We are delighted to announce that on Monday 8^th February we are holding an Art Day! This is for both the children in school and those who are learning from home.

Your class teachers will be posting the activities for you to access at home either on the website or via your Google Classroom this week so you will have plenty of time to get prepared (we have however, tried to think of ways to get creative without an abundance of resources. You will hopefully have most of the things you need already available at home.)

We have included a range of ideas such as laundry art, and pencil sketching amongst other things, so that you can simply choose the things that you like best. We have included things that your child should be able to do independently to provide you with some much needed time.

One idea that we would love for you to take part in is our ‘Handprint’ art, in which we are hoping to make a display of back in school. Details will be on your year group sheet. You can draw round and decorate your handprint in any way you like and with whatever you have, e.g pens, pencils, buttons, paper, bits of material, glitter etc.

We are aware that normally we would be holding our annual Grandparents’ tea-party at this time of year and that unfortunately not only can we not do this  at the moment, but for many of us, we are unable to see Grandparents’ currently. Therefore, we thought if you would like to and are able to, you might like to also create a Grandparent handprint to decorate. You could do this by asking them to send a handprint image of their hand digitally, or they could even draw round their hand and post it to you which you could decorate when quarantined. If this is something they can’t do, you can always draw your own version to represent their handprint.

One final suggestion, to keep the tradition going if at all possible, is to set up your own virtual tea-party with Grandparents’ at home. Have a cup of tea and a piece of cake together and just enjoy having a chat as we would have done if possible back in school. You could do this via a video call, or even a normal telephone call.

We would love to know how you get on.

Have a great day everybody and get creative!

25.1.21

Dear Parents/Carers,

You may be aware that in 2019 Telford & Wrekin Council commissioned an independent inquiry to fully investigate child sexual exploitation in Telford & Wrekin from 1989 to the present day to identify if, and where, public, and other services have failed and where possible, to establish who is accountable for any failure/s and to make recommendations for the future.

At the end of last year, the Chair launched an advertising campaign and made a further call for witnesses to come forward and give evidence to the inquiry. The inquiry is keen to hear from anyone who has relevant information about child sexual exploitation in the Telford area, including:

• Victims and survivors of child sexual exploitation, and their families
• Those who work/have worked in child protection, healthcare, education, or the investigation of criminal offences
• Anyone who has seen something in the community that is helpful for the Inquiry to know

As members of the community, you may have information to share. You can share information with the Inquiry in a safe and supportive environment and independent support services are available to anyone who gives evidence to the Inquiry. Further information can be found at www.iitcse.com and the Inquiry can be contacted on the details set out below.

Regards,

Miss Cook

Headteacher