Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Updated calendar

  Thu 20 Aug 2020 RWilmot

  The school calendar has been updated with key dates for your diary, including Inset days.

  You can also find information under the 'Parents' tab, clicking on 'Opening Times' to find term dates for this next and next.

• Applying for free school meals

  Tue 18 Aug 2020 RWilmot

  To find out if you meet the criteria for your child to receive free school meals you can find out by googling 'Derbyshire County Council free school meals'.

  This will take you to  site where you can see all the information about which payments are valid. Half way down you can apply online.

• We are getting ready!

  Tue 18 Aug 2020 RWilmot

  Staff have been busy over the last week attending meetings and moving items to begin our preparations for our September return.

  The orders are arriving, full of new resources for our children.

  The builders are now at stage 2 of the finishing programme, with floors and the air conditioning units going in. The services are being linked to our new temporary school and everything is going to plan. Stage 3 will be a close inspection to create a snagging list. The final stage will be a big clean - inside and out!

  I had a site meeting last week to have a tour of the premises to see how much work has been completed. It looks fantastic so far - still work to do but we will get there!

   

  

• Preparing to return to school

  Mon 17 Aug 2020 RWilmot

  Next week we will be sending out communication from the class teacher to help you prepare your child for their return to school. It will be extremely beneficial to look at this advice and complete the tasks to help your child get back into the swing of school life. We recognise that some pupils have not been in school since March -  it will be 24 weeks since they were last in school! A little gentle focus onto returning to school and dusting off those key skills will be extremely rewarding and important for all pupils.

  This will be posted onto the Class Page under the 'Children' tab.

• School meals from September

  Mon 17 Aug 2020 RWilmot

  I am delighted to inform you that we will still be offering excellent, hot nutritious meals from September cooked by our own cook, Mrs Mozley. She will be preparing our meals at another local kitchen and these lunches will be delivered hot to our school. We have arranged a super menu for pupils, with a vegetarian option available.

  Due to the restrictions surrounding Coronavirus, the delivery of all school meals has had to be changed as pupils need to remain within their own bubble or pod and large groupings are not permitted. Therefore meals will be served directly to the classroom.

   

  The price of a school meal has increased to £2.20 per day, with a full week costing £11.00. I am currently working to establish a cashless system for our school. This may be ready for our September opening (Friday 4th September). If it is not, we will be taking cash in a sealed envelope or bag until the system is up and running.

  May I remind parents of Year 3 pupils that universal free school meals do not apply to junior children and you may need to pay. If you think you may be entitled to free school meals, please contact the school and Mrs Clarke will check for you.

  A copy of the menu can be found in the Parents tab - click and search for 'Lunch Menu and Payments' section.

• The new school takes shape

  Thu 06 Aug 2020 RWilmot

  The school is has now been made waterproof and it is all systems go! The builders are working on the internal procedures. This includes fixing the rooms, ceilings, pipe work and then the external services will need connecting. This is a big job and will take the next 2 weeks to complete.

  However I can now release some photographs to give you an idea of how this will look. As you will see, the building will look and feel very much a permanent structure.

  We will then need to furnish and prep the rooms for return of pupils.

  There is a lot of work to be completed but we are all looking forward to our new start in September. 

  

• New classes for September

  Thu 30 Jul 2020 RWilmot

  I can finally announce the classes from September.

   

  Year 3     Mr Dutton

                Miss Bethell

  Year 4     Miss Surla who will receive 3HB

                Miss Williams who will receive 3DD

  Year 5     Mrs McHale who will receive 4BS

                Mrs Kirk who will receive 4NW

  Year 6     Miss Body who will receive 5AW

                Mrs Domkowicz who will receive 5EMc

• The final piece of the jigsaw

  Thu 30 Jul 2020 RWilmot

  It has been a fascinating two days watching the new building arrive and be lifted into place. It's hard to believe that 48 hours ago we had nothing.

  With the final section in place, we are now at the stage of connecting it up to the services. This will take 2-3 weeks due to the level of work for reinstatement after the damage created from the fire.

  As more news becomes available, I will keep you up-to-dated.

  

• Almost there

  Thu 30 Jul 2020 RWilmot
  From late morning we have been waiting for the final sections to arrive to be hoisted into place. This process has gone amazingly smoothly due to the hard work, care and skill that the building team have shown. The temporary building is nearly complete - just one more section to go!

  

• Day 2 and floor 2!

  Thu 30 Jul 2020 RWilmot
  It has been an early start today with the first section of the second floor arriving! Each section weighs between 8 and 10 tonnes. This first section is a heavy one, taking the crane to the maximum limit. It weighs 10 tonnes and it requires a 18m lift into place.