Good evening, please find attached an important letter regarding a confirmed case of COVID19 within school. The case has been confirmed within the last hour.
School News
Important COVID message
Good evening, please find attached an important letter regarding a confirmed case of COVID19 within school. The case has been confirmed within the last hour.
Christmas Tea Towels
The Christmas Tea Towels have arrived.
We will be bagging them up and sending them home at the start of next week.
If you have not paid for your tea you ordered, please do so asap, to enable us to send it home.
Thanks
Parent Governor Elections
We are delighted to announce Mrs Kelly Leonard has been appointed Parent Governor following our recent election.
Mrs Leonard will represent the parents on the governing body for four years.
Thank you to all the parents who voted.
Festive Family Activities on the Farm.
Please open the link below to read about festive family activities at Fordhall Organic Farm.
Festive Visits to Fordhall Farm
Head Lice
Head Lice have made yet another appearance in our school!!
Please can we ask that you check your child’s hair over the weekend and treat if needed.
Open the link below to read the NHS’s advice regarding head lice and the best treatment methods.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/head-lice-and-nits/
Many thanks
Christmas Dates
Friday 4th December
Christmas Post Box Opens- Please only bring Christmas cards on Mondays and Fridays and post them straight into the post boxes. Do not hand cards direct to other children. KS1 post box is by the door to the KS1 corridor and KS2 post box is next to the main office door.
Wednesday 9th December
Christmas Dinner day – The children will eat their Christmas lunch in their classroom.
Christmas Jumper day – We are joining in the ‘Save the Children’ fundraising event. Your child can come to school in non-uniform to include a Christmas jumper and pay £1, which we will give to ‘Save the Children’.
Friday 11th December
School Games Virtual Santa Dash – Our school, along with many other schools, are taking part in the Santa Dash. There is no charge for this. It’s just a lovely opportunity for all the schools around the area to take part in a Christmas event at the same time. Your child will need to come to school in their PE kit for the day, as the classes will be taking part at different times throughout the day.
Monday 14th December
The Snow Queen Pantomime – Image Musical Theatre have made a production of the ‘The Snow Queen’ to show virtually in schools. We have purchased this virtual pantomime and the children will be watching it in their classes throughout the week.
Anti-Bullying Week 2020
Last week, we participated in Anti-Bullying Week 2020. This year’s theme was United Against Bullying. We each made a promise on a jigsaw piece to show what part we would play in stopping bullying. We are going to join all our jigsaw pieces together to show that we stand united against bullying at St Mary’s. We finished off the week by wearing odd socks to celebrate what makes us all unique.
Carols on the Doorstep
Dear parents,
You may be aware of the Carols on the Doorstep event which started in Shrewsbury but is now ‘going national’ – we have been asked to help make sure that as many streets in possible take part in Shropshire on December 16th and to invite you all to join in!
To take part, stand on your doorsteps on Wednesday, December 16th from 6-7pm and tune in to BBC Radio Shropshire (96FM) who will be providing the backing music from last year’s Carols in the Square for you to sing along to. You are also asked to choose to donate, if you can, to a charity of your choice – there are four local charities suggested on the website.
I have attached the flyer here for the event but you can also find details at www.doorstepcarols.co.uk
The words to the carols can be found there, along with simple sheet music for children to play along to on a variety of instruments (all the right key!).
Obviously the more the merrier – it would be wonderful to get the whole of Shropshire and the rest of the UK all singing together at the same time!
Why not also Decorate your Doorstep (see ‘Decorate’ on the website) – there are prizes available for the best decorated houses!
Kind regards,
Alison Stevens
Support services from Shropshire Council
Please find below a number of support services offered by Shropshire Council. 
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