due to track and trace, another family member waiting for test results or isolating after returning from holiday. We would not expect children who are ill themselves to complete work.

You can see this and other documents on our policies page.

Star of the Week : Jaguar – Holly H
Rhino – Jack P
Tiger –   Caspar
Panda – Ivy

Mathematician of the Week: Jayden & Blake

Reader of the Week: Felix

Writer of the Week: Amber W

Hand writers of the Week: Ruby D

WELL DONE EVERYONE

Star of the Week : Jaguar – Maisie & Jacob
Rhino – Brooke
Mathematician of the Week: Heidi M, Cass M & Sarah E-M

Reader of the Week: Amy, Alex, Sam G, Luca

Writer of the Week: Sophie Co, Isobel, Evelyn & Fraser

Hand writers of the Week: Lily, Rhys, Ben C, Amber

Class DOJO Merits: Heidi, Alex

Special Mentions: Well done to Harry & Joshua for settling in so well in Rhino class 🙂

WELL DONE EVERYONE

I just wanted to let you know how well all the children have done this week. Their attitude to work has been amazing and they are so keen to get back to it! They are also being very respectful of each other and of the new regulations in place at school. There has been no moaning about extra handwashing or queuing; your children have demonstrated real patience and consideration. Please let them know how happy they have made the teachers this week. Our new reception children have settled well into ‘big school’ and are learning lots about Myddle from their friends in year 1. Keep in touch and if you have anything you want to let us know, you can send a Dojo message to the teacher.

Have a lovely weekend.

Dear Parents/Carers

Thank you to everyone for using the one-way system at pick-up and drop off times, it seems to be working well and allows us to adhere to the social distancing rules.

Please can Rhino parents avoid congregating by the classroom exit/PE shed, moving further into the playground and keeping the one-way system clear.

Talking to the teacher: Whilst we want to maintain excellent communications with parents, we will not be able to welcome parents into school for a face to face appointments at the moment. If you have any worries or concerns regarding your child please initially speak to the class teacher via Class Dojo, or ring school on 01939 290834. Mrs Smith will arrange for your child’s teacher to either you back or arrange a Zoom/Microsoft Teams meeting.

Parents evening this term will be via telephone or zoom – more details to follow.

If you have any questions regarding anything raised above please ring Mrs Smith, 01939 290834.

Please can we remind you that we asked children to just bring a bookbag this year. If you are bringing a small bag so that it can hold the packed lunch as well, this must be as small as possible with no other items from home. Please make sure there are not lots of keyrings, teddies or soft balls hanging from the bags.

There are two reasons for this rule:

1. space in class is limited as we cannot store bags in the shared areas. Classrooms need to be as uncluttered as possible.
2. we need to control items bought in from home to prevent cross-contamination.

Thank you for your support with this.

We want to let our families know that we have carefully planned the children’s return to school this term to take into account their long absence from school due to lockdown and their well-being.

We are starting the year with a whole school book focus: Oliver Jeffers ‘Here we are’. Two weeks of planning has been written by literacy and well-being experts to encourage a sense of community across the entire school, to reflect on the last few months, and also help our whole school look forward to the future in a positive way.  At the end of the unit there is an activity where pupils, staff and even parents can share their own notes for living on Planet Earth, supporting everyone to move forward positively.

We have also purchased a new PSHE scheme of work called JIGSAW – you may hear your child talk about the Jiggy (cuddly jigsaw piece) for their class, or Paws the cat, who helps them to pause for thought and be mindful.  Jigsaw PSHE perfectly connects the pieces of Personal, Social and Health Education, emotional literacy, social skills and spiritual development. As the Covid-19 pandemic has caused so much disruption and continues to impact on school life, we are pleased to be able to deliver some specially written lesson plans and resilience-building activities with your children.  We will continue to use the award-winning Shropshire Respect Yourself program to deliver RSE later in the year. You will be given details about what is covered in RSE, which parts are statutory and which parts are optional as well as a chance to look at the materials beforehand.

In maths, we follow the White Rose planning and this term, they have buit recovery units into their plans. Maths objectives from the summer term will be woven carefully into this terms work to help remind and reinforce the key areas they may have missed.

Support at home: please continue to use Dojo messages to communicate with the class teacher. Be aware that the first few weeks will be very tiring for the children  – we need to increase their mental stamina; school is a very stimulating environment and this in itself can make children very tired. Don’t expect too much of them when they get home.

It has been a fantastic first three days. Lots of smiles from staff and children and it has been lovely to see how keen the chidlen are to be here and get back to business!