I know every day how amazing the NJS staff are: they do an incredible job for our children.  They are especially amazing at the moment: thank you Team NJS from me and our School Governors.

Mrs Mx

Please can I urge you to help me to keep staff and children safe and well: if your family are self isolating please do not come to school site for any reason.

I would really appreciate your support with this.

We have had several queries from parents and carers concerned about delivering home learning.  We will help as best we can during closure; we care and want to help.

Please however do not put too much pressure on yourselves with this.  We all want to keep our children’s learning ‘up to speed’ and their minds engaged however the priority is, despite the challenges the next few weeks brings us all, keeping our children happy.  When school reopens our children will learn well if they remember this time as enjoyable, quality time with their families.

Teaching is tough!  We are trained professionals, you are parents, please do not put pressure on yourselves and the children.  Read, bake, play, have fun: far more important at this time.

Thank you to all of the families who replied to my message today.

Unfortunately there is still no guidance from the Department for Education about this.  We can assure you that we will be in touch as soon as we have any information about who a keyworker is and what provision will be in place.

Year 6 children were asking today if they would be back to do ‘leavers activities’.  We do not know the answer to this.  They were very cheerful when we suggested doing t shirt signing tomorrow!  If you are happy for your child to have their t shirt signed please send them with a pen!

We have had many enquiries from parents and carers about forthcoming trips and visits.  Please give us some time, as you can imagine there is a lot to organise.

We will over the coming days review all of these and send out details when we can.  Some will be cancelled and some may be postponed.  Some we will be able to organise refunds for and some we will await insurance, IF we are advised this is possible.  We will communicate with you over these but please give us some time.