4 years ago
Posted on May 12, 2020 by Meg Cooke

New Survey Following Government Announcements

Dear Parents and Carers,

In light of the recent announcements by the Government, I am putting out a new survey to parents on parentmail today. I would appreciate it if you would look out for the survey and complete it by 5.00 pm today.

Thank you

4 years ago
Posted on May 6, 2020 by Meg Cooke

Well-Being Wednesday from Mrs Viner

Well-being Wednesday!

Hello 👋 everybody, how are you all doing?

This week I wanted to speak to you about routines. Since being at home, I’m sure you and your family have settled into your own routines, balancing home-learning with free-time. But unlike normally, when you would be able to also go outside more, you now have to occupy your days slightly differently. So I have attached below a “Plan the day”, template that you might like to print off or you could make your own.

https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/public/files/Publications/Covid-19_Resources/Resources_for_parents/Supporting_home_learning_routines_-_Planning_the_day.pdf

I don’t know about you, but I really like setting myself a daily goal to achieve by the end of the day! It gives me something to focus on and a great sense of achievement when I complete it! 👏

Now mine usually consist of cleaning my windows or mopping the floor 🙈 but I’m sure that you can come up with some fun and exciting things to do which I would love to hear about.

Looking forward to seeing you all soon!

Mrs Viner 😊

4 years ago
Posted on May 1, 2020 by Meg Cooke

A Collective Worship with Mrs Burns

Mrs Burns has prepared this lovely worship for us all. It is aimed at keeping us all connected whilst we are apart.

4 years ago
Posted on April 8, 2020 by Meg Cooke

A Message From Mrs Ball

We would like to thank all of our school community for how they have calmly continued their good work over the last few weeks; it has been a strange situation, however we have tried to give the pupils some continuity via the school website to post work that can be completed at home.

Some pupils, as you may know, have been in school as the children of Key Workers and/or vulnerable children. The government have asked all schools to stay open during the Easter break to continue to cater for Key Worker children and vulnerable children, where there is a need.

As no families currently require this facility at St John the Baptist CE Primary School, we will be closed during the Easter Holidays.

We will continue to take the appropriate government advice for provision following the Easter Holidays and will send out information regarding how to access this provision during the second week of the Easter holiday, to parents/carers.

We continue to provide food boxes, to those who normally access free school meals, through the Easter Holidays – the second delivery of these is due next Tuesday – if you think you should have received one of these or that your circumstances have changed and you now are in need of one of these, please call Mrs Ball on 07376 182556.

Should you have an urgent need for the school provision or food box to support your family then please call Mrs Ball 07376 182556. We will try and answer your query as quickly as possible.

We hope that you remain safe and happy during the Easter Holidays.

4 years ago
Posted on April 3, 2020 by Meg Cooke

Prayers for our School Community

Rev. Hannah Lins has sent this prayer to all the families and staff at Ruyton School. It is a beautiful prayer and she was happy that we share it with all of you on our website.

Creator God,

We thank you that you are always with us, even in this strange and difficult time.

We pray for each other- for friends we cannot be with, family in different homes, our teachers, frontline workers, people who are unwell and those who look after them. We pray in our sadness as we notice dreams and hopes that, for now, are lost.

In our homes this holiday time, when we are worried, help us to feel your peace. When things go wrong, help us to know that we can always start again. When we feel joy, may we remember it and let it fill us.

On Good Friday, when so much of our normal lives has been given up, may we be comforted as we remember that Jesus gave everything up for us.

And when we celebrate life and hope on Easter Day, may it sink into our souls and make us happy. Wherever we are, and whatever we face, may we all know God’s love and look forward to a time when we can all be together again.

Amen.

Rev. Lins also sent us this prayer from Pope Francis which gives comfort in this difficult time.

Tonight before falling asleep think about when we will return to the street. When we hug again, when all the shopping together will seem like a party. Let’s think about when the coffees will return to the bar, the small talk, the photos close to each other. We think about when it will be all a memory but normality will seem an unexpected and beautiful gift. We will love everything that has so far seemed futile to us. Every second will be precious. Swims at the sea, the sun until late, sunsets, toasts, laughter. We will go back to laughing together. Strength and courage. See you soon!

4 years ago
Posted on April 2, 2020 by Meg Cooke

Support For Families during the closures

Please see the e-mail from Telford and Wrekin Council offering support for people in need.

Shropshire Telford & Wrekin Beam – Phone-based support

Over the last 2 weeks we have been working on how we can continue to provide support for the young people who access our drop-in services.

