This week was the National Cycle to School Week. We used this as the inspiration for our whole school assembly, which focused on cycling safety.
Here are some key points that were discussed with the pupils:
- Having the correct equipment, which should include a well-fitted helmet
- Being seen by wearing bright, high visibility and / or reflective clothing
- Maintaining the bike including having front and rear reflectors, front and rear lights, oiling the chain, having working brakes and pedals, the height of the handlebars and saddle and the correct tyre pressure.
- Checking that the bike is still the correct size for the rider
- Where are the safest places to ride
- Road safety
If your child hasn't already completed a cycling proficiency course, please look out for the next one that will be hosted at school.
Build Update
Some of you may be aware from the news that a large building company, ISG, has gone into administration. Unfortunately for us, this was the building company working on our two projects. At this moment, both projects have stopped, and we are awaiting further information from the Local Authority and Department for Education about what will happen next. What we can assume is that neither project will be completed within the expected timeframes.
At Meet the Tutor evening, we will still be hosting our Pathway 1 / Northwood Road sessions regarding next steps, BUT this will now have a few ifs, buts and maybes as there is now some uncertainty around timelines.
I hope all Pathway 1 / Northwood Road families will attend a session.
Certificates
I was delighted to hand out several certificates in assembly this week for pupils across the school.
The first of these acknowledged the hard work and progress that the pupils were making in their English lessons.
We also had three Most Improved certificates for pupils who have made significant improvement in any area of school life, from attendance and punctuality, through relationships and behaviour to effort and progress.
This week we had two Pupil of the Week certificates where pupils have shown outstanding effort or achievement over a significant period of time.
As the term progresses, more and more pupils will have their hard work and progress recognised. We are also happy to present certificates that pupils have gained out of school e.g. swimming, music etc. Simply send in the certificate, and we will send it back to you after the assembly.
Allotment
You may have seen the video of our new allotment site on Instagram. We are looking for any tarpaulins that people might be willing to donate so that once we've cleared an area, we can cover it and hopefully stop the weeds from growing back! If you do have a tarpaulin that you can donate, please send it to school in a carrier bag for the attention of Miss Willis or Mrs Rigby. We'll keep you updated on our progress and will be asking for volunteers to support us once we are up and running.
Have a great weekend.
Kind regards,
Mrs J Rigby
Headteacher
