I hope that you have all had a good Easter. It’s good to see the children back, ready for this new term.

New Deputy Head – please join me in welcoming Mrs. Tatham to our school and wishing her well in her new job. Mrs Tatham is also doing our work around special needs.

Emergency contact telephone numbers
Please please make sure that we can contact you or a close friend or relative during the school day if your child is unwell. We need to have two telephone numbers. Please see Mrs. Ellerby in the school office if your numbers have changed.

0844 412 7610 is the number to save and ring to hear a recorded message about any emergency school closure or delay to a school trip getting back. Please note that calls cost around 5p but may vary with different network providers. Also, you are not able to leave a message on this service. Let’s hope we don’t get any more snow!

Half term
We break up for the May half-term holiday at 3.05 p.m. on Friday 28 May 2010. We re-open at 8.50 a.m. on Monday 7 June 2010.

Monday 21st June is our last training day and school will be closed.

We break up for Summer on Friday 23 July 2010 at 1.30 p.m. We open for the new school year at 8.50 a.m. on Wednesday 1 September 2010.

Health and safety
We are very grateful to DrainsAid for providing us with a ramp to the front door. This will enable easier access for wheelchair users and people with buggies. Please make sure that children don’t play on this ramp or railings.

Reception children now can play and learn under their new canopy. I think that you will agree it looks like a great, safe place to be?

We now have our automatic gates on the drive way. These will be shut at 8.40 a.m. and reopen at 9.05 a.m. then again, close at 2.50 p.m. and reopen at 3.15 p.m. As ever, I ask you to think before you drive up to school at the beginning and end of day. The safety of children and families walking is our priority. Under our Zero Tolerance Policy, we will not accept any abuse to this system.

Haiti Art Gallery raised a grand total of £127.60. I am sure that you will all be very pleased that we are able to make this significant financial contribution to troubled parts of our world.

School Uniform
If you are out buying new uniform may I remind you that it is: Dark trousers, skirt or pinafore PE: Dark Shorts

White polo shirts White polo or t-shirt

Red cardigans or sweatshirts

Jewellery
For health and safety reasons I would like to remind you that children are asked not to wear jewellery.

School website
Have you looked at ParklandsPrimary.org.uk? We welcome your ideas for what to add to it. We have decided not to have any photos of the children on this site but you will soon be able to see some of the pictures they did for our Haiti Art Gallery. We hope to be able to have a homework site very soon. Watch this space!

See you soon

C Hindmarch
Headteacher