Some of our children visited Dippy the Dinosaur at Number One Riverside this week, and took part in different activities.  They drew their own version of the dinosaur, played with musical instruments and were read a story.  They all enjoyed their pre-historic experience!

Some of our pupils attended the Rochdale Music Festival at the Town Hall. The children played a mixture of the recorder and the flute. They all performed so brilliantly and all received certificates. Well done! We are so proud of you all! 

*Update*

On Tuesday, the Government Coronavirus Action Plan was launched. This document sets out what the UK as a whole has done to tackle the Coronavirus (COVID-19), and what it plans to do next.   The action plan can be found here:

Letters have been sent home regarding the Coronavirus. Please ensure you read this carefully and follow the advice and guidance on the letter.

We will adopt a common sense approach and take sensible precautions to keep children and staff safe. This includes:

• Thorough hand washing with soap and water
• Use of hand sanitisers
• Use of tissues for sneezes

The guidance suggests that people:

• self- isolate for two weeks if you have been in one of the identified areas within the last   fortnight
•  self-isolate if you have been somewhere near to those areas and you have symptoms
• if you don't have symptoms  the present guidance says you don't need to self-isolate, but please bear in mind the guidance we receive is changing almost daily.

Please also bear in mind this affect all our children and families, staff and all visitors. We will do the best we can and follow the guidance we are given and in this way help keep all of our children and families, and our staff and their families, as safe as possible.

Guidance for stakeholders and members of the public:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-information-for-the-public#advice-for-travellers

Guidance for returning travellers and categorised areas:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-specified-countries-and-areas

A reminder to parents/carers to please ensure you complete and return your child’s permission slip for the Imperial War Museum Trip. The dates are: 9th, 10th, 11th, and 13th March, which start next week, Thank you for your continued support.

Miss Bohuslaw leaves us today to embark on new adventures.  We wish her the very best for the future!

School Closes today for the half term holiday.  We re-open at 8:45am on Monday 2nd March.  We wish everyone a lovely half term break and look forward to seeing you all very soon.

Thank you to our Year 6 parents/carers for attending parents evening week. The following dates have been scheduled for all other classes as follows:

Wednesday 18th March—Reception Parents Meetings

Thursday 19th March—Nursery Parents Meeting.

Tuesday 24th March—Nursery & Year 1 Parents Meetings

Tuesday 31st March—Year 3 & Year 5 Parents Meetings

Thursday 2nd April—Year 2 & Year 4 Parents Meetings.

Letters will be sent home after half term.

Please may we remind our parents/carers to ensure that children wear the correct uniform to school as follows:

· A navy blue sweatshirt/cardigan incorporating the school

  logo or a plain navy blue jumper/cardigan. 

· A plain white shirt or polo shirt. 

· Grey or black trousers, skirt or pinafore dress.

· Sensible BLACK shoes MUST be worn at ALL times except for during P.E. lessons.

Girls may also wear blue and white check dresses in summer.  Hairstyles should be appropriate for school and we encourage long hair to be tied back out of the way.  Hairstyles should not include those which involve patterns or tramlines being shaved into the hair or eyebrows.  Jewellery should not be worn for school as it poses a health and safety risk. However, a sensible wristwatch may be worn, and if necessary, a small pair of plain stud earrings. Thank you for your support in this matter.

Some of our young musicians played at the Rochdale Music Festival at Rochdale Town Hall on Wednesday.  They all performed beautifully.  Well done to them all!