Welcome to a new year at Mortimer Primary – 31.8.21

Dear parents/carers,

We hope you have enjoyed the summer break and made the most of your children’s time away from school. School reopens to pupils on Monday 6^th September.

The start of term is just around the corner and we have many key points to communicate with you before welcoming your children back to Mortimer Primary School.

Included in this newsletter:

1. School building work
2. Access to school
3. Lunches
4. School timings

1. School building work

Improvements and essential maintenance to the school roof began just before closing for the summer. Work was fully on schedule until five active sparrow nests were found. Under the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981, the building work cannot continue until the nests are deemed no longer active. The impact of this delay is detailed below.

2. Access to school

With work delayed, the school has a large section of fencing to ensure Health & Safety is met.

As you can see, the front of school is affected, but all entrance points are safe and able to be used. The school car park and turning circle will be closed to parents during both morning and afternoon peak times until further notice. The yellow barrier will be closed. We ask that you allow additional time for your journey and park considerately for local residents.  

3. Lunches

The roof area above the school kitchen is affected by the delay. As a result, we will be unable to offer hot lunch options (definitely for the 1^st week). The options available on Parent Pay reflect this. We are working hard to secure some hot accompaniments eg roast potatoes etc. Parents are welcome to send packed lunches with their child if they prefer.

Some parents may have already chosen a hot meal option for next week before the current issues. If parents can edit their choices for next week, as no hot options will be available.

Lunch options need to be selected by the Wednesday before the week in question via Parent Pay.

4. School Timings

With COVID restrictions lifted, we plan to operate our school day as follows.

Reception – Please note the morning timing is slightly different to that presented at the school meetings.

KS1 – Parents will not have access to the yard on a morning as again pupils will be greeted by a staff member at the gate. At the end of the day, we ask that Year 2 parents allow year 1 parents to be near the front of the yard to speed up pick up. Year 2 parents can then move forward to collect.

KS2 – we have staggered upper and lower KS2 leaving times to alleviate congestion.

We hope that this provides the key points to the start of this new school year. We will continue to share updates via email, text, school website and our Facebook page. All queries should be directed to the school office.

Many thanks

Mrs Cunningham – Head Teacher

Mortimer Primary School

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