We have been lenient in the last couple of weeks with children who have been wearing alternative black footwear due to having outgrown their school shoes. However, we are expecting all children to be wearing the correct school uniform and black school shoes once we return in January.  Black trainers of any description are not permitted to be worn instead of school shoes.  We will be contacting parents if your child is sent to school wearing the wrong uniform or school shoes.

It is also essential that all children bring in their PE kits on a Monday morning and keep them in school every day each week.  Please ensure all PE kit items, school uniform and coats etc. have your child’s name clearly labelled in them.

To clarify, our school uniform is as follows:

• Royal-blue sweatshirt with school logo or cardigan with school logo.
• White shirt/blouse or white/royal blue school polo shirt.
• Grey trousers or grey skirt, or grey pinafore dress.
• Grey shorts or pale blue and white checked summer dresses can be worn in the summer.
• Black school shoes (trainers not permitted).

Our PE kit is as follows:

• royal blue school t-shirt (with logo);
• navy shorts;
• a navy blue fleece (available from school with logo);
• navy tracksuit bottoms for outdoor P.E. during the winter months;
• trainers or pumps;
• a named P.E. bag will be needed in which to keep these items.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

Further to my last post regarding children arriving at school unsupervised, I write again to bring this to your attention. There have been several incidents reported by parents and local residents, such as children deliberately splashing puddles across other children (who were waiting with their parent) and the report of one grandparent being knocked over. I am deeply concerned about this and would appreciate being notified of any incidents observed before school via the office staff.

We have invited Ray Hughes (Active Travel and Road Safety Manager for Shropshire) into school to undertake both pedestrian training with our Y3/4s and to revisit the key messages for all Y5/6s. We are reinforcing the message that all our pupils need to behave courteously, sensibly and safely as they wait for school to open in the morning and have liaised closely with our governing body (Health and Safety Committee), the local police and our local councillor – Mr N Hignett to strive to ensure that the traffic situation is alleviated as much as possible.

It is though, the responsibility of parents to manage and safeguard their children before the school opens at 8.45am. If children are repeatedly at risk because of their own behaviour or lack of adequate supervision, this may become a safeguarding issue that requires us to take further action.

I regret to inform you we will no longer be hosting Mother’s Day & Father’s Day lunches for parents/aunts/uncles/grandparents. When we first started our numbers on roll were much lower. However, as the school has grown, the number of people we now need to cater for has, unfortunately, become unmanageable.

Parents are most welcome to come and have lunch with their children throughout the year. It might be that you want to have lunch with your child on a special occasion, such as a birthday or a visit from a grandparent. If so, please let the office know the day before so arrangements can be made.

We are hoping to be able to introduce an annual outdoor family picnic to be held at lunchtime on Sports Day. This would mean families from both keystages could enjoy lunch with their children after or before watching the sports events.
Weather permitting, Sports Day this year is Thursday 7th June with KS2 in the morning and KS1 in the afternoon.

Mr Langford

Dear parents

I am delighted to announce that Beth Rowe has been appointed to the post of deputy headteacher at Pontesbury CE Primary School with immediate effect.

After a rigorous selection process from a very strong field of candidates, Mrs Rowe was the unanimous choice of the Governors.

Mrs Rowe has been with the school since September 2016 and knows exactly what it means to be a part of the Pontesbury community.

She is passionate about our school, and is committed to providing the best education possible for all the children at Pontesbury, helping them to develop and become the best that they can be.

I hope you will join me in congratulating her on her appointment, and in supporting her as she helps guide the school into a new and exciting future.

Mr Langford