We really appreciate the support and co-operation by many families who are helping to make our staggered morning and afternoons work well by keeping our year groups separate. By maintaining these separate times, children settle into class positively and get their day off to a good start.

Thank you for your support over the last few weeks pre-ordering school lunches. In discussion with the kitchen staff, the decision has been made that from next Monday (21st September) we will revert to the pre-Covid way of ordering hot school dinners – in class, on the day required by putting up a hand when asked by the teacher.

Parents will only need to pre-order lunch if children are having sandwiches on a Wednesday when there is no hot meal option. These should be ordered a week in advance.

If you have already returned an order form for next week (and future weeks) and your child has ordered a sandwich on a Wednesday, you do not need to resend the order into school.

Please ensure your child knows that they need to put their hand up in class each day if they would like a hot dinner. They also need to tell the teacher if they would prefer the vegetarian option.

A copy of the menu is attached below along with the sandwich order form for Wednesdays. These can also be found on the school website.

School Dinner Menu Autumn Term 2020

Sandwich Order Form – Autumn Term 2020

KS2 children have enjoyed playing on the new space net on the bottom playground at morning break and lunchtimes this week. Thank you again to Friends of Coalbrookdale for their contribution to the cost.

We would like to let parents know that children should not be playing on the space net after school due to the lack of adult supervision, to allow after-school clubs and Kids Club to use the bottom playground and to stop bubbles mixing.

Thank you for your support.

If you have not already done so, please return flu immunisation consent forms to the school office. The flu immunisation will take place in school on Monday 28th September.

Due to our staggered start/finish times for each class, the after-school clubs will finish at slightly different times depending on the year group:

Monday: Year 4 club will run 3.00pm – 4.00pm

Wednesday: Year 3 club will run 3.00pm – 4.00pm

Friday: Year 5 club will run 3.20pm – 4.20pm

Please notify school as soon as possible, if you or any member of your household has a COVID test, and are waiting for the results, please do not send your child/ren into school. If the test is confirmed as negative your child/ren can then return to school. Please send details of the result.

If the test is positive, please contact the school immediately and the whole household should self-isolate for 14 days.

Year 6 parents should now have details of how to apply for a Secondary school place for September 2021. These were sent via Seesaw this week – please contact the school office if you have not received this.

Thomas Telford have released their Year 7 admission documentation for September 2021 which can be downloaded from their website www.ttsonline.net. If you require a hard copy or have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Claire Topper in their Admissions Office on 01952 200000.

The closing date for completed application forms for Thomas Telford is Monday, 28th September 2020 at 4.00pm.

The closing date for all other Telford & Wrekin / Shropshire schools is Saturday 31st October 2020.

The online application form for children who are due to start school in Reception 2021 is now available on Telford & Wrekin Council’s school admissions website, https://www.telford.gov.uk/admissions

If applying to Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge Primary School, parents are also asked to fill in our supplementary school application form and return it to us by 15th January 2020. Copies are available from the school office or from the website.

To apply for a Reception 2021 school place parents will need to use the online system.

Please note:
– Parents need to make an application to the Local Authority of where they are living e.g. where they pay Council Tax to
– If a child is attending nursery, they still need to apply for a school place
– The deadline for applying for a school place is 15 January 2021
– There is no guarantee of a place at the school even if a child has been attending their nursery or pre school
– More information is available at https://www.telford.gov.uk/admissions around school allocations and oversubscription criteria
– If a child has an Education, Health and Care Plan the closing date is 31 October 2020 for all applications

The school admissions website page contains lots of information around school admissions, together with a link of how to apply and step by step guidance information.

If parents do not have access to a computer they will be able to use their local library computer facilities only.

If a parent is experiencing problems with signing into their My Telford account please contact mytelfordenquiries@telford.gov.uk

If you have a problem with the application itself please contact the School Admissions Team at admissions@telford.gov.uk

We are finalising arrangements to enable us to hold open mornings for prospective parents following current Covid-19 Government regulations. Once these have been confirmed, look out for Open Morning dates on the school website.

Please find below traffic management arrangements for a temporary road closure along Legges Way, Madeley.

Balfour Beatty on behalf of Telford and Wrekin Council are planning to undertake Highway Improvement works. The work is set to commence on Tuesday, 29th September 2020 and will last for a duration of 1 day between the hours of 9.30am – 14.00pm with an end date of Tuesday, 29th September 2020.

The indicative phases of the closure are below.
Phase 1 – 9:30pm – 11:30pm between its junction with Madeley Roundabout and the entrance to Legges Way Car Park.

Phase 2 – 12.00pm – 14.00pm between its junction with Coalport Road and the Entrance of Blists Hill Museum.

The diversion route for vehicular traffic travelling in all directions will be signed on site.

Please find below pedestrian management arrangements for a temporary footpath closure along Severn Valley Way, Jackfield

Barhale Construction Ltd on behalf of Severn Trent Water are planning to undertake installation of sewer mains. The work is set to commence on Monday, 30 September 2019 and will last for a duration of 250 days with an end date of Friday, 5 June 2020.

The diversion route for pedestrians will be as below plan.