Dear parents,

Due to a change of circumstances, Miss Graham will leave Pontesbury CE Primary School. We would like to formally thank her for all she has done for the school in her time here.

Miss Glover and Miss Manna will lead the class from Tuesday 30^th November until the end of the term. Both teachers have worked in our school in the recent weeks (Miss Glover taught the class earlier in the term) and are familiar with our pedagogical approaches and long-term planning of the curriculum.

Miss Lewis and Mrs Green will continue to work in the class and will assist the class in continuing their learning journey and progression through the year.

I apologise but we have not had a chance to talk to the class about this yet however, Mr Langford will discuss this with them on Monday.

Many thanks for your understanding.

Mr Lowrie-Herz

Dear year 4 parents

Unfortunately, Mrs Gwyther continues to be absent form school and, during her absence, we are striving to minimise any disruption for the children as much as possible. I am pleased to inform you therefore that Mrs Glover, a highly experienced teacher, will be covering the class on Mondays, Tuesdays and alternate Wednesdays. Consistent cover for the end of the week will be arranged as soon as possible.

If there are any questions about the situation please do not hesitate to contact me or catch Mrs Glover at the beginning or end of the day.

Mr Langford

UPDATE:  Cover for the end of each week in Room 6 will be provided by Mrs Parry (a regular supply teacher here at PPS) and Mrs Taplin.

Next week Year 4 will be having PE on Thursday instead of Monday. So please send children into school wearing their uniform on Monday and PE kits on Thursday.

Miss Roberts

As you will be aware Mrs Gwyther has been absent from school for the last few days and the class has been covered by supply teachers and Mr Langford.
During the period of Mrs Gwyther’s absence we are ensuring the disruption to the children’s education will be as minimal as possible, especially considering the turmoil of the last year.

If any parents have any day to day concerns, please contact me through the usual channels.
Mr Langford

We are going to do a Show and Tell Teams meeting on Tuesday at 11am. We are looking forward to seeing you all!

Mr Boffey is going to be doing a live maths lesson on Wednesday and Thursday at 9am.

Following on from Mr Langford’s home learning information, we are going to try to set up a live lesson on Thursday at 9:15am. Mr Boffey, a teacher who is currently working in Room 2 with Mrs Davies and Mrs Hilditch, will be introducing himself and taking a maths lesson.

In order for this to go ahead the following things need to be put in place.

1. The children need to have their school email set up. Mrs Andrew’s has created a video in order to help with this. It is on the School News page.
2. The children need to know their email address and password. They have used them before to log into the Chromebooks. The email address is something like: 16Surname.A@pontesbury.shropshire.sch.uk.  Please email me if your child does not remember it.
3. The meeting takes place via Microsoft Teams.
4. When a meeting is set up a link goes to the children’s email account. They can click on the link in the email and accept. They would then need to open up Teams and access the calendar tab at the side. The children need to click on the meeting to join.