Newsletter 13 12.02.21

A word from the Principal...
Welcome,
We have all made it to the end of a very tricky half term, well done and thank you for your support!
It was lovely to see over 100 children join our first live celebration assembly last week, it almost felt
like we had a school full of children again! After sharing the inspiration video from James Aidoo, I
set the challenge for children to identify and explain what their ‘why’ was; what was their driver that
made them work hard and keep enduring, even when things were challenging. Some of the responses
have been outstanding and will be shared in this week’s assembly.
We use our Facebook page for updates and sharing information and successes, but we will now also
be more active on Instagram, using this platform as a showcase for great work, so please follow us
@ludgvanschool
We will be sending out a quick survey centering around our remote learning provision and would
greatly appreciate a few minutes of your time to complete it. Our staff have spent hours ensuring
our provision has been as engaging, challenging and individualised as possible and it would be really
beneficial to have some feedback from a parents point of view.
The first week back after half term will see two changes. The first being an introduction of a nonscreen
day on Friday 26th February where your teachers will set you a range of learning tasks that
are more practical and revolve around lifeskills and outdoor pursuits. The activities will be the same
for each year group which will allow siblings to work together, but will come with a success criteria
that will challenge all children.
For those children who are in school after half term, we will be returning to school uniform. Hopefully,
the Government announcement on the 22nd will give us some further clarity about a return to
school for all children, but the reintroduction of uniform will begin to support this transition.
Have a lovely half term, hopefully the weather will be kind to us and we are looking forward to
seeing you (in person or virtually) after half term.
Kind regards,
Mr Adam Anderson
Principal