Friday Update from Mrs Meadus

Global Belly Laugh Day – 24 January

Our next Family Breakfast, on 24^th January, coincides with Global Belly Laugh Day. This day is all about connecting with each other through a good laugh and recognising how our sense of humour can help us through stressful times. With this in mind, if you have a good belly laugh (child-friendly!) joke you can share, please come along with it to the Family Breakfast. Mr Cawte has (been) volunteered to tell jokes to you all at the breakfast to get you all laughing and we’d like you to share your best jokes with us too.

Snow Day Procedures

We’re coming to the time of year when we start to get snow so it’s a good time to remind you about our Snow Day protocols.

If the school cannot open because it is not safe to do so, I will make that decision as soon as I can in the morning, usually before 7.30 am. (On rare occasions, I may have to make a decision later than that, for example if there’s little snow at 7.30 then a sudden blizzard at 8 am.) The school will inform parents if the school is not open via email AND text. Please do not call the school to ask as we will not be able to take your calls while we are managing the situation. We will always let Your Harrogate and Greatest Hits radio know if we are closing so you can check on their websites as well as listening online.

If the school needs to close during a school day due to the weather, we will communicate via email AND text to let you know. If you have given your child permission to walk home via the Arbor app then they will be allowed to walk home early from school (unless you call us to say otherwise).

Please make sure to keep your phones handy and check them frequently for messages from us on snowy days. We don’t do online learning on snow days, unless the school is shut for several days in a row.