Headteacher Message

Hello all,

Today has been another busy day at school. We have been incredibly fortunate to receive 27 Chromebooks from the Department for Education. Myself and Mr Porter have been delivering these to families in the local area and it has been a delight to see members of our school community. We are fully committed to ensuring that all children have good quality access to our remote education offer and being able to have a Chromebook for almost every pupil in the school has really helped us to ensure equity of access for all. If you need any support with accessing Google Classroom or support with devices then please do not hesitate to contact us. It was a pleasure to read the feedback that you and your children have provided about our remote learning provision and we will continue to adapt what we do to ensure that it is the best that it can be.

 I am sure that you will have seen the announcement that we will continue to be working remotely until at least the 8th March. Whilst we cannot wait to welcome your children back to school, we are pleased that this decision seems to be guided by the science rather than by the politics. There is also lots of good news about the vaccine roll-out. I was incredibly pleased to get a text message from my Dad telling me that he is getting his first shot of the vaccine this weekend. Although the journey out of our current situation may seem to be a slow one, it is possible to begin to glimpse the light at the end of the tunnel.

It is extremely important for us to continue to remain in contact with you throughout this period. With that in mind, we are planning to give you all a call over the course of next week as an opportunity to check in with you, thank you for all the hard work that you are doing with your children at home and to offer any support that we can. I hope that you have a relaxing and restful weekend (away from screens if possible) and we look forward to catching up with you next week.

Paul Gilbert