Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Year 6 Graduation Project
Tue 30 Jun 2020Good afternoon,
We have arranged an amazing graduation project to celebrate your child’s time at Burford. We would like all Year 6 children to be involved in the video production which we will be working on this week and next. Please check the Year 6 page on Class Dojo where Mrs Rogers has posted a message and a YouTube link to give you more information. Please make sure that you check the page daily to keep up to date with what we need your child to do for each stage of the movie production.
Many thanks
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Year 2, 3 and 4 returning back to school
Tue 30 Jun 2020Hello everyone,
I should have mentioned a couple of things when I posted earlier today. The first thing is, when we plan for children in school from now on, we will be following the updated government guidance that says desks should be one metre, rather than two metres, apart.
The other thing to mention is we are really keen to see all children, face to face, before the end of term. In fact, it is a trust expectation this happens. There are a number of ways this will happen, which I list below:
Your child comes to school.
If you feel it is unsafe for your child to come to school, could you ensure they join the weekly Zoom meeting with their classmates.
Bring your child to collect their report (details to follow).
A home visit if all the above options fail.
Take care,
Mr Farrington
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Year 2, 3 and 4 returning back to school
Mon 29 Jun 2020Morning everyone,
We are hoping to welcome back our pupils from years 2, 3 and 4 before the end of term. The first step in planning for that is establishing how many children from these year groups will attend. Mrs Flowers will be sending a text to the parents in years 2.3 and 4 today asking for a simple yes or no answer to the question of whether you would like your child to come back to school. The cut off point for an answer will be 11am on Wednesday 1st July. This will allow us to plan for the w/c 6th July.
As always, I will keep you informed of our plans as soon as they are finalised.
Mr Farrington
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Planning for w/c 22nd June 2020
Thu 18 Jun 2020Afternoon everyone,
We have completed the planning for next week. Mrs Flowers will ring the parents of those children whose times will change next week, or are returning for the first time. If you do not hear from her, that means your child's times remain the same.
Stay safe.
Mr Farrington
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FSM vouchers
Wed 17 Jun 2020Afternoon everyone,
I want to clarify some issues that are arising in terms of Free School meal vouchers. School has been informed that if a child attends school, and is entitled to free school meals, they must have a meal in school. They are not entitled to a voucher if the family chooses to send them with a packed lunch.
Children are entitled to the voucher if they attend school for part of the week. For example, many of our children are currently attending school for four days a week. They would therefore be entitled to one voucher a week.
If you would like any guidance on FSM vouchers, please contact Zoe.Flowers@burford.nottingham.sch.uk
Mr Farrington
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Update on welcoming F1, F2 and Year 5 children back to school
Mon 15 Jun 2020Hi everyone,
I hope you’ve all had a good weekend.
As promised, I will try to keep you ‘in the loop’ as much as possible regarding our plans for wider re-opening. As always, these plans are very much provisional and subject to change. As you know, we welcomed back our Y6 pupils on the 8th June. This proved to be a great success and allowed us to bring forward our re-opening plans for our Y1 pupils. Our Y1 pupils will join us on Thursday 18th June. If this goes well, we hope to welcome back our F1 and F2 pupils on Monday 29th June. Eight parents in F1 have indicated that they would like their child to return on the 29th. Eight parents in F2 have done the same. We will plan with these numbers in mind unless told otherwise (parents have until 11am on Wednesday 24th June to change their mind). Mrs Flowers will contact these sixteen parents tomorrow to establish if they still want their child to return to school.
We also plan to welcome back our Y5 pupils on the 6th July. That will mean our Y6 pupils returning to learning from home (Ms Chapleo has lots of exciting plans in place for these children and will no doubt tell you soon). Mrs Flowers will be ringing our Y5 parents tomorrow to get an indication of how many children will be returning.
I hope that the information above gives you some clarity on school’s provisional plans for the next few weeks.
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Important Update about PGL.
Mon 15 Jun 2020Unfortunately, PGL has been cancelled for September 2020. Please see the parent/carer letter in the Newsletter section of the website for a full update.
Thank you,
Mr Farrington
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Updated Privacy Notice - Transform Trust Coronavirus
Fri 12 Jun 2020
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Year 1 returning Thursday 18th June 2020
Fri 12 Jun 2020Hello everyone,
Our wider opening to Y6 has gone really well this week and has been as close to seamless as I could have wished for. As things have gone so well, the senior leadership team and I have decided to bring forward the date for when we welcome back our Y1 children to the Thursday 18th June. All the plans are in place to make that a success and have been agreed with the trust. Mrs Flowers is in the process of ringing those parents affected.
If your child has been in school this week, Mrs Flowers will only ring you if your child's times have changed for next week (most have not).
Can I assure you that, as we have done with the return of our Y6 children, we will constantly review our procedures to ensure all our children, and staff, are as safe as possible.
Have a great weekend.
Shaun
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Collection times
Thu 11 Jun 2020Hello everyone,
I appreciate some of you have children who finish at slightly different times because of our staggered finish to the day. To ensure all our children are as safe as possible, and so they get the most out their time in school, we will dismiss them at the time their class finishes. I realise this might mean some parents having to wait a short time but please bear with us.
Mr Farrington
