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Dear Parents/Carers,
As part of Wallsend Partnership of Schools we have worked together with Wallsend Children's Community and Wallsend Action for Youth to organise some holiday activity weeks during the summer holidays. While they are waiting for funding to be agreed, the organisers would like to know how much interest there is for any of our pupils to attend these free sessions.
Once funding has been received you will be able to sign up a place for your child but you must commit to them attending for a whole week. They will be open to all children from the age of 6 and they will be placed into bubbles of 25 with 2 staff members. Full Covid safety measures will be in place. The programmes will be held at a variety of locations including some schools, local community centres and local parks and you can choose which one your child attends.
The activities they have planned are very exciting and include trips to the beach, fun games, sports and much more. Free lunch will be provided for the children every day that they attend.
Please complete the attached expression of interest by clicking the link below so the organisers can make all the necessary arrangements. I will send all further information when I receive it and they will be open on a first-come-first-served basis.
Copy and paste the link into your browser to watch a video promoting the Summer of Fun by Marcus Rashford and endorsed by the DfE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_opDr8EMRGM
Thank you
If you haven't yet downloaded the free School Ping app onto your phone please get in touch with our school office so we can help you. We can have more frequent and timely communication with you all through School Ping.
Please check your messages regularly because this is a quick method to share important notices with you. Many parents have reported how much they like it so we will use this more often from now on.
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To celebrate the England football team progressing through to the next stage of the Euro 2020 competition your child may come to school wearing red, white or blue on Tuesday 29th June if they wish to.
If you have any queries please get in touch.
All pupils should wear their sports wear or PE kit every day for school this week. Every day classes will be taking part in fun sporting activities as part of Active 5. Pupils will be placed in teams and will aim to get points towards their team total across all classes. The winning team will be announced on Friday.
Please remember to send a water bottle into school every day for your child so they can stay hydrated. These can be filled in school.
Thank you.
Over the holiday week a bees nest has appeared along the path that our Early Years, Y1 and Y2 children use during collection and drop-off times. We are waiting for the Local Authority environment team to come out and attempt to relocate it to a safer space. In the meantime I don't want any of our pupils or parents to be stung so we will need to change our collection and drop-off arrangements until it is safe to use this other path again. From tomorrow please use the following directions for Early Years and KS1:
Early Years - enter the KS2 yard, walk past the Y6 classroom and go through the gate at the end of the school building, through the KS1 yard and the EY staff will welcome the children into school in the doors they use for the outdoor play area. Parents/carers will need to leave back through the KS2 yard again and out onto North Terrace from the side gate.
Y1 & Y2 - enter the KS2 yard and the teachers will meet you near the football goals. You will line up in your classes and parents/carers will leave via the KS2 yard onto North Terrace from the side gate.
These arrangements will be the same at pick-up time too. Please remember to stay socially distant and to wear a face covering on our school premises so we can keep each other safe. Thank you.
Start and finish times are exactly the same as they have been all year. Please check on our website if you are unsure.
There are no changes to any KS2 classes.
We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause but keeping everyone safe is our main priority as always. As soon as it is safe to use the EY and KS1 path again we will be back in touch to let you know.
Staff will be at the entrances tomorrow to help if you need any guidance.
Thank you.