IWe’ve got a few reminders for the start of the new year - most of which I am sure you are familiar with! 

Start of the day

Parents must stay with their children until they are passed into the care of the class teacher at 9 o’clock. The playground gate is open to the street and, although there are staff in playground from 8.50, a child could easily walk out without being noticed. Obviously this does not apply to older children who bring themselves to school. 

Pushchairs and scooters

Parents must not leave pushchairs in school, or on the school site, after the start of the day. We do not have anywhere to keep them. The same is true of scooters. 

We do have some racks in the school car park for bicycles. 

Mobile ‘phones

Children are not allowed to bring mobile ‘phones to school.  Older pupils who come to school (and go home) by themselves may, after discussion with our school admin staff, bring a ‘phone if absolutely necessary but this must be left in the office and not be taken into the playground. 

School uniform

Most children are still in summer uniform at the moment. Please note that open-toed sandals, fashion boots and trainers are not allowed.

Secondary Transfer

Our secondary transfer meeting is tomorrow at the end of the school day. This meeting is for Year 6 parents but it is also open to Year 5 parents who want to start gathering information about secondary schools before it all starts getting serious.

Music

The Wigmore Hall is offering some workshops for 11 to 16 year olds on Saturdays. The first is on 10th October between 10 am and 3.30 pm and is called ‘Jazz On’ - the theme being jazz! On 14th November they’re doing ‘Music ‘n’ Manga.’ The days are just £10 each or £15 for both if booked at the same time. To book call: 0207-935-2141.

 There are also a couple of Handel music workshops at Westminster Music Library, also on the 10th October, for children of all ages and musical abilities. Call Ruth Walters on: 0207-641-4286, or email:  rwalters@westminster.gov.uk if you are interested.

Updates

You may have noticed we’re missing two trees in the playground. Unfortunately both died during this last school year and were taken down during the holiday for safety reasons.

The building work is (more-or-less) finished; just a few wrinkles need ironing out. The main irritation is that the lift has broken down twice in a week! Apparently some faulty components were installed. They’ve been replaced and we’re hoping the lift will be predictably boring from now on.