Welcome back – we hope you have all had a good summer break. We are looking forward to a great year ahead.  There are a couple of updates below that we wanted to bring to your attention this week. Shortly, you will also receive communications about clubs, parents’ evenings and class newsletters.

Deputy Head: We have altered our leadership structure so that our federation will now have one deputy head across the two schools. This is something that the local authority had asked us to do by the end of this academic year, but it now been moved forward due to Mr Glover, Myddle’s deputy head, getting a new job right at the end of the summer term. The timetable will as such that there is always a member of the leadership team in each school, as myself, Mrs Hillidge, Mrs Foster and Mrs Cadman will spend half a week in each school. Mrs Hillidge will teach one day a week in each school, so this means that she will no longer teach year 6 on a Friday. They will be taught by Mr Ansell, who is a regular member of staff at Baschurch and the children should know really well.

Reception Class: Just to let you know that Mrs Andrew has been waiting for a operation and after 3 cancelled appointments, it’s finally come through for this Friday! Mrs Andrew is not very happy with the timing, as she is so excited to get started with her lovely new class. However, this cannot be put off as I’m sure you will understand. We have an experienced reception teacher to cover her absence, starting tomorrow called Mrs Stevie Edwards who has worked with us many times before. She will work Tuesday-Friday and Mrs Hillidge will continue to do the Mondays. We anticipate that this will be for 2 weeks. Thank you for your understanding with this.

Dojo App: This app is fantastic for reminders, but it should be kept for that purpose primarily. A teacher may remind you of something you need to bring in, or a change of PE day. You may want to send a quick note to a teacher. Please be mindful that our wifi isn’t great and teachers don’t always receive the messages in the school day when they are teaching, so if you need to report an illness, a change of person collecting your child or suchlike, you must call or email the admin office. If you want to ask about your child’s progress or discuss friendship issues, you should email the office and they will ask the teacher to phone you to talk it through. Please don’t try to have these discussions on dojo – our teachers are always happy to meet with you or chat on the phone to help get problems sorted out quickly. Your teacher will provide you with a dojo log-in if you don’t have one already. Our main news is sent via the school website, so please make sure you have subscribed to emails and updated your class preferences if you children are in new classes.

We are looking forward to a fantastic year ahead and want to offer a big warm welcome to our new families and new children in reception.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Mrs Williams

Please can we ask for your support with our school uniform and healthy eating policies?

After half term, please could you send your child in with a healthy playtime snack. No crisps, chocolate, cakes or sweets can be eaten at playtime. If your child brings these, we will ask them to save them until they get home. Free fruit is provided for all children in R, 1 and 2.

Uniform: most of the children look really smart, even on PE days, so thank you for helping with this. Please can we remind you that they need plain dark bottoms with their PE T-shirt, plain black, white or grey socks/tights with their uniform and no jewellery.

Pre-loved uniform: we have a huge amount of really good condition branded school uniform for sale in school, which is washed labelled and sorted by our PTA (Friends). Just come to the office if you need anything as it is a really cheap option if you are replacing uniform.

Many thanks for your support.