From 2^nd April 2020, Shropshire Telford & Wrekin Beam will be offering a call-back telephone service.

Please note that we are not offering a crisis or instant response service.

The support being offered is purely phone-based. We cannot provide support via email, text/messaging apps or on video calling platforms.

Accessing call-back support:

Young people can email us at AskBeam@childrenssociety.org.uk asking for support. Once they have emailed, an automatic response will ask for some more information. When this has been completed, a team member will contact them to discuss what help they need, and when the best time would be for a practitioner to call them.

Calls will be booked in with our practitioners within our usual drop-in times.

Accessing support without a call back:

Where a young person does not want to talk but still needs some support, they can still contact us via AskBeam@childrenssociety.org.uk. We can send details of online resources, information and apps which can offer support.

Information for Professionals:

You can signpost any young people who you feel would benefit from knowing more about this offer to our website https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/beam/coronavirus.

You can also pass on the details as to how they get in touch with us. Please ask the young person to contact us via AskBeam@childrenssociety.org.uk.

We won’t be able to contact young people unless the request for contact from our service has come from the young person or their parent/carer.

For all young people who are aged 13 and under, their parent/carer will need to make a request on the young person’s behalf.

As with our face to face drop-ins, the young person should want to engage with us, and be able to do so over the phone.

Information for Parents/carers:

If you feel your child(ren)/young person would benefit from our support, please take a look at our website https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/beam/coronavirus.

For young people aged 13+ please ask them to contact us via AskBeam@childrenssociety.org.uk.

For young people who are aged 13 and under, you will need to contact us on their behalf via AskBeam@childrenssociety.org.uk.

As with our face to face drop-ins, the young person should want to engage with us, and be able to do so over the phone.

We will continue to innovate and adapt as we need to. This is an enormous effort from every corner of The Children’s Society to ensure we can continue to offer support to the children and young people we work with. For more information about how our charity is working at the moment, or to donate to our emergency Coronavirus appeal, please go to our website at https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/

5 years ago
Posted on November 14, 2019 by Nicola Haynes

Children in Need 15th November – non-uniform day

Just a reminder that tomorrow is a non-uniform day in aid of Children in Need – could children please bring in £1 donation. We will also be holding a bake sale at break and lunchtime, so we would be very grateful for donations of cakes and bakes – these will be 50p each. Thanks.

5 years ago
Posted on October 21, 2019 by Julie Ball

Visitors to School – views of two visitors to Ruyton school – Outstanding school

Mr and Mrs Gittins joined us in school for a visit on Thursday last week. It gave us a lovely opportunity to thank them for the wonderful forest school and school fields they support us with as well as showing them around our school during a normal school day. It was lovely to receive a letter of thanks from them, following their visit, in which they said;

‘…we were more than impressed by what we saw as we walked around, we had a wonderful feeling of being in a busy but happy place.’

‘We thought the children were delightful, they were polite, well-mannered and yet not afraid to speak up with their opinions. There also appeared to be a very close relationship between pupils and their teachers, which was a delight to see and in all we felt that the school is for sure a very special institution and one that we should all cherish and be very proud of.’

‘Please thank the members of staff who spent time talking to us and showing us a little of the wonderful facilities the school has and just what the children are capable of, but no matter what facilities a school may have there is nothing more important to a good school than dedicated staff and this is something Ruyton school has in abundance.’

‘I am convinced that for those parents who are looking for an outstanding school for their children, then Ruyton must become their obvious choice..’

Well done to pupils and staff for showing our visitors what a fantastic school we have here in Ruyton and a big thank you to Mr and Mrs Gittins for joining us last week and for all they do for our pupils!

5 years ago
Posted on January 23, 2019 by Nicola Haynes

Film Club – Start Date

Film Club starts next week (Thursday 31st January 2019). This is due to Young Voices taking place tomorrow. If your child has signed up for Film Club (and is not attending Young Voices) they will need to be collected from school at 3.15pm on Thursday 24th January 2019. If you need to use After School Care Club, could you please ensure you book a place as soon as possible. Many thanks.

6 years ago
Posted on December 18, 2018 by Jen Whittingham

Christmas Party – food contributions

Just to clarify that children should be bringing a contribution of party food to share (only small amounts as they will already have had lunch). We’re aware that there was some confusion at home time today and we are not doing ‘own plates’ this year; please stick to plans in original parent letter.

Also please make sure children bring their party clothes with them to get changed at lunch time.

Thank you!