You may have noticed yesterday we are able to use the new carpark at the front of the school.
With the work completed we are now going to be able to return to children and families coming into school at 9am and leaving school at 3.30pm through the normal gate at the side of school near the year 1 classrooms. We will use this side gate again from Tuesday 4th December. The only families that will use the nursery gates now are families with nursery children.
At the beginning of the day, infant parents are now invited to drop off on the playground and junior parents at the front of the school - as we did before the car park was built. All parents and families are welcome to come onto the school playground to pick up children at the end of the school day. When picking up at the end of the day please find a suitable location away from classroom windows and doors so that children that are in classes can continue to work without getting disturbed, thank you. Parents of older children are welcome to continue to have their child walk to meet them outside of school as we help children to get ready for secondary school. For safety reasons, please do not use the new carpark as a meeting point or use the vehicle gates onto this carpark as a pedestrian access.
We have been given over 500 chocolate advent calendars by Vaillant, a local company in Belper. The design on the front of the calendar is by children that entered a Vaillant advent competition.
All children will be bringing home an advent calendar on Monday. Today we have contacted all the families that have let us know their children have food allergies letting them know their child will be bringing home a chocolate calendar.
Please ensure that you check the contents before your child enjoys the chocolates inside.
Staff will be using the new car park at the front of the school from Monday 3rd December.
On Monday 3rd December, children and parents will continue to use the nursery gate to come to and leave school at 9am and 3.30pm. Children will be bringing home a letter on Monday with information about how children will enter and leave school from Tuesday 4th December.
Please be aware that the new car park is not to be used by parents as a pick up or drop off point. The gates for the new car park are vehicle gates are are not to be used by pedestrians. We appreciate your help in supporting us with this safety procedure.
A huge thank you to everyone!
The children and staff enjoyed a brilliant day raising money for Children in Need, which has exceeded last year's total. It wouldn't be the success it is without your support, your wonderful contributions and donations, and I feel incredibly proud of the children and what they achieved to help others.
The total amount raised will be released shortly.
Thank you.
Mrs Carvell
During the weekend of the 17th and 18th November we are having some upgrading work carried out on our computer network system in school. We have been told that we may have some down time when we are unable to access emails.
Please be aware of this if contacting staff over the weekend as we may not be able to access or send email messages until Monday morning.
Derbyshire LA have asked us to bring this letter and opportunity to the attention of parents of children with Special Education Needs.
Mrs. Heer is our SENDCO (Special Education Needs and Disabilities Co-ordinator) and works with these families on a regular basis. She will be able to provide more help if you have any questions.
In May we sent out letters to all parents asking you to return a form giving us permission to add your mobile phone numbers to the the Teachers2Parents text service we use. We had to do this due to GDPR regulations.
Many parents have chosen not to return this form, which means that they will be removed from this service. If you have not returned your form, but would like to remian on the text to parents service you can print off the form sent home in May and return it to school. CLICK HERE.
Was your child born between 1.9.14 and 31.8.15? If so they'll be starting school in September 2019. We've updated our admissions page with information about what to do next and published some tour dates of when you and your child are welcome to come and have a look around our school.