Friday 6th June
Good evening,
I trust that you have all had a lovely week – we have in Longnor!
Our new term has started with a new value of focus. We’ve thought about ‘Truthfulness’ in our assemblies. This week we thought about the importance of seeing and hearing the whole story so that we understand the full picture. We used images on Explorify (STEM) to try to work out the images to think about the importance of seeing the whole picture.
We’ve also thought about our new learning behaviour of ‘Be Courageous’. Together, we thought about what it means to be courageous in our learning. We thought it meant:
- Not giving up
- Using resources to help ourselves if we’re stuck
- Challenging ourselves to complete tricky work
Well done to those that were recognised in achievement assembly this week:
- Little Owls:
- Jack for his brilliant writing about his holiday.
- Ellyann for writing her name carefully.
- Miles for his brilliant maths.
- Kestrels:
- Zach for showing wonderful respect.
- Rohan for using fantastic sentence openers.
- James for making excellent progress in his maths and English.
- Merlins:
- Toby E for his fantastic progress in swimming.
- Betsy for her positive approach to all learning.
- Eagles:
- Ava-May for excellent perseverance in her arithmetic.
- Polly for her amazing writing using exciting sentences.
- A thank you to Hannah and Megan for making individual bracelets for Little Owls.
- Miss Arthur for creating fantastic inspiring activities for Kestrels.
We hope that you all have a lovely weekend.
Mrs L. Edgerton
Longnor Flower Festival
Lawley Leap Meeting
Please could the team organising the Lawley Leap meet next Thursday at 8:30pm.
Link for meeting.
Dates for the diary – Summer Term
Relationship and Sex Education
Please see the attached letter that was sent out on Monday. Lessons will commence next week.
RHSE Letter 25
Parents have the right to withdraw their children from the sex education element of the curriculum, but not the relationship, science or health education curriculum. The DfE have produced a leaflet for parents “understanding relationship and health education in your child’s school: primary” www.gov.uk .
If you have any concerns about the programme for your child, we are available to discuss these and the implications of withdrawal with you. We can also highlight resources and books so that you can discuss these important issues with your child.
Please see our school website for the knowledge overview for RSE.
Lawley Leap Volunteers
Thank you to everyone who has volunteered so far for helping on the day with the Leap, we are still short of around 5 people to marshal the actual course. The majority of it will be self checking but we still need a few people dotted along the course on certain points to ensure safety and completion. If you are interested or need any more information please let Tina Aljan know.
We also need a handful of volunteers to man stalls during our mini fete, so far we are running:
- BBQ stall
- Cake/Refreshment stand
- Raffles table
- Teddy Tombola
- Bouncy castle
If you have a preference for a stall please let me know asap, otherwise it’ll be the covetable task of getting mobbed on the Teddy Tombola stall!
Job Vacancy at Longnor School – Cook in Charge – Please share!
I hope you all agree that new school dinners have been a real hit with our children (and staff!) and the uptake has been consistently high. In order to maintain these standards we really need to find an additional cook for two days a week. Please can you help us by sharing this advert with your family and friends. Thank you 😊
Cook in Charge required
Grade 5, SCP: 6-7, £13.05-13.26 per hour
Required ASAP
Fixed term until 31st March 2026, in the first instance
The candidate’s hours will consist of the following:
10 hours per week
8.30am-1.30pm 2 days a week, term time only + 2 PD days
Longnor C.E. Primary School is a small, friendly, highly successful village school with a distinct ethos.
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and skilled Cook in Charge to work under the guidance of the headteacher to support the school in the delivery of a good quality catering service using high standards of food hygiene/handling and safe working practices are used along with the promotion of the meal service.
Ideally, the successful candidate will:
- Have a Catering NVQ Level 2 or have completed training of a similar standard
- Be a team player
- Be able to support the Christian ethos of the school
The school can offer:
- The opportunity to work with experienced, committed and enthusiastic staff
- An ethos that promotes exciting ways of learning
Closing Date: Sunday 30th March 2025
Interview Date: Week commencing 31st March 2025
Job Description Cook in Charge
Person specification – Cook in Charge
Cook in charge advert
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and online search. It is an offence to apply for this role if barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
For further information and an application pack contact the school office on 01743 718493 or email admin@longnorschool.co.uk
The Lawley Leap
To encourage Longnor families to join in our first ever Leap event, we are offering a 20% discount with code ‘littleowls20’ via our bookings system on https://www.trybooking.com/uk/ENRK
This code is for a limited time only so please book early to avoid disappointment! As always if you have any questions regarding this event please don’t hesitate to reach out to a member of the School Circle or the school office about it.
Summer Popcorn and PJ Party
Tickets are now available on ParentPay. £6.00 per child which includes a hot dog, popcorn and drink. On screen entertainment will be provided and will run for approximately 1.5 hours.
Children can be left under our supervision, nursery children and younger siblings are also welcome to attend but will need to be accompanied by a responsible adult for the duration.
Mats will be set up in the hall but you are welcome to bring your own cushions and beanbags, PJ’s are optional but fun!
Dorrington Youth Club
