This week has seen sporting events, author visits, Remembrance and celebrations. Thank you once again with your continued support at the start and end of day. We are starting to implement some of the remote learning plans for those that are currently having to stay at home due to track and trace. We will keep refining this to ensure that education can continue to be as uninterrupted as possible. Please check the school website for remote learning plans.
School life
This week saw Year 5 and Year 6 have an online Author visit. Onjali Rauf, author of The Boy at the Back of the Class and The Night Bus Hero, visited Year 5 and Year 6 via Zoom. It was another brilliant session. It was wonderful to hear that some of the children had also read some of her books!
In Nursery this week the children have been acting out the story of The Three Little Pigs. The children have taken on a role and used well known phrases from the story to create their own version.
The children have enjoyed drawing characters and telling us their own version of the story.
On Wednesday in Nursery, they all made Poppies and watched a short film to remember the soldiers who died in war.
Year 4 have been focusing on mark making. They looked at the Jabberwocky, from Alice in Wonderland, and picked four features to study.
This week Reception have been on an autumn walk around the school grounds and we have been talking about the changes that take place in autumn. We have also talked about Remembrance Day and the children have printed poppies. On Thursday we had a sports morning and the children really enjoyed playing different games.
Remembrance
We remembered those who fought across all wars this week. We started the week off with 'Where the Poppies grow' and fell silent at 11am on 11th November to remember all those who have lost theirs lives and made the ultimate sacrifice.
Parking
A few members of the school and wider community have been in contact with myself this week with regards to parking outside of school. There are reports of cars blocking driveways, parking on yellow lines and blocking pavements completely. This is resulting in children, with parents, having to walk on the road to get past, which I know you will agree, is something that we do not want.
Please can I ask that if parking to drop off children at school, it is done so safely and in an appropriate place.
School photographs
School Photograph's will be taking place on Friday 27th November. We are going to go ahead with Siblings. Unfortunately we will only be able to have sibling pictures for those that are currently in school.
There has been a lot of thought and planning to ensure that we can facilitate pictures of siblings in school to ensure that there is no other 'crossing' of children in other phases/bubbles. I appreciate that there may be siblings who are not currently in school that you would also like in the photographs, however due to current restrictions, it will not be possible to facilitate.
Children in Need
Thank you as we raised £290.18 for Children in Need this year.
Star of the Week/ Mathematician/ writer of the week
wraparound - breakfast and afterschool club
If you would like to book a place, visit the school website for more information on how to book. https://galleyhill.eschools.co.uk/web/wrap_around/494827 or e-mail wraparound@galleyhillprimary.co.uk
We also have a new Facebook group for the Wrap Around club as well. this can be found here. Sign up and see what wonderful things the Wrap Around are getting up to.
Local news and support
If your child was off school on the vaccination day, or you still need one, there are some Flu Catch Up Clinics:
British red Cross National COVID-19 Support Line
QUIZ NIGHT
Don't forget to sign up for the online Quiz on November 19th, where it would be wonderful to see as many families take part as possible.
The details can be found here where you will need to sign up to the website and click the pledge button:
https://www.letslocalise.co.uk/pam-event-detail?eventId=10580
COVID
The latest guidance for schools that was released on 4th November can be found here:
Galley Hill Primary School COVID-19 Help and Report an Absence
If anyone tests positive over the holiday's please also use this form as I can then put in place any action plans that are needed.
The form can be found here: https://forms.gle/x3VtLfAix19hYjsq5
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Finally
I am currently finalising plans to ensure we can do some of the usual Christmas Activities undertaken in school. Whilst they will have to be different to previous years, I am keen to ensure that we bring as much festive spirit as possible to Galley Hill to end 2020 with as much joy, fun and laughter as possible.
Have a great weekend.
Mr McGeeney