Dear Parents and Carers,
Time has flown past after the most miserably wet February Half Term Break I can remember. Many children tell me the weather prevented them from doing much outdoors or much that was fun, so we are trying especially hard to provide exciting opportunities for them to learn and play.
In the fortnight since the children returned there have been sharing assemblies, a guitar recital, trips to Ruskin Park, the Cutty Sark, the National Maritime Museum and the Garden Museum and lots of activities to support World Book Day. Grateful thanks go to the FoBS, staff, children and you for outstanding effort! There is plenty of detail about most of these in this Newsletter. There is also information for parents and carers who want to learn English through ESOL classes and for parents and carers of pupils in Year 6 about the receipt of their offers of secondary school places for September 2020.
The topic of the moment, however, is the Coronavirus (COVID-19), a case of which in a child’s parent closed Lyndhurst Primary School for a day last week as a precautionary measure and for a deep clean. I have written to all parents and carers separately about the virus, and take this opportunity once again to assure you that we follow all advice given to us in the daily updates we get from Public Health England. All children have been taught the 6 steps of handwashing using soap and water and to wash their hands for 20 seconds or as long as it takes to sing Happy Birthday twice.
Finally, our Focus Value this month is Kindness; a value that is particularly apt at the moment following Safer Internet Day last month when it was reinforced with the children the importance of using Social Media sensibly, safely and kindly. If you would not say it to someone’s face, then do not type it on your device. When high-profile people fall victim to unkindness, it reminds us all of the power of words and the potentially devastating consequences of their misuse. So, in a world where we can be anything, be kind. (And if we can’t be kind, be quiet.)
With best wishes for a peaceful and enjoyable fortnight ahead,
Susannah Bellingham
Head Teacher