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Head for a Day 2022

Fri 15 Jul 2022 FRJS

Today, one of our Y6 children called Charlie has been our Headteacher.

Charlie won the recent election for the post and today he put his ideas into place.

Today the children have worn non uniform and given to the Shelterbox charity, had a 'no pen day' and been allowed to swap playgrounds. On top of that, he was kind enough to give an ice pop to every child and staff member.

Charlie has been an excellent Head and he should be very proud of the way he has organised a wonderful day for the school.

We are looking forward to next year already!!

Latest Covid Advice

Wed 20 Apr 2022 FRJS

Government advice about Covid changed at the start of this term.

It is not recommended that children and young people are tested for COVID-19 unless directed to by a health professional.
Children and young people with mild symptoms such as a runny nose, sore throat, or slight cough, who are otherwise well, can continue to attend their education setting.
Children and young people who are unwell and have a high temperature should stay at home and avoid contact with other people, where they can. They can go back to school, college or childcare, and resume normal activities when they no longer have a high temperature and they are well enough to attend.
If a child or young person has a positive COVID-19 test result they should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 3 days after the day they took the test, if they can.
Adults (including school staff) are still advised to stay at home for 5 days after they have given a positive test.

The full guidance can be found on the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/people-with-symptoms-of-a-respiratory-infection-including-covid-19

I know that this is another change in guidance that has been hard to follow at times and I would like to thank you for your patience and support throughout this difficult period.

Please contact school in the usual ways if you have any questions.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mr Antell

Two Important Things

Wed 05 Jan 2022 FRJS

We have enjoyed welcoming the children back to school this morning and everyone has settled into their classroom routines again.

I have two important messages to share.

Firstly, we have started to spend our Covid catch up funding at the start of this term. The money is not huge and we have tried to target it at areas where children have shown gaps.

In Year 5 and 6 we are supporting maths by reducing class size. There are 6 maths groups in both of these years and we have organised them based on need. Most children are still with their class teacher, but a small number who are thriving with maths are being taught in 2 classes taken by Miss Gibbons and Mrs Norton.

In Year 4 we have created one extra maths group and in Year 3 an extra English group. Again, the children who are coming out of class are achieving well and we are looking to support them whilst leaving the class teacher with the majority of the children.

Children have started to attend these this morning and they may come home talking about them. We will contact families with details of this in the next few days, but we want to see how they settle before we make final decisions.

Please be assured that children have NOT been moved because they have a problem or we have a concern.

There will also be some very small group tuition for Y6 maths each afternoon. Again, once this has settled, we will contact the families concerned with the full details.

Secondly, please be aware of an inappropriate video that is circulating on social media. School firewalls will keep it out, but the video apparently shows an adult causing harm to himself and is quite distressing. I believe it is on TikTok, Twitter and other platforms.

If you child uses social media, you will want to make sure they are safe from seeing this video.

Remember, we always have up to date information about online safety on our school website.

Online Safety

Thank you,

Mr Antell

Hampers and Christmas Stars

Mon 13 Dec 2021 FRJS

As you will know, our School Council have been very busy.

They have organised Christmas hampers for 16 local care homes with the help of our local Rotary Club. Each hamper had lots of goodies along with the handmade Christmas stars which all of the children have been creating over the past couple of weeks.

Here are some pictures of the hampers and stars being delivered by our children to the care homes. The messages from the parents about how gratefully received they were, have been lovely.

Safely delivered, residents and staff were really grateful.

My child thoroughly enjoyed dropping the hamper off. It was particularly special for us, because out of the 16 hampers you put together, you chose the hamper for the care home which her great grandma lived in before she passed away. As a family we couldn’t believe it when we saw the address.

Hamper delivered safely. They were thrilled with it and there were some tears. Such a lovely thing to do.

My child dropping off the hamper at Westcliffe Manor today....they were very surprised and extremely grateful! Great work FRJS.

This was such a simple thing to do, yet so effective, and we have definitely spread some Christmas cheer around Southport!

Christmas Tree Festival

Thu 02 Dec 2021 FRJS

Our school looks beautiful this Christmas. Every class has had a tree to decorate them and we have spread them round the corridors for everyone to enjoy.

The decorations have been made by the children and every tree looks wonderful. If you are coming into school next week for Parents' Evening you can see them for yourselves. If you have opted for Google Meet/Phone for your meetings, the photos attached will give you a good idea of how amazing they look.

We are very grateful to several companies who have paid for the trees and we would like to take the opportunity to thank them for their generosity:

QD Plumbing
Rigbys
Don Fraser Coaches
Green Inc Group
Grants Builders
Lixalls Hygiene

Arrangements for September 2021

Tue 31 Aug 2021 FRJS

Arrangements for the return to school on Thursday 2nd September can be found on this link:

Arrangements for Return to School Sept 2021

Head for a Day 2021

Wed 14 Jul 2021 FRJS

Today we had Issy and Harriet in charge as Headteachers for the Day.

We had a non uniform day, music in the canteen, a TTR Teacher Battle, fidget toys and ice lollies. What more do you want from a headteacher!!

The Headteachers even took a surprise phone call from somebody pretending to be a school inspector. Issy dealt with his question about homework very well, as you can hear on this link:

Issy and Harriet deal the inspectors!

The girls did an amazing job and they should be VERY proud of their achievement.

Have a look at the campaign videos on this link:

Head for a Day Campaign Videos

Love My Community 2021 - Queenscourt

Fri 28 May 2021 FRJS

We raised £400 for Queenscourt Hospice today when we joined in with other Southport Schools in the annual Love My Community Day.

We all wore rainbow colours to celebrate Queenscourt's 30th birthday and Queenie came for a visit too!

Thank you to everyone that made this possible.

SLP Beach Clean

Tue 23 Feb 2021 FRJS

‘Southport children working together when they are apart’

We are promoting a Southport Learning Partnership project in the coming weeks and you might like to take part in the coming days.

Usually the schools all work together on projects, but that has been harder in the past few months. However, this very simple plan could have a big impact on our local environment and we can do it inside
the current restrictions.

 The SLP Beach Clean will take place in February and March 2021
 Take a carrier bag and gloves to the beach as part of your daily exercise
 Make sure you keep to all of the current rules
 Fill the bag with rubbish that you find -
be careful to keep safe
 Take a selfie and send it to your school
 If you can, tweet the photo tagging @FRJSJun and @SouthportLP

Together, we can make a big difference by all doing a little bit!

Beach cleaning photos can be found below.