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A message from Caroline Lancey Posted on: 30/04/2021

A message from Caroline Lancey

Dear All, I hope you all had a wonderful Easter Holiday and it was lovely to see the children return looking so smart.  I thank you all for your support.  We are still observing Covid guidelines, making sure that the children wash their hands regularly, continue to have staggered breaks and lunches and we are maintaining our additional cleaning.  We have been in a long dark tunnel but there does seem to be some light at the end of the tunnel.   We will still have to continue to do things a little differently for the rest of this year but hopefully we will be able to return to the best of what we have done in the past whilst keeping some of the better things we have learnt this year. Mrs Dee Alexander has joined Otter class from Wednesday to Fridays.  Mrs Powell Thomas is still at the helm on Monday and Tuesdays.  She really enjoyed her first week and I am sure is a wonderful addition to the school.  Miss Casey Hickey will be joining Butterfly class next week.  She is replacing Mrs Parsons who left before Easter. We always have Health week in the last week before the May half term.  This includes lots of sports activities, sessions on healthy eating and mental wellbeing as well as Sports day and Relationship and Health education.  This year we are planning to continue this tradition.  We will send you details on the relationship education nearer the time.  As we won’t be fully out of lockdown we will have to do Sports day in a slightly different way.  This year it will be for the children only, I appreciate this is disappointing but I am sure you understand that we are too close to the end to take a risk at this stage and we don’t want to have to cancel it completely. To make up for this we are hoping to be able to run some family sessions towards the end of the year.  Mrs Cullen has organised an amazing week including, Tennis, Cricket, Dodgeball, American Football,  Tai Chi, mental wellness and NHS nurses are going to do a session on Healthy Eating; I am sure that the children will have a wonderful week.  We are looking forward to the return of Mrs Ellis after the birth of her son.  She will be back with us from the 7th June.  Categories: 1 CategorySchool News
A message from Caroline Lancey Posted on: 26/03/2021

A message from Caroline Lancey

It is hard to believe we have only been back for three weeks, the children have risen to the challenge of being back in school.  However, there is no doubt that many of them have found the days long and we have seen a noticeable decline in their stamina.  We have tried to keep school life as normal as possible and they have very quickly got back into the routine.  We loved the effort people went to for World Book Day and it was great to see how many people created their own costumes. We have some changes in staff.  Helen Woodhams is leaving us to work for the National Trust.  Rebeka Thompson who is currently on our staff and has done some work with them already will be taking them after Easter.  Miss Thompson currently spends Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings in Otter Class.  Mrs Powell-Thomas will be joined by Mrs Dee Alexander who is an experienced teacher and compliments Mrs PT very well.   Kayleigh Parsons is moving onto another nursery setting.  We wish them both well. We have also been joined by Jason Pike who is helping support children’s catch up in Maths and Chloe Bryant is doing the same but for English.  These have been a valuable addition to our team and are there purely to support the learning of the children. We are in the process of putting together our Easter Service which you will be able to access via Zoom.  We are planning to start clubs after Easter but these will have to be class based as government guidelines still say that children should stay in their bubbles.  This may mean that Sports Day will look different this year and it is likely that it will be only for the children. Whilst I appreciate that this is a little disappointing I am sure that you appreciate cancelling it completely would be a real blow for the children as it’s one of the memory-making school days. One of the new things we have been trying is to get volunteers to talk to the children about their jobs and how they became involved in it.  We have been really lucky that each class has had a zoom meeting with a volunteer that works with ICT as this half term’s focus is ‘What it is to work with Information Technology’.  The volunteers have talked about how they use computers and technology in their jobs and how they came to do it.  The children have really enjoyed having other adults coming to talk to them and the teachers have been impressed with the quality of the questions they have asked. We have also started a partnership with the probation service.  After the willow tree fell down we were left with lots of large chunks of wood.  We have used them to create seating in our willow dome, started a trim trail and demarcated areas within forest school.  They are also going to re-paint the outside of our forest school area which is currently covered in graffiti. We continue to live in the Arctic as the old heating system has been taken out and the new boiler has yet to be installed.  However, due to the current guidelines about having windows open to purge the air the children haven’t really noticed!!Categories: 1 CategorySchool News
Message from Caroline Lancey Posted on: 26/02/2021

Message from Caroline Lancey

Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome to our much shorter newsletter.  In reality it has only been 3 weeks since the last one and as I said last time you are probably more aware of what your child is doing and seeing more of the teachers than you would do normally. So, I haven’t asked the teachers to write a piece this time.  At the moment I am holding on to this thought: There was never a night or problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. These have been very dark times but we are beginning to see the sun rise and our positive and optimistic hope for the future will help us to get things back on an even keel.     We are all thrilled (and all the other words) that the children are coming back we have missed them dreadfully.  A school without children is like the ocean without fish.  Just too awful to imagine.  I will be sending out at the beginning of next week what the return will look like.  You may want to check that shoes and school uniform fit, as your child may have grown over the last few months.  This will give you just over a week to get them sorted out ready to start. It many ways it feels like another start of the year. This is Our Priorswood Promise to your children. We are incredibly proud of you   This last year has been exceptionally difficult. You have shown incredible resilience and adaptability. You have been selfless and put the needs of others before your own. You have made so many sacrifices and yet faced the challenges with strength and determination. There is much you’ve been told you’ve lost, including many weeks of your education, but there is much you have gained. You will emerge from this stronger. This may be the greatest challenge you have faced so far but it will not be the last. Next time you will find you have more resources and are better prepared (and even more so the time after that).   We are here for you  We know some of you will be worried about what the future holds. We want you to know we are here for you. We know you will need a chance to reconnect with your friends. We know you will need time and space to play and be active. We know you are desperate to get back to your sports/ music/art/acting and everything else that is so crucial to your development. We know that you are keen to get back to your academic studies in school as well. We know that evenings, weekends and holidays are as important as your time at school. We are committed to ensuring that your opportunities are balanced and wherever your passions lie you have the chance to pursue these.  We will be here to encourage you, support you, challenge and help you every step of the way.   You are the future  You are the future and that future is not written. There are challenges but there always have been and always will be: we know we will get through this together. We have complete faith in you. We want you to know that; more than anything. Do not let us or anyone else tell you what you can or can’t be. We don’t know. We cannot imagine what you will achieve. But we are so excited to see and be a part of it.  We are looking forward to seeing you on Monday the 8th and whatever happens next, it will just be another step in your journey. Categories: 1 CategorySchool News
Priorswood Primary School looks forward to fully opening from 8th March 2021 Posted on: 23/02/2021

Priorswood Primary School looks forward to fully opening from 8th March 2021

Priorswood Primary School looks forward to fully opening from 8th March 2021 Priorswood Primary are delighted to welcome back all pupils from 8th March. It will have been a long eight weeks for many.  We have missed our pupils that have been home-schooled during this recent lockdown but there is light at the end of the tunnel.  The recent government announcement included that all schools are to fully open and the planned 'roadmap' to ease restrictions and ease us all out of lockdown has been very welcomed news. We can now start to plan and resume a route back to a more normal way of life.  Until then stay safe and carry on learning!Categories: 1 CategorySchool News

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