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Walkley's got Talent!

Fri 16 Dec 2022 Mr Wallis

What an amazing day watching the Walkley children perform their talent to an engaged and appreciative audience. Congratulations to all the children who performed. Here are some pictures of the fabulous event.

A Big Thank you from everyone at Walkley Primary

Fri 16 Dec 2022 Mr Wallis

This morning’s Talent show has confirmed what I have seen in abundance this school year from your wonderful children. Not just an array of talent, but care and attention to detail, dedication and resilience to perfect performance. The quality of children’s efforts has been amazing.

What is very clear as well, and something that is so befitting of the culture and ethos of Walkley Primary, is the respect and encouragement the children are receiving from the pupils in the audience. They are so appreciative of each other and enjoying celebrating each other’s’ achievements.

It’s been a wonderful week in school, following on from 6 fantastic shows last week and a special Christmas Fair organised with such important help from our parents and friends of Walkley. I’m sure many of you will have seen the confidence and expressive ability of our pupils’ performances. Also, this week we have welcomed Father Christmas to Walkley, delivering presents for the pupils to share in class. when asked by Santa what they could give to others for Christmas your children showed they truly understand what a Golden Citizen is by replying that they could give ‘a hug’, ‘friendliness’, ‘joy’ and ‘love’. It’s fair to say Santa was very moved by the welcome he got from the pupils and staff, and for the warmth that he felt on his journey around the classes.

For children to develop these special traits of kindness in their actions and words, takes everyone working together and so, as we do in assembly, I would like to offer my thanks to you our parents and carers with a very big WHOOSH, as well as a great big YEE HA! To our fabulous staff and of course the children, who are undoubtedly what makes this school so special. Let’s give them a SUPER HERO!

If you are celebrating Christmas over the holidays, may it be very merry and I wish us all a healthy and happy new year.

Yours sincerely

Mr Wallis

Father Christmas has been to town

Thu 15 Dec 2022 Mr Wallis

What a wonderful visit we've received today from Father Christmas. He had a lovely time visiting all the classes in school, handing out presents for the children to share.

Carols on the playground and lantern making

Mon 12 Dec 2022 Mr Wallis

Oh what a wonderful evening we have had making lanterns to shine light on our carols on the playground get-together. Thank you to all the parents and staff that braved the cold and sing songs together. Culminating of course in a very special rendition of 12 days of Christmas.

Procedures for Adverse Weather

Mon 12 Dec 2022 Mr Wallis

In response to the first fall of snow this winter, we would like to clarify our policy in the event of adverse weather so that you are clear about our expectations and procedures.

As a general rule, unless extreme weather conditions persist, you can assume that we will open, and remain open. We will do this both in order to provide education for the children and for the convenience of parents who themselves need to get to work. In the rare event that we decide to close the school on Health and Safety grounds, we will send a text as soon as possible, update the home page of the school website and notify the local authority and radio stations.

It may be that some of our staff who live a distance from the school, have difficulty in reaching us on time for the start of the school day: if this happens, it may well result in some disruption to the normal timetable. Staff do, however, make every effort to be here on time.

It is helpful if you do not telephone school to find out if we are open. Doing this ties up a member of staff to answer a busy phone line at a time when we need to be planning and preparing for the day. If there is a decision not to open, you will be sent a text, it will be announced on local radio and will appear on the banner of our website. If we have not contacted you to say school is closed, assume we are open as normal.

School could close during the course of the school day. In the extreme case, due to health and safety reasons, we have to make the decision to close school early, again you will be contacted by text. There will always be supervision of children until the end of the normal school day.

It would be helpful if you do not collect your child early on a snowy day (unless we have contacted you to say that school is closing early) as it can be very disruptive for the class as a whole if children are taken out of class. Please only consider this in extreme circumstances. If we need to close early we will contact you by text message.

If you normally collect your child from school and are unable to get here, then it is helpful if you can make arrangements with another parent. Do contact school to let us know your plans if you need to do this. Equally, if you will be late, and are unable to make arrangements for someone else to come, please telephone to let us know and we will provide safe accommodation inside the building until you arrive.

We do understand that some parents, especially those who do not live within easy walking distance, may feel that it is unsafe to try to get children to school. We also understand, if the weather is unusually extreme you may decide to be at home with your child. In these situations, please make your own decision with the best interests of Health and Safety and the needs of your individual child in mind.

In terms of children at play, the snow can certainly encourage imaginative play; we sometimes allow outdoor play if deemed safe to do so, but only for children wearing suitable, preferably waterproof, boots and a coat, hat and gloves. A spare pair of indoor shoes/PE pumps is desirable. To keep everyone safe, we do not allow any snowballing or kicking of snow. The children are not to make slides on snow or ice.

We hope this information is helpful to clarify our policy and we hope for snowy weekends rather than weekdays!

Golden Award Winners 9th and 16th December 2022

Mon 12 Dec 2022 Mr Wallis

Congratulations to all our award winners this week We have seen two sets of certificates handed out today:

Awarded for Week 5th to the 9th of December - click here

Awarded for Week 12th to the 16th of December - click here

Thank you for joining us at the Christmas Fair. You raised:

Fri 09 Dec 2022 Mr Wallis

drum roll please.........................................................................

£1,489.36

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT

This money has been added to the School Fund pot of money collected over the previous in school events. We will be using this money to secure and enhance the Forest School area and external play provision in school. More details on the plans and process moving forward will be shared in the new year.

A Wonderful Walkley Christmas Fair

Mon 05 Dec 2022 Mr Wallis

What a wonderful time we had on Friday at the Christmas Fair, so marvellously organised by the Friends and Staff of Walkley Primary School. There was so much to do at the fair, all our favourites were there: The Jar Tombola, The Christmas Pudding Game, Name the Polar Bear, Toy stalls, Christmas Jumper stall, Lucky Dip and Reindeer food stall. Also this year you could get a temporary tattoo and play the 'Name the Staff Baby Photo Game'. As always, Father Christmas was visited by many children and this year, refreshments were taken in Gruffalos classroom.

Also on Friday evening our traditional Christmas Hamper raffle took place and the results are as follows....

1st Prize - Drinks Hamper - Pink 441
2nd Prize - Food Hamper - White 80
3rd Prize - Children's Goodies Hamper - Pink 430
4th Prize - £25 Atkinsons Vouchers - Pink 239
5th Prize - Christmas Festival of Music Tickets - Pink 439

6th Prize - Kensington Lead Crystal Champagne Glasses & a Bottle of Fizz - White 30

To claim your prize

Bring your winning raffle ticket to the school office to claim your prize.

Guess the Walkley Staff Baby

The winning score was 11/20. Prize to be delivered to the winner to take home after school today.

Guess the Polar Bears Name

The Polar Bear's name is …Lulu.

Lulu will be delivered to the winning child to take home after school today.