Hello Everyone,

Mrs Spellman is leaving us at the end of this term to start her retirement. I have had the pleasure and privilege to work with her for the past 10 years. I would like to say a huge thank you to her for the endless commitment, time and energy she has given to the children, and the tremendous support she has given to the staff.
I am sure many of you are appreciative of the support and care Mrs Spellman has given your child during their first year of school. Children have always enjoyed her fun and creative lessons where she has introduced many characters such as The Gruffalo and Jim the Gingerbread Man!
She will be a huge miss, and I will be very sorry to see her go. I wish her all the very best for the future, and hope that she has a very long and happy retirement.

I would also like to say a huge thank you to all children, staff and parents for all their hard work, commitment and support throughout this difficult time. Everyone should now know the arrangements for September, please check the Class Dojo if not.

I would like to wish our Year 6 all the very best for the future and I hope everyone has an enjoyable and restful summer holiday.

It’s great to have everyone back after the Easter holidays. There is a new COVID Premises risk assessment that has been updated which is in the ‘Safeguarding’ section for those of you who would like to read it. 

Our school allotment is a hive of activity at the moment. Thanks to Ms. Baird, classes are in the process of planting a variety of fruit, vegetables and flowers. Ms. Baird has created an ‘outdoor classroom’ in the polytunnel, and with the help of her class and Aaron Ramm (Y6 pupil), they have  also created a bug hotel, herb garden and small pond to encourage frogs to join us. Thank you to everyone who has kindly made a donation to the school for the garden. It is very much appreciated.  

Thanks also to Mrs. Lewis for making ice lollies and raspberry ice-cream to sell, made from the fruit in the school garden. 

Dear Parents/Carers,

We have had a very successful and smooth-running 3 weeks with the children all back at school. It has been great to have the classrooms full again with things running a little more normally than before!

Hopefully, things will continue to head in the right direction.

Have a lovely holiday and thank you for all your support.

Miss Barningham

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are looking forward to seeing everyone back at school on Monday. We will be continuing to follow the procedures we put in place last term to keep everyone as safe as possible. Parents will be contacted regularly with any updates messaged on the Class Dojo. Thank you for all the home-learning that has taken place, I know it hasn’t been easy, but you have done a brilliant job.

Fingers crossed we are back for good now!

Dear Parents and Carers,

Very well done to everyone for keeping up with the work being set at home.  Don’t forget, you can chat to your teacher using the Dojo if there are any queries or questions.

Miss Barningham

Dear Parents/Carers,

Well, what a term! Thank you to everyone who has made it a successful one. Thank you to all parents/carers for your patience and understanding, and for working together with us to ensure your children have been as safe and happy as possible.

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and look forward to seeing you all in the New Year.

Christmas Jumper Day

Thanks to all of you who brought in 50p last week to help raise money for ‘Save the Children’. There were some super, sparkly jumpers from both the staff and children so thank you for your generosity.

Children in Need

Thank you to everyone who wore a colour of the rainbow or non-uniform on Children in Need day to help raise money.

We raised £134.21 for a very good cause.

Food Bank

Thank you to Rachel Fawcett for her suggestion about the Food Bank, and to everyone who brought in tins/packets as a donation.

Poppy Appeal

Thank you to everyone who brought in donations for the Poppy Appeal and bought either reflectors, zip pulls, wristbands or snap bands. We raised £430.03 which is fantastic.

Sponsored Event

Your children raised a fantastic £1203.80 for the Match box Challenge. This will go into school funds and will be spent on the children.

Community Carol Service

Reverend Simon from our local church broadcasted a contemporary carol service on Facebook last Sunday evening. Finley Curry, Paige McKenzie and Cole Wilson took part. Very well done to those 3 They did us proud!!

Thank you so much,  to all parents and carers,  for following the guidance given and for having such wonderful children, who have coped magnificently with all the changes we have had to put in place in school. They are a credit to you all.

I hope children and parents,  from classes who are self isolating, are keeping well and staying safe.

Sarah Barningham

Dear Parents/Carers,

Well, what a surreal 5 months this has been. Hopefully in September we will slowly be able to get things back to normal as much as possible. You should all have received your child’s report along with important information for next term.

We said thank you, and good-bye to Mrs Irvin on Tuesday, and wish her a long and happy retirement. She will be a big miss as she has been part of Bullion Lane for 18 years.

I would like to welcome a new member of staff, Mr Gardner, who will be teaching in Wear class next year. Other staff changes are as follows: Mrs Jennings will be full time in Reception, Ms Baird will be in Y3/4 Lambton, Mrs Scott and Mrs Hedges will both be in Y4/5 Waldridge, and Mr Stephenson will be teaching in Y6, Bede class.

A risk assessment has been completed related to the full opening of schools from September, please see the attachment (in Safeguarding section).

I would just like to say thank you to all the staff for their hard work and commitment, not only through this time, but all the way through the year.

I would also like to say thank you all of you who have worked exceptionally hard with your children, your ‘Rainbow Children,’ who have lived through lockdown, which will be remembered through history.

I hope you all have a lovely summer with hopefully more freedom than the last 5 months, and I look forward to seeing everyone in September.

Take care and stay safe,

Miss Barningham.