Years 2, 3, 4 and 5 I will begin sending you some introduction packs to your new classroom and new teacher: these will mostly be received by Parent Mail.

You will also receive an ‘All About Me’ sheet for your child to complete and return to their class teacher: You can complete this on the template provided or alternatively your child may wish to design their own ‘All About Me’ sheet!  The information can either be emailed back to the class teacher or popped in our ‘Drop Box’ outside the security gate.

We hope you find the information useful and your new class teachers are looking forward to learning more about you!

Report collection letter

Please note:

• These arrangements are weather permitting.
• You do not HAVE to collect your child’s report in person: we will post any that are not collected.
• These arrangements do not apply to those children currently attending school as their report will be sent home with them.

Thank you for your support.

As anticipated the government confirmed today that schools will reopen to all pupils in September and have released the guidance for this:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools

Over the coming days myself, the staff and the Governing body will work through this guidance and then write to you with details and information ahead of September.  We appreciate your support and patience.

We will also issue ‘Return to School’ videos for all year groups to help you and your child to feel comfortable with the guidance.

We are looking forward to having our family back together.

Please find attached a letter for your attention regarding the opportunity to collect school reports.

Report collection letter

Please don’t forget to send me nominations for your children by 9am tomorrow!

I am looking forward to sharing the things your lovely children have been doing.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Mrs M

nicola.moody@taw.org.uk

Please send your nominations to me nicola.moody@taw.org.uk.

If you can send a photo and a reason for your nomination that would be great: I can’t wait to see what your children have been doing!

(Sending me a photo confirms your consent for it to be used in the Live Assembly)

We have begun to send out invites to class meetings to support transition.  These will be received by ParentMail so please look out for them this week.

Last call for any families who would like support from Newport FoodBank for the summer Holidays.  Please email me by Tuesday at 6pm with the details requested.

Newport Foodbank

Attached is a letter for your attention introducing our transition arrangements and confirming your child’s class teacher for September.

We are really lucky at NJS that we have excellent staff retention and a stable teaching team which remains in place for September. Our excellent NJS staff know the school and children very well and are very good at what they do. Please be assured that all children, as always, will be well looked after on our return to school.

We ask for your support with the information attached. We are all working in unprecedented times and difficult decisions need to made in order to make transition efficient and as reassuring as we possibly can in the circumstances. It is fair to say that nothing can be ‘perfect’ for everyone but decisions have been made with everyone’s best interests at heart.

We are aware that children can feel ‘worried’ at a time of change and inevitably increasingly so this year. It will be ‘normal’ for your child to have mixed feelings… perhaps excitement at a return to school met with a ‘worry’ about a new teacher. Please reassure your child that these feelings are ‘normal’ and that it is good to talk through their feelings with an adult. Please offer reassurances to your child and speak about transition in front of them with positivity and a feeling of new opportunity: friendships, relationships with staff, a new classroom and new experiences.

Please monitor your emails as there will be information coming to you over the next few days/weeks that will help with transition.

Along with every school in England we are currently awaiting our guidance for September: we will write to you with more detail when we have had time to ‘interpret’ the document.

Thank you, as always, for your ongoing support.

Transition letter

In line with guidance Newport CE Junior school will close for the Summer Holiday on Friday 17th July and the keyworker provision that we have offered since the 23rd March will cease.  We apologise if this does leave you in a difficult position and would encourage you to contact us for support if required.

Thank you for your support.