It is important that children do not miss school due to holiday as they will miss important parts of their education and assessments that help us to plan their learning to ensure they make progress.  As you may be aware the government has renewed appeals to parents not to take their children out of school during term time.  The governors of the school support this and have decided that children will only be given permission to take leave in term time if there are exceptional circumstances which prevents the leave being taken during the 12 weeks school holidays.

If you are only able to take holiday at a set time (determined by your employer for example) please include a letter from your manager (on company headed paper) confirming this with your Request for Leave form.  If leave is requested for a family event that is taking place on a weekday e.g. wedding or funeral, one day would be authorised for this.  Any time off in term time will be at the discretion of the Head teacher.

Any time off requested should be received at least four weeks before the date requested to allow sufficient time for appropriate consideration.  Holiday should not be booked if this authorisation has not been obtained as it will be classed as an unauthorised absence and the Education Welfare Service will be notified.  This may result in you receiving a fixed penalty fine of £60.00 per child/per parent.

Children can bring a bag into school to hold their essential items such as a water bottle, reading and homework books.

In line with NSPCC and safeguarding guidance, children should come to school in their school sports kit on the day(s) that they have PE.

Children will be expected to be in full school uniform on the days that they do not have PE.

School uniform is a royal blue sweatshirt or cardigan; royal blue polo shirt (or white/blue polo shirt or shirt); dark grey or black skirt or trousers/shorts; blue check dress for girls in summer; black, grey or white socks and dark, single coloured footwear (not trainers).

PE uniform is a white or navy t-shirt, navy or black shorts, skort or knee length leggings and trainers or black plimsolls/pumps.  NO football tops or sportswear.

NO jewellery apart from stud earrings should be worn.  Children should not bring in toys as these can get lost or damaged.  Headbands (Alice Bands) must be suitable for school – no unicorn horns or rainbow tails!

School uniform can be ordered online with Bristows via their website at www.schoolwearfactory.co.uk.  Orders can then either be posted direct to you (for a small charge), collected from their shop in Bridgnorth (157 Victoria Road, Bridgnorth WV16 4LL) or sent to school.

Please ensure all items brought to school are named.  This includes school uniform, coats, PE kit, shoes, trainers’, school bags, lunch boxes and water bottles.  Any items put in lost property without a name will be sent for recycling at the end of each term.

Parents are reminded that children should not be bringing mobile phones into school.

If you feel they need a phone with them, perhaps because they walk to and from school on their own, they should be handed into the office.

Watches with the ability to take photos should also not be worn in school.

Children should bring in a named water bottle (unbranded/logo free) to school every day.  These should contain water only and are kept in class.  Children can have juice in their lunch boxes if they wish.  Please do not send your child in with a Prime bottle.

This half term Embrace PE will be running three after-school clubs for both boys and girls in Years 1 – 6 starting week commencing 18 September.

Sessions will be charged at £2.50 and will only proceed if we receive sufficient numbers (minimum 5 children).  Maximum of 20 children.  Children should wear their PE kit on their club day if they do not already have PE that day – they do not need to wear school uniform.

Monday:  Ball games with Embrace (Years 1 & 2) (18 September – 23 October; 6 sessions – £15.00) (max 20 children)

Tuesday:  Football with Embrace (Years 3 – 6) (19 September – 24 October; 6 sessions – £15.00) (max 20 children)

Wednesday:  Rugby / American Football with Embrace (Years 3 – 6) (20 September – 24 March; 6 sessions – £15.00) (max 20 children)

All clubs finish at 4.25pm.

For all clubs, please complete the permission link being sent out via Seesaw, if your child would like to join.

Please return payment (cash or cheque – cheques should be made payable to Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge Primary School) to the school office in a named envelope before the 1st session.

Monday

During School: 

PE – Year 2 & Year 4

Tuesday

During School: 

PE – Reception, Year 2 & Year 3

Wednesday

During School: 

PE – Year 1, Year 4 & Reception

Thursday

During school:

PE – Year 1 & Year 5

Reception & Year 1 Phonics Parent’s Meeting (2.45pm – 3.20pm)

Friday

During school:

PE – Reception, Year 3 & Year 5

Thursday 14 September:  Reception & Year 1 Phonics Parent’s Meeting (2.45pm – 3.20pm)

Sunday 17 September:  All Ages Church Service @ school (4.00pm – 5.00pm)

Monday 18 September:  School photographs (Individuals & Siblings)

Thursday 28 September:  Year 6 SATs Parent Meeting (4.30pm – 5.00pm)

October:  Black History Month

2 – 6 October:  Attendance Mascot

Tuesday 10 October:  Hello, Yellow! Mental Health Day

Friday 27 October:  PD Day School (closed to children)

30 October – 3 November:  Half term holiday

Monday 20 November:  Parents Evening (3.30pm – 6.30pm)

Monday 27 November:  Parents Evening (3.30pm – 5.30pm)

Friday 22 December:  Last day of Autumn Term

The Parish would like to welcome everyone back to school, with a special hello for new children and their families.

This Sunday 10th September, there is a Family Service at St Luke’s Church in Ironbridge, to be held 11.00am to 12noon with refreshments afterwards.

Reverend Okeke is leading the service, for which the theme is LOVE. The reading is Romans 13: verses 8-14.

We will be decorating little love hearts together in the pews as we think about this theme, and sing songs including “Let there be love shared among us”.

We hope that children from the school may join us.

We would also like to invite children and their families to the next All Ages Service at our school, from 4.00pm to 5.00pm. There will be a break for juice, biscuits, cake and fruit.

The service will be held in the school hall on Sunday 17th September. Entrance will be signposted and is up the right-hand slope and via the side door.

The theme is FORGIVENESS, bible text Genesis 50:15-21.

There will be singing and craft activities around this theme, and the local churches look forward to seeing families there.

My name is Rosemary Angus and I teach music lessons at Coalbrookdale Primary School.  I teach all years from reception to year 6 and beyond. Lessons are taught in piano, singing, flute, clarinet, saxophone, recorders, guitar, and violin. I am able to lend instruments free of charge for my students in: flute, violin, clarinet, recorder, and I have a few keyboards.

Lessons are invoiced half-termly at the following rates:

£16.50 per week for 30 minutes individual lessons

£8.75 per week for 15 minutes individual lessons

£6.50 per week, per student, for 20 minutes, for a shared lesson with 2 beginner students. (This is only possible if 2 compatible students can be paired)

I have 35 years’ experience teaching music.   My students are given the opportunity to take ABRSM exams at several points during the year, if they want to.

Please contact me on 07816 958048 to enquire about lessons for your child.

Music is a wonderful part of a child’s learning journey and I look forward to sharing it with your child.

Rosemary Angus