As term 1 draws to a close I want to thank all the school community for supporting and caring for each other this term. The last few weeks COVID numbers of students and staff testing positive or needing to isolate have increased. This has stretched our staff to our limits. For a fortnight were operating on only 50% staff present. The staff I hope will take a well earned rest over the Easter Break. I hope families will have their own opportunity to have some relaxation over Easter.

Staffing

I have received the resignation of Mrs Ariss from 2YA starting from the 6^th May. We thank her for her work and wish her the best as moves onto new things.

At the present moment schools are experiencing a shortage of teachers so new teachers are difficult to recruit.

This means I need to make some adjustments so the class has an experienced teacher . From Week 3 next term Mrs Seaman will be taking Year 2YA every Thursday & Friday, Mr Angus will now be taking 1S on Fridays. Mr Brown & I will pick up some administrative work from Learning Support to help Mrs Seaman, and some of our LSA’s will work some extra days so we keep our Minilit & Macqlit programmes well supported. These changes will remain in place for the rest of the year so classes have stability. Class names will remain the same.

I appreciate the staff being flexible to help the learning of our children. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

When we return after the break we will try and return to some old practices; in particular inviting parents to assemblies and masses or liturgies.

I wish you all a happy and holy Easter.