Keep up to date with events happening in school!
As you will be aware, school will be closing on Friday for all pupils other than a small minority. Please be patient and allow us time to gather further advice and information. We are all working very hard to ensure this process runs as smoothly as possible but, as I am sure you can imagine, there are many questions and details that still need to be addressed. We WILL release information about the closure, including gathering information about the key groups, as the day progresses.
Could I ask, therefore, that you please avoid contacting us today unless absolutely urgent as this will only delay what is going to be a very busy process? Could I also ask that you remain calm and polite in these difficult times? We are all working very hard to ensure the very best for our children and families, and our staff deserve to be treated with respect in these stressful situations. I would like to thank the vast majority of you that have been very understanding and very supportive of the work we have done so far in maintaining some normality for your children.
We will be posting daily updates on the website, please click the following link to access the dedicated page on our website:
https://www.barrowcliff.n-yorks.sch.uk/coronavirus-daily-updates/
All after school clubs, breakfast club, trips and swimming lessons are now cancelled until further notice. Busy Bees is still operating as normal. Further information will be sent home with your child tonight.
Unfortunately, the parent interviews that were scheduled for this week are being postponed. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause; however as the national situation continues to develop, it's clear that our priority is to ensure that the school continues to run effectively for our children during the day. To support this, we need to restrict as much non-essential contact as possible. We'll let you know when the rescheduled dates have been set. Of course, if there is an essential issue that you need to discuss, please do this with the relevant member of staff in the usual way. School is still open and functioning for your children.
Once again, apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Mr Mark Rogers
Headteacher
World Book Day - Thursday 5th March
Book Share:
Parents are invited to come and share a book with their child from 2.30pm-3.00pm. We hope you can join us.
Costumes:
Our theme this year is Adjectives. Children can come to school dressed as an adjective of their choice.
If you're stuck for ideas a good website is Pinterest. If you type in 'Vocabulary Parade' you will find lots of examples. Also wordhippo.com gives you lots of alternative words. For example if you type in 'hairy' it will generate more unusual words!
The official launch event for Maths Month 2020 is taking place tomorrow between 16:00 and 18:00 at the Street in Scarborough. Bobby Seagull, mathematician, author and television presenter, will be the guest speaker. The launch event will also consist of exciting Maths games and activities for parents and children of all ages to take part in, including a Lego rollercoaster and giant tetrahedron challenge! Light refreshments will be provided.
More information about Maths Month can be found here: https://northyorkshirecoastoa.co.uk/maths-month/