2024 Autumn #2

Staff News

We would like to congratulate Miss Owen on her marriage over the summer.  She will now be known as Mrs Marshall.

Next week we say goodbye to Ms Nisbet who is going on maternity leave.  We wish her all the best as she awaits the arrival of her baby.

Asthma Inhalers

If your child is asthmatic and requires an asthma inhaler in school please remember to send one in, to be kept in your child’s class, if you have not already done so.

Asda Rewards Cashpot for Schools

Between 2nd September and 30th November 2024, every time customers shop with Asda using their Rewards app, they can choose a primary school to receive a percentage of their spend. Everytime a customer chooses Coalbrookdale, Asda will donate £1 to our school’s Cashpot, plus a further £50 when our first customer shops.

Click on the link below for more details and how to register with Asda’s Rewards App.

Cashpot for schools (asda.com)

Community Pantry

Thank you for the generous donation of food today for our Community Pantry.  We will be holding another non-uniform day in the coming weeks asking for donations of toiletries.

We will keep you updated on the opening of the Community Pantry.

NSPCC’s Speak out. Stay safe. Programme

We will be participating in the NSPCC’s Speak out. Stay safe. Programme next week (w/c 9 September).  Please click on the link below for more details.

All – September 2024 – NSPCC

School Photographs

Unfortunately, there was an error in Tuesday’s newsletter re the date for the visit of the school photographer.

Photographs will take place on the morning of Monday 23 September.

We apologise for any confusion.

After School Clubs – Autumn 1

The following clubs will run this half term (w/c 16 September).

Monday:  Football with Embrace (Years 1 & 2) (16 September – 21 October; 6 sessions – £15.00) (max 20 children)

Tuesday:  Tag Rugby with Embrace (Years 3 – 6) (17 September – 22 October; 6 sessions – £15.00) (max 20 children)

Wednesday:  Dance with Embrace (Years 1 – 6) (18 September – 23 October; 6 sessions – £15.00) (max 20 children)

For all clubs, please complete the permission link to be 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.

Parents will only be contacted if your child has NOT got a place on a club.

Clubs finish at 4.20pm

Online Safety Newsletter – September

Please click on the link below for September’s Online Safety Newsletter.

Online Safety Newsletter September 2024_PDF_Coalbrookdale

Below is a link to some short Online Safety Videos that include showing how to set up parental controls on an iPhone and how to set up privacy settings on Snapchat.

https://www.knowsleyclcs.org.uk/online-safety-videos/

Nursery Staff Vacancy

Nursery are recruiting for a Level 2 / 3 Early Years Practitioner

If you are interested please contact Paula on 01952 433325 or at Paula.lovewell@btconnect.com for further details

Health Protection Hub – Infection Control Information for Schools

We’ve been asked by the Health Protection Hub to share some information with you on health-related issues – when your child should and shouldn’t attend school and how best to keep them healthy.

The NHS has some good information for you to looks at here: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school/

It’s fine to send your child to school or nursery with a minor cough or common cold if they are otherwise well and do not have a high temperature. But if your child has a fever, they should stay home from school or nursery until they feel better, and the fever has resolved.

If they have diarrhoea and/or vomiting, they should stay home for at least 48 hours after the last episode.

It is no longer recommended that children and young people are routinely tested for COVID-19 unless directed to by a health professional. But if your child has tested positive for COVID-19, they should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 3 days after the day they took the test. Children and young people who usually go to school, college or childcare and who live with someone who has a positive COVID-19 test result should continue to attend as normal.

Vaccines provide the best protection against many common but potentially serious illnesses. Over the past decade, fewer children are getting routine vaccines, putting them at risk of serious disease. This leaves schools vulnerable to outbreaks and increases pressure on the NHS.  If your child is up to date with their NHS vaccination schedule, they will already be protected against diseases like whooping cough, measles, mumps and rubella throughout their school career, as most provide lifelong immunity.  Unvaccinated children are at higher risk of contracting these illnesses and having more severe symptoms than vaccinated classmates. They can also spread diseases to others. Check your child’s red book or contact your GP surgery to ensure they are up to date on all vaccines.

Good hygiene also stops infections from spreading, which means less disrupted learning time.  You can help by teaching your child to wash hands properly for 20 seconds, use tissues for coughs and sneezes, and stay away from others when sick. Letting in fresh air can also reduce the spread of airborne viruses.

News from the Parish

The churches of Holy Trinity, St Lawrence and St Luke’s would like to say a welcome back to school for children and their families. We hope it has been a good start to school life or to nursery life for little ones as well.

There is much to celebrate and commemorate with families in our area over the coming months, and we begin with a service of Harvest Thanksgiving and Holy Communion this Sunday 8th September at St Luke’s Church in Ironbridge.

The service will be held 11:00am to 12noon with refreshments afterwards.

We would like to welcome children and their families to come along, and to bring any harvest gifts for the local food bank with them.

Reverend Ernest Okeke will be leading the service, during which he will invite people to bring their gifts to the front, in order that we may share these with those who need them.

If children would like to do some colouring, this will be available at the red table at the left-hand side of the pews or could be taken into pews with families.

There are also books and toys available for younger children, within the church.

Readings:
1st Reading – Genesis 8:20-22, 9;1-4
Gospel – Luke 17:11-19

Hymns:

1. All creatures of our God and King
2. Let us with a gladsome mind
3. We plough the fields and scatter
4. God is working His purpose out

We also look forward to an All-Ages Service in the main hall at Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge School on Sunday 15th September, which will be from 11:00am to 12noon with refreshments afterwards. More details to follow next week.