Welcome back everyone, I hope that you all had an enjoyable half term break.

What a fantastic day it has been today – we have all loved celebrating World Book Day.  It was lovely to see some many of you coming into school this morning to share a book with your child(ren) and the teachers have all enjoyed switching classrooms to read a favourite story to a different year group.  Each child has been given a book token that can be redeemed at a range of retailers (www.worldbookday.com/participating-retailers), with many exciting books on offer.

This is going to feel like a very short, yet busy, term with only 4 weeks remaining.  Please be advised that our spring parent consultation evenings are taking place before we break up for Easter and the bookings are now open on the SchoolZine App.  These bookings will close on Friday 17^th March.

Best wishes,
Lucy Collins

The Stars of the Week for week ending 3rd March:

We have been taking lots of photos of all the trips, visits and events our school children have taken part in.  We love to take photographs or video clips of your children having learning experiences at school. 

We havent been able to share all of these with you as we still do not have updated permissions on file for a lot of the children (you may recall we have changed how we capture permissions).  

Here's the form should you wish to review the photograph permissions for your child:

FORM: Photograph Permissions

My name is Ms Sidhu, 

Having worked at Linden Primary School for over 20 years, I am now the founder of my own business Draw to Explore.

My practice supports clients with a non-cognitive therapeutic method which is recommended by CAMHS. It is currently being used very successfully with children within my pastoral role at school.

Below are the details of the service I provide, please do not hesitate to contact me if you require any further information or wish to make a booking.

Email: [email protected]

Important Reminder

We must remind you that access to the school is required at all times and would ask that you do not park across the gates.  This is especially important outside normal hours during drop off or collection from activity clubs, breakfast and after school care.  We have had several incidences where staff could not get in or out of the car park.

Telephone and Email

Please may we remind you that if the school phones absence line is recording you may get a busy tone or no tone at all – the lines aren’t down, but please do try again.

If you are emailing the school please be reminded that the school office can be very busy and emails will be replied to as soon as is possible.  If the matter is urgent, please do ring the school office on 01452 527020.

Message from the HAF Team:

We would like to give every eligible family the opportunity to experience the fantastic support available from the Holiday Activities and Food programme, so making sure they're HAF ready when booking opens on 16 March is really important to us.

Previously, most activity bookings have been taken up in the first few days of bookings going live and we don't want any families to miss out.

We'd really appreciate you sharing details of the HAF programme with parents as soon as possible. It is available for children who receive benefits related free school meals and are in reception to year 11.

kind regards,

The HAF team

We have space for 10 adults to join us for this Spring Crafts Workshop.  Please call the school office 01452 527020 to book.

We have space for 10 adults to join us for this CV Writing Workshop. We cannot accommodate children.  Please call the school office 01452 527020 to book.

We have space for 10 adults to join us for this Family First Aid Taster Session.  There will be a creche but spaces are strictly limited to 6.  Please call the school office 01452 527020 to book.

We have our own Facebook page now!

Please find the link to join the school's Facebook page (users can't view the group's content until they become a member which school have to authorise):

https://www.facebook.com/groups/lindenprimaryhub/?ref=share_group_link

(Please ensure you answer ALL the questions - if you miss any we cannot add you) 

We are always looking for people to get involved.  Without our wonderful volunteers, we are unable to arrange and run the projects and events.  Please get in touch if you would like to find out more at [email protected] 

Friends of Linden