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Village Voice April/May 2021
SCHOOLS
NEWS ROUND UP
Tylers Green Middle School
Dear Village Voice, it now feels as if Spring is
here and I wish to wish our community a very
Happy Easter.
The pupils returned to TGMS on 8th March,
after lockdown 3, having spent over 2 months at
home. It has been a very challenging, yet
memorable time and the children at TGMS have
been very engaged in their learning. Daily
maths, English and other subjects have been the
diet for all year groups to ensure that the
children keep up with the core learning.
Whether the children were at home, or in school
as part of the vulnerable and critical worker
group, the lessons were following what the
children would have been learning in their
curriculum.
I am so proud of the children and in order to
motivate each one, a gift was sent in the post of
a bookmark and a pencil which have been
created especially for lockdown 2021. This has
been funded by our REACH Fund which is
based on voluntary contributions to the school
with the aim of enhancing and enriching
children’s learning experiences.
In the final week of home learning, the
REACH Fund also provided a bespoke dance
workshop for each class. It was delivered
virtually by Nerine Skinner and whether the
children were in school, or at home, they were
able to join in and learn a dance, along with
their classteacher. The children needed a boost
and this workshop was designed to be fun,
engage the children and promote wellbeing.
Exercise and movement, coupled with music, is
very uplifting. How we feel about something
can have such an impact.
Nerine was fantastic and the fast paced
45-minute Dance workshop was based around
every day habits and routines; from brushing
hair to Zoom lessons and from playing
PlayStation to exercise. By using every day
activities and putting them into simple dance
moves to music, the children told the story of a
typical day in their life. The perfect way to
implement a little bit of mindfulness and
gratitude for the simple things whilst keeping fit
and having fun.
It is so great to have the pupils back at school.
Let us hope that our children never have to miss
out on face to face education in the future.
Vanessa Pinkney Headteacher
Tylers Green First School
Spring seems to be in the air (finally!) as we
begin our wider reopening for all children on
the 8th of March. Our children have been
fantastically resilient and have worked hard on
their remote learning since January. In line with
other schools, we also had a large number of
children of Critical workers attending school
daily, so we have been very busy!
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