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parents and of course our wonderful resilient
children. The teachers and support staff at
Tylers Green First School have worked hard to
get the remote learning up and running for our
children, alongside remaining open to teach our
groups of keyworker children. Our Governors
have provided ongoing support to the leadership
team through supporting with the risk
assessment and checking on vital processes
such as safeguarding. Our parents have been
understanding and supportive of the protective
measures we had put in place, and then the swift
change to remote education for most pupils.
The shining stars in this have been our children.
They have been absolutely amazing –
completing their home learning tasks and
sending us messages and pictures if they are at
home, or adapting to different classrooms and
routines if they are in school. Our school is
“open” and supporting learning for our children
in many different ways!
Although this time is difficult, our School
community is pulling together and exemplifying
the key values of the school – “Children at the
heart of the School, the School at the heart of
the Village”. This difficult time is not forever,
and together we can support each other through
this. Jude Talbot. Headteacher, 01494 813201
The Village Pre-school
Happy New Year everyone! Well, we managed
to get through the second half of the Autumn
term without further incident so our practice of
spending as
much time
outdoors as
possible
obviously paid
off. (Thank you
Ruthie for
reinforcing the
benefits of
outdoor play in
the last edition!)
We had a lovely
party for the
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children on our
last day in
December and
were lucky to
have a visit from
Santa, who
remained at a
safe distance
(outside) and left
presents for all
the children. I
was also pleased
to deliver a
bundle of
Christmas cards
that our children
had made for the
residents of Alde
House.
We began the
new term with
about half of our
expected children attending. Some are off
because their siblings are not able to attend
school and some have decided that the risk at
the present time, with the new strain of Covid, is
more than they are prepared to take for their
children. This is entirely the choice of those
parents, and I respect their decision, but we are
open to everyone who wants to and can attend.
I am delighted to say that we are welcoming 8
new children this
term, some of
whom have
already started
and are already
part of our
Pre-school
family.
Our Forest
School sessions
don’t run during
the Spring Term
as we need to
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