2025 Autumn #5

Parent Lunches

Thank you to the Year 5 parents who joined the children for lunch this week.

We look forward to welcoming Year 4 parents next Wednesday (1 October).  Please complete the link sent out via Seesaw to confirm your attendance.

School photographs

The children had their individual/family group photo taken on Monday and brought home a details on how to order.  The closing date for free delivery back to school is Monday 6 October 2025.

Order through the Tempest website using your unique link or visit www.tempest-orders.co.uk

If you need any assistance in ordering your photos, feel free to contact Tempest on 01736 751555 (option 3).

Flu Immunisation (Flu Spray) – Wednesday 1 October

The Shropshire NHS Team will be in school next Wednesday to administer the Nasal Flu vaccinations (flu spray) in school.

If you did not complete the eConsent form online and would like your child to have the nasal flu vaccine, paper consent forms are available at the office.

More information about the Children’s flu vaccine can be found at https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/child-flu-vaccine/

Parent/Teacher Meetings

Parent meeting appointments for children in Reception – Year 5 will take place on:

Tuesday 7 October (3.30pm – 5.30pm)
Thursday 9 October (3.30pm – 5.30pm)

Meetings will be face to face in school and last 10 minutes (if additional time is required by the end of the meeting, this will be arranged for another day).  It will be an opportunity to discuss your child’s strengths and areas of focus.

Please click on the link below to book an appointment via the school website

Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge C.E. Primary School – News and Information for Parents and Carers

Telford & Wrekin Primary Cross-Country Race

RaceThe event takes place at Chetwynd Deer Park on Tuesday 21 October 2025.

The route for Year 5/6 is approximately 1.6 km and the Year 3/4 route is approximately 1.1km long.  Please note that the event is during the school day 10am-2pm and no spectators are permitted.

If you your child would like to take part, please complete the form below by Friday 3^rd October.

Once all entries have been collated, we will look at how we go forward with transport and staffing for the event.

https://forms.office.com/e/gk8NLXmb8f

Online Safety Information session for Parents/Carers

Please find below the link to access the parent/carer online safety session scheduled for Wednesday 1 October 2025 (4pm – 4.45pm).

Online Safety Information for Parents/Carers

Attendees do not need to register, simply click on the link at the above time to access the session. Cameras and voice/audio will be switched off for all attendees. Attendees can ask questions by typing in the Q&A box, but this will be explained during the session.

The event will be streamed using Teams. Attendees can watch the live event in:
• Teams app—desktop (Windows or Mac) or mobile. (The Teams app is free to download if attendees would like to do that beforehand).
• If they don’t have Teams they can access it via one of the following browsers – Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox.

As a reminder, this session will be recorded and will be subsequently shared so if somebody can’t make the live session then they can watch it back at a time that is convenient to them.

Parish News – News from St Luke’s

St Luke’s Ironbridge would like to invite people to a service of Holy Communion and JAM this Sunday, 28th September, starting at 11.00a.m.

Readings:
 
1st Reading 1 Timothy 6:6-19
Gospel : Luke 16:19-31
 

For our associated Jesus and Me (JAM) activity for school age children, we will be thinking in particular about the reading from St Peter’s letter to Timothy, in which he talks about the contentment to be found in the company of friends and family and in good deeds and acts of kindness, rather then trying to gain wealth.

This is because “…godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.”

We will be making friendship bracelets along with colouring activities as we think about this theme.

This will be at the red activity tables at the side of the church.

 
Songs:

1. In Christ alone
2. Christ is our cornerstone hymn 98
3. Forth in the name, O Lord, I go hymn 188
4. Our God is a great big God

 
We hope to see children and their families there, and to share our refreshments after the service has finished.

Moments Matter – Attendance Counts

Highest class attendance for week ending 19 September:  Reception

Most improved class attendance from the previous week:  Year 1

Community News – Health Protection Hub MMR Vaccine

We’ve been asked by the Health Protection Hub at Telford & Wrekin Council to ask if you could complete a very short anonymous survey (only takes a couple of minutes) to enable them to understand your feelings on the MMR vaccination.

The link is here: https://forms.office.com/e/B3N3dVASYt

Or QR code:

Information on measles here: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/measles/
And the MMR here: https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/mmr-vaccine/

Community News – Online workshops

In response to a local feedback, Family Hubs in partnership with CATE are offering an interactive, informative and non-judgemental online workshop to support parents and carers with knowledge and practical advice around image sharing, both from an awareness raising and preventative perspective and also offering advice in relation to how to respond if their child or young person receives or sends an image.

Titled ‘Picture This’ the session will enable parents and carers to:

• Understand the worries around sexting and the sharing of nude photos
• Discuss risks and consequences
• Explore how we can talk to our children and young people about this effectively
• Discover practical options to support your children and young people

Parents can choose from one of three dates: Tuesday 30 September, Wednesday 29 October or Thursday 20 November, all 6-8pm

Booking is via the QR code on the attached flyer.

Family Hubs Picture This

Community News – Wolves Football

Please click on the links below for details on all-ability football sessions at Telford College and Holy Trinity Academy for pupils in Reception to Year 8.

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Community News – NSPCC

Please click on the link below for resources for parents & carers from the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children).

NSPCC resources for parents – Autumn 2025