Parking on the yellow zigzag lines

From Friday 31 January 2020, Telford and Wrekin are now responsible for civil parking enforcement or ‘CPE’. This means that it will be Telford & Wrekin Council, not the police, enforcing street parking restrictions across the borough. If you park illegally you will be subject to a fine called a penalty charge notice (or ‘PCN’) of £70 or £50 depending on the severity of the contravention. There’s a 50% discount for paying within 14 days.

CPE isn’t about making money for the Council. It’s about clearing the borough of illegal and inconsiderate parking. Our Neighbourhood Enforcement Officers work for Telford & Wrekin Council, not an external agency. They do not have ticketing targets and they do not get bonuses for issuing tickets.

As a school, we are constantly reminding parents that it is illegal for them to park on the yellow zigzag lines outside of school. It is unsafe and dangerous for our children and parents who are walking their children to school. Telford and Wrekin council will now fine you for parking on these lines and as a school we will fully support the council by reporting in repeat offenders.

If you do not wish to be offended when asked to move, do not park or drop off on the yellow zigzag lines.

Schoolopoly

We have started our ‘Schoolopoly’ again!

The classes who have received over 97% during the week get to play on the ‘Schoolopoly’ board and win a treat for an hour in the afternoon!

The winning classes this week are:

Mr Broderick with 97.39%

Mrs Vickers with 97.78%

Miss Jones with 97.78%

Mr Warren with 99.20%

Miss Walters with a phenomenal 100%!

HOT DOG SALE

As part of their PSHE topic, Year 5 have been considering how to become entrepreneurs. They have looked at the horrific events that have been taking place in Australia and have decided that they would like to raise money for the families, fire service and animals that have been affected by the bush fires.

They will be selling hot dogs after school from Mr Broderick’s classroom door from 3pm for £1. Please come along and show your support for such wonderful and thoughtful children and a deserving event.

 

Staff Kurling Competition

Over the last two weeks, children have been learning the skills of New Age Kurling in PE lessons. New Age Kurling is a sport that requires participants to deliver ‘stones’ from one end of the court to a target at the other end of the court. The target has red, white and blue concentric circles and scoring is determined by the number of stones closest to the centre of this target.

Teachers have been envious of the fun children were having in lessons so this evening, Mr Stevens and Mr Graham organised a teacher’s competition. Teachers were paired into teams and played many games of New Age Kurling. The competition was close and there were stones zooming all over the hall floor; some with precision and careful aiming, others with not so much planning. After all teams had competed against each other and a very competitive heated hour, the winning pair was Mr Graham and Mrs Tomlinson with 16 points. What a team!

Well done to all that participated; it’s such a shame that we have to return this equipment soon.

Scooter and Bikes

The children were reminded last week in assembly about using the paths within school when they are taking their bikes or scooters to the bike shed. Unfortunately, we still have children as young as five riding their bikes and scooters across the carpark unsupervised by an adult. If your child travels to school on their bike or scooter then parents must supervise their young children and older children who travel to school independently need to be reminded to use the paths.

Over the Easter holidays, we are having work completed on the school car park and the bike shed will be relocated to the main entrance. This will stop children freely accessing the car park unsupervised.

In the meantime, if children are not using the footpaths provided to keep them safe, then we will need to consider stopping children from bringing their bikes or scooters to school.

Early Bird Week

Next week is Early Bird Week.
All children will have received an Early Bird chart in assembly from Mrs O’Donnell. Everyday your child arrives at school on time (8.30-8.45) the teachers will put a stamp on their charts. If your child arrives at school on time everyday then their chart will go into a prize draw and they could win some amazing prizes!

So, set those alarm clocks for a little bit earlier, pack your school bags the night before, send your PE kit on a Monday and leave it at school all week, make your packed lunches the night before and get to school before those doors close at 8.45am.

Breakfast Club is always available and is open from 7.30am everyday. Just pop and see Mrs Pilgrim to book your place.

End of day procedures

We have been reviewing our safeguarding practices and end of day procedures in school and we are making some changes to how the children are released at 3pm. From Wednesday 8 January 2020, every child will need to be collected from their own classroom external doors at 3pm as we will no longer be allowing siblings to move through school.
If your child is to be collected by somebody different then please ensure you have phoned the school office before 2.45pm and have given the name of the person collecting and a password.

Attendance

Mrs O’Donnell has returned to work this week and we have an attendance review meeting booked for Wednesday. The main playground doors open at 8.30am and close at 8.45am. Children should be in school during this time and any arrival after 8.45am is recorded as a late mark on our registers. Being late for school impacts greatly on children’s learning as lessons begin promptly after the register has closed. If children are poorly and will be absent from school, then parents need to phone the school office by 9.30am; it may be that Mrs O’Donnell will return your call and usually on the third day of absence we make a visit to your home. If we have no reason for your child being absent from school because you have not contacted us, then we will make a home visit on the first day of absence. We need to work together to ensure all children attend school every day!

Uniform

The school uniform colour is as follows: burgundy with pale blue

Boys/Girls: plain burgundy sweatshirt or cardigan (with or without logo)
Gold / white / pale blue polo shirts / white shirts / blouses
Black or grey trousers (leggings are not permitted)
Black or grey skirt
Black shoes / appropriate smart boots (no heels)

For reasons of health and hygiene, all children must wear appropriate school shoes every day and no trainers are allowed unless they are for PE or specific activities. High-heeled boots or shoes or fashion/flimsy footwear including open-toes sandals must not be worn to school at any time.

Jewellery

If earrings are worn, these must be plain flat studs and restricted to one only in each ear lobe. Hooped earrings are not permitted for health and safety reasons. Earrings must be removed / taped over during PE and the children must provide their own tape / plasters.
Children are permitted to wear a wrist watch but the school takes no responsibility if the item is lost or broken. Bracelets and necklaces are not permitted.

Hair

All children with long hair, must ensure that it is tied back at all times and particularly for PE. The school strongly discourages children coming into school with ‘extremes’ of hair styles/hair colours – whilst we fully appreciate children want to follow fashion trends, this is not appropriate for school.

The school values the support and understanding of parents on this issue.

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