Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Latest update on ‘Grab and Go’ lunches
Tue 31 Mar 2020Government release guidance on schools issuing food vouchers. But what does this mean for parents and pupils? As a Trust we currently offer Grab Bag style lunches each day via our Catering Company 'CATEREd'. These will continue as normal today. We are reviewing this arrangement alongside latest Government guidance. The Trust will release an update for all parents shortly.
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The Bards Edu-Care - Week One!
Fri 27 Mar 2020So many brilliant things have been happening in school this week - take a look at our round up video
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Stars Of The Week - 27.3.2020
Fri 27 Mar 2020Star Of The Week!
This Week Mr Benson, Miss Hodges and the Bards Team have been looking out for their stars and they have made their choice!
We would like to congratulate:
Sammy Tilley for his amazing piece of writing about mobile phones, which was submitted on Twitter.
Phoebe Greenwood, who has been mixing learning with fun activities and helping at home.
Lennon Way for keeping us entertained with his code in the codebreaker game.
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Rhianna Pring for being a legend in the Bards by helping other, being thoughtful and making Miss Starks smile on a daily basis!
Well Done! Your certificates can be viewed and saved from the school website by visiting the link below:
https://www.shakespeare.plymouth.sch.uk/star-of-the-week/
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We Are Shakespeare School! - Edition One
Mon 23 Mar 2020Good Afternoon!
We have reopened today for the children of keyworkers and those who are vulnerable as set out by the government guidelines.
Staff attended a meeting and workloads have been shared out to ensure the children, who are at home, continue to feel part of our school family whilst away from the setting. As a result, the following things will be put into place:
We will still announce our weekly school values awards.
Parents and carers can nominate their child by sending their name, year group and reason for nomination (including any pictures) to socialmedia@spsplymouth.org by 4pm each Thursday. Nominations and winners will be announced via a video every Friday and we will arrange for an E-Certificate to be sent to your child. This week's theme is Helping Hands.
Online Learning Section.
We have added to and will continue to improved our online learning section found here: https://www.shakespeare.plymouth.sch.uk/online-learning/
You will now see subject folders at the bottom of the page where we will add links and documents for you to use at home. Today, we added links to the P.E, Art, Music and PSHE sections.
We will start to send out daily Learning By Question (LBQ) codes for our Key Stage 2 children after the "Easter Break".
Themed Weeks
The staff team will organise themed weeks and materials for you to use at home (such as worksheets) will be added to the school website every Friday in the online learning section.
Weekly News Updates
We will issue a weekly news update from around the school but also ask you to continue to contribute through the email address: socialmedia@spsplymouth.org - A video will be collated in the hope children can watch and see if they can spot themselves and their friends.
We are aware that there have been some issues with logging on to Times Tables Rock Star and Numbots. We have checked on both the website version and the app version for Times Table Rock Stars and there does not appear to be an issue. Numbots is being looked into by Mrs Bestwetherick as this was a new package taken at point of school closure. If you are having continued issues with the log in to Times Table Rock Stars, please let your teacher know through their email addresses found on the year group page and they will investigate.
Finally, thank you for your overwhelming support and kind words. This has meant the world to our staff members who truly care for the children of Shakespeare School. We will be doing all we can to ensure we stay connected.
Keep checking on our socials, keep smiling, keep having fun and keep safe.
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The school is now closed - Update on home learning
Fri 20 Mar 2020Please refer to our online school learning section for latest updates and guidance.
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Latest update on Coronavirus and the school
Sat 14 Mar 2020All children were sent home on Friday with a letter following on from the advice given by the Government on Thursday as the next phase is rolled out.
A copy of the letter can be found here: https://www.shakespeare.plymouth.sch.uk/stream/newsletters/full/1/-//
We can assure you that all children have been shown how to wash their hands effectively and hand washing is taking place at regular points during the day including upon arrival and before leaving the school.
We have been advised that some children are experiencing redness and dry skin as a result of the additional washing. In these instances, we recommend you provide a small tube of fragrance-free cream, suitable for sensitive skin such as E-45, which must be handed to the class teacher for storage during the day.
We will also be updating our social media pages on Facebook and Twitter. To get the latest updates, please follow these pages and switch on notifications. Arbor notifications will also be sent as required.
We thank you for your co-operation during this time and we will continue to update you with information as and when we know more.