As you are all aware, Mortimer Primary School is very lucky to have the support of South Tyneside’s Healthy Minds Team behind us. During these unusual times, the team have out together four mental health packs to support our families. Please find the links below.
16.4.20 Update
Dear all,
1. We remain open and waiting to welcome your key worker children.
2. Free school meal vouchers are making their way out to families. Please note that they are only for means tested families and not for everyone who receives universal free school meals.
3. We wait to hear the news of any extension to the lock down but staff are making plans to get new work out to you for after the Easter period. The BBC offering of lessons also start on Monday from Bitesize.
Please stay safe and if there is anything we can help with then just ask.
14.4.20 Free School Meal Vouchers
Dear all, the company issuing the free school meals vouchers have upgraded their systems over the weekend.
All vouchers have been fulfilled, so parents should start to receive their codes within the next day or two.
Please check your spam folders just in case.
Phone calls – We have a small team in school each day, so please only ring if absolutely necessary. The office is not manned.
14.4.20
I would just like to say a massive thank you to Domino’s Pizza from The Nook, who have generously fed our staff working as front-line staff to help front-line workers in keeping the country going over the Easter period. We are truly thankful to our staff who have continued to keep Mortimer open and a happy place to be!
A lovely gesture in these difficult times.
Stay safe.
We were blown away with how many pupils, parents and staff took part in our Easter Egg Event 2020. We are so proud of all your hard work.
Well done to all who took part!
6.4.20 Update 10:20 Free School Meal Vouchers
Following the latest news from the Government, we are processing free school meal vouchers as fast as we can.
You should receive an email in the next few days.
The website to sort this is in high demand so please be patient.
Thank you
5.4.20 Update Contents: Easter Childcare, Lunches, Additional Pupil Work and Letters to the Children
Dear all,
Easter
As we hit what would have been the Easter holidays, we remain id this new way of working. We will be open for child care for those key workers who need it. We will be one of the few schools, in South Tyneside, open over the Bank Holidays.
Good Friday – we will be open from 10am – 2pm. Please supply your own packed lunch.
Easter Monday – we will be open from 10am – 2pm. Please supply your own packed lunch.
There will be a new sign in sheet for the whole week in the main entrance. Please just initial under each day when you sign your child in and out.
There will be no Facebook event. If you are unsure or suddenly need to use the childcare, please just turn up on the day. Feel free to drop me a message the day before so I can update the team for that day.
Google Classrooms won’t be manned by staff over the Easter two weeks. We are asking them to focus on their own families and health during this time. I will continue to check into the Facebook page and to my messages but not as frequently. Thank you for supporting this.
Lunches
For children using the child care in the next two weeks, please keep Parent Pay topped up if you plan to take a school packed lunch. You are more than welcome to bring your own.
Free School Meals – packed lunches being collected will continue for now. The office is working on the voucher scheme which should start after Easter. You will be contacted directly about this.
Additional Pupil Work
Staff will release extra work after these two weeks (if still closed). Most will find this on Google Classroom whilst Key Stage 1 will have new work posted out. Please continue to exercise your own judgement to support your child academically and for their mental wellbeing.
Letters to the Children
As some of the pupils don’t have access to their class teacher, letters will be posted to the Facebook page and school website across next week. Where staff have access they may respond to any comments left, else any comments will be passed to the teacher by other means. We hope this helps continue relationships and support your children.
Stay safe!
