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

• Final photos from Day 1

  Wed 29 Jul 2020 RWilmot
  Here are some final photos of the lower level being delivered and constructed. 

  

• It takes some BIG equipment

  Wed 29 Jul 2020 RWilmot
  The crane moving the school into place is 75 tonnes in weight!
  The lorries bringing each component part is over 20m long!
   

  

• The school continues to arrive

  Wed 29 Jul 2020 RWilmot
  The rest of today has seen the delivery of the rest of the lower level of our temporary school. This is now all complete.

  

• The school arrives - Part 1

  Wed 29 Jul 2020 RWilmot

  Throughout the morning, sections of the building have been arriving. 

  Carefully they are unloaded and craned into position.

  The temporary school will be located on the playground, with additional space being accessed for play.

   

  

• A new start

  Wed 29 Jul 2020 RWilmot

  Finally we can release the news about our temporary school. The building has been signed off and the foundation has been laid at the end of last week. After some work regarding the  access for services such as water, we are due to take arrival of the building today.

  The day has begun early with the building crew on site and the crane arriving at 7:30. This will lift the sections of the school into place.

  I will be taking photographs throughout the day so you can see the progress.

  PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO COME ONTO CAMPUS AS THE DRIVE NEEDS TO BE ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES AND THE SITE IS NOW A BUILDING SITE AND THEREFORE UNSAFE FOR UNAUTHORISED PEOPLE.

  Your co-operation is appreciated.

  

• Collection of reports and summer resource packs

  Fri 24 Jul 2020 RWilmot

  For those families who ordered a summer resource pack for their child, they are now available for collection. We are based in the single storey brick building at the top of the campus drive, near to Harrington's car park. We are open from 9:00-12:00 today and Mon-Wednesday next week. School reports can also be collected.

   

  Harrington school bags are also available during this time for purchase; price £10.50

• Summer time support and help

  Fri 24 Jul 2020 RWilmot
  I have added a new section to the top of the class page site to list support for the summer - this may include activities to try, exercise ideas, support in the community such as food help and keeping busy. Do check it out.

• Goodbye and Good Luck

  Fri 24 Jul 2020 RWilmot

  Tuesday was the end of the term, the end of the academic year and, for our lovely Year 6 pupils, the end of their time here at Harrington. Despite it being the most bizarre year, we had a lovely day complete with a socially distanced picnic, ice creams and celebration time with certificates for each pod/bubble. 

  These children have been remarkable in their ability to pick up their learning and adapt to the new norm of isolated pods, yet have massively benefited from seeing their friends again.

  We wish them all the luck in their world as they begin the next stage of their lives and take brave steps as they commence their education at secondary school.

• Lovely to see you.

  Fri 24 Jul 2020 RWilmot
  Our final session occurred on Friday when we had many of our Year 4 pupils return. 

  It was lovely to see so many of our pupils come back to school to meet the staff from their old classes. They participated in a 25 minute catch up session - catching up on news, what people have been doing and plans for the summer. It was lovely to see so many happy children and I think it made a big impact on all of us. 

   

• Ways to help

  Sun 19 Jul 2020 RWilmot

  As we enter our final week, it has been unreal to consider all that has happened this term. Our plans to reopen have been destroyed by the school fire and we have had to manage between 2 temporary sites as well as providing education for the groups of children identified by the government. We have also managed to host a return morning for Year 3-5, and will welcome our new children in Year 2 on Monday. It has simply been wonderful to see our pupils again. 

  What has also been staggering is the response of our families. Many, many wanting to help but at a time when there was simply nothing they could do. We are now asking for that help from those who want to.

  As I turn to focus on the relaunch of our school for September, there will start to be even more meetings and conversations over the next 2 weeks regarding the premises. However, this is only part of the work that needs to be done.

  We are asking for any families who want to help to see if they have any of the following they would like to donate:

  1. good quality books for children - either fiction or non-fiction.

  2. any of the classics books

  3. DVD's of a G or U rating that are appropriate for aged 7-11 children. Or even natural history/ nature DVDs such as David Attenborough

  4. any good quality school uniform - jumpers, skirts, trousers, PE kits

   

  We will be accepting donations all this week.

  Please ensure they are of a good quality as we intend to use them for reading and re-stocking the library as we have lost thousands of books and also to support our children.

  Many, many thanks for your support.