8.1.23

Absence

Dear Parents/Carers of children in Mr Jackson’s class,

I do hope you have had a lovely Christmas.

Unfortunately, I must inform you that Mr Jackson will not be in school for a while due to him needing to undergo necessary surgery.

Mr Jackson will this week be conducting his parents’ evenings from home by telephone as he will continue to shield before his operation date.

This afternoon, you will find the instructions as to how to book in a time slot in your child’s reading diary. Mr Jackson will be making these calls on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and has a good degree of flexibility as he is carrying them out from his home. Mr Jackson will be available all week via email (newdale.year5team@taw.org.uk) for any other questions or concerns.

We have been working very hard to ensure the best possible cover for Mr Jackson’s class whilst he is not in school. We have never been a fan of the unknown nature of supply teachers and where possible always try to cover absence with known school staff.

Mr McFarland has agreed to carry out all the planning for both Year 5 classes. This will ensure the quality of our offer remains very high.

A combination of Mrs Poole, Miss Clay and Mrs Mahon will cover the delivery of the curriculum, with Mrs Hickinbottom being in class full time as normal.

We are not sure on when Mr Jackson will return, but know that he has put in an enormous amount of time over Christmas in making sure everything will run very smoothly in his absence.

I know you will all join me in wishing Mr Jackson a speedy recovery.

If you have any queries, I know that Mr Jackson will be more than happy to answer them when you talk to him during your parents evening appointment.

Kind regards,

Miss Cook

Headteacher

From everyone in the Year 2 team, we’d like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We’d like to thank you for your consistent support, kind words and efforts with learning at home.

We really hope you enjoyed the nativity as much as we did! We were extremely proud of each and every one of them. What confident performers they were!

A few reminders for the New year for Spring term.

PE days – Monday-outdoors  and  Wednesday– indoors – please ensure children come to school on these days wearing the correct PE uniform.

Outdoor learning – Thursday– please ensure children bring suitable footwear and a change of bottoms to school (clearly labelled) as they will change in school.

The children will be expected to be reading at least 3 or more times a week, practising their spellings daily and their times table homework.

Times tables will be tested each Wednesday and their new homework practise sheet will be given out on a Friday with their spellings. The children will move onto the next set of times tables when they are confident with the inverse and speed.

Have a well earned rest and we can’t wait to see the children on 8th January ready for another exciting half term of learning.

The Year 2 team.