Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• How to order nativity tickets

  Thu 24 Nov 2022

  Infant children have brought home a letter today with information about tickets for out nativities in December. Tickets can be ordered by clicking on the links in the letter from 6pm on Friday 25th November to 9am on Tuesday 29th November. 

  CLICK HERE. 

  Each family is initially able to order two tickets. 

  Once first choice tickets have been distributed we will distribute any spares. Families are able to request spare tickets at the same time they place their original order. 

• Online warning - PayPal payment request scam

  Thu 24 Nov 2022

  Derbyshire police have asked us to share this message about a PayPal payment request scam that they are aware of in our area. Please see the picture below for details. 

   

   

  

• Curriculum morning - Wednesday 23rd November

  Fri 18 Nov 2022

  At 5.30pm on Wednesday 16th November we ran an open evening for parents to come and find out about our new curriculum plans for January 2023. 

   

  We are pleased to be able to run this event again on Wednesday 23rd November at 9am in the morning to help parents that may have had child care difficulties last Wednesday. 

   

  If you would like to come and find out about our new curriculum plans for January 2023 please come along into the hall on Wednesday morning after dropping your child off where Mrs. Astell looks forward to meeting you. The meeting will take about half an hour. 

• Football World Cup - Monday 21st November

  Fri 18 Nov 2022

  We all enjoyed our England Football day in July 2021 when England reached the final of the Euros. Children dressed in red and white and the day was football themed. We hope to be able to enjoy similar success in the next few weeks and reach another final in December. If this is the case we will be able to celebrate reaching a final in school again with non uniform. 

   

  I'm sure we all want England and Wales to get off to a good start on Monday 21st November when they both kick off their world cup campaigns. However, at this stage in the competition we will not be inviting children to dress in red and white and children will not be watching football matches in their classrooms.

   

  Let's hope that we get to celebrate getting to the final on the 18th December and get to mark the occasion with a football themed day in school again.  

• Curriculum evening for parents and carers - Wednesday 16th Nov 5.30pm.

  Mon 14 Nov 2022

  We are reminding parents of the curriculum open evening on Wednesday 16th November at 5.30pm. 

   

  Parents and carers are invited into school at 5.30pm when Mrs. Astell is looking forward to sharing details of how our curriculum will be updated in January 2023. At the meeting Mrs. Astell will be informing parents of how we will still be using resources published by Cornerstones, but that some of the projects that we teach will be changing and the way that we teach a few subjects will be changing as well. 

   

  We introduced our Cornerstones curriculum in September 2015 and on Wednesday will be showing parents how we are going to update it in January 2023, what projects will be changing, what difference it will make to the children, how you can help your children with their learning and what the benefits will be of these new curriculum plans. 

• Children in Need day - Friday 18th November

  Fri 11 Nov 2022

  To help us support this worthwhile cause next week we are running three events on Friday 18th November. 

  • Non uniform day - wear something spotty if you can - you are invited to bring a 50p donation
  • Cake sale - please bring any cake donations into school on the day - these will be sold at morning playtime for 10p or 20p. Your children are invited to bring some pocket money into school to buy their playtime snack. 
  • Bring and buy sale - You are invited to bring any pre-loved toys and games to school next week. These will be on sale in the afternoon for children that have brought some money to school. 

   

  As always it is important for children to understand that they are helping others, less fortunate than themselves on this day. Please do not just 'give' them any pocket money to bring on the day. It is important that children that want to take part 'do their bit'. We encourage them to do some pocket money jobs around the house to earn their cake money or bring and buy money. We thank you for your support in this. 

• Loose Change Challenge

  Fri 04 Nov 2022

  We are pleased to share that the PTFA loose change challenge on Thursday 20th October was a success. 

   

  In total your generosity helped raise £356.18 for the PTFA. 

   

  In celebration worship on Friday we gave awards out for the class that made the longest lines of coins. To make it fair we worked out how long each line was per class. The top three classes were

   

  Findern - Year 1 - 117cm per child

  Kedleston - Year 3 - 150cm per child

  Ladybower - year 3 - 180cm per child

   

  Well done Ladybower, thank you for your support. 

   

   

• Odd Socks day

  Fri 04 Nov 2022

  We have published a letter about our annual Odd Socks Day that will take place on Monday 14th November. CLICK HERE

   

  Children wear odd socks on this day to help us think about how we can celebrate our differences as part of our work during anti bullying week. 

   

   

• PTFA meeting postponed

  Tue 01 Nov 2022

  Tonight's PTFA meeting at the Greyhound Inn at 7pm has been postponed. It will take place on Tuesday 8th November at 7pm instead. 

   

  Sorry for any inconvenience caused. 

   

  We look forward to seeing you next week instead. 

• Flu vaccination updates

  Mon 31 Oct 2022

  Public Health Derbyshire have asked us to share the following information about vaccinations for pre school children and for pregnant women. 

   

  Flu vaccines to help keep you and your family well this winter

  Information for parents and carers

  Having a flu vaccine if you are eligible and able to have it, is an important way to help protect yourself, your family and those you have contact with from flu infection. It is expected there will be high levels of flu germs circulating this year so, it is particularly important to take up the offer of a vaccine. This will help reduce the risk of illness within your family.

  GP’s will again be inviting all 2- and 3-year-old children to have a flu vaccination. This vaccination, like all other routine childhood vaccinations is free, so you do not need to pay.

  To help parents/carers make an informed decision and understand the facts about why having their child vaccinated against flu is important, it would be helpful to display the following poster Flu: 5 reasons to get your child vaccinated (publishing.service.gov.uk)

  If a parent/carer would like more information the following resource may be helpful to share Protecting your child against flu; Information for parents and carers (publishing.service.gov.uk)

  Information is also available in different formats and languages are available here Flu vaccination for children: leaflets and posters - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

  For more general information about which adults and children are eligible for the flu vaccine and why the following resource may be helpful

  The flu vaccination. Who should have it and why. Winter 2022 to 2023 (publishing.service.gov.uk)

  Information for Pregnant women

  For any parents/carers and staff that are pregnant, please encourage them to look at https://www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/keeping-well/vaccinations/

  Vaccines are available to help to protect both mother and baby. Complications from infection are more likely in pregnancy, as those who are pregnant are not able to fight off infection easily. More information is available in The flu vaccination. Who should have it and why. Winter 2022 to 2023 (publishing.service.gov.uk)

  If there are any queries about the information above please speak to your GP or other healthcare professionals who support you.

  Public Health Derbyshire – Health Protection team