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A considerable amount of lost/unclaimed property has accumulated yet again this term and our lost property bin is now full. We have coats, jumpers, trainers, book bags, dresses, water bottles to name just a few items!
We check through lost property regularly and have returned items to their rightful owners this term which is easy when items are named and placed in the lost property box. However, the vast majority of lost property is not named and therefore is impossible to return.
At the end of the school day on Thursday 26th May we will place all unnamed property outside, at the front of school, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. for you to collect anything that you have missing.
Please ensure all property is named and checked regularly so that it can be returned to you easily following a lost property check.
Thank you.
Mrs Carvell
We have been asked to share the following information from Derbyshire Police
People in Belper have been targeted by scammers impersonating police officer.
More Derbyshire residents, this time in the Belper area, have been targeted by fraudsters pretending to be police officers.
Please share this warning with friends and family so we can help protect older people in the community, who are typically targeted.
The scammers claim to be a DC Matthew Phillips, PC Christy or Sergeant Atkins from a police station in Derby. They already know personal details, such as the resident’s name, address and basic banking details. Please note this is not an exhaustive list of possible names or police stations that could be used by scammers.
The victim is asked to stay on the line and dial 999 to verify the identity of the ‘police officer,’ however someone will answer the call pretending to be from Derbyshire police and will then verify the caller. Due to the fact the victim is asked to stay on the line and dial 999, the original call is never terminated, and they remain in contact with the fraudster at all times.
The caller goes on to say that he is investigating the unauthorised use of that person’s bank card at local stores such as M&S and Asda. The use of locations that will be familiar to the victim makes the call appear more genuine.
Secrecy is the key and victims are advised they should not tell anyone about this call as it may jeopardise the police investigation.
We know that this type of call can be linked to courier fraud.
This means that victims will be encouraged to withdraw funds from their bank accounts or Euros from local bureau de change to give to a courier, arranged by the ‘police officer’ making the call under the guise of ‘assisting with a police investigation.’
The police will never contact you asking for banking information or request that you withdraw money from an account to aid an investigation.
If you receive such a call, you should not give out any personal information and hang up the call immediately. Wait five minutes and ensure you can hear a dial tone before calling 101. To call your bank, please use the number found on the back of your card. All reports of this nature also need to be reported to Action Fraud 0300 120 2040 or online https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/
We are looking forward to providing sun cream in school again for children to use and self administer this summer.
We have not been able to do so for two years to help keep us COVID secure.
The sun cream has been delivered to school this week. The children will be bringing home a letter next week with information about how they will be able to use it and self administer any cream. As always, we recommend that on sunny days you apply sun cream before school to help keep your children as safe as possible during the day.
Parents may have noticed gas engineers in school at the end of the day today (Wednesday 4th) helping us with a suspected gas leak. I am pleased to share that no leak has been found.
As a result of the work today we will have another couple of engineers on site site tomorrow (Thursday 5th). As a result of this we will may not have any heating in school until lunchtime. The weather forecast is for a warm and dry day, however, you may want to ensure that your children have their jumpers with them. Secondly, the kitchen may have to prepare hot food using our electric ovens, which means that the menu choice may be different to what is published.
Thank you for your support.
Mr. Averis