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December News at St Mary's CE Primary

20 December 2019
December News at St Mary's CE Primary

Christmas Market

A special thanks goes to The Friends of St Mary’s for organising a successful Christmas Fayre on Dec 1st. It was a brilliant way to start the Christmas celebrations raising £300 for the school to put towards our new library books. If you feel you have the time to come into school to listen to children read on a regular basis we would love to hear from you – please contact Mrs Bridge in the school office for details.

Nativity

The end of term is always a busy time for the staff and children – Mrs Blankley directed our nativity play this year with children from Willow and Beech performing for family and friends. The audience had lots of lovely comments about our children and the quality of their performance.

Christmas Church Service

Finally, this week we held our end of term service in the church led by Rev Andrew. Y6 children narrated the Christmas story with Y5 leading the singing of carols. A huge thanks to all the parents who took time off at this busy time of year to support the school.

Aladdin

The children enjoyed a performance of Aladdin in December – this enabled the children to experience a live show as part of their speaking and listening curriculum.

Carols at the Old Parsonage

On 18th December Oak class visited The Old Parsonage to sing carols to the residents.

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THE SCHOOL IS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE


Dear parents and carers,

Following the Government announcements, we've taken the decision to close the school until further notice. We appreciate this is a difficult time for everyone as we all make personal sacrifices for the greater good of the nation. Where possible, we've tried to contact parents and carers who registered as Key Workers, those with vulnerable children, or who collect Free School Meals. If we have not managed to contact you, here is some further information:

Children of Key Workers

If you need support with childcare because both parents of the child(ren) are critical key workers, then we will do our best to support you while you're on the frontline. This school is now closed, however, we have designated schools within the White Horse Federation that are still operating as hubs. We will organise childcare for your child(ren) at one of these locations. Please contact one of the White Horse Federation Coordinators using the chat facility on the website. You can launch this by clicking the ? in the bottom left of the screen.

Children who are Vulnerable

The White Horse Federation has deemed vulnerable children to be those without adequate care or protection at home or with significant health needs. Given the current Government guidance at this point in time, we deem the safest place to be at the parent's or carer's home. If you believe this is not the case for your child(ren), then please contact one of the White Horse Federation Coordinators using the chat facility on the website. You can launch this by clicking the ? in the bottom left of the screen.

Children who collect Free School Meals

We are making every effort to ensure children who collect Free School Meals have access to food. To that effect we will be supplying parents and carers of children who collect Free School Meals with vouchers to cover the cost of 20 days’ worth of lunches from Tuesday 24th March through to Monday 4th May. The vouchers are ordered and we are currently awaiting receipt of them before the end of the week. We have contact details of those who are registered as receiving Free School Meals and will contact you directly. If you're concerned that we don't have your details, then please contact one of the White Horse Federation Coordinators using the chat facility on the website. You can launch this by clicking the ? in the bottom left of the screen.

We will endeavour to continue the learning for all our children despite these setbacks. You should know that the teaching staff at your school have worked tirelessly both day and night to manage this situation to the best of our ability. Our nation is triumphant against adversity, and we have every confidence we will return to our normal lives as soon as possible. Please take care of yourself and loved ones while we all work through this together.

Yours faithfully,

Dr Nicholas Capstick, OBE

CEO The White Horse Federation