Dear Parents / Carer,
I hope this email finds you well.
Positive Covid Cases
During this week we have had a further rise in the number of confirmed positive cases at our school. The number of confirmed positive cases is now at slightly over 12% of the school population. I informed you of the additional mitigations we have put in place earlier this week and we are working closely with Public Health Northumberland. Our school remains open and your child should continue to attend as normal if they remain well. NHS Test & Trace will contact individuals who have been identified as a close contact.
I know this is a very difficult time for those pupils and their families who have been infected. Our thoughts are with you. Please do not hesitate to contact the school if there is any support or help you require. We want to serve you in the best way we can although please do appreciate that some of our staff are currently absent from school either having had a confirmed positive case of Covid 19 or with symptoms awaiting the result of a PCR test. Thank you for your ongoing support.
Parent Evenings
It was lovely for our staff to be able to speak to Parents & Carers on Tuesday, 23rd November. We are looking forward to our next parents evening on Thursday, December 2nd.
Odd Sock Day
Odd Sock Day is a way of celebrating each of our unique identities. Thank you to all of those children who sported such an eclectic array of socks. I enclose pictures of a few of these socks.
Anti Bullying Resource for Parents/Carers
Odd Sock Day is an initiative linked to Anti Bullying Week which we celebrated last week. The Anti Bullying Alliance – who organise the week – have published a resource pack for Parents & Carers. The pack is a tool for Parents/carers with advice on how to further support and guide children through their school years. The pack also promotes a parent advice phone line run by Kidscape – details of which can be found via this link – https://www.kidscape.org.uk/
TOP Awards Week beginning Nov 22nd.
This week our core value is Humility.
5T – Rosie
5H – River
6O Hylton
6M – Sophia
7I – Luke
7L – Toby
8N – Lucy
8S – Kate
Our P&Q award this week is Ethan in Year 5
Well done to all of our award winners!
November Reading Challenge
We are continuing with our November Reading Challenge and EXTENDING it! Due to some children currently being absent from school we wanted every child to have a chance to have the books they are reading and have read this month to be accurately recorded therefore we are going to extend the reading challenge to December 10th. Remember the challenge is to read three books – each by a different author.
The Outlaws Scarlett & Browne by Jonathan Stroud
Set in a future United Kingdom suffering the aftermath of a huge ecological disaster, teenage gunslinger Scarlett Browne terrorises the Kingdoms of Mercia; Anglia and Wessex robbing banks! Fresh from a successful bank raid of the Cheltenham Bank she comes across teenager Albert Browne – the only survivor of a terrible bus crash. Together Scarlett and Albert become an unlikely duo traversing an England more akin to the Wild West than the sensible; civilised country we know it to be today. In doing so they must do battle with outlaws; armed vigilantes and animals grown to beasts following the environmental changes wrought by the undescribed eco disaster. Their only hope is that they find refuge in the Lost Ruins of the London Lagoon. Can they survive?
This is an absolutely fantastic book. One I could not put down and one in which I wanted to reread the moment I completed it. Suitable for Key Stage Three ( as there are some quite scary moments) this is one of the very best books I have read this year.
Take care,
Liam Murtagh -Headteacher
