Headteacher Message
Happy Friday to all and Eid Mubarek to all our families celebrating today.
The weather has broken, but our spirits have not. We are at the stage of the year when we begin to review learning. Teachers are already writing reports. I am always so pleased to read these reports as it is abundantly clear that they really know your children. This may seem obvious, but I don’t mean just knowing them superficially. They have an in-depth understanding of their learning and them as an individual.
It is also the time of year when teachers have to let me know if they are resigning and moving on…………..
Well, they are not and, once again, we can maintain the continuity that helps make this school such a lovely place to be. Mrs James is returning, and Mrs Barlow is returning to Barnes School. I am very sorry that we do not have a teaching position for Mrs Barlow. She has been a great addition to the team as she has lived our values throughout her time here and showed great professionalism throughout.
In terms of where teachers are teaching, we did our usual trick of placing all the names in the hat and asking Zizzi the rabbit to pick a year group and Blue the dog to pick a class teacher. Amazingly, there is very little change. In fact, the only change is affecting Years 5 and 6. Please see below.
Nursery: Mrs Craig
Reception Mrs Thomas
Walker: Mrs Claridge, Miss Esquilant and team
Year 1: Miss Hayward
Year 2: Miss Prentice
Year 3: Miss Carter
Newton: Mrs Blunden, Miss Cook and team
Year 4 Mr Shankar
Year 5: Mrs James
Year 6: Mrs Durrani
Your children have been informed so you can talk to them about this over the weekend.
We are currently unable to be definite about where all of our teaching assistants are going to be placed, but will let you know later in the term.
Have a lovely weekend with your families.
Joe Porter
