I just wanted to take the opportunity to give parents/carers some reminders about our expectations and procedures for the safe dismissal of children at the end of the school day:

*Teachers will bring the class to their exit gate lined up and will dismiss children one at a time.  We ask that parents/carers are patient to allow teachers time to ensure each child is dismissed safely.

*We ask that parents/carers stand back from the line so the children can see if their adult is there and so adults can see who is at the front of the line.

*When you see your child at the front of the dismissal line please step forward to take your child from the teachers care.  Teachers will not dismiss the children until you are evidently there to take your child.

*We dismiss children between 3.15pm and 3.25pm: staff will be at the exit gates until 3.25pm.  At 3.25pm gates will be locked and any children who aren’t collected will be brought to the office and a telephone call made to check arrangements.

*Teachers are very happy to talk with you at the end of the day.  Please respect they can only do this once the children in their care have been dismissed.  Please wait until the children have been dismissed and then we welcome you to approach the teachers if you need anything.

*Please remind your child on a regular basis that if they are ever unsure about their arrangements for collection to ask their teacher who will of course make any necessary calls or checks so they can reassure the child.

*IF your child (Years 5 and 6) has consent to walk home teachers will dismiss them in accordance with this permission.  Please ensure your child knows your expectations for their walk home and remind them of this regularly.

*IF your child is attending a club at NJS then they will need to be collected at 4pm from the main playground.  The gates to the main playground will be opened at 4pm, clubs will be lined up and teachers will dismiss as above.

I hope this helps to clarify expectations and arrangements.  The NJS team are very grateful for your support.

Mrs M

Well done to Libby from 5P whose burger has been chosen by the kitchen team to be made and served next Tuesday as part of school lunch.

Tuesday 12th November- Libby’s Burger.

The winning burger looks like this…

It features a 2 beef burger patties, cheese and diced onion, lettuce, bacon and 1000 Island sauce.

Sounds wonderful Libby! I bet it will taste wonderful too!

2nd place went to Usman in 4PW for his Fish Burger and 3rd Place went to Theo in 4J for his desert burger with jelly!!

Well done to all of you that entered the competition, the judges said choosing was very hard!

We have been asked if we could kindly collect food donations from our NJS families this Christmas, to pass on to Newport Foodbank.

Suitable foods to collect:

Cranberry sauce

Packets of stuffing

Gravy

Tinned ham and salmon

Christmas cake

Christmas puddings

Biscuits for cheese

Chutney

Tinned potatoes

Custard

Mince pies (with a best before end date of at least Jan 2025)

Please DON’T  send any food PAST it’s BEST BEFORE DATE.

If you would like to donate towards the Food Bank then please bring in your food donations on

THURSDAY 5th DECEMBER.

Thank you.