School opens at 8.40 a.m. We are noticing that lots of the older children are coming into school way before this time. As you know we don’t have staff supervising before the bell goes and therefore these children remain the responsibility of parents. Unfortunately, some of these children are not following our SMART code and we are concerned that someone may get hurt. Please can you monitor when your children leaves for school to avoid this from happening.

We have also had complaints from other parents (parent survey) about children kicking balls and riding bikes/scooters on the school site before and after school. Please can you ensure your child is supervised and pushes their bikes/scooters to avoid other children from getting hurt.

We open the gates before the bell goes, but that is not to say that children are permitted to play on the school equipment. We are very conscious of our Health and Safety requirements and don’t want unsupervised children getting hurt.

Many thanks for your support in these matters.

Miss Cook

We are writing this letter to inform you of a whole school learning project around keeping safe online. Over the week, we will be looking specifically at sharing information online using materials provided by the NSPCC. It is important that children are made aware that sometimes sharing online can be dangerous.

Across Year 5 and 6, we will be looking at how sharing information with just one person over social media, can quickly spiral out of control and allow many others to access this information. We will then talk about how this information can allow individuals to exploit your child.

We will be encouraging children to speak out to a trusted adult if they are ever unsure about something whilst online. If you wish to discuss the content of these sessions further, please talk to your child’s teacher.