Film Club
Written on January 27, 2010 – 4:00 pm | by Mr Heap
AN exciting new club is about to start very soon. To see you are part of it and for more information look under the creativity part of the website.
Written on January 27, 2010 – 4:00 pm | by Mr Heap
Assembly – Monday 18th January
Written on January 18, 2010 – 10:51 am | by mcooke
The aim of today’s assembly was to think about our behaviour in class and how it affects everyone else. We need to encourage all of us to think before we speak, or take action that we might later regret.
I would like your suggestions about things we can do before we speak such as counting to 10. Please leave your comments.
January Newsletter
Written on January 12, 2010 – 2:41 pm | by mcooke
January Newsletter
A very Happy New Year to all our families and thank you for making your way to school in difficult conditions.
New staff
We would like to welcome Janet Howard and Carl Matthews to the Plymouth Grove team. Janet is our new school business manager and Carl will be teaching in Year 4/3. We hope they will be very happy at our school.
Snow disruption
As you are all aware the snow has caused massive disruption over the last few days and I thank you for your understanding over having to close the school. There were a number of factors that I had to take into consideration when making the decision, including; the ability of staff to be able to get to school as many have lengthy journeys to make, the safety of staff and pupils when in school and the effectiveness of our heating system. I also wanted to give parents as much notice as possible in order to make alternative arrangements. We only have cleared key areas as we have to be able to manage our grit supplies.
If these situations arise again the school blog, www.plymouthgrove.net will always contain up to date information and we always inform local radio stations. On the Monday and the Tuesday we tried to phone as many parents as possible to inform them of the school closure. There was a number of occasions when the telephone numbers were incorrect. Please can you make sure that you keep the school up to date with any changes in contact details.
MC 10
Monday- OPEN as normal
Written on January 11, 2010 – 8:26 am | by mcooke
School open on Friday 8th January
Written on January 7, 2010 – 11:34 am | by mcooke
I am pleased to announce that school will be open tomorrow. We have only been able to open the front entrance on Plymouth Grove West due to the amount of snow that needed to be cleared. Please can you make sure that your children have suitable footwear and clothing when coming to school. We will not be allowing the children out at playtime and lunchtime due to the extreme cold. Please take extra care when coming to school due to the icy conditions.
School closed on Thursday 7th January
Written on January 6, 2010 – 2:56 pm | by mcooke
School will be closed on Thursday 7th January. I apologise for the further inconvenience that this causes children and parents but we have been unable to clear any of the snow, or grit any of the paths. The school has also been unable to receive any food deliveries for the school dinners. We are making every effort to have this work completed by Friday. Once again, please accept my apologies.
Snow update
Written on January 6, 2010 – 11:12 am | by mcooke
Although the snow has now stopped falling we are faced with the problem of staff who travel from all areas of Greater Manchester being able to get to school. Until the travel conditions improve we will have to close the school until further notice. Please can you pass this message on to any friends or relatives who might not have internet access.
If you log onto your child’s class blog some teachers are beginning to set some work to prepare children for the new term.
School closed due to snow- open again on Thursday
Written on January 5, 2010 – 10:25 am | by mcooke
Unfortunately, due to the snow, school will be closed on Tuesday 5th January and Wednesday 6th January. The heating engineers have been unable to get to school and so we will open again on Thursday 7th January. Apologies for the inconvenience. Please continue to read the blog for updates.
Heating problem
Written on January 4, 2010 – 4:52 pm | by mcooke
Unfortunately we have had to close the school on Tuesday 5th January due to problems with the heating. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience. We will be open as normal on Wednesday 6th January.
More national attention.
Written on November 20, 2009 – 9:50 pm | by Mr Heap
The excitment generated from the recent Big School Makeover continues. The children are now regularly enjoying the new spaces and the national news are still writing about the changes that are happening at PG!
Have a look at these links.
The Big School Makeover Plymouth Grove Case Study
http://www.bigschoolmakeover.org.uk/_webapp_142700/Manchester
The Times Educational Supplement article printed nationally
