School open as normal today. Take care on your journey in.

Miss Richardson has been busy searching for suitable venues for a residential visit for our Year 6s
after SATs. We like to try different options each year and this year she has chosen Ford Castle in
Northumberland. To give you more information, we would like to invite Year 6 parents and children to
an information session at 5.30pm on Tuesday February 5th. We hope that you are able to join us.

School are collecting clothing (without school logos) to support FOMS and the Fire Fighters Charity.

If you have any unwanted adults or children’s clothing such as coats, trousers, paired shoes, bags or belts etc please bring your clothing in any bag to school for collection on Thursday 28th February.

Thank you.

On Tuesday 15th January, Dr Greenwell shared the details of the upcoming Space Camp, including information about the sleepover for years 3 and 4.  The powerpoint that was used can be downloaded here.SpaceCamp_Parents_Presentation website

Friends of Montalbo School are meeting on Tuesday 22nd January at 5pm in school. One of the
things we will be discussing and arranging is the Valentine’s Disco. If you would like to join us we
would love a few more members!

Due to our school extension, we are looking to employ a cleaner for 10 hours per week (2 hours per day). Further information is attached.

Pre-Employment Health Declaration DCC Application form Cleaner Person specification Cleaner Job Description Cleaner Advert Application Form Guidance Notes (March 2015)

I know that the children enjoy looking at the new club lists and making their choices. Each half term we try to blend popular traditional clubs with some new ones and I am pleased that we have managed to arrange taekwondo, design and technology and engineering this half term. Some of the clubs require more careful supervision and are limited in number so make your choices as early as possible!

A reminder that the parents/carers of children in Year 3 and Year 4 are invited to a meeting in school on Tuesday 15th January at 5.30pm to find out more about the upcoming Space Camp.

A reminder that Spring term starts today, Tuesday 8th January. We look forward to seeing you all today.

I for one am looking forward to February when all of the classes will be in the right places! We have
moved so much furniture around this school over the past couple of years and it will be nice to have
settled and familiar spaces. Once this is done, we can turn our attentions to other improvements.
One change that I imagine will be popular with parents and that we have been planning for a while, is
the introduction of Parent Pay which is a way of paying for all school bills online such as school
lunches, clubs or educational visits. As we are moving the school office and the difficulties with IT and
phone lines, this will start in April 2019 to coincide with the new financial year. Information about how
this system works will be sent out nearer the time.
We have many new ideas to develop our curriculum that I will share in the new year. To give you a
flavour, we are going to have a Space Camp in the school hall and we are fortunate to have access to
some amazing space related resources like a large telescope and expertise to support us. We are
aiming to achieve a Space Mark science award and I look forward to informing you of the different
activities nearer the time. On another note, I have set most of the teachers a local history challenge
which will be a great project for our children and hopefully for the town.