Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school.

• Parents' Evening Survey

  Tue 15 Feb 2022
  Dear all. We'd really like your opinions on this week's Parents' Evenings, if you have a minute. We'll use your responses to continue to improve our Parents' Evenings as a part of ongoing school development. There's a short survey at the link here. Thank you if you're able to do this. It would help us a lot! 👍🙂

• Parents' Evening

  Tue 08 Feb 2022

  Parents Evenings are on Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th February. We are going to try holding them in school, with the following steps in place to help keep everyone as safe as possible:

   

  • You can book a 10-minute slot by emailing the teacher with the approximate time you would like to visit, and the teacher will reply with the exact time. You can also speak to the teacher at the end of the school day.
  • Please only enter the building using the entrance/exit shown on the map below and at the time of your appointment. We will leave a 5-minute gap between appointments to limit queues and groups of parents crossing over, and to enable parents to get between entrances if they have children in more than one class.
  • So that the 5-minute gap works, appointments will be limited to 10 minutes and we will have to be precise with the timings. The teacher will use a timer. Please don’t think that the teacher is being rude when the time is up, it’s just that they need to clear the classroom for the next appointment. If you wish to carry on the conversation, you are welcome to arrange a follow-up phone call – see below.
  • Children will take their books home on Friday 11th February to give you a chance to have a look at them. If they could bring them back on the morning of Monday 14th February that would be appreciated, as they will need to use them in school.
  • The teacher will be sitting away from parents at a different table.
  • Mask-wearing is at parents' and teachers' discretions.

  
  If you cannot make the Monday/Tuesday, or you do not feel that an in-person appointment is right for you at the moment, or you are running late for your appointment, you can email the teacher to arrange a phone call on a mutually convenient day and time:

   

  Class	Email address
  Mrs Hobson (Nursery)	nursery@codnor.derbyshire.sch.uk
  Miss Marshall (Reception)	pandabears@codnor.derbyshire.sch.uk
  Mrs Rogers (Reception/Y1)	koalabears@codnor.derbyshire.sch.uk
  Miss Wilson (Y1/2)	polarbears@codnor.derbyshire.sch.uk
  Miss Barton (Y2/3)	missbarton@codnor.derbyshire.sch.uk
  Miss Glavan (Y3/4)	missglavan@codnor.derbyshire.sch.uk
  Mr Buckle (Y4/5)	mrbuckle@codnor.derbyshire.sch.uk
  Mrs Goodburn (Y5/6)	mrsgoodburn@codnor.derbyshire.sch.uk
  Miss McKirdy (Y6)	missmckirdy@codnor.derbyshire.sch.uk

  

• Mental Health Week - Update

  Sun 06 Feb 2022
  Dear all. This week is Children's Mental Health Week. Here's a pic of our children having a story and hot chocolate outside around the fire pit. 🔥☕️ The week will finish with a non-uniform day on Friday 11th Feb (no money required, thanks) with the theme of 'dress to express' - clothing which helps children to feel comfortable or show something they enjoy doing.

   

  https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/

  

• Opening Information

  Mon 03 Jan 2022

  Dear all. First – Happy New Year! We hope you've had a lovely Christmas. There's still a while to go before we reopen, but just to let you know that we've updated our opening information which takes into account new government guidance sent to schools. To help you speed-read, new/substantial updates are marked with a *, as we're sure you’ve more enjoyable things to be doing! If you've any questions or need help, we're listening on opening@codnor.derbyshire.sch.uk. We'll be sure to let you know if there are any changes. Enjoy the rest of the holidays.

• Merry Christmas!

  Wed 22 Dec 2021

  Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you for all your brilliant support through 2021 - and here's to 2022! Have a lovely time, stay safe, and we're looking forward to seeing you in the new year. Remember you can email us at this address if you need any help. Best wishes.

  

• Christmas jumper day!

  Wed 08 Dec 2021

  Just to confirm that children are very welcome to come to school this Friday 10th December wearing their Christmas jumper as this is the official Christmas jumper day! This should be worn with their normal school uniform please and no donation of money is required. 

• The Weather (and allotment trip)

  Sun 28 Nov 2021

  Dear all. Well, it’s looking Christmassy outside already. ☃️ The good news from the MET and BBC is that they predict the snow will stop shortly. When the weather happens, we always try our best to stay open because we know how disruptive it can be to families’ routines when schools have to close. As always, if we cannot open for the sake of safety, we'll text parents when we've done a site inspection first thing in the morning. The information will also be on the front page of our website – that’s your first port of call. If you don’t hear anything via these routes, then we're open! 🙂

   

  Also, Miss Bartons class' visit to the allotments tomorrow will have to be postponed due to the weather, as they won't really be able to do/see anything.

• Online Safety

  Sun 31 Oct 2021

  Good morning, all. We hope you've had a lovely half term holiday - looking forward to seeing you tomorrow Just a quick one to signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has received some recent updates, to help you keep your little ones safe while they're using Internet-connected devices. See the link here, and we hope you find this helpful.

• Harvest 2021 - Videos!

  Mon 18 Oct 2021
  Here's a link (<-- click!) to our Harvest Festival page which we hope will bring you a smile! What brilliant children and families we have in our school community! The EYFS videos are lovely, and you can see the results of the Scarecrow Competition!

   

  As always, feel free to contact us at opening@codnor.derbyshire.uk if you want to get in touch or need any help. Have a wonderful half term, and thanks for all your support - and of course for judging the scarecrow competition! 292 votes with some close calls near the end! We hope you enjoy the videos.

• School Photos

  Fri 15 Oct 2021

  Our school photographer will be in school on Wednesday 3rd November to take individual photos of the children. If they have siblings in our nursery and school we will arrange for them to have photographs taken together during the school day. Unfortunately, due to covid infection rates, we cannot have family group photos with children not at our school, i.e. secondary school pupils. Our apologies for this, but we've got to prioritise our community's safety, and do everything we can to keep our classes open.