What a busy year!  When I look back on a school year I can never believe how much we fit in!  During 22/23 we have been to Arthog (twice!), London, Manor Adventure, Edgmond Hall, The Space Centre, Chetwynd Deer Park (many times!), Crucial Crew, Alton Towers…. the list goes on!  And this doesn’t include many of the other experience our children have enjoyed such as sporting competitions, clubs and performances.

We want our children to benefit from an excellent academic offer as well as a rich broad and balanced curriculum that develops strong characters.  I am very proud of all we achieve for our children and hope the highlights from this year create memories for a lifetime.

This offer would not be possible without the commitment of our exceptional staff team.  They routinely go above and beyond to ensure the very best for our NJS children.  I send my thanks to them and hope they have a very well deserved break over the Summer.

Thank you for the continued support of our parents and carers; as I so often say when we work together as a strong partnership our children will always achieve more.  I hope you enjoy the Summer with your children and create some wonderful family memories.

To our Year 6 leavers I send them my best wishes for the next steps of their school journey.  I am incredibly proud of their achievements at NJS and know they are secondary ready.  They have bright futures ahead and I hope that they continue to seize opportunities and excel in all they do.

Thank you to all of our NJS children, they make all of our hard work worthwhile.  We are very proud of them all.  I am looking forward to seeing Years 3, 4 and 5 back in September and hearing about their Summer adventures!

Take care all

Mrs M

I have been notified today by Telford and Wrekin Council that road improvement works are due to take place on Avenue Road in August.  On our return to school the road layout will therefore be different…

Work will involve:

• Extension of on road parking restrictions and relevant signage
• The addition of dropped kerbs and tactile paving
• Removal of pedestrian barriers with the installing of new pencil bollards

Telford and Wrekin have sent this rationale:

• to resolve parking issues in St Nicholas Park and around Avenue Rd area in response to resident and Cllr complaints
• to improve pedestrian access across Avenue Rd
• create an area directly in front of the school free of parked vehicles
• Removal of existing railings and installing the pencil bollards to act as a visual reminder while also allowing ped permeability and freedom of movement – this has worked well at other schools. The existing barriers are restricting space on the pavement and forcing pedestrians to cross in places where it is not safe to do so.

As always we ask that our parents and carers do not drive through Avenue Road for school drop off and pick up.  We ask that local car parks are used or that ideally children walk to school where possible.

As a school in the Autumn we will continue our curriculum around safety as a pedestrian: Year 3 will complete pedestrian training, Year 4 Be Bright Be Seen workshops, Year 5 Bikeability and we will have a whole school assembly on safe travel as a pedestrian in the winter months.

Mrs Moody

From Monday 11th September to half term:

MONDAY’S: YEAR 3

TUESDAY’s: YEAR 6

Please remember your kit to include: trunks/costume, towel, swimming cap and goggles.